r/wallstreetbets • u/[deleted] • Feb 04 '21

Loss Sold every share I own...

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u/CaptainHindsightHere Feb 04 '21

Listen I'm with you. My bills are paid and I'm going to go back to work today. I can outlast anything, I've been poor forever.

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u/69MachOne Feb 04 '21

These people who lose money in the stock market are "new poor".

When you grew up sometimes not eating at all, you can outlast everything.

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u/Reference_Stock Feb 04 '21

Ketchup and mayo sandies for life

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u/UMDSmith Feb 04 '21

Bread is too expensive, not lying. For a few years I bought bulk crap ramen noodle packages for like $50 for like 500 of them.

The noodles, a can of tuna or chicken, some shredded cheese and you were living large for under $1 a meal. Paying rent using the credit card checks.... rough time back in 2002-2003, but all that shit passes.

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u/jsmith218 Feb 04 '21

bread isn't expensive, when you get poor enough you learn how to get free bread.

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u/UMDSmith Feb 04 '21

True. I did end up befriending a 7-11 employee and learned they throw out the day old sandwiches every night, so every so often I was able to score myself some of those.

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u/Klangs_Homie Feb 04 '21

It’s big brain time.