Comments on: Sad Guys On Trading Floors http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 00:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303106 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303106 <a href="http://media.tumblr.com/bLjlTcuJUesniwq0VZGjCwXto1_400.jpg">http://media.tumblr.com/bLjlTcuJUesniwq0VZGjCwXto1_400.jpg</a> My fav so far. Guy on left: "LITTLE JERRY!" Other guy: "TAMALE!!!" http://media.tumblr.com/bLjlTcuJUesniwq0VZGjCwXto1_400.jpg

My fav so far.

Guy on left: “LITTLE JERRY!”
Other guy: “TAMALE!!!”

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303113 Sekino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303113 Oh man! The one on page 3 that says: <i>I can’t add a caption to this that could possibly make it any more hilarious.</i> Oh, my spleen: That was so funny!!! Thank you David! Oh man!

The one on page 3 that says:

I can’t add a caption to this that could possibly make it any more hilarious.

Oh, my spleen: That was so funny!!!

Thank you David!

]]> By: icky2000 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303115 icky2000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303115 Hmmm are these dudes on the floor really the people we should direct our anger at? My suspicion is that the dorky guy in a bad shirt is probably not the guy making millions off his greedy decisions and trotting out his trophy wife. I know nothing about the stock exchange, though, so perhaps I'm wrong. Hmmm are these dudes on the floor really the people we should direct our anger at? My suspicion is that the dorky guy in a bad shirt is probably not the guy making millions off his greedy decisions and trotting out his trophy wife. I know nothing about the stock exchange, though, so perhaps I’m wrong.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303371 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303371 Sadly, sadness is contagious, more so than happiness. Sadly, sadness is contagious, more so than happiness.

]]> By: Ugly Canuck http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303375 Ugly Canuck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303375 These fellows are mostly just working stiffs, while the guys who can green-light investment decisions are usually up in an office with a view, if they care to look away from their screens. Minions of the Market, so to speak. These fellows are mostly just working stiffs, while the guys who can green-light investment decisions are usually up in an office with a view, if they care to look away from their screens. Minions of the Market, so to speak.

]]> By: imipak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303417 imipak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303417 Bad karma to point and laugh. Shit happens to everyone. How will you feel when someone points and laughs at you? (Right, right, you wouldn't be deserving it, but these guys do because they work on a trading floor. How silly of me.) Bad karma to point and laugh. Shit happens to everyone. How will you feel when someone points and laughs at you?

(Right, right, you wouldn’t be deserving it, but these guys do because they work on a trading floor. How silly of me.)

]]> By: Versh http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303419 Versh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303419 Hmmm... That's good Schadenfreude. In all seriousness, those involved in credit default swaps can go die in a fire. Hmmm… That’s good Schadenfreude.
In all seriousness, those involved in credit default swaps can go die in a fire.

]]> By: z7q2 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303427 z7q2 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303427 @7: Trading floors are dirty, messy, sweaty, smelly pits of raw, brutal energy. If you wore a $500 suit to work a trading floor, you would have to throw it out by the end of the day. These guys are so busy they don't even have time to eat right, much less dress nice. They dress to survive the day, pretty much. @7:

Trading floors are dirty, messy, sweaty, smelly pits of raw, brutal energy. If you wore a $500 suit to work a trading floor, you would have to throw it out by the end of the day. These guys are so busy they don’t even have time to eat right, much less dress nice. They dress to survive the day, pretty much.

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303436 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303436 How about a photo blog of sad looking laid off factory workers? How about a photo blog of sad looking laid off
factory workers?

]]> By: coldspell http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303704 coldspell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303704 Why haven't computers replaced these floors traders yet? Why haven’t computers replaced these floors traders yet?

]]> By: IronyElemental http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303204 IronyElemental Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303204 I noticed something about similar photos posted by the AP and Reuters. They like to use shots of traders covering their mouths in what appears to be an OMG gesture, but they're almost always wearing a headset and/or microphone, and covering it to cancel ambient noise. The OMG is a more effective photo, especially if your narrative is "run for your lives! the markets are collapsing!" I noticed something about similar photos posted by the AP and Reuters. They like to use shots of traders covering their mouths in what appears to be an OMG gesture, but they’re almost always wearing a headset and/or microphone, and covering it to cancel ambient noise. The OMG is a more effective photo, especially if your narrative is “run for your lives! the markets are collapsing!”

