this guy is so sneaky I switch the meaning of his words almost by default: no when he says yes and yes when he says no and I'm still not sure I got it right, lol
Back in the 90's, "Dwarf Tossing" was extremely popular at many events, especially parties...Little people, essentially sold themselves out and actually made good money doing it, until the authorities banned its practice around the Millennial era.
Those soft millennials banning fun things! We should also go back to the good old days when paying for p*ssy was legal too. Those women *DID* sell themselves out as well after all.
Exactly. Cause she is following society's norms. People think snorting drugs are cool but no tossing Midgets is where I cross the line.. We all know he did.
@@unconcernedcitizen4092 The term "narcissist" comes from Greek mythology (read the story of Narcissus if you don't know it), yet we don't find it politically incorrect to use this term on people who fit the definition, even though what they really need is psychological help and they are nothing like the character of Narcissus. They're just words, and their meanings/usage evolve with time. There's an infinite amount of things you can consider offensive but it's just not productive/viable to carry on this trail. Case in point, I often see teenagers nowadays calling each other "mentally challenged" instead of "retarded". Did we accomplish anything by making "retarded" a pejorative term? The new term simply became the new reference for insults, it didn't solve anything.
Come on. That little dude wasn't under duress while getting flung into a target. He went into business for himself and exploited his deformity. If anything he banked handsomely due to his height handicap.
Beautiful people capitalize on their physical beauty. Athletes on their physical prowess. Basketball players on height. Smart people on their brains. Why would capitalizing on dwarfism be any different? I don't get it.
This guy didnt ruin lives. He targeted the wealthiest 1% of Americans. They had incomes of over $10million a year. He earned 50% of what they where stupid enough to invest. Its bullshit if you say he ruined them. He lived a life we wish we could. Say what you will but i find him pretty inspiring. I mean listen to him talk. He was made to sell. Hero
I love how he goes from the movie is fictionalized to I was out of the firm to I don't condone it to I'm not proud of it in 5 seconds lol. He definitely tossed some midgets.
I've read the book and almost everything is true and did happen but not exactly in the same context as far as characters and timeline goes. For example, yes he saved someone from choking to death but it wasn't Danny porush it was a different character in a different situation. Yes, he ripped up his furniture to find drugs but it was because he was a drugged out maniac who couldn't find his crack rock so he ripped up all the furniture in the house to find it, including the carpet
Yeah that's it. They do as if they were concerned about the loss of money of hard-working people, but they don't act the same, when the government EVERY YEAR throws out more money of the tax-payers, than the amount of money that Mr. Belfort allegedly has cheated the investors. And the point with the midgets... lol in the 80s there was a weekly show called "games people play" which was sent all across the world and in that show, they did even much more with midgets, than just throwing them across the room. And no one forced those midgets to do that.
All these haters...look, this is fucking America. It's your God-given right to make as much money by whatever means necessary. This guy's my hero. And if you don't like it....I've got a penny stock I can pitch to you. You'll be investing in...not being jealous. That's where all this hate for Jordan comes from. Pure, unadulterated jealousy.
In 2012 there was actually a midget celebrating his birthday and a stranger tossed him and now the wee guy's in a wheelchair. Just the thought of being responsible for permanently crippling a midget would be enough for me.
He tossed them. And I heard he still tosses them. He's just not proud of it. Every nite he has to get his fix and toss a couple dwarfs. He's all of us, really.
At the very beginning in the middle age, stock markets were founded to bring inventors and capital owners together, just nowadays a so called business-angel or a venture capital does. In my opinion Stratton Oakmont did nothing but what the stock market actually is made for. Those who really cause harm to the economy, are those on the stock market trading with fonds and the stocks of big companies, that have nothing new, but using their might on the market to defeat little companies with new ideas or those trading with forex or the like. Just because he sold ping-sheets to normal people, doesn't make him a criminal. I think Jordan Belfort did a big mistake not to have any competent lawyers to protect their company and to find out legal ways to achieve their goals. Actually why noone talks about ping-sheet-companies that became successful after they were supported by Stratton Oakmont?! And why no one has ever verified if their sold ping-sheets were more lossy than those, which they didn't offer to the ping-sheet-investors?! I'm sure, that they were even more successfull. It is said, that he caused something about 200 Million $ of loss for the investors, but why don't you talk about the madden-shoes company, which is only one of the companies, that they brought on market, which is more than 5 times of value, namely more than 1 billion $. So talking about being hooked by Stratton Oakmont is a nonsense, in my opinion. And there's always risk on the stock market and everybody knows this. There's even risk, if you put your money just on your bank account. So why accusing them because of the risk, which is given for the ping-sheets?! It isn't illegal to trade with ping-sheets, is it?! Did ALL the investors lose ALL their money?! By the way, if the FBI had something against them, they would have walked in like in Grenada, without asking and without meeting, but they couldn't, because they were more like vietnam, therefore, they arranged a meeting with Mr. Belfort. And I ask myself how the officer got that yellow piece of paper warning Danny, if not Danny himself gave it to him?! And why Danny wasn't arrested... and why Danny didn't just arrange a programmer to delete all those files, instead of deleting them by hand, one by one?! And why didn't he delete all other evidences to protect Jordan and all others in the company, while Jordan was in trial detention?! There are still a lot of questions about Dannys strange behaviour... however... there's always two sides of every story.... remember that.
One repugnant act after another in this movie and it's the midget tossing that gets you? It's pretty bad, but at least those little people were willing participants.
Sorry but he did not make it. He ripped people off to 'make it' and winded up in jail, poor and owes millions in back pay to those he ripped off. He is a loser.
syphe101 not defending him but he did make it on his own he just got greedy by trying to make his money grow more even if what he has to do is illegally
The midget toss is huge in Austrailia and the midgets love it . They get paid big bucks and it's all safe they land on soft foam and it is just wonderful fun
Damn this guy is using the same methode for selling. But this time he makes believe to profesionals that they going to be rich listening to him. He is really smart in fact.
+omegapointil i always wondered about that as they completely ignore this point in the movie....cause in essence he stole money from people by lying to them.
100% true, I've read both books and I'd highly recommend them if you liked the movie, so many things and events not being shown in the movie is present in the books and they're way more personal too.
I also read one of his interviews where he says the midget throwing did happen except that he was not there. I guess this douchebag hasn't changed one bit.
BasketballStud99 He didn't decline that it happened... he said it happened after he left the firm, hence why he said it was fictional in the movie (he's still at the firm in the movie) and hence why he said he's not proud of it. Not defending him as a person, just saying he wasn't lying here.
So all of this and you don't ask if he really punched his then wife hard in the stomach? You're disturbed over the little-person tossing but not the stomach punch, to a woman? :s
