I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil

Re:I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil by scarletham on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @09:39AM (#10499774)

> slightly stylized

Or "completely made up"

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Re:I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil by strictnein on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @09:50AM (#10499849)

I'd say almost everything they post has at least a kernel of truth. Likely, some commodities broker did get a delivery of coal once, whether it was on this scale or not is really the question.

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Re:I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil by jacquesm on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @09:47AM (#10499836)

The giveaway would be the WTFSE, only that actually seems to be a real exchange.

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Re:I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil by mortehu on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @12:32PM (#10501061)

The stories on that site almost always use placeholders. For example, the most recent post features an email from wtfinc.com.

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