> Aren't we all pretty keenly aware of the memes and absurdities that crowd the startup industry? Or, another way of putting it, 'Hasn't everyone on Hacker new

> Aren't we all pretty keenly aware of the memes and absurdities that crowd the startup industry? Or, another way of putting it, 'Hasn't everyone on Hacker news been exposed to the same articles/knowledge/humor I have been exposed to?' If something seems old and tired to you, yet is still getting upvotes, the answer is probably 'no'.