Gary Dahl, Inventor of the Pet Rock, Has Died

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22 points·ohaikbai··18 comments

Seeing this, today's startups all of a sudden don't seem so innovative any more. After all, this one is a useless proposition that people actually paid money for. Ah, the power of a fashion meme!

Remember when we used to just call them "fads"? =)

:'(

Brings the film 'Office Space' to mind:

Michael Bolton: You think the pet rock was a really great idea? Tom Smykowski: Sure it was. The guy made a million dollars.

Let's not jump to conclusions.

Please consider donating to the Gary Dahl Shelter for Abused and Abandoned Pet Rocks.

You can help rocks like these guys: https://img1.etsystatic.com/000/0/6083373/il_fullxfull.33098...

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VfZY2-oweVY/maxresdefault.jpg

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2779/4366733762_036cbf79f7.jpg

I used to have a pet rock called Trevor. I lost him in a house move years ago. I deeply miss Trevor. I regret taking him for granite.

Don't be sad. He meant a lot to you.

(Wondering if the down-voters saw the pun and didn't like it or if they missed the pun and felt it was a pointless comment.)

Pun threads are not appropriate to HN.

I dunite why you'd think that.

Of quartz he did.

I didn't know him, but I'm sure he was a marbleous pet.

I wouldn't miss him too much, he was full of schist.

That's gneiss.

But a bit wacke...

The silver lining in all of this is that when he is laid to rest, he'll be surrounded by his pets.

This is just sad news for the rock industry.

Jacksonville, Oregon. Nice area to retire to. Bruce Campbell also lives thereabouts.

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