This is how you know we're in trouble -- when a bunch of tanned, fist-pumping, bar-fighting guidos and guidettes ring the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange.

That's precisely what happened yesterday morning around 9:30 a.m., when The Situation, Ronnie, Sammi Sweetheart, Pauly D, Snooki, Vinny, J-Woww, and Angelina invaded Wall Street to kickstart the market.

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We couldn't agree more with The Superficial when they said, "This is why they hate us."

"They," of course, meaning the rest of the world, because this is just embarrassing and proof that American culture is down the Dirty Jerz tubes. (Popeater)

Faye Brennan is assistant editor at BettyConfidential.

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