I'm sick of all these low-wage foreign workers stealing our precious jobs.

They only take the jobs you don't want. Like cleaning hotels and hacking kernels.

Heroku runs on top of EC2, and they get charged the same amount of money by Amazon whether your instances are idle or on fire. That doesn't matter, though, because businesses do not do cost-based pricing.

There comes a time in a young man's life when "haha, whoopsie, I'm a kid who is not responsible for his own decisions" is no longer sufficient for a do-over. I am not sure when that is, but if you're running a business, well, welcome to being an adult.

The take home lesson here is that all your online activities can be used in court against you some day in unbelievable detail, so if you plan on being 'successful' start acting responsible today, no matter what your age.

Impressions matter, during a lawsuit evidence matters, this provides plenty of both.

The title is false.

Here is why their style works:

We read the exaggeration and translate it from 37Signals to the reasonable thing we expect they are trying to say. For example, he might be saying:

* "Buying ideas/talent rarely works out"

* "Buying ideas/talent only works if you pay with culture"

* "Buying ideas/talent can't work if the buyer is big"

So when we encounter a 37Signals post and generally disagree with it, there is easy fuel for our side of the argument. Those that agree with the general idea get to argue for their favorite interpretation of what they must be saying.

The imprecision and tone creates two sides maximally equipped to have a stupid internet discussion.