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[–] givesomefucks 21 points 8 months ago

Welcome to the world of venture capitalism. It’s all “come on, guy! This is the next thing! Trust me bro!”

What's surprising is more and more people keep falling for it.

Like 20-30 years ago it made sense. But we have "kids" all the way up to their 20s who literally grew up in this over hyped environment that still believe all this bullshit is days away from changing the world.

It's like a cult insisting the Messiah is coming back tomorrow, and every night the day "to morrow for sure"