now listen, my convictionfor the gamestop mother of all short squeezes. the moass, it was insane. i had over a million dollarsinvested in this. that s all my net worth. but that 20%earnings drop, oh, man. oh, man. it hurt. it really hurton a spiritual level. it gave me taco belllevels of stomach cramps. i felt like i neededto cool down. you know, it was goingthrough the holidays. there was a britishvirus mutation on the way. you got hedge funds manipulating stuff to gettheir holiday bonuses. this all feltkind of dangerous. so yes, i ended upselling all my gamestop shares at $15.50. yes, i had a caseof paper hands, i admit it. i was wallowing back and forth in fetal position all day.good fucking riddance, 2020. let s all hope2021 will be better, right? [protesting] - usa. usa. usa. usa. usa.
gather around,my fellow degenerates. grab a mug ofeggnog and find a cozy cornerof your mother s basement, and enjoy this taleof sir jackalot. this post here is my magnum dong opus. now listen, my convictionfor the gamestop mother of all short squeezes. the moass, it was insane. i had over a million dollarsinvested in this. that s all my net worth. but that 20%earnings drop, oh, man. oh, man. it hurt. it really hurton a spiritual level. it gave me taco belllevels of stomach cramps. i felt like i neededto cool down. you know, it was goingthrough the holidays. there was a britishvirus mutation on the way. you got hedge funds manipulating stuff to gettheir holiday bonuses. this all feltkind of dangerous. so yes, i ended upselling all my gamestop shares at $15.50. yes, i had a caseof paper hands, i admit it. i was wallowing back and forth
mean in everyday life? this week i visited a discount store in northern california, and here s what consumers are saying. rising prices are affecting me around every angle; gas, groceries, markets are down, crypto s down, everything s down. so i m here trying to fight back. reporter: it was so disheartening to see how much people are struggling to buy the essentials. they re so tired. and yet you could also hear some hope in his voice, hope that soon he will maybe find some relief. we ve still got prices very high, neil. neil: indeed, we do. the wholesale and the retail front, it is unending, to your point. thank you very much for that, kelly o grady in los angeles. speaking of los angeles, in california they re going to be raising the minimum wage next year to try to keep up with this. it ll be around $15 minute 50 an hour. 15.50 an hour, that would be the nation s highest state minimum wage. others are expected to follow but, again, the spiral effect of
no. i think that the roller derby queen over here, just bring bac tough love to think the problem with sporting events with fans getting on really towards the players is we have removed the outlet that used to that was throwing beer. back in the day we used to thro beer but now. is 15.50 a pop. nobody throws beer anymore. if you get into a fight at a sporting event, you will get hi an engagement ring. no one is throwing a beer. the drop the price of beer down to 9.95. you have a more melo crowd. they wouldn t be going off to the court. and to charles barkley s point, they did have that event at the palace for the indiana pacers ran into the stands. and it was hilarious. it was the culmination of something we ve seen a million times and it s been going on fo a hundred years in professional sports. the got one. it was amazing.
i think that the roller derby queen over here, just bring bac tough love to think the problem with sporting events with fans getting on really towards the players is we have removed the outlet that used to that was throwing beer. back in the day we used to thro beer but now. is 15.50 a pop. nobody throws beer anymore. if you get into a fight at a sporting event, you will get hi an engagement ring. no one is throwing a beer. the drop the price of beer down to 9.95. you have a more melo crowd. they wouldn t be going off to the court. and to charles barkley s point, they did have that event at the palace for the indiana pacers ran into the stands. and it was hilarious. it was the culmination of something we ve seen a million times and it s been going on fo a hundred years in professional sports. the got one. it was amazing.