I do lurk on the forums though I definitely do not have time to read everything so it’s hit or miss whether I see a given topic.
In his brilliant (as usual) reply, Bugs brought up a point that I always think about when I hear these financial pundits making their predictions: if someone didn’t see something coming in the first place, why would you expect them to know when it will end?
Thanks to everyone who has offered kind words and personal stories. (I had to laugh at the “ten times more useful than the rest of the Internet combined” line — what about The Onion? 😉 I am very gratified that the site was able to help some people by offering an alternative view to the RE permabull misinformation onslaught that dominated the conversation for much of the last few years.
On that note, the purpose of this site is so blindingly obvious that people are probably right that the OP is a troll. I don’t see how it could be otherwise. So good job, troll — you fished a bunch of us into wasting our time responding to your nonsense.
My wife and I are moving on Monday and she will beat me if I spend much more time on site this weekend, so I will most probably check out of this thread at this point. Thanks again to all for their kind words.