]]> By: Chris Barrus http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303485 Chris Barrus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303485 We've had this meme <a href="http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?action=showall&boardid=40&threadid=55008" rel="nofollow">going over on ILE</a> for a year now. We’ve had this meme going over on ILE for a year now.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303241 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303241 Is that Roan Atkinson on the right? He's a trader by day, actor by .. day! Is that Roan Atkinson on the right? He’s a trader by day, actor by .. day!

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-302986 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-302986 You know what would make these guys happy? A button which, when pressed, activates electrodes implanted in the scrota of overcompensated former CEOs. You know what would make these guys happy?

A button which, when pressed, activates electrodes implanted in the scrota of overcompensated former CEOs.

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-302990 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-302990 AHAHHAHAHAHAHA AHAHHAHAHAHAHA

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-302994 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-302994 Ha! The bloke on the left looks just like my dog does when she's tipped out the kitchen bin and crapped in the laundry... He knows what he's done... Ha! The bloke on the left looks just like my dog does when she’s tipped out the kitchen bin and crapped in the laundry… He knows what he’s done…

]]> By: Xeni Jardin http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303014 Xeni Jardin Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303014 This meme is so good, it's like it's worth $800 billion. This meme is so good, it’s like it’s worth $800 billion.

]]> By: coldspell http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303020 coldspell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303020 In related trading floor news: Will somebody please leave this poor woman alone? http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9961 In related trading floor news: Will somebody please leave this poor woman alone?

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9961

]]> By: Shane http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303028 Shane Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303028 I'm sure someone will beat me to this, but, all these need are captions. "I can haz short salez?" I’m sure someone will beat me to this, but, all these need are captions.

“I can haz short salez?”

]]> By: lentil http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303038 lentil Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303038 Am I the only one amazed by how completely shitty these guys dress? Am I the only one amazed by how completely shitty these guys dress?

]]> By: jipper http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303045 jipper Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303045 nice pictures shame about the captions, since when has typing/saying/captioning the phrase "d'oh" ever been funny?..seriously nice pictures shame about the captions, since when has typing/saying/captioning the phrase “d’oh” ever been funny?..seriously

]]> By: nanuq http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303067 nanuq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303067 "Am I the only one amazed by how completely shitty these guys dress?" Why dress up? They can't afford trophy wives anymore. “Am I the only one amazed by how completely shitty these guys dress?”

Why dress up? They can’t afford trophy wives anymore.

]]> By: erudite_ogre http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303579 erudite_ogre Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303579 Geez, these photos are becoming a photographic genre all their own! It is weirdly funny to see a new one every 15 minutes on CNN, etc., and how most of them are of balding white guys realizing the emptiness of their work. This photo blog is the next step. When does the coffee table book come out? Geez, these photos are becoming a photographic genre all their own! It is weirdly funny to see a new one every 15 minutes on CNN, etc., and how most of them are of balding white guys realizing the emptiness of their work. This photo blog is the next step. When does the coffee table book come out?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303077 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303077 Check out this image for your collection: http://www.nrc.nl/multimedia/archive/00179/wallstreet_179565e.jpg Cheers, VeeJay Burns Check out this image for your collection:
http://www.nrc.nl/multimedia/archive/00179/wallstreet_179565e.jpg

Cheers, VeeJay Burns

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/sad-guys-on-trading.html#comment-303349 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-303349 As funny as this might seem, these just aren't the guys who were the cause of this mess. More like the pitbulls trained by abusive masters to just kill things: Feel a bit sorry for them, but realize that's all they know how to do. As funny as this might seem, these just aren’t the guys who were the cause of this mess. More like the pitbulls trained by abusive masters to just kill things: Feel a bit sorry for them, but realize that’s all they know how to do.

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