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by peterwwillis 4090 days ago
This isn't satire at all. This is a real hackathon designed specifically to develop stupid things for fun.

A lot of startups began as stupid ideas and became billion-dollar corporations. What's so negative about doing it on purpose?
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jmzwar 4090 days ago
There isn't anything negative about doing it, just posting a list of stupid ideas peppered with satirised versions of common ideas.
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peterwwillis 4090 days ago
It's stupid, but it's not negative. Actually quoting an existing product and calling it stupid would be negative. These are stupid ideas based on existing concepts, which is making fun without being mean.

The one thing on the list which could be maybe interpreted as negative is "Peter Thiel", but this is definitely not being "gratuitously" negative. Plus he's got 2.2 billion dollars so if his feelings get hurt he can buy some new ones.

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