Was there any intense analysis done behind the decision? Or did the founders just decide that bankers are like monkeys and run with it?
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Roseanne Barr was spit-balling ideas and the founders overheard her
WallStreetOasis.com is an inherently racist person. Not like modern-day racist either - you should hear what he says about the Irish and Italians
Savage.
It was originally a forum for monkey enthusiasts and slowly transformed into a finance forum as its users struggled to find lucrative careers that afforded the high costs of raising primates.
Obviously the monkey was kept around to pay homage.
Oh wow. Very enlightening. I heard Apple also began as a basket manufacturer for apple orchards.
Actually, it was a hippie commune. Some business dude tricked a bunch of free loving wannabe socialists to work for him.
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