Comments on: Photos of facepalming financiers http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 09:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: mr_josh http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311556 mr_josh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311556 I'm surprised to see this and the last post like it on BoingBoing. I just thought that this site didn't like to make fun of people in pain, whether they were getting their comeuppance or not. I’m surprised to see this and the last post like it on BoingBoing. I just thought that this site didn’t like to make fun of people in pain, whether they were getting their comeuppance or not.

]]> By: ggm http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311558 ggm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311558 So maybe now we can come into your homez and take pictures of you looking sad/stupified/asleep and mock you in public? get lives. if I am not totally mistaken, the floor monkeys are not millionaires. they do not get to do lines of coke in partygirl laps. they do not drive limos. they wear bad polyester daglo vests and have to wave their hands around a lot, and do shit work on their feet all day so that your 401k can earn money. Perhaps you'd rather day-trade your superannuation? I don't think so.. (I am sure there are fatcats. I am sure that the lack of downside consequences for decision-makers influenced where we are. I am just less sure that this 'schadenfreude' is actually a very useful place for boingboing to be. Now, laughing at steampunk, thats a different story...) So maybe now we can come into your homez and take pictures of you looking sad/stupified/asleep and mock you in public?

get lives.

if I am not totally mistaken, the floor monkeys are not millionaires. they do not get to do lines of coke in partygirl laps. they do not drive limos. they wear bad polyester daglo vests and have to wave their hands around a lot, and do shit work on their feet all day so that your 401k can earn money. Perhaps you’d rather day-trade your superannuation? I don’t think so..

(I am sure there are fatcats. I am sure that the lack of downside consequences for decision-makers influenced where we are. I am just less sure that this ‘schadenfreude’ is actually a very useful place for boingboing to be. Now, laughing at steampunk, thats a different story…)

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311563 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311563 any traders (old style pit shriekers from years ago to current monitor monkeys) I have met or known never much impressed me with their sensitivity or deep concern for the fates of those whose money they moved. As a matter of fact, this particular item is mild as far their "humor" went. I also recollect the voices of those bottom rankers interviewed in "The Smartest Guys In The Room". Laughing in disbelief at what they were allowed to get away with. In terms of deserving sympathy? About the same as car salesmen in a downturn. any traders (old style pit shriekers from years ago to current monitor monkeys) I have met or known never much impressed me with their sensitivity or deep concern for the fates of those whose money they moved. As a matter of fact, this particular item is mild as far their “humor” went. I also recollect the voices of those bottom rankers interviewed in “The Smartest Guys In The Room”. Laughing in disbelief at what they were allowed to get away with. In terms of deserving sympathy? About the same as car salesmen in a downturn.

]]> By: takeshi http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311574 takeshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311574 I love this. Some of you have equated losing money with pain. Hate to tell you, but money's not all that important. If and when the next Depression comes, I'll be ready for it with the change I have in my pocket. Richer, less resourceful people may not be so lucky. I stopped playing the market years ago, because like everyone I hate losing money, but I don't mind saying that many of these pictures are liquid-sprayed-painfully-from-the-nostrils funny. For me, it's less about schadenfreude than a genuine interest in human behavior. Who are any of you to tell me what I can and can't laugh at? You people who get so worked up over other people's reactions... that's the funniest part of all. Get some lives and stop worrying so much about what other people do. None of us are perfect, but we should all strive to be less indignant. What others find humorous is their own business. If you find it so reprehensible, feel free to share, but don't expect others to go out of their way to soothe your anguish. I love this. Some of you have equated losing money with pain. Hate to tell you, but money’s not all that important. If and when the next Depression comes, I’ll be ready for it with the change I have in my pocket. Richer, less resourceful people may not be so lucky.

I stopped playing the market years ago, because like everyone I hate losing money, but I don’t mind saying that many of these pictures are liquid-sprayed-painfully-from-the-nostrils funny. For me, it’s less about schadenfreude than a genuine interest in human behavior. Who are any of you to tell me what I can and can’t laugh at?

