Caption Contest Winner:
Thought I'd start this week with the caption contest winner. There was some funny, funny stuff in there this week, but the clear winner was @jmoney2405 with his quip, "No no no, it's grab the bull by the HORNS.......". Even though @DickFuld didn't win, I got a good chuckle out of, "Do these nuts make my butt look big?" Well done, fellas.
Thread of the Week:
@"Insider Trading" was the runaway winner this week with his thread List of Things You Should be Doing in Undergrad. But it wasn't because of the 8 Silver Bananas he got, it was because of the incredible 68 Facebook Likes the post racked up. That's a whole lot of off-site sharing going on, so the thread obviously struck a nerve and you guys thought even your non-finance friends should see it. That's what I call broad appeal. I'm not sure, but 68 Likes might be some kind of record.
Honorable Mention:
@"In The Flesh" was a close runner up for Thread of the Week with his post The World's Greatest Lifehack. Solid advice there, and he pulled in 9 Silver Bananas and a Facebook Like for this post on the merits of gratitude. It's especially poignant heading into Thanksgiving Week.
Rocky Balboa:
Non-target maniac and former WSO intern @td12 gave us the inspiration for the week with Non target => WSO Intern => Major US Bank. Living proof that if you work hard and think outside the box, anything is possible. His post earned him 11 Sliver Bananas, 4 Facebook Likes, and the undying admiration of non-target kids worldwide.
The Guidance Counselor:
Most helpful thread of the week career-wise goes to @LotusBlue for Ask Me Anything: Post-MBA IBD Associate at BB (NYC). We all love the Q&A format, and this one was particularly helpful because it generated 6 Silver Bananas and 3 Facebook Likes. Not only that, but LotusBlue says he was a long-time lurker on WSO, so it's always good to see those guys emerge from the shadows to help out. Thanks man!
Comments of the Week:
There were a couple of standouts this week in the comments category. @yeahright pulled in 8 Silver Bananas for his pragmatic analysis in the Things You Should Do in Undergrad thread with his comment:
1. Get yoked
2. Get drunk
3. Slam hotties
4. Don't go greek
5. "Thirsty Thursdays"
If you are concerned with half the shit above in the prior lists, you are not having enough fun in your last years of freedom. There's always B-School though.
As far as a helpful comment goes, @she_monkey provided some real insight with her comment on dealing with the downside of being a 1st-year analyst. Her advice brought in 7 Silver Bananas and was really powerful Sometimes you just have to soldier on.
Snarkiest comment of the week definitely goes to @happypantsmcgee for his reply to @IlliniProgrammer in the Swiss Vote on 1:12 Law thread. When IP sarcastically oversimplified one of Happy's previous comments, Happy shot back, "Didn't realize those were the only relevant things to look at when comparing economies. I was stupid in thinking that maybe size and diversity mattered but I'm not a STEM grad from a fucking cornfield so what the fuck do I know." Yikes. We need a clean up on aisle 5!
Most Active Monkeys:
Four of you had over 100 banana points in the past week: @notthehospitalER (111), @GoIllini (108), @"D M" (105), and @TwoThrones (103). Nice job, monkeys!
That's it for this week, guys. Who did I miss?
what a game!!!
btw i see that vote got ~35% in favor, higher than i thought it'd get
Pats game was unreal.
While we're on the subject of football, I have a bit of a fantasy football conundrum in my money league. Here's the scenario: I'm winning this week by a score of 76.9-75.25. My opponent has played all of his players, so he's done for the week, but I have Kaepernick left to play tonight. Do I bench him and just go no QB this week? My fear is that he gets sacked on his first possession, fumbles the ball (worth -2 pts in my league) and leaves the game hurt. I know how unlikely that is, but it's still possible, and the -2 would lose the week for me. My other concern (which would favor my playing him) is that the NFL does some weird points adjustment on Tuesday which somehow takes me below my opponent's current score and costs me the week.
Here's why it matters: things are so knotted up in my money league that a loss this week could take me out of the playoffs entirely, but a win this week and next (pretty likely against next week's opponent) gets me the 1st round BYE in the playoffs.
What say you, WSO? Play Kap and let the chips fall where they may? Or lay up and play for par this week?
I would put your league changing scoring at a slightly higher percentage than him getting hurt on the first play and losing you the week (5% to about 1%). I've done the whole sit a player so they don't go negative to win thing and it always feels so dirty.
I say play him...point differential important...and watch out in the WSO Bastards league, I started out 1-7 but now have a 4 game winning streak ...
If I win last 2 games I could sneak into playoffs at 7 - 7 (and my team put up a 165 spot this week with Mccoy on a bye week)...just saying, could be the most epic turnaround ever, and likely the 4th spot will go to a team at 7-7 with the highest points...
He might need to change his user name to angermanagementpantsmcgee
You might need to going concern fuck yourself.
I would tell you to do the same but looks like you already do, constantly. That clearly explains the "happy pants"
See what I did there? I outsnarked you, brah
I just met HPM. He is lovely.
Love M@M, Eddie. It's my starting point in reading WSO since it's the perfect "in-house" bonus bananas for irregular readers to navigate recent WSO activity.
Shit, time to stop posting.
and fuck the Patriots.
I'm running out of time on this decision and I'm still going back and forth. I'm already out of the running if it comes down to total points for the season, so that's not a factor.
yeah, if you're already beat on the points side, definitely bench him and take the W...
I dont understand, if youre out for total points, why you would even consider playing him. Whats the upside?
Yeah, you're right. It is decided.
Please don't kick my ass.
whoops, just saw this, the right move :-)
good luck
Here is what I recall:
IlliniProgrammer
I'm curious to see how this works out.
If it works in Switzerland, we should try it here.
(not sarcastic)
hpm
Yea because those economies are totally comparable.
(sarcastic oversimplification)
IlliniProgrammer
So Switzerland is some third world country with a terrible educational system?
(further sarcastic oversimplification)
hpm
Didnt realize those were the only relevant things to look at when comparing economies. I was stupid in thinking that maybe size and diversity mattered but I'm not a STEM grad from a fucking cornfield so what the fuck do I know.
(Snark FTW)
You just be mad that I outsnarked you, brah
Actually I never saw your post until now. Was too busy responding to LA Banker.
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