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    MattJ.K. Trotter
    4/12/16 4:20pm

    I watched the watermelon video and all i can think is: where did I go wrong with my life. Why am i working at a job that requires effort when i could be doing shit like this and apparently have people pay me actual money for doing so. When did middle-school-grade shenanigans become a marketable job skill and why wasn’t i notified?

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      EvenBaggierTrousers4Matt
      4/12/16 4:28pm

      Damn you and your dignity.

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      MattEvenBaggierTrousers4
      4/12/16 4:29pm

      Listen, you can’t pay an electric bill with dignity, at least not without a co-signer. Believe me, i’ve tried.

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    Cam/ronJ.K. Trotter
    4/12/16 4:11pm

    And if this aberration turns out to be a long-term trend, the era of the Millennial-focused, growth-obsessed, venture capital-funded media organization may be ending sooner than we think.

    What? No more videos of American hipsters trying popular British foods for the first time?

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      Quasar FunkCam/ron
      4/12/16 4:14pm

      Umm...

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      Stef SchraderQuasar Funk
      4/12/16 7:31pm

      Ha!

      Those “try” videos are some of the most wonderful brain-rot on the Internet. I’m not even guilty about it—they’re just a pleasure. Probably the best thing Buzzfeed does outside of some of their surprisingly decent news coverage.

      They’re trying to bust out of the listicle/GIFsticle/testicle/butt turrible niche a bit, and I can appreciate that.

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    Bon MorteJ.K. Trotter
    4/12/16 4:09pm

    Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

    This is what Buzzfeed does well that Gawker Media, for all it’s wonderous and childish delights, does not.

    You know me and I you. We have done it all together. We found each other here. For a time, you were mine. What we have shared with each other nobody else was privvy to until you lent access to the mortals that did seek to undermine me in every base way imaginable. I have been bombarded not just by my own feelings of disatisfaction with my own behavior but by onerous and treacherous thoughts that at one time you did care. I still believe that you did.

    Yoga Nerd... I know you see this. Please DM me back.

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      Masshole JamesBon Morte
      4/12/16 4:35pm
      GIF
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      Bon MorteMasshole James
      4/12/16 4:39pm

      This is perfect, James. When you next talk to Yoga Nerd please mention to her that I am in fact the Tomato Troll. She didn’t believe me when we briefly spoke earlier today.

      Please send me screenshots of your interaction with her.

      There was a time when she was impressed with my trolling skills, or maybe she is just playing hard to get. It’s getting harder to tell.

      Make sure she understands that I am Tomato Troll. Unfortunately she will be impressed by that.

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    Hollow_LogJ.K. Trotter
    4/12/16 4:11pm

    I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s new list.

    17 Reasons Buzzfeed’s New Haircut Can’t Even

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      Quasar FunkHollow_Log
      4/12/16 4:15pm

      Garbage Website Earns Less Than Half of Revenue Projection. YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!

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      CodiustheawesomeHollow_Log
      4/12/16 4:15pm

      If it is at all like Gizmodo lists it’ll be a crappy YouTube video from Screen Rant.

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    Hollow_LogJ.K. Trotter
    4/12/16 4:15pm
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      Hollow_LogJ.K. Trotter
      4/12/16 4:25pm
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        derpradameinhofHollow_Log
        4/13/16 12:06am

        Fucking savage. I love it.

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      Ole Slew FootJ.K. Trotter
      4/12/16 4:20pm

      So what your saying is despite buzzfeeds haircut they’re still more stable than gawker in a post-hulkster economy.

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        SauceboyJ.K. Trotter
        4/12/16 5:00pm

        Revenue multiples are bullshit.

        And the fact that its revenue multiple (or any other multiple) hasn’t moved is a serious problem. Companies only earn high multiples because it is anticipated that they will grow into them, lowering the effective multiple over time. If its stable and high, that’s a problem. And to be clear, their revenue multiple is high.

        But back to the first point - revenue multiples are bullshit because you’re only using it because of a lack of operating earnings or operating cash flow. While this is not unusual in rapidly growing companies, its also a hard habit to break; i.e., if you keep on leaning on that metric, your investment will/should end in tears. If anybody has half a brain, at some point during the evaluation of the investment, it was anticipated that the company graduates to some kind of earnings multiple, showing that its actually creating value, instead of destroying it.

        Otherwise, it’s 2000 all over again.

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          RappingNinjaJ.K. Trotter
          4/12/16 4:58pm

          Every time Gawker reports on BuzzFeed or BuzzFeed reports on Gawker, it feels so high school.

          Two people who should, by all rights, be the best of friends - just talkin’ shit about each other to anyone who will listen.

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            The Once and Future KingJ.K. Trotter
            4/12/16 4:37pm

            Not everybody has the impeccable business acumen required to accumulate a $140m judgement on their liability sheet.

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