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   Raymond Russell (raymierussell@mastodon.scot)'s status on Saturday, 22-Nov-2025 01:29:01 JST Raymond Russell

   That time you spent $1Trillion on Tulips and put Tulips in all your products even though it didn't make any sense and people were becoming weary of products that had fully integrated Tulips, even when given away for free.
   Your massive warehouses where store all your Tulips were costing more in water and plant food to maintain than Tulips sales. So you borrow money using your Tulips as assets despite their finite life.
   Now customers don't want Tulips because THEY are ignorant fools.

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     Carsten Franke (carstenfranke@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Nov-2025 18:21:26 JST Carsten Franke

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     @raymierussell look, breakfast cereal, Now With Tulips (TM)

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     Artstories (art_histories@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 22-Nov-2025 18:21:26 JST Artstories

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     • Carsten Franke

     @carstenfranke @raymierussell It's not random. Tulipomaina in the 17th Century was the first speculative bubble (we know of).
     Jan Breugel painted a very accurate depiction of this nonsens which is still quite valid of the stock market today. All monkey, all selfish, all greedy, all stupid...

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     Guillotine Jones, Flâneur (guillotine_jones@beige.party)'s status on Saturday, 22-Nov-2025 18:22:20 JST Guillotine Jones, Flâneur

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     • Carsten Franke
     • Artstories

     @art_histories @carstenfranke @raymierussell
     Did NOT know of the Breugel painting satirizing the 17th century Dutch tulip mania.
     Thank YOU for sharing, Ms Histories!