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geardaddy

(24,931 posts)
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 04:08 PM Jul 2014

The Billionaire Who Wants to Split California Into 6 States Has the Most Embarrassing YouTube Feed

The Billionaire Who Wants to Split California Into 6 States Has the Most Embarrassing YouTube Feed Ever
http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2014/07/tim-draper-six-californias-stripping-youtube-riskmaster
This is a post about Tim Draper. Tim Draper is a billionaire tech investor of no particular importance who has decided that he wants to disrupt geography.

Draper is the man behind the "Six Californias" initiative, which today announced that it had secured enough signatures to put a measure on the 2016 California ballot that would split the Golden State in to six golden states. Should California be turned into six states? Maybe! I don't know. Probably not. It probably doesn't make any sense. But maybe it does? Who knows! It isn't going to be turned into six states, that is certain, but should it in a perfect world of perfection where Tim Draper rides around on a golden steed shooting piercing laser beams of logic out of his eyes? Maybe! Leave that question to the poets, because we're here to talk about Tim Draper, "the riskmaster."

Tim Draper is a partner in the VC firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson, which has invested in Hotmail, Skype, SpaceX, and a bunch of other tech companies. Silicon Valley has a well-known women problem. Tim Draper does not have a women problem, though! He loves ladies in tech! Can't get enough of them! He loves them so much that he uploaded a video to YouTube aptly titled "Tim Draper Shows His Appreciation for Women Entrepreneurs" in which he removes one piece of clothing for every female-led company he has invested in. Because if you're Tim Draper, the way you relate to women is through the language of erotic dance. (Spoiler: He hasn't funded enough female-led companies to get naked.)


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The Billionaire Who Wants to Split California Into 6 States Has the Most Embarrassing YouTube Feed (Original Post) geardaddy Jul 2014 OP
6 articles of clothing Politicalboi Jul 2014 #1
Hmmm... geardaddy Jul 2014 #2
What a fuckwad. And I'm sure the 6 states he wants aren't to benefit valerief Jul 2014 #3
divide and conquer leftyohiolib Jul 2014 #4
 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
1. 6 articles of clothing
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 04:20 PM
Jul 2014

Divide Ca into 6 states. Draper is 6 letters long. I think I'm on to something here.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
3. What a fuckwad. And I'm sure the 6 states he wants aren't to benefit
Tue Jul 15, 2014, 04:39 PM
Jul 2014

billionaires. No, I'm sure he's only thinking of the common good.

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