When you short sell stocks...

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..do you ever feel a little guilty or maybe even a little dirty because you find yourself hoping for bad things happen to those companies you're shorting?

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Not at all. why should I? I am not making these companies go bankrupt, just making money when they do.

It's definitely far more fun to make money on the long side, but making money on the short side makes the collapse of the financial system easier to bear.

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It's definitely far more fun to make money on the long side

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Agreed.

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but making money on the short side makes the collapse of the financial system easier to bear.

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Good point.

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Neither is finance...

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BAZOOM

Russian may not understand how to fix the global financial problems, but he's easily discerning enough to realize that you're a douche.

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I can't figure out why you have such a strong distaste for me.

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I am not particularly likeable

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You answered your own question....

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Russian may not understand how to fix the global financial problems

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Pfffttt! I've already done that. It's just that Ben Bernanke won't take my phone calls from Manila.

(I call collect.)

To paraphrase what I read here, you dislike. You cannot state a reason why, or refuse to. And you seem intent on slurring me at every opportunity. My thoughts are that you think I killed your dog, or had sex with your wife, or molested your child. I can assure you none of these are the case. I love animals, have no interest in a woman as old as your wife, and I kill all the kids I molest. So, its clear your dislike is irrational.