[ryandward]

Even as an econometrician, I would never call it dumb. It's a virtual incarnation of Occupy Wall Street. These guys are probably spending less than those who protested several years ago did. Heck, you can buy a stock and still go to work. No need to forego weeks of labor.

[ghaff]

I guess I find it really weird and unfocused and so mixed in with people who are greedy/stupid that the whole thing just seems absurd.

[EForEndeavour]

I think the absurdity is why it's grown as big as it has: a bizarre combination of conditions achieved critical mass and has exploded into this unplanned, unprecedented paroxysm of pure absurdity that nobody would have predicted because it's so irrational, so stupid, yet it's happening.