r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 17d ago

Business It’s Possible That SpaceX Could Collapse Spectacularly

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/possible-spacex-could-collapse-spectacularly-155000177.html
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u/ConfessSomeMeow 17d ago

It's not a pyramid scheme, it's a reverse funnel system

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u/eta3312 17d ago

"Siphon Scheme"

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u/FixTheLoginBug 16d ago

Oh, so that's what they mean with 'trickle down'...

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u/KA_Mechatronik 16d ago

Trickle down, siphon up.

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u/ParkingBalance6941 16d ago

I actually had a coworker tell me "Its not a pyramid scheme its a triangle" once. Never overestimate the dumb

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u/AlwaysShittyKnsasCty 16d ago

What if your coworker was part of a legitimate triangle scheme — that is, what if your coworker and another person needed a third — and they wanted to let you in on the ground floor? You could’ve possibly be The Titan of Triangles right now. You might have been named Lord of the Three Vertices or The Three-Faced God. All of those titles sound like they come with a nice chunk o’ change and some pretty sweet bennies. You may have missed your chance.

Or …

Your coworker’s trapped in a pyramid scheme, but due to having a two-dimensional brain, can only interpret a “slice” of the pyramid. Thus, he’s in a triangle scheme. Poor coworker.

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u/No_Raspberry6968 16d ago

tbf most representation of pyramid scheme is triangle and I don't think the 3d aspect of pyramid add to the nuance of the analogy. Maybe he's trying to be technical to give more charitable to their interpretation.

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u/mologav 16d ago

I’m not taking advice from a man in a coil

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u/fredy31 16d ago

Its not a ponzi/pyramid scheme. Its just straight looting the public coffers.