The strange case of the delusionist and later stories.

Monday, 02 December, Year 5 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu

Firstly :

I've blatantly stolen this from Trudy Cooper & Doug Bayne, the very talented authors of oglaf.com. Please don't sue me, even if I'm rich and you're talented. Let's work something out!

So you'd think that's the end of the story, the delusionists just stride into the sunset, never to be heard from again. Seems reasonable, except...

Except that's not really what happened. Let's look for a moment at a few historical bets on BitBet :

And of course, everyone's favourite,

Eye popping, isn't it ? Currently even odds. The question before you, of course, is which side did the delusionists fall on. I tell you honestly I can't call it.

Category: S.BBET
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  1. Senetic`s avatar
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    Senetic 
    Tuesday, 3 December 2013

    Article worth paying!

  2. Paulinesse`s avatar
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    Paulinesse 
    Tuesday, 29 April 2014

    Nice comic. The exchange rates are still prone to huge short-term shifts.

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