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Despite what a couple bloggers might say, I don't think anyone is actually angry at "Team Cyprus" for having a vacation. More so, it is a feeling of jealousy/admiration that they were able to enjoy themselves at a time when many of us are in state of worry and fear.

Calling it the end of web 2.0 might be too much, but you have to appreciate the juxtaposition in some of the most beautiful and successful people in the valley partying on an island paradise while the world that made them so successful is crashing down.

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But that's the thing, nothing in the valley came "crashing down" except maybe the net worth of some investors, who just went from obscenely wealthy to very wealthy. And maybe TechCrunch's standards.

Buildings are all still standing. Almost every company that was in business yesterday is still in business today. There've been a few layoffs, but those were due to issues stemming a while back.

Everything is, for the most part, the way it was two weeks ago. It'd be one thing if there was an 8.2 Earthquake. But the Dow dropping?

I think the pessimistic view is that we've seen the explosion, but the sound and shock wave haven't hit, yet, due to the different speeds at which they travel.

Frankly, I've given up attempting to have any idea what to think. I'm not a doom'n'gloomer by nature, but it's clear that there are some strange things afoot at the Circle K.

So I've decided to just get on with life and see how things develop. I'm watching the financial stuff and election with an eye to going back to the US...

That's probably true, but I'm just not feeling a slow impending downturn in investment dollars makes it wrong for people to have fun on vacation.

Matt, I'm worried about you. I don't think your level of alarm is sufficient. When those buildings do start falling over, you won't be prepared! It basically goes Dow drop -> Earthquake -> Zombies. Those of us who realize that are just trying really hard to help our fellow Americans by posting article after unsubstantiated article with our thoughts on how exactly the world is about to end. Stop undermining this important public service, sir!

Wow, I hadn't thought about Zombies. Thanks.

No prob. Just remember, shoot them in the head, okay? Otherwise, you'll just embarrass yourself. After careful analysis of various sciences I have determined we have 17-19.5 days to prepare for Zombie Judgement Day. Don't fuck this up.

Hmm, with the Brady Bill and all that, I'm not sure I can get a shotgun in that amount of time. There really should be laws allowing for looser gun control whenever Zombies are a near-term possibility.

I agree, but nobody ever said life would be easy. Baseball bats, golf clubs, these things work in the meantime. I mean, sooner or later your neighbor with a shotgun is going to get his face eaten, at which point you can grab his. Pistols work too (.45 or high caliber recommended) in the short term.

What's wrong with a good old fashioned stake through the heart? I know commodities are falling, but fuck, lead is still pricey!

sigh amateurs! We're talking Zombies here, not Vampires. Vampire Judgement Day isn't for another 287 days.

Plus I'm far too lazy to go around trying to trap them so as they cannot eat my brain while I experiment with stakes. I require a projectile for Zombie killing, otherwise I might as well just give up and join them.

Do that and the terrorists win. The zombie terrorists.

No, a lot of people ARE angry about it, and not because of the money. The Web 2.0 crowd have been singing "It's not a bubble" for years. Some of us who lived through 1.0 knew better. Not taking it seriously, not realizing a company HAS to have revenue to survive, and that VC is not a revenue stream has contributed to this meltdown. It's hubris, and the video is an example of it. Not to mention a Wall Street Journal reporter - WALL STREET JOURNAL - is hanging out drinking with the people she's supposed to be covering objectively and making stupid drunken videos. It's a massive fail on all counts.

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