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Probably invested much of it in color.com. :)

Sheesh - it was meant as a bit of a joke - hence the :)

People will dv you for any reason. I stopped trying to rationalize it many moons ago.

Edit: c'mon, you guys can do better than four downvotes.

So, it was meant to be a joke. Sadly, it wasn't a funny joke. And it adds nothing to the conversation. Hence, downvotes.

HN observers often assume we don't have a sense of humor around here. Actually, I've seen a number of funny comments upvoted, and have done so many times myself. It's closer to the truth to say that most people aren't nearly as funny as they think they are.

The other problem is that it is interchangeable with many other jokes of the same flavor, ie, they were buying Facebook private shares, getting into the LinkedIn IPO, et cetera. This is a tip off that even if it's funny it might not be relevant.

See also the South Park critique of Family Guy.

Saying they were doubling down buying shares in Hilton and Motel 6 would at least have been marginally on topic. But still a bit obvious, right?

"supporting their meth addiction" might have worked

Touche! Only 14 hours too late for me, I fear. :(

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