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The South Park underwear gnomes joke was a parody of dot-com startups (i.e. around 1999/2000) who didn't have a clear business model. https://www.youtube.com/w
by jackgavigan 11y ago
The South Park underwear gnomes joke was a parody of dot-com startups (i.e. around 1999/2000) who didn't have a clear business model.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts
- SmellyGeekBoy 11y agoInteresting that the 1999/2000 dot-com crowd were aiming to turn a profit eventually, even if they didn't know how. Seems like even that isn't a requirement in the current bubble... ;)
- Tloewald 11y agoAccording to the linked article the episode was from 1998, which actually makes it fairly early in the game even for poking fun at stupid dotcom sites.
- dfrey 11y agoThe modern version: 1) Acquire millions of users 2) Get acquired for billions of dollars 3) Not my problem