You people who get so worked up over other people’s reactions… that’s the funniest part of all. Get some lives and stop worrying so much about what other people do. None of us are perfect, but we should all strive to be less indignant. What others find humorous is their own business. If you find it so reprehensible, feel free to share, but don’t expect others to go out of their way to soothe your anguish.

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311575 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311575 Hmmm. 6.5% of the comments in this thread have suggested that other commenters get a life. Happy National Hackneyed Invective Day. Hmmm. 6.5% of the comments in this thread have suggested that other commenters get a life. Happy National Hackneyed Invective Day.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311576 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311576 never been unable to pay for your kid's dentist? never been unable to pay for your kid’s dentist?

]]> By: mr_josh http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311604 mr_josh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311604 @#46 "You people who get so worked up over other people's reactions... that's the funniest part of all. Get some lives and stop worrying so much about what other people do" In two sentences you get worked up about peoples' reactions and then you tell people to stop getting worked up about reactions. If you truly bought in to that ideal, wouldn't you have not posted, and probably not read the comments in the first place? @#46

“You people who get so worked up over other people’s reactions… that’s the funniest part of all. Get some lives and stop worrying so much about what other people do”

In two sentences you get worked up about peoples’ reactions and then you tell people to stop getting worked up about reactions. If you truly bought in to that ideal, wouldn’t you have not posted, and probably not read the comments in the first place?

]]> By: Modusoperandi http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311613 Modusoperandi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311613 1. Comment about how worked up I get seeing other peoples' reactions. 2. Comments about my reaction to comment about getting worked up about other peoples' reactions being that those people should not get worked up and that they should get the life that I clearly lack myself. 3. Pointing out that this has happened before and will happen again. 4. Finance-centric pun about that woman's chest. 5. Unicorn chaser? 1. Comment about how worked up I get seeing other peoples’ reactions.
2. Comments about my reaction to comment about getting worked up about other peoples’ reactions being that those people should not get worked up and that they should get the life that I clearly lack myself.
3. Pointing out that this has happened before and will happen again.
4. Finance-centric pun about that woman’s chest.
5. Unicorn chaser?

]]> By: DandelionRex http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311885 DandelionRex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311885 See also: ohnomymoneys.blogspot.com ohyesmymoneys.blogspot.com See also:

ohnomymoneys.blogspot.com
ohyesmymoneys.blogspot.com

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311649 timquinn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311649 And no one here questions the interpretation of these pictures? I thought BB commenters were smart and skeptical? These pics could have been taken any day in the last five years. 23! And no one here questions the interpretation of these pictures? I thought BB commenters were smart and skeptical?

These pics could have been taken any day in the last five years.

23!

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311653 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311653 <blockquote>"that woman needs a bra on." ...It's obvious that the stocks weren't the only thing that sank. Commodities sure aren't looking as firm as they used to these days. </blockquote> She could buy you all! Well, two weeks ago she could have.

“that woman needs a bra on.”

…It’s obvious that the stocks weren’t the only thing that sank.

Commodities sure aren’t looking as firm as they used to these days.

She could buy you all!

Well, two weeks ago she could have.

]]> By: ivoras http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311656 ivoras Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311656 <p>The sad thing is that, even if these people here learned something, anything from what's happened, in 30-50 years the new generation will fire them as "old whiners not prepared to take a risk" and everything will happen again. Any legislature that might result from this event will be repelled, people will get careless again and the market will crash again.</p> <p>Actually, it's kind of optimistic, isn't it? :)</p> The sad thing is that, even if these people here learned something, anything from what’s happened, in 30-50 years the new generation will fire them as “old whiners not prepared to take a risk” and everything will happen again. Any legislature that might result from this event will be repelled, people will get careless again and the market will crash again.

