• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Guy who sells Segways insists “Ford Motor Company will be bankrupt in 10 years. Everyone is going to own a Segway and the automotive industry will be toast.”

    Guy who sells Beyond Burger announces “This is the end of the ground beef industry. I wouldn’t bother raising any new cows any time soon because our burgers are better in every way. Nobody is going to want to eat meat in another five years. Our product is just that good.”

    Guy who sells Fleshlights proclaims “The wedding ring industry is not going to survive to the end of the decade because…”

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      10 days ago

      To be fair, beyond burgers are actually better than beef but people will never accept that.

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        9 days ago

        I mean, its done very well in terms of adoption and business growth. Hardly a bad company to invest in. But if the CEO were to proclaim that Beyond Beef will slash 50% of abattoir worker jobs in the next ten years, you’d rightly call him a nut.