Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

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Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by Ugly Dougly » Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:24 pm

Because the WTF thread seems to have disappeared.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... logsModule

A company named Specific Media will buy Myspace from New Corp.

Here's the weird part.

Justin Timberlake, who played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is named as a major investor.

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It''s a little bit weird.


But surely we can do better.

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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by Sic Pup » Fri Jul 01, 2011 4:43 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:Because the WTF thread seems to have disappeared.
This one?

It's on the second page.

Although I think anyone investing in MySpace is pretty fucking weird.
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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by Ugly Dougly » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:00 am

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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by Eric » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:20 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:A company named Specific Media will buy Myspace from New Corp.

Here's the weird part.

Justin Timberlake, who played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is named as a major investor.

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Timberlake didn't play Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg did.

Still doesn't answer why someone would invest in Myspace
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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by C.f.M. » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:48 pm

Jt played the guy who founded Napster.

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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by Ugly Dougly » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:47 pm

C.f.M. wrote:Jt played the guy who founded Napster.
Ah, thanks, I stand corrected. That's even more ironic, I guess. :)

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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by illy dilly » Wed Jul 06, 2011 10:32 am

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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by Ugly Dougly » Wed Jul 06, 2011 1:26 pm

Big ass walrus?

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Re: Because it just hasn't gotten weird enough.

Post by illy dilly » Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:11 pm

No idea.
Couldn't find the article to go with it. Kept taking me to links about other stuff.

So until there is more information this will remain 'weird'
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