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Fibopedia / Entry #012
Goalpost Gazelle
A market participant who relocates the target immediately after it's reached, mistaking perpetual dissatisfaction for high standards.
$GAZL · Entry #012
Gazelle · Mammal
The specimen
In the field.
- A market participant who changes the target immediately after it is reached.
- A creature that mistakes perpetual dissatisfaction for high standards.
- An individual who can watch a thesis succeed while simultaneously claiming nothing happened.
Copium Index88/100
"Wake me up at $1 million."
Identifying Traits
- Changes targets frequently
- Never celebrates milestones
- Always wants more
- Revisionist forecasting
- Impossible to satisfy
- Thinks success is a delay
Diet — Expectation Chow™
- Unrealistic targets
- Future projections
- Endless optimism
- Selective memory
100% unrealistic. 0% contentment.
⚠ Warning — Extended Exposure May Result In
- Permanent dissatisfaction
- Unrealized gratitude
- Chronic moving of targets
- Endless prediction revisions
- Never being impressed by anything
Targets Hit
2023 · BTC $20,000 — "Bitcoin isn't interesting until $100K."
2024 · BTC $50,000 — "Wake me up at $100K."
2024 · BTC $100,000 — "I meant $250K."
2025 · BTC $200,000 — "Okay fine, $500K."
2025 · BTC $300,000 — "Still early. Macro hasn't shifted."
2026 · BTC $500,000 — "Wake me up at $1 million."
Common Phrases
"Not impressed."
"Still early."
"Call me when..."
"That's nothing."
"The real move hasn't started."
Related Terms
THE TARGET WAS HIT.
THE TARGET MOVED.
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Rebase Maximalist
A creature capable of witnessing enormous gains while insisting the bull market has not started. Compounds expectations faster than price.
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