2026-01-21 08:24:17

A friend summarized the progression of retail investors in the crypto world, and I find it quite interesting.

The first stage is called "Schrödinger's Value Investor." These people are particularly conflicted—they claim to be long-term holders, but their fingers are always ready to escape at any moment. Before opening their wallets to check the market, they can never decide whether they want to be a holder or a trader.

The second stage evolves into the "Quantum Fluctuation Market Watch Expert." People at this level have a famous theory: as long as I refresh the screen fast enough, the price movements will never catch up with my eyes. Sounds logical, right? But the actual effect is that overusing their eyes has led to a myopic shift of 100 degrees.

The final stage is the ultimate form—"The Self-Cultivation of Chives." At this stage, people have trained to flip back and forth between "I understand" and "I was wrong." The only graduation standard is: to be able to say calmly and serenely, "Losing money is just paying tuition."

Recently, DOGE's performance seems to have pushed many newcomers into the second stage again...

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GasFeeCrier

· 3h ago

Haha, I'm laughing to death. I've been wildly shaking between the second and third stages. --- I've already passed the first stage, now it's just my eyes can't keep up with my hand speed. --- No way, why do I feel like I've taken all three stages? --- DOGE this wave is indeed amazing, pulling me back into the monitoring hell. --- Damn, I'm truly a Schrödinger investor; the moment the market opens, my soul leaves my body. --- Laughing to death, I've said the phrase "pay tuition" a hundred times already, I'm tired of hearing it now. --- I directly broke my defense during the quantum fluctuation monitoring segment, my eyes are almost blind but I'm still watching the candlesticks. --- The self-cultivation in the third stage is truly excellent, now I just need to develop that calmness. --- Why do I feel like I'm reincarnating in these three hells?

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AlgoAlchemist

· 3h ago

Haha, I'm currently spinning wildly in the second stage, my eyes are almost blind but I'm still scrolling. --- That sentence in the third stage was really brilliant. I've already started practicing that expressionless smile. --- DOGE this wave is really fierce. A bunch of people around me have been drawn in, now everyone has become a market watch fanatic. --- That Schrödinger part made me laugh. It’s exactly about me... I hold coins on paper, but my fingers have long since flown away. --- I've paid so many tuition fees, I could start a class, but I still can't wake up. --- The funniest thing about the second stage is that my myopia has deepened by 100 degrees. It's not a joke, it's the truth. --- Wait, isn't this just my growth story? From the first stage, now I’m stuck in the second stage and can't get out.

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Ser_This_Is_A_Casino

· 3h ago

Haha, it's the same old story. My eyes are already over 100 degrees now, still stubbornly stuck in the second stage. --- The third stage is really incredible. When I saw the moment I said losing money was tuition, I knew I couldn't save myself. --- DOGE this wave really, a bunch of people staring at the charts until their eyes are blurred. --- I just want to ask if anyone has successfully jumped out of these three stages. --- The first stage is the funniest. Holding coins on the mouth for a year, fingers selling in seconds, and just bouncing back and forth like that. --- Wait, isn't this exactly my current state? Why do I feel like I've hit all the points? --- I'm tired of saying losing money is tuition. Now, whenever I chat with someone, this always comes up. --- Staring at the charts until my myopia deepens by one hundred degrees, so true, brother, it's heartbreaking.

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SchrodingerGas

· 3h ago

Haha, this summary is really awesome. I'm currently bouncing back and forth between the first and second, my eyes are already exhausted.

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SocialAnxietyStaker

· 3h ago

Haha, I’m dying of laughter. The near-sightedness of 100 degrees in the second stage is just too much. That’s how I am right now. --- I’ve already graduated from the third stage. Now I just lack that calm and peaceful mindset. --- DOGE this wave is indeed crazy. Newbies probably have their eyes about to go blind. --- I’m tired of hearing the phrase "pay tuition." Who isn’t tricking themselves this way? --- It seems like I’m cycling wildly between stages one, two, and three, and I just can’t stop. --- I say I’m holding, but I already ran away with my hands. That’s exactly me. --- Staring at the screen for an hour makes my eyes sore. This guy’s words are so true. --- The description of the last stage is a bit harsh, but it really hit me. --- When DOGE rises, newbies should definitely move to the second stage. Then we’ll all report near-sightedness together.

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AirdropHunter9000

· 3h ago

Haha, I'm dying of laughter. I'm currently in the second stage of crazy self-rotation, my eyes are almost blind. --- I’ve already been through the first stage, now I’ve jumped straight to the third stage, paying tuition fees painfully. --- This wave of DOGE really dragged me from the first stage into the second stage, now my phone screen is full of my face oil. --- "Losing money is just paying tuition," I've already paid my postdoctoral degree, why haven't I graduated yet? --- That moment of quantum fluctuation staring at the market, I cracked up, my lens prescription increased by 100 again. --- Honestly, I will never reach the state of the third stage, because I am basically a crazy person switching randomly between 1 and 2. --- That last sentence really hit home. DOGE has forced me to wake up from the holder dream these past two days. Now I’m staring at the market like a crazy dog. --- I just want to ask everyone, which stage are you all at now? Stop pretending, tell the truth. --- This summary is amazing, almost like I’ve turned the past three months into a novel.

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MEV_Whisperer

· 3h ago

Haha, really. I'm currently spinning wildly in the second stage, my eyes are almost blind. --- I've already seen the third stage, just missing that final breath to comprehend it. --- This wave of DOGE is indeed incredible, breaking the mindset of a bunch of people. --- So accurate. I'm the one who stubbornly says HODL but trembles in my hands. --- These three stages sound like my autobiography; it’s a bit painful. --- The part about quantum fluctuations really hit me; my glasses' prescription is indeed increasing. --- Wait, so is the third stage the ultimate cultivation path? I still want to level up. --- DOGE has pushed me into the second stage, now I stare at the charts every day until my scalp goes numb. --- I've said the phrase "losing money is just paying tuition" a hundred times already, totally at graduate level. --- The first stage is self-deception, the second is self-torture, and the third is self-reconciliation. This progression is so addictive.

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