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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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"Maybe after the Marathon catastrophe they will learn-", no, they won't. They didn't after Concord, this isn't different.

Because with just one success they pull out, the profits, in their eyes, will be infinite, everlasting even...

Let's not forget that these guys are mad ludopaths at a fundamental level.

Kinda obvious, I know, but is good to remember.

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[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

I think the misunderstanding here is that because there will always be an Overwatch/LoL/WoW/StarCraft/StreetFighter/SuperMarioWorld/PacMan/Pong that exists, and because this event appears in the statistics to be random, the financiers have a confirmation/perception bias that this is something you can force by shotgunning the market with product. A failure to realize that massive blowout successes are not because of random statistics and hidden secret variables in the market, they're from a mix of unpredictable behaviors that may or may not even occur.