In today's trending, Weibo users mock themselves for stock market losses, thick legs may mean higher IQs, floating rice fields, and children playing with miniature animals.
An investor wipes her nose at a stock brokerage house in Huaibei city, Anhui province, July 2, 2015.[Photo/IC] |
Market plunge leads to Weibo self-mockery
China's stock market continued its losing streak last week and saw the biggest three-week decline since 1992, seeing $2.8 trillion of market value evaporate.
Statistics show that the slump wiped away more than $34 billion in the combined net worth of the richest people on the mainland and Hong Kong in June, sparking heated debate online.
A Weibo topic on the devastating stock market plunge attracted 21.32 million readers and 56,000 comments as investors mocked themselves for hemorrhaging money. Here are some amusing posts:
Post No 1:
Tom: I want to report the loss of a Porsche.
Policeman: Where did you lose it?
Tom: On the stock market.
The face of the policeman turned green, the color of which signals a decline in the stock market.
Post No 2:
Tom: I invested 10,000 yuan ($1,612) in the stock market one month ago and now made a profit of 380,000 yuan ($61,256).
Tom's friend: How is it possible for you to make money while everyone else is losing?
Tom: I recommended possible bullish stocks for others to buy, which, however, all declined by their daily limits. The investors were furious and broke my legs, then paid me compensation.