Wallstreetbets And Diamond Hands: What I Learned From Those Crazy Redditors
What I learned from lurking on WallStreetBets has certainly been valuable, but not necessarily pretty. Imagine your sweet little old gramma hanging out on 4Chan. All bets would be off for her future mental health.
(The typing monitor suggested “streetwalker” instead of Wallstreetbets, and while I believe the profession of prostitution is an evergreen one and worth considering as a long term investment, unfortunately, we are not progressive enough at this time to incorporate our Ladies of the Evening. Although the IPO would go well, I think.)
Granted, I’m not a sweet little old gramma, but I could be. I’m 67, and while teaching in middle schools taught me a lot about the up and coming generation — not to mention having a 28 year-old son who actually frequents 4Chan and tells me about it — I’m still a mite naive about topics of conversation among the younger set.
I’ve had an account on Robinhood since 2017. I’m an old hand at buying and selling stocks on the app and kicking myself around about my losses. There came a point when I knew the stock would go down as soon as I bought it. Like how it rains as soon as you wash your car…
