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submitted 1 year ago by mint@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

I wish every dumbass startup a very go to hell

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[-] BioHall@lemmy.pt 9 points 1 year ago

Capital be like: Pay a fair wage to people working these jobs? 👎🫣🙅 Go for the stupidest idea that will never work like this one just cause “innovation”? 🙈🙉💸💸

[-] key@lemmy.keychat.org 7 points 1 year ago

I thought that said Zune at first

[-] azerial@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago
[-] Stellario@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Jitterydork@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Despite its overflowing war chest, however, Zume’s business suffered from a critical flaw: it’s apparently quite difficult to cook a pizza while it’s in the back of a moving vehicle

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

"What if we did pets.com, but for pizza?"

Obviously not remotely the same, but it appears nothing was learned from the 2000 bubble.

[-] teflocarbon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

We need to have a running tally on the amount of VC money that has been burned on completely idiotic investments like these.

I think you could’ve told this to a six year old and they would’ve told you this is a stupid idea.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not so sure about the last part, this seems exactly like an idea a 6-year-old would suggest but just with additional tech buzzwords.

[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

Wow, this beats Juicero in the “stupid food startup” category.

[-] poke@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Truly ahead of its time.

[-] Stellario@pawb.social 1 points 1 year ago

Zume went the way of Zune.

[-] NotSteve_@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

It's not exactly the same but my city has "robot pizza machines" that are basically glorified vending machines with pizza that's cooked daily and reheated on demand. It works really well for the company because they specifically put the machines in neighbourhoods where people go to drink.

I think as far as automated pizza goes, that's the best way to do it.

[-] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Kind of like the Japanese vending machines. I think those kind of thing are awesome (and practical if you need a fast bite) and would love to see them in America more.

[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Vending machines like this are reliant on foot traffic. It would be viable in some American cities, but the majority of the country is car dependent.

[-] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Of course we would have to fix that major issue with all of America. Car centric cities are simply terrible.

[-] mint@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm in Tokyo right now and got 100% real orange juice squeezed in a vending machine. Every five seconds I just go "man America fucking SUCKS"

[-] metaltoilet@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

How different is that than buying 100% fruit juice from the supermarket? Like does it really taste different.

[-] mint@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

No but it juiced it for me and that's cool as hell

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
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