• U7826391786239@piefed.zip
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    17 hours ago

    i still can’t believe the fact that so many people watched that show and thought it was a good investment of their spare time

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      7 hours ago

      I haven’t been able to stomach it for maybe 8 years, but I used to really enjoy seeing people come up with clever solutions for annoying problems. There were plenty of people who made some little gadget in their garage and needed seed money to produce it at scale. The show sort of devolved into a tech bros who made a new app, and who didn’t actually need investors but were looking for some free exposure.

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      16 hours ago

      The wacky sales pitches can be entertaining, but everything with the parasites on society are awful.

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      16 hours ago

      I don’t know the stats, but maybe it’s free advertising/exposure to TV audiences even if you don’t get a deal?

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        6 hours ago

        Nope, you have to sign some bullshit before you even go on to prevent people doing that.