virtually flat, yes. Look, I showed you the graph that made my point. It's not my fault if you can't read it.
Originally Posted by WombRaider
"Virtually" doesn't change the meaning of "flat", mope.
Virtually means "nearly" or "almost". There is nothing nearly or almost flat about a 100% increase followed by an 80+% decrease over the past 50 years.
Something that is "hot" is not described as "virtually cold".
I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. You are going to have to work on that by yourself.
Let me put it another way, mope. If those 6-month oil contracts you bought at $28 went up 100% to $56 dollars and then dropped about 84% to $8, would you say that the price was "virtually unchanged" when you try selling it for $8?