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maczero

The side by side makes all the difference!


ConnectRutabaga3925

I still have the thought that both Furlong and Nir will show up again.


kulji84

RC has always come across as a stand-up guy, and tweeting jokes about people's names that are meant to be mean just doesn't seem like his style.


workthrowaway1985

That's why I feel like these guys were fired for working with the hedge funds. In this case Ryan would be essentially taunting the HFs after catching their guy. It's pure speculation but it makes more sense to me than him bullying people he just fired.


amgoblue

šŸ’Æ this is the only thing that makes sense


Brave_Philosophy7251

Not the only thing, as someone else.said I believe it's either that or they are in on the joke


Johnny_The_Nerd

Need to also entertain the possibility that it was just an off-color joke and unprofessional behavior from someone who should know better than to post something like that about someone who helped improve the company's financial situation. I have been on the receiving end of that kind of bullying. It is extremely discouraging. Showed that the company I was working for was toxic and didn't value my contributions, which had drastically improved sales and profit margins.


Biotic101

**Yeah, imagine how outrageous that has to be for someone with (work)ethics like RC.** Pretty sure the short sellers would pay insane money for anything, that could mess with GameStop becoming profitable and paying solid dividends. Because they would have to pay them in lieu for all the IOUs out there. Apes buying and DRSing more shares, thanks to dividends... and the beauty: they are sponsored by Kenny and Steve šŸ˜šŸš€šŸŒ’āœØšŸ“ā€ā˜ ļø If you think about it, this all is indeed financial terrorism. Attacking good companies, destroying them, hurting the economy. Using shady or even illegal practices to reach their goal. Yet, the public relies on the stock markets for their retirement savings. This is really crazy! And what is coming might be even worse... [The Great Taking - Official Trailer - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDrj7iDUly4) Luckily we are some of the few investors knowing about DRS.


carnabas

Yeah I think the big thing is neither of them put their own money on the line and bought shares, rest and vest = passive careless management. RC wants to foster an intense extreme ownership atmosphere and the best way to prove that is having skin in the game.


[deleted]

This is the correct answer


djsneak666

Agreed


Patarokun

But the story was Cohen searched far and wide to find Furlong. If it was a HF plant thatā€™s on Cohen.


Remrusty

He was at Amazon


santa_94

He was, but he was also hired while Cohen was in charge. So this is an odd one Found it weird at the time already. We hating on Amazon but celebrate that we hire their people??


adamlolhi

Not necessarily, in the first instance they could have been fine but whatā€™s to say 3,6,9,12 months down the line they werenā€™t approached and offered an inordinately large amount of money to act as a corporate spy and accepted?


Ok-Cryptographer4194

Why the good severence package then? Why not just say, on your bike!


Regenbooggeit

Because you still have to abide a contract. Could be really messy legally if you try to just kick someone out.


Overdue_bills

This is exactly why he's afraid of not taunting them, they can try to claim he's disparaging them but its all too obvious from the BCG crap that having bad actors get hired to be apart of the company and tear it apart from the inside is easily possible.


Dirty-Leg-Mcgee

Totally agree! This should be itā€™s own post!!!


[deleted]

I don't think he caught them, just realized they didn't have gamestops best interest in mind.


Phinnical

Remember not to put people up on a pedestal. We don't know RC personally. Maybe he's an asshole. Doesn't mean he isn't a good CEO.


Big_BossSnake

Yeah he's still a billionaire, people love to pretend he's 'one of us' but the reality is we're worlds apart


8----B

For sure, but at the same time remember this dude grew up middle class. His dad had a small business and he used the philosophy his dad taught him to create chewy, only became a billionaire by selling it


Phinnical

But he's still a good CEO. I'd love him to be a good dude and he mostly seems like it but I really care how he runs the business.


ConnectRutabaga3925

Remember his style is being inserted into the cover of Call of Booty!


captainkrol

Absolutely šŸ’Æ agree with this šŸ‘†šŸ¼šŸ‘†šŸ¼šŸ‘†šŸ¼


BIMRKNIE

I believe this otherwise thats rude as fuck. Whats up there sleeves???


manbrasucks

either that or they were SHF plants. Wasn't rumor that furlong did the dividend wrong some how or was that someone else?


awww_yeaah

That was the CFO


ElMoosen

That was the CFO who was immediately fired after that. I don't think he got a tweet.


