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You don’t become a VC by being the sort of person who cares about these things.

vrosas 1y ago
VC: “I pretended to be a good person because that’s what I thought would make me successful and people love me.” Everyone: “we can tell you’re an entitled dbag.” VC: “well now I’m going to act like an entitled dbag and it’s your fault.” - Me paraphrasing his actual interview. You know who I’m talking about.
- hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
  > Me paraphrasing his actual interview. You know who I’m talking <about>. No, we don't, because not all of us watch the same media or follow the same threads.
  - 0_____0 1y ago
    same boat as you but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess Thiel
- _9ptr 1y ago
  I don't know what a VC is and at this point I'm afraid to ask
  - drivingmenuts 1y ago
    Venture Capitalist
  - sanswork 1y ago
    How did you find yourself on HN and not know what VC means?
    - _9ptr 1y ago
      The concept of venture capital is not new to me, but I haven't needed an abbreviation for it until now. Also, I didn't really see the connection to the US election and vaccines.
    - King-Aaron 1y ago
      I'm sure if someone came to a site called 'hacker news' and didn't delve deeper past the main content board, then it would be easy to not organically discover what a VC might be.
      - sanswork 1y ago
        It's just weird I guess as someone thats been here a while that there are users that don't know the word VC given its history in the VC/tech startup community.
    - viraptor 1y ago
      https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
      - sanswork 1y ago
        Context matters though. If you're in a place that has always been about baseball and you say "I have to admit I don't know what a pitcher is" it's going to be a bit weird for the regulars. In this case though I guess it's just hard for me to recognise how much the focus of this site has shifted and that people can come here that seemingly have no interest in startups/tech/vc.
        viraptor 1y ago
        It's not a baseball place. It's equivalent to a sports place and one person won't know what a pitcher is and another won't know what a quarterback is. The scope of HN is quite large and diverse. Then again, even on baseball forums there will be a new person from time to time. It's ok.
    - 1y ago
  - thelastgallon 1y ago
    Probably Vulture Capitalist?
- mcphage 1y ago
  > You know who I’m talking about. All of them?
- giardini 1y ago
  "> You know who I’m talking about.<" Sorry, don't know, plz tell us!
cyanydeez 1y ago
You do, however, put on your sheep in wolves clothing.
- ethbr1 1y ago
  Or in this case, dead bear clothing.

VC: “I pretended to be a good person because that’s what I thought would make me successful and people love me.” Everyone: “we can tell you’re an entitled dbag.” VC: “well now I’m going to act like an entitled dbag and it’s your fault.” - Me paraphrasing his actual interview. You know who I’m talking about.

hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
> Me paraphrasing his actual interview. You know who I’m talking <about>. No, we don't, because not all of us watch the same media or follow the same threads.
- 0_____0 1y ago
  same boat as you but I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess Thiel
_9ptr 1y ago
I don't know what a VC is and at this point I'm afraid to ask
- drivingmenuts 1y ago
  Venture Capitalist
- sanswork 1y ago
  How did you find yourself on HN and not know what VC means?
  - _9ptr 1y ago
    The concept of venture capital is not new to me, but I haven't needed an abbreviation for it until now. Also, I didn't really see the connection to the US election and vaccines.
  - King-Aaron 1y ago
    I'm sure if someone came to a site called 'hacker news' and didn't delve deeper past the main content board, then it would be easy to not organically discover what a VC might be.
    - sanswork 1y ago
      It's just weird I guess as someone thats been here a while that there are users that don't know the word VC given its history in the VC/tech startup community.
  - viraptor 1y ago
    https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
    - sanswork 1y ago
      Context matters though. If you're in a place that has always been about baseball and you say "I have to admit I don't know what a pitcher is" it's going to be a bit weird for the regulars. In this case though I guess it's just hard for me to recognise how much the focus of this site has shifted and that people can come here that seemingly have no interest in startups/tech/vc.
      - viraptor 1y ago
        It's not a baseball place. It's equivalent to a sports place and one person won't know what a pitcher is and another won't know what a quarterback is. The scope of HN is quite large and diverse. Then again, even on baseball forums there will be a new person from time to time. It's ok.
  - 1y ago
- thelastgallon 1y ago
  Probably Vulture Capitalist?
mcphage 1y ago
> You know who I’m talking about. All of them?
giardini 1y ago
"> You know who I’m talking about.<" Sorry, don't know, plz tell us!

cyanydeez 1y ago

You do, however, put on your sheep in wolves clothing.

ethbr1 1y ago
Or in this case, dead bear clothing.