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		bpodgursky on Jan 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gaming the system: How GameStop stock surged There's really no way to understand GameStop stock without looking at reddit: r/wallstreetbets. It's a meme stock, and a huuuuuuge amount of money is being dumped into it for... basically entertainment value. Roulette.

3001 on Jan 19, 2021 [–]

And I pretty sure most these are tech money. Amazed at the amount of enthusiasm at team blind.

perl4ever on Jan 20, 2021 | [–]

I'm pretty sure most of it is stimulus checks or spare change from shit jobs and nothing much to spend extra money on other than gambling on Robinhood. People on WSB think 29 = "boomer", gives you the flavor.

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