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Revenge is best served literally

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By Dyllon RodillonPublished 4 years ago 4 min read
Revenge is best served literally
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Bull vs bear market, shorts, Naked shorts, dark pools, and synthetic shares. It's okay if you don't know what any of these terms mean. Hell I barely did until about a few weeks ago. I'm certainly not a economist or anything like that, I'm a welder. But I always have been interested in all the crazy interesting ways we can make money and even the odds even slightly. I knew money can bring out the worst in people but holy shit did I not realize just how evil money and the pursuit can make people. And of course I know of all the super dark stuff I'd rather not talk about. But what I am talking about is what's considered "white collar crime(s)". Again we all knew they were all liars and cheats, who stepped on a lot of toes and fingers to get to where they are. I know that, I'm not naïve. But finally understanding just how low they sunk of money is just. Wow.

The most simplistic way I can describe things, is hedge funds have been betting on certain stocks will go down in price and they'll get paid if their bet is right. But of course they don't play fair. So, they drive the price of stocks down by creating fake shares of a stock. They're literally making money bankrupting companies and relishing in their suffering and the lives they've ruined. These asshole hedge funds getting bonuses while innocent people were driven out of their jobs. Makes me absolutely sick, since it wasn't even done the right way.

Anyways, where do I come into play with this and how did I even know about all this shady shit? With the help of free, zero commission, trading apps I started to play the stock market. Nothing too serious, throw a few dollars here or there and see what happens. Trust me I have no delusions of grandeur, I didn't think I'd start printing money over night. Hell, I had very little idea what I was doing. I'll be the first to admit that. But I couldn't help myself, plus I'm getting older and as much as I love my job I know I can't do this forever. I have to find some way to support my retirement once I've hung up my welders mask. Every penny counts.

I'm not going to lie since I can't afford to go back to college, a lot of my research on stocks was done online and/0r reading books from the public library. Eventually I found my way to reddit. I know, I know. At first everyone here is going "Really? You're going to trust a bunch of dumbasses on Reddit??". At first I really didn't, I took everything I was reading with a HUGE grain of salt. But after a while you couldn't deny all the shady shit that was being pointed out. Surprisingly one of the worst offenders was here in town, well in the city that was.

So I decided, why not get our revenge in the most literal way possible? Show these "bears" the power of a real bull. Being a welder I've made some pretty interesting connections over the years. Farmers, butchers, mechanics, and even artists I've done work for. I called on of my friends who was a farmer that bred cattle for the local slaughter house. I asked if I could rent one of his most angry, unruly, and ferocious bulls. So on we walk to the very back of his farm, in isolation there's a bull he calls "dozer", because he's a bull dozer.. I hate my friends... Anyways, over the next few months I took time to build trust and a relationship with Dozer. Which I did, but boy it was not easy. I have the cuts and bruises to prove it.

So the day of our attack I was driving one of their trucks into town, making my way to their under ground parking structure. I had actually made friends with some of the security there to let me and Dozer in through their service elevators. Then we made our way to their main offices. My plan was to open up the door, let Dozer go bonkers and lock the door behind him so they can't get out. Then when it started, Dozer was absolutely obliterating their offices. Countless screams, people jumping on their desks, me welding the door shut, I couldn't ask for more. These pieces of shit well they certainly were pissing themselves. I could not stop laughing. I like to think Dozer knew exactly what he was doing and was proud to help the good fight. I know I'm probably going to prison for the rest of my life but it was certainly worth it. I'll write you all from prison.

Thank you for your time, I hope you enjoyed what you have read today. I have plenty of different articles on many different topics. Feel free to give those other articles a read or two. Also if you'd be so kind, I'd greatly appreciate a heart and if you really feel so inclined tips are always appreciated but by no means required.

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