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Bernardo de La Paz

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51. So in your book the reader should do all the work. Every reader should spend a minute looking it up

Sun Apr 6, 2025, 09:58 PM

Apr 6

There have been over 5,000 views of this thread. Assume there are 1,200 unique viewers. So you think it is a good use of time that 1,200 viewers spend 1,200 minutes looking it up. That is 20 hours.

I think it would be a much better use of time if the OP spent say 10 (ten) minutes getting the data and formatting it nicely.

20 hours (or whatever a more accurate estimate is) is a waste compared to 10 minutes. Wouldn't it be a kindness if the OP did a little work to smooth the reader's task?

A poster could have two different motivations to posting. 1) They want to share an insight or fact and help people understand it. 2) They are writing so that they can look at their own writing and who the hell cares about anyone else.

I, being me, assume that almost all posters here have motivation #1 and thus would be motivated to do the ten minutes of work to share the fact or insight.

Demanding that the reader do the work would be motivation #2. You, are free to endorse and support and advocate motivation #2.

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Do the American people know this? [View all] usregimechange Apr 5 OP

Thank You for that Excellent info My Friend BOSSHOG Apr 5 #1

Welcome. I spent quite a bit of time making sure they were accurate usregimechange Apr 5 #2

You must be one of those wacky liberals BOSSHOG Apr 5 #5

Off to the greatest page for visibility malaise Apr 5 #3

1: Point drops are useless. It's percent that counts. 2: Dow is 1896 price-weighted adding machine index. Use SP500 Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #4

one suspects point drops may be a bigger deal to most people than intellectual per centage drops. msongs Apr 5 #6

Sure, but Make America Stupid Again is not a good strategy. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #12

"Make America Stupid Again" markodochartaigh Apr 5 #31

I included the percent drops usregimechange Apr 5 #7

No you did not. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #8

WTH? usregimechange Apr 5 #15

" And the political party of the Presidents who presided over the largest % drop in the Dow Jones" usregimechange Apr 5 #16

Lists of political parties are not lists of percentage drops. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #17

Did you see the % in the sentence??? usregimechange Apr 5 #18

There is a percentage sign but no percentages. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #19

They're ranked by percent, need the middle names of the Presidents too? usregimechange Apr 5 #20

Middle names are not percentages. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #21

There you go, updated in OP, let me know if there's anything else you need usregimechange Apr 5 #25

You could have asked nicely for them to add the %s in the post. RandomNumbers Apr 6 #50

So in your book the reader should do all the work. Every reader should spend a minute looking it up Bernardo de La Paz Apr 6 #51

Reminds me of when I worked at a Dem HQ and.. usregimechange Apr 7 #53

Exactly. Regardless, anything worth doing is worth doing as best as one is able. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 7 #54

The work of being nice if you notice something missing from a post and request it be added. RandomNumbers Apr 7 #55

Thank you usregimechange Apr 7 #52

Not to experts malaise Apr 5 #35

Not to experts malaise Apr 5 #36

People posting on DU are not posting to magas. . . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #38

That chart is perfect to spread malaise Apr 5 #39

This would make a great information ad in a newspaper. Maybe Ms Walton could spring for it. jalan48 Apr 5 #9

Why not list the single day point gains records? WarGamer Apr 5 #10

Because point gains are as useless as point drops. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #11

I think the true story is volatility WarGamer Apr 5 #13

Yes, volatility is an important part of the story, as is uncertainty. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #14

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Apr 5 #22

The 8 largest Dow Jones drops in US history: aggiesal Apr 5 #23

This is way too academic looking to help with most voters unfortunately jgmiller Apr 5 #24

Yeah but the other guy here wanted everything in there usregimechange Apr 5 #26

this should be posted every where gopiscrap Apr 5 #27

Republicans are shrewd businessmen. Swede Apr 5 #28

K&R ReRe Apr 5 #29

Republicans are rigidly top-down thinkers Warpy Apr 5 #30

He will stick to it; not gonna change any time soon. He posted Friday and Saturday Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #40

Other factors are at work Warpy Apr 6 #46

I don't know about "90%" but yes his ego and his investment conflicts of interest are definitely factors Bernardo de La Paz Apr 6 #47

That 90% is a figure I've heard from both left and right sources Warpy Apr 6 #48

All of the GOP stock market analysts whom I read, recognize that DEMOCRATIC Presidents Jack Valentino Apr 5 #32

Do they know this: markodochartaigh Apr 5 #33

He's gunning to replace Raygun as the greatest president ever... Probatim Apr 5 #34

Most of them don't care. William769 Apr 5 #37

Trump is in great company with Hoover and Reagan IronLionZion Apr 5 #41

Protest sign today Bernardo de La Paz Apr 6 #42

Clearly, no--they don't. And that is why we can't have nice things... N/T Ol Janx Spirit Apr 6 #43

There's a pattern dlk Apr 6 #44

If they didn't before, they do now. Great eye-opening info. Thanks, usregimechange. wordstroken Apr 6 #45

Very interesting 🤔 thank you TommieMommy Apr 6 #49