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Title: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: flipme on April 19, 2014, 03:22:04 PM But I just can't associate those majestic animals with such poor minded folk.
Wouldn't it sound much more appropriate to call them "SHARKS", or "RATS", or "HYENAS"? Thats at least the kind of animal which comes to MY mind. Please stop calling them "WHALES", its an insulting term for the matter. https://i.imgur.com/Mhii94m.gif Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: pandher on April 19, 2014, 03:23:50 PM Ok they are rats from now on
Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: golem on April 19, 2014, 03:28:59 PM But I just can't associate those majestic animals with such poor minded folk. Wouldn't it sound much more appropriate to call them "SHARKS", or "RATS", or "HYENAS"? Thats at least the kind of animal which comes to MY mind. Please stop calling them "WHALES", its an insulting term for the matter. https://i.imgur.com/Mhii94m.gif I dunno, sharks, rats and hyenas don't seem to fit in with the definition of a whale (by example look at http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1rrtbv/what_is_a_bitcoin_whale/ (http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMarkets/comments/1rrtbv/what_is_a_bitcoin_whale/)). Can we go with "WALRUS" - not so majestic as a whale - but also covered in loads of fat ;D Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: flipme on April 19, 2014, 03:42:32 PM No, much too cute.
VULTURE would be the right animal, but I already have that reserved for a different kind of human breed. Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: pandher on April 19, 2014, 04:10:15 PM No, much too cute. VULTURE would be the right animal, but I already have that reserved for a different kind of human breed. Vultures feed on prey of others, whales are somewhat opposite Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: tokyoghetto on April 19, 2014, 04:18:26 PM I can't tell the difference.
http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/4c3ce62e7f8b9a226e6e0100-480/paul-tudor-jones-des-losers-average-losers.jpg http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/naturelibrary/images/ic/credit/640x395/k/ki/killer_whale/killer_whale_1.jpg Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: hellscabane on April 19, 2014, 04:22:37 PM To be fair, the etymology of "whale" in the crypto-currency realm derives from the term "whale" in gambling. A "whale" amongst gamblers is a person who is a high roller and is able to wager or put in large amounts of money.
Given that past etymology, it actually feels kind of "natural" for people with large pools of money to "gamble" on a crypto-currency to be considered whales. In fact, a lot of this transfer in terminology came from this exact reasoning. Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: BayAreaCoins on April 19, 2014, 05:12:49 PM Dogehouse called me a Shark :'( Bastards!
Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: keystroke on April 23, 2014, 05:54:29 PM How many BTC are whales supposed to have anyway?
Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: hellscabane on April 23, 2014, 08:06:35 PM How many BTC are whales supposed to have anyway? I'm gonna go with at least 500. Even though that is a pittance compared to what some other have.Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: Guido on April 23, 2014, 08:35:28 PM agreed, sharks would be better term
Title: Re: I read so much about "WHALES" here Post by: TrollboxChamp on April 23, 2014, 08:38:50 PM How many BTC are whales supposed to have anyway? 100+ allows you make whale sounds on the alt-market 500+ is for ltc-btc and that one retarded guy who bought 400 btc of FTC |
