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It's a joke. Sadly, the origin is unknown, but it's a joke that's well over 10 years old.


I believe it originates in the original dot.com bubble.


I'm pretty sure I heard it in an econ class, which would have been around y2k. From the way it was presented I had the sense that it was already well known.




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