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Random Generator Parodies Vapid Startup Websites

Posted by Soulskill on from the leveraging-your-synergies dept.

alphadogg writes: A pair of Georgia Tech computer science students have created a Random Startup Website Generator that spits out a different jargon-laden startup website every time you click on the URL. Mike Bradley and Tiffany Zhang's project "serves as a parody of startups that have websites full of vague praise and little information about their actual business, often because they have little to show in that regard."

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  1. Are we sure these are parodies? by JanneM · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suspect they could have saved themselves a lot of coding by simply randomly linking to real startup web sites. It'd look no less ridiculous.

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    1. Re:Are we sure these are parodies? by Half-pint+HAL · · Score: 4, Funny

      Which begs the question: why is there an E in the word "hipster"?

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  2. It hurts! by markdavis · · Score: 4, Funny

    OK, I am in pain from laughing so hard!

    Some of my favs include:

    * Effortify! "Share your favorite efforts and discover new ones." http://tiffzhang.com/startup/?...

    * Sprayit! "Spray like never before." http://tiffzhang.com/startup/?...

    and

    * Insectify! "The evolution of the insect" http://tiffzhang.com/startup/?...

  3. Zombo com by TWX · · Score: 3, Funny

    WELcome... to Zombo Com!

    You can do Anything at Zombo Com,

    The only limit...is yourself.

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  4. Re:Sigh. by Livius · · Score: 4, Funny

    So far they've just taken marketing's jobs.

    Which surprises no-one.