Actually, it’s kind of optimistic, isn’t it? :)

]]> By: VictoriaPandora http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-312427 VictoriaPandora Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-312427 I guess people were so bothered by that woman’s failure to restrict her lymphatic system with a mini torture chamber that they didn’t notice the board in the background. If you compare what is named as Wed. Oct 8th (4th picture down) and Thursday Oct. 9th (2nd picture down) it looks like that photo was actually from the same day. Anyone else notice that? I guess people were so bothered by that woman’s failure to restrict her lymphatic system with a mini torture chamber that they didn’t notice the board in the background. If you compare what is named as Wed. Oct 8th (4th picture down) and Thursday Oct. 9th (2nd picture down) it looks like that photo was actually from the same day. Anyone else notice that?

]]> By: skiff http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311668 skiff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311668 Heh, no comment's :D Heh, no comment’s :D

]]> By: takeshi http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311957 takeshi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311957 @ Mr. Josh: "In two sentences you get worked up about peoples' reactions and then you tell people to stop getting worked up about reactions." Not worked up at all, actually. I was laughing hysterically the entire time I wrote that. And frankly, who cares what you think? You're righteously indignant, while I'm only winding you up. @ Antinous: "6.5% of the comments in this thread have suggested that other commenters get a life. Happy National Hackneyed Invective Day." Some things can never be said too often. Happy National Scintillating Rejoinder Week. @ Mr. Josh:

“In two sentences you get worked up about peoples’ reactions and then you tell people to stop getting worked up about reactions.”

Not worked up at all, actually. I was laughing hysterically the entire time I wrote that. And frankly, who cares what you think? You’re righteously indignant, while I’m only winding you up.

@ Antinous:

“6.5% of the comments in this thread have suggested that other commenters get a life. Happy National Hackneyed Invective Day.”

Some things can never be said too often. Happy National Scintillating Rejoinder Week.

]]> By: Gainclone http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311447 Gainclone Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311447 I love the directness of this blog. No crap. No commentary. It is a blog of brokers with hands on their faces, and it is called THE BROKERS WITH HANDS ON THEIR FACES BLOG. That is the simplest thing ever. The internet needs more of this. I love the directness of this blog. No crap. No commentary. It is a blog of brokers with hands on their faces, and it is called THE BROKERS WITH HANDS ON THEIR FACES BLOG. That is the simplest thing ever. The internet needs more of this.

]]> By: buddy66 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311448 buddy66 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311448 Slap harder! Slap harder!

]]> By: The Lizardman http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311449 The Lizardman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311449 The only way these could have made me laugh harder would be if they had been holding pies when they facepalmed. The only way these could have made me laugh harder would be if they had been holding pies when they facepalmed.

]]> By: George Curious http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311450 George Curious Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311450 Or maybe a trombone tag, "wha wha wha whaaaaaa..." Or maybe a trombone tag, “wha wha wha whaaaaaa…”

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311451 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311451 I'm holding out for photos of face<i>planting</i> financiers. I’m holding out for photos of faceplanting financiers.

]]> By: nerak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311452 nerak Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311452 that woman needs a bra on. that woman needs a bra on.

]]> By: Hentosz http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311453 Hentosz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311453 Can't remember where I found this, begun at roughly the same time: <a href="http://sadguysontradingfloors.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Sad Guys on Trading Floors</a>. With a dash of snark! Can’t remember where I found this, begun at roughly the same time: Sad Guys on Trading Floors. With a dash of snark!

]]> By: voline http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311454 voline Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311454 If it weren't for schadenfreude, sometimes I'd have no freude at all. If it weren’t for schadenfreude, sometimes I’d have no freude at all.

]]> By: Clayton Hove http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311456 Clayton Hove Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311456 Damn you, frozen concentrated orange juice! Damn you, frozen concentrated orange juice!

]]> By: Chairboy http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311458 Chairboy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311458 My 401k has dropped almost 50% in value in the last week or so. Sometimes there's a little too much schaden for all of us to have freude. My 401k has dropped almost 50% in value in the last week or so. Sometimes there’s a little too much schaden for all of us to have freude.

]]> By: dderidex http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311459 dderidex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311459 <em>"My 401k has dropped almost 50% in value in the last week or so."</em> And you aren't getting paid any more? I agree it would truly suck right now to be trying to retire, but, hell, I've got 30 <em>years</em> to go. Every 401k contribution I make right now is buying a <em>lot</em> more shares than it did this time last year. Not like the market won't recover at time point... “My 401k has dropped almost 50% in value in the last week or so.”

