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A comment on One Billion Dollars Short, Bill Ackman, and the Siege Of Herbalife (2015). Parent comment

Re:One Billion Dollars Short, Bill Ackman, and the Siege Of ... by diogenescynic on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:13PM (#14897643)
>With rationality on your side, how could you lose?

Hahahhaha. Great joke. Sadly, there are and probably always will be a lot of ignorant/gullible people. As PT Barnum said, "there's a sucker born every minute."

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Re:One Billion Dollars Short, Bill Ackman, and the Siege Of ... by kbenson on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @12:00AM (#14897798)
Given global population growth and birth trends, I wonder if we've reached a sucker every second yet...
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Re:One Billion Dollars Short, Bill Ackman, and the Siege Of ... by the_duke on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @03:22AM (#14898525)
Given the current birth rate of over 4 births per second, and considering that almost every newborn will consume nutrients by sucking milk, I'd say that we have reached that milestone a long time ago.
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Re:One Billion Dollars Short, Bill Ackman, and the Siege Of ... by hyperbovine on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @07:19AM (#14899522)
Actually, there is no evidence that he ever said this.
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Re:One Billion Dollars Short, Bill Ackman, and the Siege Of ... by asdfjklasdfjkl on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @07:48AM (#14899682)
In this instance, I'd say it's an even better quote, then.
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