Movies

I'm not trying to be difficult... Juiced Aug 14, 08:37

Because it's sometimes easier for me to remember a 5-letter ticker than the name of a movie I haven't seen. {nm} RogerMore Aug 14, 08:52

'LUCY' Powers. RotoHockeyYTD2014 Aug 14, 08:53

why do you have to remember the ticket symbol? You can still search using the movie's name {nm} lapuckfan Aug 14, 08:54

they are talking about posts like this on the board RazorHawk Aug 14, 08:58

(Oh, that's another good reason - ticker symbols make it easier to fit the message into the header) {nm} RogerMore Aug 14, 09:00

for me, the skill came from spending so much (too much?) time here :D {nm} tealfan Aug 14, 09:08

oops...meant for the OP {nm} tealfan Aug 14, 09:08

He's talking about reading ticker symbols on the boards. It's like starting in a new field where people usea lot of indecipherable acronyms {nm} RogerMore Aug 14, 08:59

IRYS {nm} charlie Aug 14, 10:31

GLTC {nm} RogerMore Aug 14, 12:42

Haha. That's what I do. Just being kinda lazy and wondering some of the reasons behind it. Juiced Aug 14, 09:30

you have to learn how to speak movie stock tickers and starbondese to take your trading to the next level! {nm} RazorHawk Aug 14, 09:00

+1 for Starbondese {nm} Dorfman Aug 14, 09:36

Hang around long enough and you will too. Like many of us, you may even walk up to a ticket booth and order two for LBCOP not2fast Aug 14, 09:37

I find myself using ticket symbols when talking about movies on fb or something. When I told people i saw GOTGX they were like. "what? HUH" {nm} Dorfman Aug 14, 09:46

do it all the time. {nm} lobogotti Aug 14, 11:09

LoboCop charlie Aug 14, 11:36

:) {nm} lobogotti Aug 14, 13:02

Hee, back when I could afford to go to the movies I'd always (inside) DTravel Aug 14, 12:28

hehehe tealfan Aug 14, 12:46

some of us are smarter than others, i guess {nm} charlie Aug 14, 10:20

Probably so. {nm} Juiced Aug 14, 11:18

all the cool kids are doing it. {nm} ryancoke2 Aug 14, 12:57

I keep calling Guardians of the Galaxy, Got Gax {nm} tealfan Aug 14, 13:00

Hear, hear :-) I've always thought and felt the same thing {nm} Facto Aug 14, 19:05