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What a wonderful headline; I almost don't need to read the story. The economist has always been very clever with their copywriting.
by grey-area 7y ago
What a wonderful headline; I almost don't need to read the story. The economist has always been very clever with their copywriting.
- kristjankalm 7y agoalso -- this markes the absolute lowpoint in the play and things start slowly but definitely improving from that point on. although Antigonus does end up eaten by the bear.
- onion2k 7y agoalthough Antigonus does end up eaten by the bear. Spoilers!
- Amorymeltzer 7y agoIt's derived from one of Shakespeare's less popular plays, Winter's Tale, which contains the amusing stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear."[1] (Apologies if you knew this, sincerity via text is hard) Their actual headline/url seems to be "Technology startups are headed for a fall," which is less fun. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale#The_Bear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Winter%27s_Tale#The_Bear
- taneq 7y agoAs one of today's lucky 10,000, thanks for posting this. :)