2½ Men, 13% Women, 3 Hookers and a Wiki-Philly Cheesesteak, The Perfect Tutorial On Ponzi Schemes Options

[Jon Awbrey]

The February 7 episode of Two and a Half Men, “Three Hookers and a Philly Cheesesteak”, provides the perfect tutorial on Ponzi schemes.

I have a feeling I'll be referring to it often.

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[Jon Awbrey]

Look at how Jimbo and the other promoters of the scheme operate. They start out with the contributions of many small investors, all of whom ask for no more credit where credit is due than the minimal recognition of individual contributions promised by some copyleft license, plus the promise to abide by the advertised policies. By the time that most of them find out exactly how much those promises are worth they have already lent their credibility to an enterprise that can and will use it to discredit them once they begin to catch on and try to blow the whistle on the scheme. Meanwhile, the promoters have moved on to bigger boards of play. And bigger. And bigger. And so it goes.

— Jon Awbrey • 26 Feb 2011 (12:56 AM)