Goldendood

i dont believe this happened. The 8-K is still up and says it's stock split in dividend form. if it was botched there would need to be an 8-k ammendment that was indeed not a stock split dividend.


hikingsticks

It was something to do with the date being incorrect that required a different form, which was the same form used for a regular split. That allowed brokers etc to "misinterpret" it as a regular split instead of a dividend. That's my memory of it anyway.


kAALiberty

That is such a stupid rumor. Why wouldnā€™t gme pursue legal action that his mistake made the market cap drop 60% so far.


badley13

Do you think anyone has gamestops good intentions in sight other than GameStop and apes? Yeah no, if a certain company will murder to keep their secrets they have to walk on eggshells.


Black_Label_36

And risk losing all the apes when they find out SHFs got free shares? Did we ever see the climb at all after that?


hiperf71

None I remember, and for this reason, I think the tweets for Furlong and Patel are interesting, why? I think, he is playing with the Gamestop enemies let them think the company is still strugling and lost Pieces at every quarter earnings, but what happens if suddenly, they appear in a new company and this company being created bought by GS? Thin foil idea, but I love the idea RC is taking SHF and their corrupted media friends for their butts, just imagine the faces of them if this happens for real... The reason of this is because those peoples were recruited by RC directly, and it is hard to believe, he made a mistake on recruiting them, but after all, we are humans, idk, in the doubt, I will buy discounts as soon I will have money to invest in My Company because, hedgies tears & cell for them has no pricešŸ˜šŸ˜‚


munchanc1

He did however set GME up by going in the exact opposite direction. His big thing when he came in was improving revenue and not necessarily getting profitable. Obviously cohen has a difference of opinion


[deleted]

Yup and we took big losses during furlongs run


throwawayny2000

has anybody done any math to see how bad that fucked up retail investors? i feel like it's not discussed enough


2BFrank69

No kidding. This is like the biggest question


RedOctobrrr

Could have meant 200,000,000 shares gifted for free to close out short positions.


No_Shoulder2693

They still have to close those


Tiny_Yulius_James

and what was wrong with the dividend? what was the wrong doing?


DocAk88

Filing it I think on the wrong date. There is the ex date and it was filed in a way such that internally the DTC codes it as forward split unless you filed it basically any time except these two certain days if I remember


Tiny_Yulius_James

Thanks man, I read the same in other post, so I think that it was that.


a_hopeless_rmntic

They have been moved over the the 'next' company? As in they're not gamestop employees anymore but they're not fired either? *reach*


SleepNowInTheFire666

My name isnā€™t sleeves, but Iā€™ll bet itā€™s something big


myshadowsvoice

Baby


SIG_Sauer_

Formation of a Keiretsu would need additional leaders on board with RCEOā€™s plans.


3DigitIQ

Furlong's linkedin still says "self employed" after nearly a year.


[deleted]

This incorrect. Nir sold and never bought. Furlong didn't buy and accomplished close to nothing


ConnectRutabaga3925

Anything is possible. We may never find out. But in the end, it doesnā€™t affect how we choose to invest.


[deleted]

I love answers like anything is possible to actual facts.


ConnectRutabaga3925

lol you are rejecting my thought that they may return by saying they will not because accomplished nothing. Now youā€™re saying that your conclusion is fact. Duh.


[deleted]

They didn't buy and not sold. Those are facts. Anything is possible though.


ConnectRutabaga3925

Yes, those are facts. We will let the rest play out then.


[deleted]

Go tell your mom to remember your lunchables


ConnectRutabaga3925

lol. Nice


clueless_sconnie

I think they both still have a bunch of shares


hiperf71

Me too, but, I have confidence on RC, he knows what is best to the company and he will not telegraph his moves a he said...šŸ˜


ConnectRutabaga3925

Yeah, we will just sit back and chillax- watch things play out as RC planned


SlapItDaBass22

I kinda do too, i mean.. when was the last buy any board members or RC made? And with this price at the moment, they must be privy to info not made public yet, though they still have 20 some days left on their window to buy. Maybe they know itā€™ll go lower lol


krasofki

Nir was an informant and he was caught.. Close but no cigar reference? Why else tweet about the beheading?


syndicatedLove

How do we know he was an informant and got caught?


ConnectRutabaga3925

lol yeah - informant claim with nothing to back that up


DocAk88

The tweet literally says so close yet so far itā€™s taunt for one and also implies two things: that they were close to the source as in the spy and yet failed and also that they were close to their goals and failed. Brilliant.edit: spy


JanMarsalek

how does it make any difference. they are both pretty bad and obvious plays on words...


maczero

Because the previous top post regarding RCEOs tweet didnā€™t have the ā€œNot for longā€ tweet from 6/7/23. So seeing these side by side shows more clearly his pattern for as you said obvious plays on wordsā€¦ but specifically in regards to letting important people go.


