NoSheep
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:03 AM
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Let's play: I'm a genius economist and you're an idiot! I'll start this thread and you post in it |
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Edited on Tue Sep-30-08 01:04 AM by NoSheep
and I'll make some flip remarks about how stupid you are and I won't offer any evidence for my assertions. We could have fun with it! Do the same thing we are doing now, accept for fun and not for real. You know, role play! I'll play genius economist and you just play yourselves. Okay. Go ahead. Somebody's gotta start.....help me out here.:bounce:
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:06 AM
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Edited on Tue Sep-30-08 01:14 AM by soulcore
I'm a freelance artist so I usually work on a per-project or contract basis.
I make less than 40k a year. No 401k, no healthcare, MODEST savings. I rent, and have invested more than $25,000 into my apartment, with nothing to show for it. The only thing I own outright is my car.
How does this Wall Street bailout help me, you're average American on Main Street?
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:10 AM
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3. If the economy completely tanks, no one will buy your art |
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The worst case scenario here is Great Depression II (or maybe Greatest Depression?). The real danger is the credit market. If it freezes, no one will be able to get loans. Businesses won't be able to pay their employees, banks will close en masse, huge layoffs, rising unemployment, deflationary death spiral, rest of the world's economy also crushed, etc. etc.
If everyone is much poorer, spending on luxuries, like art, will fall off dramatically. This probably won't be good for you.
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NoSheep
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:11 AM
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4. You clearly aren't getting the big picture here. |
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Sad. I tried to warn you.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:25 AM
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12. Which one of you is Bernake? |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:28 AM
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15. He'd do well to take a few tips from me. It's gonna be a rough road, y'know. |
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Did I tell you I was a genius? :spray:
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:06 AM
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2. Thank God! Someone we can look to for advice. |
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should I go to the bank and take all the money out of my savings account? If your answer is yes, should I purchase a Sealy mattress to stuff it into?
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:13 AM
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5. I can't believe the naivety on this board. If you'd spend more of your time |
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paying attention to what's REALLY going on and get your head out from under your mattress, you wouldn't be here asking these ridiculous questions.
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NoSheep
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:14 AM
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6. this is fun! I think others should be allowed to play genius economist as well |
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Just chime in with some unsubstantiated comments. Fire away.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:27 AM
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14. Well...I thought we'd have some more fun, but maybe the post accomplished what I intended. |
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Need to go to bed! These internets keep me up at night!
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:17 AM
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7. I can't post unsubstantiated assertions as replies to your posts if you don't post! |
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Now c'mon. Tell me some stories about how your brother in law isn't going to be able to upgrade his power boat this year.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:20 AM
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9. lol! My mortgage reset & then I got laid off! Help me oh great & powerful oz! |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:21 AM
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10. You people couldn't see the side of a barn if it hit you in the face |
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lol
You need to plan for these things. I HAVE tried to warn you.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:23 AM
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11. I forgot to mention how twisted your logic is! |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:32 AM
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17. ok, now get to be the genius economist, & you get to play the clueless naif! |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:36 AM
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20. If the markets went down 7% today and I don't have any money invested, |
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does that mean I'm rich? :think:
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:37 AM
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21. Hell yeah! Now I'm Rich AND Elite! I'm having a great week! |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:20 AM
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8. Wow. Did the bickering stop for a second? It did in this thread. |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:26 AM
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13. But the Bushies have lied about other things. Why should I trust them ( or you) now? nt |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:30 AM
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16. It's not about trust. It's about the way things work. |
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I swear to gawd that kind of statement is equal if not better than the caliber I read from some of those brilliant strategists we've got out there posting in the REAL economic genius threads.
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:32 AM
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18. You're good at this. I feel like I'm in a real economic genius thread. nt |
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Tue Sep-30-08 01:34 AM
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19. I was going to tell you your logic was twisted but I'll have to agree with you ... |
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this IS a virtual economic genius thread, after all!:D
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