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> Now, if this wasn’t bad enough, consider that this is a company as opaque as Casper. I'm not sure I get this simile. Is he saying that the company is actuall

by ptx 7y ago

> Now, if this wasn’t bad enough, consider that this is a company as opaque as Casper. I'm not sure I get this simile. Is he saying that the company is actually not particularly opaque, but rather as transparent as a ghost? Or is Casper the ghost known for being unusually opaque for a ghost? Or is he talking about Casper the mattress company?

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
Based on the sentence structure he's almost certainly being sarcastic. He could have said "opaque like glass".
- zaroth 7y ago
  But again, that’s backwards for the point being made. It should be “clear as mud” to make the point that their finances are inscrutable.
  - nwienert 7y ago
    Yea this part alone made me lose a little faith in the writer
gvb 7y ago
He has several mixed up metaphors. Another one is "the term “corporate governance” is as foreign as that thing that came out of Sigourney Weaver’s stomach." The alien came out of Executive Officer Kane's stomach (John Hurt).
- tedeh 7y ago
  To be fair the alien did come out of her once in Alien 3, and several times in Alien Resurrection (4)
- wellpast 7y ago
  Pedantically... She has a dream — opens Aliens, I think — and an alien pokes out of her stomach.
- mxcrossb 7y ago
  Not to mention typos and weird grammatical mistakes....
- inflatableDodo 7y ago
  Also, the green new deal idea is not by Edward Markey and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It was a term used by Thomas Friedman as far back as 2007 and the policy ideas have been bouncing around in more or less their current forms for quite some time. Perhaps he is aiming this screed at arch conservatives who prefer the later films in the alien franchise.
KaiserPro 7y ago
I know I'm explaining a joke here, but look at this image: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/566a4af357eb8d3974390587/566d210d9cadb6bf7e009037/56a94dba40667aa090457737/1477455671935/?format=1500w http://static1.squarespace.com/static/566a4af357eb8d39743905... Casper is not transparent.
- Fricken 7y ago
  Casper is transparent: https://youtu.be/ISugbhXnVTU?t=112 https://youtu.be/ISugbhXnVTU?t=112
  - jonathankoren 7y ago
    You are both wrong. He is translucent. ;)
    - Lorin 7y ago
      Actually it's a mattress :p
DoctorOetker 7y ago
obviously he is comparing the (lack of) transparency or clarity of the company with the (lack of) transparency or clarity of the Ethereum Casper protocol...

by ptx 7y ago

dsfyu404ed 7y ago

Based on the sentence structure he's almost certainly being sarcastic. He could have said "opaque like glass".

zaroth 7y ago
But again, that’s backwards for the point being made. It should be “clear as mud” to make the point that their finances are inscrutable.
- nwienert 7y ago
  Yea this part alone made me lose a little faith in the writer

gvb 7y ago

He has several mixed up metaphors. Another one is "the term “corporate governance” is as foreign as that thing that came out of Sigourney Weaver’s stomach." The alien came out of Executive Officer Kane's stomach (John Hurt).

tedeh 7y ago
To be fair the alien did come out of her once in Alien 3, and several times in Alien Resurrection (4)
wellpast 7y ago
Pedantically... She has a dream — opens Aliens, I think — and an alien pokes out of her stomach.
mxcrossb 7y ago
Not to mention typos and weird grammatical mistakes....
inflatableDodo 7y ago
Also, the green new deal idea is not by Edward Markey and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It was a term used by Thomas Friedman as far back as 2007 and the policy ideas have been bouncing around in more or less their current forms for quite some time. Perhaps he is aiming this screed at arch conservatives who prefer the later films in the alien franchise.

KaiserPro 7y ago

I know I'm explaining a joke here, but look at this image: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/566a4af357eb8d3974390587/566d210d9cadb6bf7e009037/56a94dba40667aa090457737/1477455671935/?format=1500w http://static1.squarespace.com/static/566a4af357eb8d39743905... Casper is not transparent.

Fricken 7y ago
Casper is transparent: https://youtu.be/ISugbhXnVTU?t=112 https://youtu.be/ISugbhXnVTU?t=112
- jonathankoren 7y ago
  You are both wrong. He is translucent. ;)
  - Lorin 7y ago
    Actually it's a mattress :p

DoctorOetker 7y ago

obviously he is comparing the (lack of) transparency or clarity of the company with the (lack of) transparency or clarity of the Ethereum Casper protocol...