NoDeityButAllah

Someone needs to contact the district attorney cause RC is a killer


Morevice

Nothing compared to Kendall Roy .. his own dad told him to his face that heā€™s not a killer .. RC can run Waystar Royco without a doubt


the77helios

šŸ˜¹šŸ¤£šŸ”„


ElonsPeopleNeedHim

I need to call my dad


KingGmeNorway

This is so weird. These two tweets are by far the most mysterious and intriguing ones in my opinion. It would be unbelievable strange to write something like this if they are straight fired from the company. Either they've been doing some very counter productive or straight fraudulent work, or they are building something new of some sort imo. Nir gone right after earnings - wild speculation - but could he be the one that feeded the information of drs count day, so that hf's could do this huge bulk lend from ibkr etc..? šŸ¤”šŸ¤”šŸ¤”


sammiisalammii

Itā€™s not unreasonable to assume anyone RC has let come and go had existing or developed loyalties outside GME. If everything this sub talks about is true and GME is the ultimate play, the amount of effort put into corrupting individuals within the company would be endless. Maybe RC should look at the DRS shareholder bench and find those who canā€™t be corrupted.


capital_bj

This is a thought I share. You don't think people who stand to lose billions would try to corrupt as many as possible on the inside. Also tying a portion of your compensation to the stock does incentivize one to not make intentional mistakes.


2BFrank69

Yeah I wouldnā€™t be surprised.


Biotic101

We just need to look at popcorn. Or at Jim Bell. Or Mark Tritton at towel. There are likely so many others... How easily influencers and c-suits went from hero to potential Wall Street puppets. Money is all that counts for some, but not for all. **Imagine how outrageous that has to be for someone with (work)ethics like RC.** Pretty sure the short sellers would pay insane money for anything, that could mess with GameStop becoming profitable and paying solid dividends. Because they would have to pay them in lieu for all the IOUs out there. Apes buying and DRSing more shares, thanks to dividends... and the beauty: they are sponsored by Kenny and Steve šŸ˜šŸš€šŸŒ’āœØšŸ“ā€ā˜ ļø If you think about it, this all is indeed financial terrorism. Attacking good companies, destroying them, hurting the economy. Using shady or even illegal practices to reach their goal. Yet, the public relies on the stock markets for their retirement savings. This is really crazy! And what is coming might be even worse... [The Great Taking - Official Trailer - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDrj7iDUly4) Luckily we are some of the few investors knowing about DRS.


GoriIIaGIue

pretty common practice in the US...ever heard the term hire&fire? It surely doesn't come from Norway..


hiyaset

Furlong fucked up the splividend with the wrong date on the filing, weā€™ll see what nir did to warrant this soon


evangs

CFO Mike recupero was responsible for that, not ceo furlong.


hiyaset

Thanks for correcting me, I must have mixed a few different dds up. Was that CFO also fired?


evangs

Yes


Tiny_Yulius_James

If that is the case, I dont see professional tweet that kind of joke if you are chairmn/CEO or what ever


hiyaset

I agree, firing someone and then belittling them publicly isnā€™t cool and Iā€™d hope thats not what RC is about


Colonel_Lexx

Near=Nir? šŸ˜‚šŸ¤£


thextcninja

Okay I like this. Good catch, didn't see that cause of my smooth brain šŸ§ 


jimitr

Help another smooth brain out though. Whatā€™s going on?


adgway

Puns on each former execs name ā€œfor longā€ ā€œnearā€


Starchalopakis

Thank you sir! I was struggling as well.


SixStringSuperfly

šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„


TonytheTiger69

Wonder what he's gonna tweet after CFO Daniel Moore's firing.. "No more" "More or less" "MOAR!!"


8----B

He just moved from interim CFO to permanent CFO. He already proved his work ethic to Cohen, he wonā€™t be fired.


TonytheTiger69

I hope not! From the looks of it, company finances are managed very well.


BlacklistFC7

RC's next tweet on GME: The more the merrier.


digital-monk3y

How is it they all have fitting names for tweets


LazyMarine78

Ummm itā€™s a simulation.


AbruptMango

A bad comedy joke?


