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Civil damages against Robinhood for breaking user agreements could be enormous

If Robinhood shut down and stopped you from being able to trade, in violation of the user agreement you signed, I think the damages against them in a civil case are fucking extraordinary, enormous damages.

Robinhood faced over 50 class-action lawsuits. While many were dismissed or settled for smaller amounts than 'enormous', they did pay a $70 million fine to FINRA (the largest ever at the time).

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Jan 29, 2021
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

I'm shorting Robinhood as soon as they go live

I'm shorting Robinhood, though, when they eventually go live.

Robinhood went public in July 2021 at $38, peaked briefly, and then crashed significantly, losing over 70% of its value within a year. Shorting it would have been highly profitable.
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Jan 29, 2021
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Billy FootballBilly Football

Blockbuster stock is going to make me a millionaire

Blockbuster, bro. It was one cent when I talked about it last time. It is now seven cents. What? Let's go. I called it. Billy is a Blockbuster millionaire.

Blockbuster (BLIAQ) is a delisted 'zombie' stock that spiked purely on meme momentum. It has zero fundamental value and is not a legitimate long-term investment.
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Jan 29, 2021
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Big CatBig Cat

The 'Reddit millionaires' will be the funniest class of millionaires ever

I need the quote-unquote trolls of the internet... to be the power players and shift the entire dynamic... the Reddit millionaires are going to be fucking hilarious.

This is a subjective opinion about the comedic value of a social phenomenon.

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Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

George Clooney is a college-level athlete

So Clooney's very, very good. He's college-level athlete. Full college level... [Clooney] was a great baseball player, like college-level baseball recruited for baseball and he really knows how basketball works. Like he knows how to do a pick-and-roll. He understands basketball.

Clooney actually tried out for the Cincinnati Reds in 1977, though he didn't make the team. He has a reputation as a very high-level amateur athlete.
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Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

Woody Harrelson has legitimate basketball hops

I thought I could beat Woody... and he destroyed me, man. He was up at the hoop. He could really get right to the hoop... Woody has hops. Yes.

Harrelson is well-known in the industry for being a legitimate basketball player who often wins celebrity games.
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Brian KoppelmanBrian Koppelman

All screenwriting books are absolute bullshit

I just said for the fuck of it one day: All screenwriting books are bullshit. All of them. Read screenplays, watch movies, and let those be your guide... if you have to go to a Radisson for a seminar, it's fake. It's fake.

This is a subjective opinion from a highly successful practitioner, though it's a controversial take in the academic film world.