+1 Banks are mandating vaccines 1 4y
0 Has anyone ever wanted to be a weapons dealer/arms dealer 4 4y
0 Is Patrick Bateman The Most Attractive Investment Banker (Fictional or Otherwise)? 3 4y
0 Is NY full of fake people? 2 4y
0 If rape was absolutely legal, do you think that rape cases would increase/explode? 19 4y
0 Feeling like girls onlu use me for my body 4 4y
0 Joke post 2 4y
0 "Worker Lives Matter": China's new protest for better working conditions 1 4y
0 Goldman Sachs donates to anti-capitalist group 5 4y
0 Vote every Republican out 24 4y
0 Study: Anti-vaxxers have far lower intelligence 21 4y
0 Another grim milestone: 2000 deaths a day 41 4y
0 Oklahomans are overdosing on horse dewormer because they think it cures COVID 10 4y
0 COVID cases going CRAZY in Florida 21 4y
0 Another Trumper terrorist attack 2 4y
0 Germany 4 4y
+8 NBA Finals - Who is Going to Win? 9 4y
+210 People who hate diversity hires, Catch 22 - You wouldn't have made it anyway 111 4y
+258 How much of this board is alt right or incels? 177 4y
+74 WSO Censored my Russia War Thread 36 4y
+174 Open Relationships are satanic 98 4y
+162 Green Energy Policy Will Lead to Anarchy. Please tell me where I am wrong 77 4y
+67 Have you ever fired a gun? 48 4y
+63 My girlfriend constantly wants sex. 29 4y
+58 how to get bigger/more "masculine" 55 4y
+42 Tech Sales: Easy $300k/yr with 40hrs/wk at 25 25 4y
+34 My crazy ex 17 4y
+33 Redefining Prestige 21 4y
+30 What do you guys think of British "people"? 24 4y
+30 mom 12 4y
0 Biggest Chad You've Ever Met? 2 4y
+750 Power Couples? 133 4y
+750 LinkedIn is Getting Bad Again 154 4y
+572 Would you pay for a girl’s vacation with you? 132 4y
+527 Would you want your wife to take on your last name? 259 4y
+502 I literally just lost my internship to a blonde girl from Greenwich :( 124 4y
+426 Dating: Guys who see themselves "playing the field" after 30? What's your plan? 133 4y
+421 Has COVID changed your way of thinking? 120 4y
+368 What's the point of honest, hard work? 198 4y
+295 Most based state? - Texas will bus illegal immigrants to DC, Abbott says 127 4y
+282 It's all so tiresome 77 4y
+267 "The rich don't pay their fair share" 119 4y
+244 Upper Middle Class in New York? 106 4y
+243 Should We Be Worried About Ukraine? 207 4y
+232 WSO has ruined my concept of what a good salary is 130 4y
+222 Anyone listen to rap? 182 4y
+207 Very depressed 35 4y
+205 Guys in here who don't want the family life or a wife, what's your plan? 83 4y
+202 Do you care about having generational wealth? 71 4y
+196 Basic Nutrition / Diet Guide 58 4y
+195 If Coronavirus and 9/11 are the two biggest events of our life, what is the third? 87 4y
+190 When did you stop messing around? 99 4y
+187 Last wave of Covid 91 4y
+178 Trickle Down has failed almost as many times as Marxism 98 4y
+177 What happened to us? 45 4y
+177 Happy Thanksgiving - what are you grateful for? 61 4y
+165 Do you actually pay for meals when on a date? 112 4y
+163 I want a family 118 4y
+149 I just want to quit and go live in the wild... 53 4y
+147 I have the shittiest time dealing with HR. 53 4y
+126 What do you miss the most from pre-covid? 58 4y
+122 Would You Be Interested in a WSO Book Club? 60 4y
+119 Is the world doing better than we're being told? 64 4y
+119 WSO Book Club MMTG Part 1 30 4y
+118 What's something lowkey worth splurging on? 121 4y
+116 How do you people deal with aging? How do you guys deal with getting old, looks fading, and body getting fucked up? 59 4y
+116 Does Anyone Else Think China's Foreign Investment Is Sus? 66 4y
+113 Before Covid I felt like a kid in my early 20's. Now I don't feel anything. Like legit nothing. It's like so much has happen in 2 years and nothing even phases me anymore. 39 4y
+110 No One Likes Biden 83 4y
+108 Religion 75 4y
+106 rent is getting out of control 98 4y
+103 NYC Rent is becoming a caricature, like they want us to say "this is ridiculous!". What do you guys think 41 4y
+101 Any industries that are as alpha as finance? 66 4y
+98 I’m done with the left. 31 4y
+97 Where Should I live? 83 4y
+97 Billions season premiere 56 4y
+96 What second language should you learn? 67 4y
+95 Traditional Media/Social Media just need to go at this point 33 4y
+93 What is YOUR go-to drink? 83 4y
+92 Alt left is trying to cancel Joe Rogan 53 4y
+90 Subway vs. Uber/Lyft 62 4y
+88 Vacation that made you happy? 53 4y
+88 Buying a car in full? 44 4y
+87 Some MDs want me to see a therapist 39 4y
+87 high prestige low salary jobs 82 4y
+86 Most prestigious book you have read? 83 4y
+86 401k is a scam 68 4y
+85 Sterilizing at least 75% of the population for the sake of humanity. 42 4y
+84 What are some cool hobbies/things to do after work? 292 4y
+83 Long Funeral Homes, Short Life Insurers? 49 4y
+83 What's one thing you did in the last year that you are glad that you did? 58 4y
+82 What is something someone has said to you that has stuck with you forever? 59 4y
+81 Barstool Top 50 Party Schools 46 4y
+81 Are there people actually richer than Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos 41 4y
+81 Would you date a girl in finance 60 4y
+78 Antidepressants - Thoughts 56 4y
+78 Just got ~$40M. What now? 87 4y
+75 Which celebrity or famous person you find most attractive? 150 4y
+75 Disgusting WSO Post 51 4y
+72 How I Limit Anxiety, Stress, and Regret 10 4y

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