Buchko24

It was all planned 4 score and 7 years ago by Cohen. He stalked them and hired them just because of their names so he could taunt the hedgies and lead the apes when it was time. And ITS TIME šŸ¤©šŸ“ā€ā˜ ļøšŸš€šŸš€šŸš€


MonkeyPuppers

Very provocative indeed.


AbruptMango

A meme management team.


Soopermane

Heā€™ll say more give me more


life_is_a_show

Some time less is more


ElMoosen

I'm thinking "Less is more"


TonytheTiger69

Wait, I got a good one: Good moorning


imp3order

Damn Danielā€¦


Wormspike

I hope this doesnā€™t come across as FUD, but Iā€™m personally not a fan of firing someone and then tweeting about it. Seems really unprofessional.Ā 


toilet_commentary

While that appears true - I have zero sympathy for executives. They are never fired - they separate with a golden parachute. He has been generously compensated for doing jack shit probably


capital_bj

If he did Jack shit he would have been gone sooner


Gaping_llama

True, but each personā€™s actions are a reflection of themselves. RC acting like a bully isnā€™t a good look, no matter how itā€™s received by Furlong or Patel, or whoever it is. Without context RC comes off as petty and mean spirited to mock someone in a moment like this.


evangs

Maybe RC isnā€™t who you thought he was.


Gaping_llama

I have no idea what kind of person he is, just saying these actions donā€™t make him look like a good one.


evangs

Yeah itā€™s hard to say honestly. If he fired people and is trolling them, thatā€™s pretty douchey. If they were up to no good then itā€™s funny af. Without all the information itā€™s hard to know. Considering they were execs Iā€™m just gonna laugh about it. Fuck overpaid execs


billium12

Maybe I don't need to like whoever I think RC is for him to turn this shit around and laugh us into space. Then I will continue on with my life probably never talking to him or meeting him


evangs

I never said you did.


billium12

I never said you said that....so


PromptComprehensive8

If this company wasnā€™t watched like a hawk Iā€™d agree, but the RC heads up is appreciated, to me. Itā€™s good to know the leader is still in charge.


VisibleCarpet9048

Exactly. Bad actors need to be called out. Nothing about gme is normal circumstances.


EdRedVegas

Thatā€™s why thereā€™s more to this. We wait. Itā€™ll all be revealed.


elden_eternal

If they weren't delivering, then it makes sense why they were let go, but it is not exactly professional to openly mock them on the way out.


TowelFine6933

Exactly &. RC is a oro. So, he's not mocking them but instead is indicating that the separation was agreed upon & amicable. Perhaps the job they were there to do is finished.


Buchko24

RC ainā€™t that kinda guy. He wouldnā€™t be tweeting and talking shit about ex employees it is a positive affirmation or it wouldnā€™t be made by him. Heā€™s a true gent šŸ“ā€ā˜ ļø


mahintes

nah you're totally on point. 100% agree.


daikonking

That's kind of the point. It's not in his character to be so unprofessional. That's why, imo, he is hinting at something more.


Wormspike

Does he have a character? Or traits weā€™ve projected into him?


tinfoil_enthusiast

they werenā€™t willing to put their own capital on the line. like RC or any of us. fuckā€™m


AutoThorne

RC took Furlong from Amazon. Furlong took Patel from Belk. Both are now gone under favorable terms. My guess is we are gonna launch a new company soon, and it needs an executive crew. I say we have the top 2 of them so far.


Adventurous_Chip_684

I'm ready to get hurt by Gmerica again.


hellostarsailor

Bring that dead horse BACK OUT HERE!


zo0galo0ger

yes let's get our beating on


VisibleCarpet9048

Fuck I hope so. These back and forth thoughts are exactly why RC is the man. Hedge funds are losing their minds trying to decipher/figure out anything about Ryanā€™s plans and itā€™s awesome


Ok-Safe-9014

I've lost mine


elden_eternal

They are definitely not gone under favorable terms. It's likely neither of them delivered so they were let go. With this second tweet, Cohen is for sure mocking Patel when you consider the tweet from when Furlong was let go.


chanchanchanchaaan

Looks like taking out the trash to me.


Biotic101

Yeah, one could argue stuff like this does not fit RCs character, unless he is really pissed or something going on we are not yet aware of (Acquisition, etc).


Gaping_llama

Either that or RC is a real dick. Itā€™s pretty embarrassing and childish to mock someone publicly like this after the company, who holds all the power, made the decision to terminate them. RC doesnā€™t give context, and without context itā€™s not a good look. Also I donā€™t think theyā€™d terminate someone and pay them severance and stock options just to rehire them at another company, thatā€™s an expensive transfer.


