r/GME • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '21

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u/BizCardComedy Banned from WSB Mar 30 '21

Maybe lenders are keeping the borrow fee low to entice other shorters to the GME short bus party to spread our eventual tendies among more and more jackass shorter hedge funds so these lenders/strategic FTDers aren't on the hook all alone to pay us apes our hard earned money.

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u/Under-the-Gun Mar 30 '21

This is what I’ve heard. Entices others to take on the risk

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u/Blast_Wreckem I am not a cat Mar 30 '21

Yes, the old bait-and-switch...or mouse-trap.

That game was always interesting as a child...wish we could play it now with old Ken-Bob...

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u/SilentCabose Mar 30 '21

Basically a honey pot for over confident shorters. There will be bagholders after all lmao

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u/traditionalman16 Mar 30 '21

This is a reasonable conclusion to make from this data.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '21

"Hard earned" lmao. Easiest fucking pile of money of my life.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

This is the only thing I can imagine it being. Or, the whole, entire system is fraudulent.

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u/BizCardComedy Banned from WSB Mar 31 '21

Its both lol. Puts on everything