Insane "underwater" startup.

Re:Insane "underwater" startup. by sspencer on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @03:20PM (#340427)

Is there a particular reason underwater is in quotes here? It IS an (insane) underwater startup. The fact that it is underwater does not need to be quoted. I think people have completely lost touch with what quotation marks mean.

Sorry to be nitpicky, but I am getting tired of seeing completely wrong uses of quotation marks everywhere.

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Re:Insane "underwater" startup. by noonespecial on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @09:06PM (#340763)

I used underwater in this case because it is often said that a startup is underwater when they are in debt.

The quotes for the double meaning.

Apologies if I got it "wrong". :)

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Re:Insane "underwater" startup. by gruseom on Thursday October 23, 2008 @03:26AM (#340986)

You really need to take a trip to the "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks.

http://quotation-marks.blogspot.com/

Update: looks like their snarky literal interpretations are running a bit weak lately, but the photos people send in are still really good.

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Re:Insane "underwater" startup. by TrevorJ on Thursday October 23, 2008 @02:27PM (#341498)

I tend to "agree" with you here. ;-) I read it as a subtle pun on the normal usage of underwater as it pertains to startups - that is to say, using the term underwater to mean the company is losing money.

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