For months, this forum was mostly political garbage and high school kids asking what they can do to prepare for 2025 SA recruiting. Now, we have threads of: a PE bro trolling fat chicks on Tinder, which land animals are the deadliest, an analyst about to get fired for saying the word crap, venture capital and how fucking stupid it is, which vegetables represent which character traits, Milton Friedchickenman trying to become a full blown hermit, Shitigroup and how they’re stingier than Eugene Krabs, Isaiah providing us with valuable insight on a Columbia professor who snorts heroine, monkeys supporting other monkeys going through tough times, and most recently a poor banker about to get promoted to a top coverage group known as “The Arby’s Boys”. Is WSO’s off topic forum about to enter a new golden age?
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The Arby’s boys thread is the new most important thing in my life. I need to know how this poor man will escape this situation. WSO off topic is so back.
Agreed. The dude who posted that seems like one of the biggest freaks in finance hahaha. Nice dude but has to get a grip.
I love how actually serious he is while the commenters are going wild in the comments
Lol I know I'm like this isn't some huge life decision where you need a lot of different viewpoints it's literally everyone including myself telling him to just ask for a different fuckin sandwich
He plays the seriousness off too fkin well lmao
Genuinely my 2nd favorite part of 2021 😂 I would eagerly take a huge pay cut for the chance to work for someone that cool.
I was actually thinking the same thing
I figured that after the election and capitol riots, the political stuff would fizzle out.
Good job on part of the WSO team AndyLouis to realize that this was temporary and for not censoring or closing down political topics. At the end of the day, we all study finance and economics and some of this stuff will inevitably come up as a result. Every once in a while, something will necessarily get people riled up, but then we can go back to normal.
My mentor in college (Phil Lader) would say that the world is made up of PPE (Politics, Philosophy, and Economics). He said if you know these well, you can learn a lot about the world and different countries.
Oxford has a highly touted PPE program:
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/feb/23/ppe-oxford-university…
“Oxford University graduates in philosophy, politics and economics make up an astonishing proportion of Britain’s elite.”
Very true. And while I understand the OP's perspective that sometimes the politics gets too much (which it did on the forum), if you ultimately can't stand economics, then maybe this is not the right field for you. I find it hard to see how these topics aren't inherently interesting to someone pursing finance. I would not want to hire a kid with no interest in economics. Tells you a lot about their true passion for markets etc.
I actually love PPE programs and I'm really happy that elite universities in the US are starting to adopt it. I think it gives students a very nuanced take on the world, instead of shoving them into one philosophy. Yale was the first Ivy League to have it, and now Brown, Penn, Dartmouth, and Princeton have begun offering specific courses in it.
Actually this is wrong. WSO has been debumping political threads (and any thread that mentions Trump) for at least the past month (yes I've been keeping track). There's a reason why you haven't been seeing political threads as of recent.
I certainly hope so. Off-Topic is the main reason I come to this site, with a little healthcare banking pointers here and there. I love talking about fighting with 10k rats on my side and referring to picking fruit like its a battle royale. The political shit gets boring/annoying after a while. I am always down to argue with people but like chillin and talkin about random dumb shit is just so much more fun for everyone. Who wants to fight when you can instead ponder the complexity of being an Arby's Boy.
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It's the thread called help sticky situation with boss
Oh you’re in for a wild ride my friend. Greatest thread to ever grace this site (think The Pursuit of Happyness meets Supersize Me)
I can't decide which one is better yet, the Arby's Boys or the Fat Girl Tinder Thread
https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/help-sticky-situation-with-boss
It was never dead, just took a cyclical turn as expected during an election year.
LONG LIVE WSO WOOOOOOOO
I wasn't around on WSO back in 2016. Any idea what it was like back then?
No idea, at that time I was too busy being a rowdy college kid to care about finance.
you missed the greatest poster of all time - monaco monkey
Oh man that Arby’s thread is exactly what I needed today.
What can I do to prepare for 2025 SA recruiting.?
also hit me with that land animal thread i have a lot of opinions on that topic
Who do you think it would be? My opinion was the elephant would win the most and only have a few losses
you're probably right dude. unless it has an achilles heal or something like what if they can't breathe through their mouth too good and the tiger fucks up its trunk? but yeah the sheer mass would just stomp on shit and also means its mass:bite of other animal ratio is best. it can take a lot and wait for the opportunity to stomp
It's gotta be the honey badger. Honey badger don't give a shit.
I am waiting to turn on CNBC and see the OP of the Arby's Boys thread sitting talking about his situation at work. Need this to blow up.
Cramer definitely loves Arby's
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Yeeeeehawwwwwww
every off topic post is like "muh im depressed"
it's more fun tbh. I come here to relax from work and I like discussions not related to work.
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