Re:The Egg, an at Home Nuclear Reactor
by nemomarx on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @04:48PM
(#42627996)
someone bought the name and logo and has been doing little parodies
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Re:The Egg, an at Home Nuclear Reactor
by mattiasfestin on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @04:56PM
(#42628102)
Looks like the Enron crypto token/coin is not a parody.
https://cryptoslate.com/enron-is-back-now-focused-on-decentr...
But a lot other s*itcoins beat them to it. And is flooding the crypto market with "fake" Enron coins.
Re:The Egg, an at Home Nuclear Reactor
by bdndndndbve on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @04:54PM
(#42628074)
Does this even rise to the level of parody? This is just... A thing. Just kinda lying to people and then saying gotcha.
I guess the implicit humor is just mocking enron as the image of a failed company who would do reckless things?
it doesn't seem very sophisticated but I'm not sure what else you'd call it.
Re:The Egg, an at Home Nuclear Reactor
by uncle_billy on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @05:17PM
(#42628328)
I got that sense too, but after watching the video, I felt like it was more of an indictment of American tech culture (especially with the recent block chain, crypto, and now AI hype). As I watched the video I felt increasingly scared of the thought of home nuclear reactors made a company solely motivated by increasing profits YoY. Honestly it was more scary than funny.
Is it a hard requirement for a parody to parody something else?
Pretty much.
Re:The Egg, an at Home Nuclear Reactor
by kerkeslager on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @10:10PM
(#42630483)
Man, some people really are no fun.
Re:The Egg, an at Home Nuclear Reactor
by franklovecchio on Tuesday January 07, 2025 @05:01PM
(#42628168)
One of the parodies is a “hot takes” interview: https://digg.com/digg-vids/link/enron-ceo-connor-gaydos-subw...