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syel
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Comment #48278123
I saw a lot of "startup idea" content that either hands you a full business plan or is too abstract to act, where I think problems should be the first step. So I built a database o…
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Comment #47935989
no, cause I personally think the past was more affordable
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Comment #47935872
I like to call it satire actually
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Comment #47935750
Yeah, I actually live in Toronto, and this was one the design decisions I was thinking about before building this, it's just that more people relate to the US. And I agree with the…
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Comment #47935623
Yeah, I am pretty sure that you can buy a house for less than $450k in multiple cities, commentary is meant to be humorous for most part
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Comment #47935601
You are right, I think I mention that most experiences on the site are satirical but I don't mention it on the landing page to this experience, will add this today, will also add "…
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Comment #47935560
I think it depends on your financial literacy, I know a lot of people who have no idea how to invest their money, you would be surprised how many people would be more comfortable w…
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Comment #47935518
Appreciate the feedback, will definitely be making some updates based on the comments I got here. There is social pressure definitely when it comes to buying decisions, I think ove…
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Comment #47935487
Agree, but if we take a wholistic approach, most things were more affordable. This is a satirical take not a literal financial comparison and I designed it to be that, but I think …
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Comment #47935424
Will review the numbers this week and see how I can update all numbers to adjust for inflation while keeping the satirical angle
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Comment #47935373
I've seen this story in the Tetris movie, he came off as a terrible businessman who was stealing people's money to save his company from bankruptcy
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Comment #47935339
No, as it's mainly supposed to be a humorous/satirical take similar to other experiences on the site. I didn't intend for it to be a finance piece originally but I know if inflatio…
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Comment #47935317
Thanks for the feedback , will work on this today.
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Comment #47935301
Thanks for the feedback. The whole experience/site is mainly satirical/humorous. It's not inflation adjusted cause I didn't want it turn into a finance piece tbh, but you're defini…
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Comment #47935263
Yeah that must have sucked tbh
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Comment #47932686
I spent the last 2 months building ideagames.fun : satirical browser experiences about work, money, and modern life. The Middle Class Museum is a guided tour of things that used to…
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Comment #44633461
Hi, my name is Syel and I built gotaprob.com. The purpose was to inspire other builders and entrepreneurs find ideas to build businesses around. It came from my experience of tryin…
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Show HN: I couldn't find an idea so I created a problem bank
After 6 months looking for an idea, procrastinating and over analyzing what I should build. I built a tool that allows people to find problems using custom plugins built with Grok …