Ifo

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ifo

Title text: SMBC will be holding an initial comic offering today. The stock is imaginary but you can pay real dollars for it by buying my new book.

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Transcript

[Autogenerated by ChatGPT]

Panel 1:

Man in a suit and glasses, pointing to a chart labeled "Melon Sales" with a downward trend:

Man: "Melon sales are falling. Nobody wants to pay the prices we used to get."

Panel 2:

Another man at the table, looking thoughtful:

Man 2: "I think we can achieve more efficient production by—"

Panel 3:

A third person interrupts, excited:

Person: "What if we changed the name to take money from the stupid rich?"

Man 1, suddenly intrigued:

Man 1: "I think you're on to something, Jenkins."

Panel 4:

A newspaper headline:

"FarmCo announces 'Initial Fruit Offering'"

Panel 5:

Another newspaper headline:

FarmCo IFO oversubscribed three times by someone who heard it was a good investment from someone else who heard it from someone else in Infinite Regress. It would probably be worth something of value.

Panel 6:

Yet another newspaper headline:

'Melonaires' seen cashing out, moving to private archipelagos. Seen laughing until crying by various nude individuals.

Panel 7:

Final newspaper headline:

Melon crash! Investors stunned: 'This is a type of fruit they were supposed to eat.' Fruit now degraded into inedible jelly-like thing. Internet people: 'We'll hold forever!'

Votey Transcript

[Autogenerated transcript]

By god I will hold no matter what until an investor figures out what I'm doing and takes all my money!

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