I would also accept a version where they had a competent operational team, declared an incident immediately when they had indications of possible escape from the enclosure, resolved it according to their run book, and postmortemed it then went home like responsible professionals.https://twitter.com/kchoudhu/status/1043451812827856897 …
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I mean if capitalists are going to be the villains in every movie we can at least acknowledge that capitalists are the villains in every movie because they are hypercompetent at achieving their preferences by the standards of other stereotyped villain groups.
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“Evil overlord: you’ve enslaved multiple countries but appear to have a personal security budget denominated in copper pieces and your source of ultimate power is more poorly secured than a Bitcoin exchange. Let’s talk risk management. I can recommend a good boutique consultancy”
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More depictions of the mundane sides of our stories, please. One of my favorite things about Despicable Me was its exploration of the financing of evil capers.
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“But how are we going to *pay* for it?” “So you’ve heard of the Gondor REIT, right?” “Why would we buy their real estate when we can just take it?” “Think harder.” “Oh we short it! And then burn it!” “No, pointless. We buy volatility on the options, then send in the Nazgul.”
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“Alright, hear me out before eating me: you like gold, right?” “YES.” “Want more of it?” “WITH INSATIABLE HUNGER.” “OK, you have a custody problem. Hordes get stolen. Fact of life. We’re going to deposit that and insure it. Then, the depository will issue you baskets.”
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“I AM NOT A HORDER OF BASKETS.” “No no! It entitles you to shares in an ETF. They work similar to shares in a stock, like e.g. the Company you’ve heard so much about.” “AND I WOULD SELL THESE SHARES?” “Heavens no! We use them to get you more gold! You lend them to gold shorts.”
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