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Very, very funny
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The chorus of warnings was echoed by the Shanghai Daily, which wrote: "A strong kiss may cause an imbalance in the air pressure between two inner ears and lead to a broken ear drum."
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Raar! My sperm have The Power!
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Date: 2008-12-11 08:27 pm (UTC)In other words, at the start of the bubble, it looks awesome and is. Bubbles collapse though, and that gets factored for. And then the evidence shows up that it's a bubble, and everyone knows that it's a bad idea because of the crap companies that are making millions overnight. But by then, the ball is rolling and it takes a while to catch up, because most of the people who know it's a bad idea are still making money off of it.
I keep wanting to paint it as a plane full of money that's going down, where everyone is packing money into suitcases until the very last minute.
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Date: 2008-12-12 11:35 am (UTC)This person was reasonably smart (decent coder, capable of walking and breathing at the same time), and we work at a financial company. He just didn't understand markets.
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Date: 2008-12-12 12:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-12 12:50 pm (UTC)