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Dear Hollywood,

Please make a movie out of this.

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The Squeezed Short

Edit: If you haven't watched "The Big Short" yet, watch it! Tonight!

WSB proposed "the retarded short" (they affectionately call themselves retards)

I read something like "The dogs on main street" and thought it was funny.

Honestly I’m so happy there’s a “mainstream” place on the Internet where people use the terms retarded and autistic affectionately. It feels like a breath of fresh air next to the language police of everywhere else.

Rick: Here, your sister's boss gave me a microscope that would have made me retarded.

Morty: Ooh, oh boy Rick, I don' think you are allowed to say that word, you know.

Rick: Morty, I'm not disparaging the differently abled. I'm stating the fact that if I'd used this microscope it would have made me mentally retarded.

Morty: Yeah, but I don't think it's about logic, Rick. I, I think the word has just become a symbolic issue for powerful groups that feel like they're doing the right thing.

Rick: Well, that's retarded.

My vote goes to "The Big Squeeze" ... although, it kind of sounds like an adult entertainment movie.

We need a Michael Lewis book on this.

It all happened remotely, so they could make it now while we are socially distancing.

They did.

Trading places.

The Big Squeeze

Darn, that name is already taken. :(

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115680/

The Big Short Squeeze.

Movie titles are not protected. This is why there are so many remakes when the exact same name. No licensing fee required.

Found this out the hard way with Changeling (1980) and Changeling (2008).

Then, going by the WSB vernacular, "The Squeeze That Squoze".

The Other Big Short

Best part is that I don't even think we're out of the first act yet.

Squeezy McSqueezeFace

and please get funded by some hedge fund...

More like "proceeds from this movie will be donated to save affected hedge funds". :)

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