> Paypal growth held a 1:1 correlation with online prescription drug scam (or online prescription crime rings, depending who you ask).
This correlation is about as compelling as these ones: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
This correlation is about as compelling as these ones: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations
They would not have gotten off the ground in the early days without it.
oh, and pirates and global warming the canonical reference for your point around here :)