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Old 12-13-2017, 02:03 PM   #133 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Old Tele man View Post
Manipulation more so than speculation? Those who know "How To" gaming the system?
No, because 'those who know "How To"' are mostly a product of conspiracy theorists, searching for someone or something to blame for their own ineptitude. As for instance "If I buy a bunch of these tulips/beanie babies/bitcoins and hold on to them, they'll be worth a fortune.

It's like the old story (Mark Twain, maybe) about the man who, back in the gold rush days, started a rumour about a big gold strike in Hell. Within a few days everyone in town had left for Hell, so he said "Well, maybe the stories are true", and he went to Hell too.
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