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Needless to say this was posted tongue-in-cheek but the satire I feel is not that far away from what actually took place on here. Mugs who insist on trying to impress with half-knowledge, sometimes outright WRONG knowledge, parroting confirmation bias instead of original thinking, and tilting at windmills became the accepted mantra on here.....while the majority of posters on here slept.
It is true, bullsh1t baffles brains, and the more eloquent the bullsh1t is stated, the more effective it can be for baffling brains. I saw complete bullsh1t on here and called it for what it is. Not hard to do when you have a genuine understanding of this stuff, not anecdotal knowledge you picked up from reading the latest edition of the Economist and parrot some article you read in it without fully understanding it. This will be my last post for a while. I hope someone steps up to represent the perspective I brought to this forum. I sincerely hope you get your forum back. I close with one of my most favorite quotations of all time which reminds me of mugs declaring victories right after charging at windmills: "The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them." -Oscar Wilde |
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Don't let the door knock you out as you depart.
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Maybe the closing quote would read truer as
" The only thing that ever consoles man for the certain things he says is the praise he always gives himself for saying them ". |
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Good luck, good night, merry christmas and a happy new year,
and I like you all anyway! |
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if Melly's greatest gift to the forum and which acted as a unifying gesture was his exit. Rejoice. Rejoice.
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Maybe we have to have one word or two in the
economics field? |
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Perhaps discourse can flourish once again now the poison has been lanced. Perhaps it is too late and the patient will die but at least with Melly admitting defeat a line can be drawn and mutual exchange of views without rancour will return.
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Although I would point out that this was always a trading and financials rather than dry economics forum until Melly set up camp.
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With dry markets, the dialogue will become dry.
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The forum will be the worse for the departure of Menelaus. Hope to see him back posting before too long. Personally my knowledge is insufficient to enter debate with Melly on economics issues so I am happy to read and learn. My view is broadly aligned with his on the macro economic outlook of financial Armageddon at some point in the NOT TOO distant future....
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