And you aren’t getting paid any more?

I agree it would truly suck right now to be trying to retire, but, hell, I’ve got 30 years to go. Every 401k contribution I make right now is buying a lot more shares than it did this time last year. Not like the market won’t recover at time point…

]]> By: flytch http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311462 flytch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311462 Ths s grt!!! th nly thng tht wld mk m lgh hrdr thn ths wld b thr dd mtltd bds lyng n th flr... These sharks need to die back a bit... and if your life was ruined by this "crash" then you need to actually get a life... the stock market is not based in reality... never has been... speculators and traders are like lawyers... we need a few... but when the population grows too much they all are doomed... this will just thin the heard a bit... your 401K will come back up... or it should be guaranteed by the government... if it is not then you were just playing the game and you lost your bet... just like with any gambling, you had a choice to play or not play... weather you win or lose is all part of the game... it's all about personal responsibility... learn it... anytime you bet money you could lose it... Ths s grt!!! th nly thng tht wld mk m lgh hrdr thn ths wld b thr dd mtltd bds lyng n th flr…

These sharks need to die back a bit… and if your life was ruined by this “crash” then you need to actually get a life… the stock market is not based in reality… never has been… speculators and traders are like lawyers… we need a few… but when the population grows too much they all are doomed… this will just thin the heard a bit… your 401K will come back up… or it should be guaranteed by the government… if it is not then you were just playing the game and you lost your bet… just like with any gambling, you had a choice to play or not play… weather you win or lose is all part of the game…

it’s all about personal responsibility… learn it…
anytime you bet money you could lose it…

]]> By: flosofl http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311463 flosofl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311463 @DDERIDEX Precisely, I have about 25 yrs to go myself, and I just changed my 401K distribution to load up on stocks (not all of it and existing monies stay where they are). When prices start to stablize, I'll probably switch back to the mixed risk profile I had before. I'm paraphrasing here, but at times like this it pays to remember what Warren Buffet has said: "When Wall Street is fearful, I get greedy. When Wall Street is greedy, I get scared." Buffet has come out this last week and said this is the best time to buy stocks for long term investments. The return will be phenomenal. And if the economy crashes and burns, we'll have other things on our minds than how much money we lost. Like hiding from the roving gangs of cannibals. @DDERIDEX

Precisely, I have about 25 yrs to go myself, and I just changed my 401K distribution to load up on stocks (not all of it and existing monies stay where they are). When prices start to stablize, I’ll probably switch back to the mixed risk profile I had before.

I’m paraphrasing here, but at times like this it pays to remember what Warren Buffet has said:

“When Wall Street is fearful, I get greedy. When Wall Street is greedy, I get scared.”

Buffet has come out this last week and said this is the best time to buy stocks for long term investments. The return will be phenomenal. And if the economy crashes and burns, we’ll have other things on our minds than how much money we lost. Like hiding from the roving gangs of cannibals.

]]> By: Kawentzmann http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311465 Kawentzmann Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311465 Will the suicidal ones receive black diagonal bars across one corner? Will the suicidal ones receive black diagonal bars across one corner?

]]> By: RJ http://boingboing.net/2008/10/19/photos-of-facepalmin.html#comment-311466 RJ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311466 What Nerak said. That lady either needs some support or needs to roll 'em up and tape them. Jeez. Looking through those pictures makes me feel a little worried just by association. What a terrible job they have, from my perspective. @12 Inserting... an... ellipsis... after... every... thing... is... annoying... Learn... to... form... coherent... sentences... What Nerak said. That lady either needs some support or needs to roll ‘em up and tape them. Jeez. Looking through those pictures makes me feel a little worried just by association. What a terrible job they have, from my perspective.

@12
Inserting… an… ellipsis… after… every… thing… is… annoying… Learn… to… form… coherent… sentences…

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