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It seems that a lot of people are missing the point. Leveraged Sellout was famously satirical of the financial markets in the heady pre-crisis days of '06-'08.

by etrain 13y ago

It seems that a lot of people are missing the point. Leveraged Sellout was famously satirical of the financial markets in the heady pre-crisis days of '06-'08. Even published a book: http://www.amazon.com/Damn-Feels-Good-Be-Banker/dp/B0023RSZKU http://www.amazon.com/Damn-Feels-Good-Be-Banker/dp/B0023RSZK... The site was quiet for a long time and has very recently re-emerged to take on the tech industry - albeit from the perspective of the New York finance type. Outlandish and uncomfortably true.

ycmike 13y ago
Yeah some of these comments seem to take the piece on face value. However, the satire is brilliant.
argonaut 13y ago
A side note: If you claim that people are missing the point, then you need to state that point (and why). Otherwise you're just leaving those people confused and/or angry.
- PakG1 13y ago
  I thought the point was made clear that it's a satirical website?
  - argonaut 13y ago
    And what is the point that the satire makes? Just saying that something is "satire" or "sarcasm" is a total cop-out.
    - norswap 13y ago
      Satire makes people laugh at the absurdity of things, by means of exageration. The point of satire is not always to "make a point". I don't think it is in this case anyway. But if you really want to see something you could see a criticism of the startup ecosystem that "puts bright people to work by making them shuffle bits of questionable value".
      - PakG1 13y ago
        Actually, usually there is a point to satire, the vibe of which is caught in your first sentence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.

by etrain 13y ago

ycmike 13y ago

Yeah some of these comments seem to take the piece on face value. However, the satire is brilliant.

argonaut 13y ago

A side note: If you claim that people are missing the point, then you need to state that point (and why). Otherwise you're just leaving those people confused and/or angry.

PakG1 13y ago
I thought the point was made clear that it's a satirical website?
- argonaut 13y ago
  And what is the point that the satire makes? Just saying that something is "satire" or "sarcasm" is a total cop-out.
  - norswap 13y ago
    Satire makes people laugh at the absurdity of things, by means of exageration. The point of satire is not always to "make a point". I don't think it is in this case anyway. But if you really want to see something you could see a criticism of the startup ecosystem that "puts bright people to work by making them shuffle bits of questionable value".
    - PakG1 13y ago
      Actually, usually there is a point to satire, the vibe of which is caught in your first sentence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satire Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government or society itself, into improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon and as a tool to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.