Theranos: Blood testing tech startup founded by Elizabeth Holmes that ended up being a huge scam
WeWork: Provider of coworking spaces, still operational afaik but has had its fair share of scandals including stock-related stuff im pretty sure
FTX: Crypto exchange/hedge fund founded by Sam Bankman-Fried that went bankrupt after a huge fraud scandal that got Sam arrested and awaiting trial on like i think 12 criminal charges?
SVB: The most recent, Silicon Valley Bank, a bank which primarily financed tech and crypto bros, which just collapsed
this linkedin user managed to work in all these places somehow
The ‘Forrest Gump’ reference is how in that 1994 film the main character was, through a combination of questionable choices and sheer luck, managed to insert himself into almost every major newsworthy event in history.
cannot truly describe the feeling that just came over me upon seeing this but the best estimation is a simultaneous need to laugh hysterically and also fucking die
i love how whenever something gets popular the underground tormented avant garde bloggers start becoming self conscious of liking it/finding it funny, and it eventually evolves into aggression towards it. doesnt matter what it is. unrelated but i saw someone call isopods cringe today
