Ugh...that's not a good metaphor for them. Byzantine was a Holy place.
How about "Shorts are the last rats to jump off a sinking ship!"
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47,000,000 longs are fearless. FACT
6,300,000 shorts are fearless. FACT
Shorts are about to be overwhelmed by AVXL longs
Shorts are the last Byzantine emperor watching Constantinople fall.