Comments on: The most narcissistic possible reaction to the economy http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/01/the-most-narcissistic-possible-reaction-to-the-economy/ Thoughts that seemed like a good idea at the time Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:03:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: Andrew http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/01/the-most-narcissistic-possible-reaction-to-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Andrew Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:21:49 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=978#comment-1285 Yes ... well if you ask me it could have been worse ... really now. Yes … well if you ask me it could have been worse … really now.

]]> By: Chris J. Miller http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/01/the-most-narcissistic-possible-reaction-to-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Chris J. Miller Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:00:40 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=978#comment-364 Thanks for the link—that's a fascinating piece. A commenter to it mentions that the DABA site doesn't appear on the <a href="http://www.archive.org/web/" rel="nofollow">Wayback Machine</a> archive, either... which seems like pretty damning evidence. OTOH, <b>this</b> blog doesn't appear there, either, and the archive's <a href="http://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php#103" rel="nofollow">FAQ</a> mentions that indexed pages may not appear for up to six months, so maybe the jury is still out. Either way, the frustrating thing is that whether or not it started out real, after this publicity surge it'll presumably <b>become</b> real... Thanks for the link—that’s a fascinating piece. A commenter to it mentions that the DABA site doesn’t appear on the Wayback Machine archive, either… which seems like pretty damning evidence. OTOH, this blog doesn’t appear there, either, and the archive’s FAQ mentions that indexed pages may not appear for up to six months, so maybe the jury is still out.

Either way, the frustrating thing is that whether or not it started out real, after this publicity surge it’ll presumably become real…

]]> By: phil from new york http://blog.smartmemes.com/2009/01/the-most-narcissistic-possible-reaction-to-the-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-362 phil from new york Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:50:07 +0000 http://blog.smartmemes.com/?p=978#comment-362 Here's a piece by a blogger for NPR discussing the hoax question: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/01/is_dating_a_banker_anonymous_f.html?ft=1&f=93568166 Here’s a piece by a blogger for NPR discussing the hoax question:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/01/is_dating_a_banker_anonymous_f.html?ft=1&f=93568166

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