[simianwords]

The analogy doesn't work at all. Pets is a single small company. The dot-com boom largely survived and was profoundly important.

I just.. I don't know the mental model of the people who speak like this. What is the point you are trying to make..

[breezybottom]

Ok, then people thought Enron was here to stay, until it wasn't. Life is ephemeral.