There's so much content on here that I objectively disagree with and can feel myself getting heated over but I just keep coming back. Recently I've found myself searching up old threads just so I can read through and get angry about how dumb some of the opinions are.
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I like the platform a lot, I just find it strangely entertaining to read the opinions of people who I completely disagree with
Ye ik what you mean, especially that candice user
Haha a who’s Candice joke
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Sometimes, I also get frustrated when I notice old threads on the top. I don't know why people like to answer old posts?
cuz it cuts down on the amount of endless threads about the same topic
I really like the 40 returning to the office/vaccine threads. It gives me more platforms to funnel my political opinions to the masses.
Can stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Go back to Reddit, Lib.
-tased himself in the balls storming the Capitol over white victimhood
Did this actually happen to someone?
to answer the question, no I do not hate read WSO. I peruse for interesting perspectives, but if I come across something idiotic that's not harmful to some prospective monkey's career (e.g. misinformation about PWM, investing, etc.) then I pass. life's too short to get all worked up about idiots. if you enjoy debate, invite someone to have a civil discussion about whatever topic where there's disagreement, but just reading for the sake of getting upset? find some productive hobbies and your anger at the trivial should lessen, I hope.
godspeed
I mean, as you see below, the Off Topic Forum is full of conservative trolls living in their parent's basement, fantasizing about being Patrick Bateman and boosting their own egos by being keyboard warriors. But some of the folks have reasoned and reasonable opinions, and you can learn something. As long as you don't take personally what a bunch of internet clowns say, it's all good.
And the only other forum I frequent is the real estate one, which often has fantastic and useful discussion. Can't speak for the others, but if they're similar, then definitely worth reading WSO.
But couldn't these potentially be our co-workers?
Of course they are co-workers. In finance, you have a lot of people who took proper economics courses in college; so you will necessarily have more conservative/libertarians working in the field.
On the other hand, finance is still very driven by NYC - so as a matter of geography, you will necessarily get a lot of people with strong left wing views.
Neither conservatives nor lefties are living in basements. They are working with you and they're posting on this website.
Or worse, wannabe autocrats who insist on "redistributing" wealth from the rich-but-unworthy to the poor-yet-high in "innate merit."
Glad to see you can use a dictionary, but apparently proper use of punctuation continues to elude you. Quotation marks are for quoting written or spoken word. Not making up your own shit and then putting those words in other's mouths.
Any form of tax is a form of redistribution. Since you want armed people to protect your property from the mobs that would take it without the fear of armed force, you are pro-taxation. So we're all for redistribution, it's just a question of how much, from who, and for what.
The forums by type.
IB = Dumpster fire of interns and prospects
PE = Somewhat put together analyst/PE people
HF = Put together traders and PE people with a hint of Flaming garage band hedge fund types
RE = Pyschos
CO = Case study forum
TR = Taking its last breath every day
AM = People who didn't make a HF but still insightful
ER = Didn't make AM but still insightful
CF = People who want to drive off a cliff / Odd balls
What about OFF?
What opinions do you disagree with so much?
Also, like it or not, it's actually useful to read stupid opinions. You need to know if a large amount of people in the industry have stupid opinions on something.
https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/de-facto-segregation-debunked-white-privilege-confirmed
Yeah, I can see how that could make someone upset, but to my earlier point, this is useful information. It's useful to know that people aren't as politically correct as CNN wants to be - you need to be more careful on both sides of the aisle when loudly expressing opinions in the office. That's the real takeaway in my opinion from a purely WSO career perspective.
have u been browsing the "what are you unpopular opinions thread"
I enjoy the insights and content for the most part, but honestly sometimes need to take a break from it. The part that frustrates me the most about this forum is all of the recent grads or interns who make claims that finance is the promise land and that it is the only way to riches and a happy life (I guess that should be expected on a finance forum). Truth is most people around the world aren't in finance, and actually the majority of ultra wealthy people also aren't in finance. I know it's not the nature of this forum, but sometimes just feels like a close minded/risk averse community. Maybe I'm an outlier on this, but working at a HF/traditional PE/IB sounds hellish IMO (although I will admit that in college/fresh out of college, it sounded very enticing).
agreed on these points. there is also a lot of dogma/myths perpetuated mostly by people that are totally unqualified to give advice.
No, I skip most of the posts nowadays and avoid anything remotely political.
Go read @MonacoMonkey threads, should be fun
It's people like you that get heated over the very thought of someone disagreeing with your delicate sensibilities that made university such a fucking chore. Quit being such a whiny cunt and either argue your position like the rest of us or shut the fuck up. No one cares how you feel about other people's opinions, not even your mother.
When you read WSO too much you start seeing the same annoying people posting the same things over and over. I don’t want to name any of them because they are clearly dying for attention....
Can’t wait for WSO to come out with a “block” feature soon
pull up den bro, I'll leave the same advice over and over and over again. more preftige, minimal thought :)
MOAR BANANA POINTS
BLOCK ME BROOOOOO
jk jk all in good fun
Definitely not you. It’s mostly college aged kids giving out “advice”, trolls, and people who seem like they’re trolling but they’re not - they’re just actually that crazy
that's precisely my relationship with reddit
No. There's twatter for that
I disagree with a lot of people on here but I can still respect their perspectives and opinions, and there is nothing harmful about a good internet fight if it gets to that. I lean liberal but grew up around a lot of conservatives outside my closest family members, so I'm used to dealing with opposite-end-of-the-spectrum viewpoints. If you want to exist in this world, you kind of have to. Life isn't a giant liberal arts campus or Trump rally. I stuck around since college on here so by now I kinda know the opinions of some longer term users, etc, which is kinda nice because WSO occasionally actually does feel like a community. There are some users that I really like seeing pop up in a thread because I just know their comments will be really insightful, funny, or start shit. I like giving advice when I can on IB, my path, and my somewhat specific sector, as well as talking shit. All in good fun.
Why would you purposely incense yourself if this site is such a trigger? Sure there are controversial topics discussed but the primary objective is to help people out so why not tune out the noise and pay it forward where you can? I don't understand this kind of self-inflicted misery you'd seemingly put yourself through just by reading things you don't agree with...
I don't understand this either.
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