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Shadowlayer
01/27/09

In reply to Blonde's Ambition Endangers Aspen Internet Dudefest
These guys, is like an infinite loop of douches helping other douches stay as douchy as humanly possible.

Is obvious they borrow contacts and "favors" with VCs and investors, so they can keep on the never ending drama of making useless companies nobody cares about.

Why? let's see: they all get to skip most of what we all agree is real work, yet they get paid upper middle class salaries at least, and sometimes get to walk out of a sinking ship with enough money to buy a small country.

Add all the freebies, and 'prestige' they get for doing this, and you'll get my point.

Anyway, CAPSHUN TIME!!!1!!ONE

1:"BUTT PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!"

2:"THINKING OF A BUSINESS SCAM FOR 2009"

3:"Let's pretend we are somebody!"

4:"I want to thank all the dumb investors who paid for this fake business trip!"
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Pope John Peeps II
01/26/09

In reply to Blonde's Ambition Endangers Aspen Internet Dudefest
You can always tell when tech guys go from being the bottom of everybody's social food chain to suddenly being in charge of their business and successful. They get a trainer, they tan a lot, and when they take photographs, they look like perverted insecure hyenas with engorged dicks waiting to pounce on you and cry afterwards.

I miss men being men. Good honest real men.
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HowDareThey
01/26/09

In reply to Blonde's Ambition Endangers Aspen Internet Dudefest
I think unauthorized Facebook photo album tagging, especially of guests at private events, is in poor taste and wastes the time of the person who has to untag themselves. Like I want anyone to check out my photos and find me, all of 18, dancing in a sea of trannies. But all's fair on the internet. I think people who post and their posts are fair game to be mocked, judged, and hassled. And if you bitches insist, then I'm all about untagging and mistagging.

To further subvert the possibilities of Web 2.0 rather than naively provide more relevant content, I am now going to say this: Hilary Rowland looks like my partner's ex girlfriend, and she liked to get donkey punched during sex.
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MincnglyWhrdL'mer
01/26/09

@HowDareThey: I'm so freaking with you on this. I finally submitted to facebook yeaterday, and already two of my friends have made comments I had to immediately erase - on the front page. the moment I get home I'm blocking public comments...
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michaellamb
01/26/09

In reply to Blonde's Ambition Endangers Aspen Internet Dudefest
first of all, why are all the dudes wearing shirts sitting by the pool/beach? That's just weird

Second, I am not impressed with Zappos CEO at all, so why is he getting all the love lately?
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Dagrolord
01/26/09

@michaellamb:

The question answers itself once you accept they're not dudes, but geeks. Then the question becomes- how did those geeks get next to all that sweatermeat?
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BadUncle
01/26/09

In reply to Blonde's Ambition Endangers Aspen Internet Dudefest
They seem to be imitating Industry Leaders as well as paintball teams resemble the real military. Too bad that there are actual employees and investors affected by this sort of Fisher Price My First Corporation version of being a Player.
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GuyBitchy
01/26/09

In reply to Blonde's Ambition Endangers Aspen Internet Dudefest
Diane Sawyer as a young tranny.
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saythatscool
01/26/09

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Well that all depends, how many furry years to every human year? I can never remember.
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jobsworth
01/26/09

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"Young world leaders"? Seriously?
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saythatscool
01/26/09

@jobsworth: Second Life is a world. It has money and everything.
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jobsworth
01/26/09

@saythatscool: Can they be described as young in that world?
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saythatscool
01/26/09

@jobsworth: Well that all depends, how many furry years to every human year? I can never remember.
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Perhaps Not
01/26/09

@jobsworth: Oh, it's such a scam. They invite a huge number of high schoolers to the National Young Leaders' Conference, then they invite a similarly huge number of those kids to the Global Young Leaders' Summit. It costs a mint, there is no discernible benefit to the attendees except snob privilege, and there are similarly no discernible criteria for admission. It's like "The Real World: Who's Who."
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Dagrolord
01/26/09

In reply to Blonde's Ambition Endangers Aspen Internet Dudefest
With Caroline McCarthy, Maggie Grace and Hilary Rowland as attendees, the Summit Series had representation from three of the most significant couples in the Internet Industry. I'm sure the discourse at the Summit Series was vibrant and the exchange of important ideas greatly beneficial to humanity.
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