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Mushy Bananas

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Holy God in heaven, people are stupid.

Let’s dial back the clock to August 2020. Until then, no one gave a crap about Gamestop (GME). Thanks to Roaring Kitty, however (AKA DeepFuckingValue), the entire planet got obsessed and push GME up 100-fold (10,000%!!!!!!) in a few months. The whole GME=Meme thing was hot and heavy from August through March, or about eight months. A human baby could have almost fully developed in the same timespan, from glint-in-the-postman’s eye all the way to the joyous birth.

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