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The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Post by scythe »

It's a story, you silly fools. It's called fiction. It's pretty good, though I feel like a lot of the length was kind of redundant; it would have been better shorter. Or, as George Carlin put it:

>I’ve also grown weary of reading about clouds in a book. Doesn’t this piss you off? You’re reading a nice story, and suddenly the writer has to stop and describe the clouds. Who cares?.......I’m not interested. Skip the clouds and get to the fucking. The only story I know of where clouds are important was Noah’s Ark!

Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

#5

Post by Sumaso »

scythe wrote: post #4

It's a story , you silly fools. It's called fiction. It's pretty good, though I feel like a lot of the length was kind of redundant; it would have been better shorter. Or, as George Carlin put it: >I’ve also grown weary of reading about clouds in a book. Doesn’t this piss you off? You’re reading a nice story, and suddenly the writer has to stop and describe the clouds. Who cares?.......I’m not interested. Skip the cl…

I was wondering why I hadn't heard anything about it :P

I found the whole writing style very fast-paced. You just get a snapshot of what the character is going through as he finds himself whisked into... Fame? Fortune?

I for one was entertained.

Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

#6

Post by nhashem »

I'm probably the wrong audience for this story, just like I'm sure doctors are the wrong audience for Grey's Anatomy. Just like a doctor would think, "this show makes it seem like doctors have sex constantly in storage closets," I'm thinking, "what VC makes and closes an offer with over the course of one meal?"

Still, entertaining read, thought it was clever the way email and tweet graphics were used throughout.

Re: The Anorexic Startup: A Tale of Sex, Drugs, and C++

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Post by drostie »

Sumaso wrote: post #5
scythe wrote: post #4

It's a story , you silly fools. It's called fiction. It's pretty good, though I feel like a lot of the length was kind of redundant; it would have been better shorter. Or, as George Carlin put it: >I’ve also grown weary of reading about clouds in a book. Doesn’t this piss you off? You’re reading a nice story, and suddenly the writer has to stop and describe the clouds. Who cares?.......I’m not interested. Skip the cl…

I was wondering why I hadn't heard anything about it :P I found the whole writing style very fast-paced. You just get a snapshot of what the character is going through as he finds himself whisked into... Fame? Fortune? I for one was entertained.

It's definitely geared towards someone who likes an exciting story but has to get to work sometime today. Very appropriate for this audience.
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