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Here Comes Another Bubble v1.1 - The Richter Scales

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What it is

A cappella parody song by The Richter Scales, set to Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start the Fire', lampooning the Web 2.0 startup bubble. It won a Webby for viral video in 2007.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Resurfaces in threads on startups, valuations and hype cycles as a funny, prescient bubble satire.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2009, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “at least scroll all the way down for the (very amusing) video that was played in class.”

    Amusing video shown in Thiel's class, from 2007

    karpathy, 2012-04 · Recommendation · in “Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 2 Notes”

  2. “Always appropriate.”

    Always-appropriate song about tech bubbles

    nchuhoai, 2012-04 · Recommendation · in “All In: Now's The Time”

  3. “in case anyone missed this gem.”

    A gem of a song about bubbles

    YjSe2GMQ, 2019-02 · Recommendation · in “What you need to know before you join a startup”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: web 2.0, parody song, tech bubble, startups, facebook valuation

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