Gold rush = a bunch of fools getting hyped up on the latest thing thinking they’ll get rich, but almost none of them will.
Selling shovels = not chasing the latest hype, but making money off the fools who chase the latest hype.
Edit: because I know someone is gonna try this
That’s not an opinion or an interpretation. That’s the meaning of the phrase. It’s not this amorphous ambiguous thing where all interpretations are valid. It has a specific meaning.
Gold rush = a bunch of fools getting hyped up on the latest thing thinking they’ll get rich, but almost none of them will.
Selling shovels = not chasing the latest hype, but making money off the fools who chase the latest hype.
Edit: because I know someone is gonna try this
That’s not an opinion or an interpretation. That’s the meaning of the phrase. It’s not this amorphous ambiguous thing where all interpretations are valid. It has a specific meaning.
… None of us were confused by the saying. You obviously are confused about where you stand cognitively, in comparison.
Look at the comments dude. Bunch of dumdums.
Well, at least one…
You guys are better than this conversation, he’s a troll and he feeds on the attention.
Yep, I checked outta here a while back.