Their Ninebot escooters are pretty damn good, far better than most random brands.

I spent most of Covid in VRChat and met my current live-in gf, so the metaverse was real for me too.

I also made decent money selling crypto, so that part was real for me too.

And AI coding, for as dumb as even the best models are, still enabled me to create things that I wanted to, but wouldn't have had time or gotten nearly as far without.

I dunno if the author realizes, but all the things they mentioned did materialize in one way or another, just not exactly how the hype described it.

Maybe if they could let go of some of the cynicism, they could find something to be optimistic about. Nothing ever goes exactly as planned, but that doesn't mean nothing is good.