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yappledapple t1_j6kfirr wrote
Reply to comment by oleorun in TIL Margarine was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). by joshemerson
Hey there 'slick'.
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Reply to comment by Buck_Thorn in TIL Margarine was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). by joshemerson
Interesting, I have never heard of that. There is a gap between me and my younger brother, so I knew what is was from baking with my grandmother.
My introduction to margarine was in elementary school, and it was horrid. For whatever reason, I was embarrassed to leave the uneaten pat on my tray, and so I would stick it to the bottom of the cafeteria table, which ticked off the janitor, but I was never caught.
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Reply to TIL Margarine was originally named oleomargarine from Latin for oleum (olive oil) and Greek margarite ("pearl", indicating luster). by joshemerson
My brother called me up one day, after I had given him some of our grandmother's cookie recipes. He tried several stores looking for 'oleo', and nobody knew what it was.
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Reply to comment by OpeningOnion7248 in FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried indicted on new criminal charges, including campaign finance violations | CNN Business by spatenfloot
He thought he was a part of Wall Street, instead he was set up to take the fall.
January 26, 2021 Kenneth Griffin and Steve Cohen bail out Gabe Plotkin, to the tune of $2.8 billion after the rise of GME.
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/steve-cohen-ken-griffin-invest-3-billion-gamestop-short-seller-2021-1-1030003305
https://decrypt.co/55629/you-can-now-trade-gamestop-futures-on-ftx
He announced the GameStop token on Twitter at 4:58 a m. on January 27, 2021.
At 5:12 a.m. Gabe Plotkin claimed to close his short position.
By January 28th GME peaked.
https://www.thestreet.com/phildavis/stocks-options/thrilling-thursday-gamestop-500-is-no-more-ridiculous-than-tesla-900
The price of GME plummeted after the release of the token, that was supposed to be backed by shares. As we now know, it was nothing more than a ponzi scheme.
Reddit investors knew Melvin Capital ( Gabe Plotkins hedge fund), simply covered his position using synthetics, but didn't close.
May 18, 2022 Melvin Capital declares bankruptcy.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/former-hedge-fund-giant-melvin-202818623.html
It's a simplistic version of what happened, and there are several other big players involved.
Hopefully my watered down version makes sense to readers that haven't followed the story, and why investors refuse to sell. Wall Street is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme.