Joel's comment: Is the problem that they're sitting there in a city without any other Internet industry, stewing in their own witty ideas, listening only to th

Joel's comment: Is the problem that they're sitting there in a city without any other Internet industry, stewing in their own witty ideas, listening only to the adoring comments they get from the groupies? .. is a often genuine criticism of 37s here on HN. Probably part of the reason the joke was missed.