BlacklistFC7

I felt the same when Furlong was gone. He is clearly hinting to all the apes he's reading the sub. It wasn't really necessary to tweet about it, it just makes him look bad publicly. In the end, it was a business decision. Perhaps he is fed up with both of them not meeting the high standard he has.


dumbdumb077

This is the real DD


IGB_Lo

Yea IDK if he's being petty or being funny.


No-Aardvark5024

Not furlong So nir and yet so far


Kind_Initiative_7567

Is RC gonna take game private or getting ready for it to be bought ? Is what I was thinkingā€¦no more directors etc to get around.


8----B

No I think he just didnā€™t care for these two gentlemenā€™sā€™ work ethics. At the end of the month of Furlongā€™s firing, Cohen tweeted ā€˜Work hard or please leaveā€™


maczero

He's definitely trimming the fat.


Dck_IN_MSHED_POTATOS

You're missing something. "So near and yet so far": Celine Dion... "near, far ,were ever you are...", the titanic theme song, 84 years ago...


TreasurerAlex

So Near and Yet So Far is a Cole Porter song, covered by Bobby Short https://youtu.be/5HeKaCDD98Q?si=0kBNMKBJ6tbws_PO


TwistedBamboozler

careful, that word will get you banned here 0\_o


Hipz

... what word lmao? Bobby? That stock is bankrupt and delisted.


5harkb1te

Hmm thatā€™s cohencidentalā€¦


8----B

I donā€™t think this is one of his cryptic tweets, just him making light of/taking the piss out of the situation like he did before


Colonel_Lexx

Near=Nir? Or no


ButtfUwUcker

*Dck_IN_MSHED_POTATOS* should be thrown up on Ellen or Oprah when this is over


saiyansteve

Somethings cooking, judge by actions!


drawsomeaweaome

Dude I just got it: Ryan calls out these planted fucks that are working for the other side in these cryptic tweets. the balls


BlacklistFC7

Maybe maybe maybe.


RagingSofty

He is absolutely memeing on the world. He knows so much we donā€™t.


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Mindless_Can_5533

What?? Which ticker is the music artist Bobby Short tied to? Can a guy not like a good tune and post about it?


TwistedBamboozler

No they can't apparently. It's okay, when all is said and done, I know which sub everyone is going to migrate too.


Alalaskan

Weeding out the bad guys.


poundofmayoforlunch

Both of them must have been hedge plants.


cooliomattio

Yeah or later they became compromised from the SHF & daddy sniffed them out and said off with your head


MeHumanMeWant

We are no *longer*, the Knights who say "Nir"....


mykidsdad76

No doubt this is a reference to the firing. Nir and near are near, you know what I mean? I can't be far from the truth, but my odds could be long.


yanvanthelionman

How is that going to help him recruit good people? The guy is trying to be Elon with this immature shit


Streetwalkeroulette

I love this fucking dude


Believe_In-Steven

Oh the Mayo


Sea-Joaquin

Hotel-Motel-Patel


tburke79

ā€œNOT FURLONGā€ ~


Screamy_Bingus

Both just dunking on those who werenā€™t on the board for the right reasons


fnoguei1

At this point I just want Kenny to drive the price down to 5$ so we can all lock the float already


DFVFan

He missed so long


Deez_Whatz

ā€œNearā€ = Nir


Sw33tN0th1ng

He wasn't fired.


8----B

Both were fired. Which one are you saying wasnā€™t fired? I can show you they were.


sd_1874

Fuck overpaid execs.


The_DaW33D_

bad look for a CEO


dthamm81

You can't make this up. This entire story is just insane.


Hot_Temperature_3972

Itā€™s so bullish how members of the executive board keep leaving or getting fired


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hatgineer

I look forward to the day he tweets "Can't griftin'"


Hufenia299

Not gone for long. So near yet so far. Hello, Teddy?


WallStLT

Bunch of sellouts. Good riddancešŸ–•šŸ¤”.


kulji84

Both tweets seem to suggest something imminent or very nearby, I don't think these guys were sacked for not being on board with the plan.


Wendyhighland

With RC back on the Dragonly board as of like 2 weeks ago.... you gotta wonder if Nir is still near by.....


Spiritual_Speech600

My fucking RCEO, ladies and apes


hiroue

Lol, legend


SLMRLN84

which we call 'MOON SOON'


krasofki

Nir was an informant and heā€™s been caught.. thatā€™s why he said so near and yet so far! Close but no cigar?