[somacore]

"It’s a bunch of autistic losers that live in their mom’s basement who are gambling what little money they have to try and become rich to live lifestyles of hedonism."

Clearly written by someone who has never interacted with the community beyond reading the sidebar on reddit. Also explains why the rest of the article is mostly wrong.

[joezydeco]

I don't agree. The sentence before that one changes the context:

"The basic surface-level story of WSB is this."

The author is trying to explain that this is how the majority of the world sees the group, but the reality is different.

[baq]

more like 'what the group pretends to be to have fun losing money'

[0x008]

It's a terribly judgemental article.