Are you genuinely surprised that a grey haired lawyer might get caught flat footed by the shenanigans of an out-of-control Reddit channel?

Don't get me wrong, there are definitely people in the 65+ club who understand tech. But frequently older people don't, even older people who were near tech. And in particular many of them don't get communities like Reddit.

I don't think a lot of people could have predicted that tens of thousands of retail investors would flash mob an out of favor stock to bust a hedge fund's short position. The chances that a 65 year old lawyer would see that coming? Seems pretty unlikely.