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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The funny thing is if they do short it heavily, the big players will pump the stock. They literally can't lose.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

WSB incels are essentially immune to a failed short.

Yeah, shorting theoristically has no ceiling on potential loss, but most of these retail kids don't have enough assets for a squeeze to really do anything.

Owing somebody a thousand dollars and owing someone a billion dollars are the same thing for them.