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Now that the housing bubble is bursting, I think it would be a good time to compare the Internet bubble of the late '90s to the housing bubble of today. I know geeks are worried that the housing bubble may overshadow the Internet bubble. It's following so close on the heels of the Internet bubble, that it may be getting some compound effects which give it an unfair advantage. We'll cut through all the technicalities and compare the two in one of our patented (not really) showdowns.
Names
Housing Bubble - Sounds like something you put around your house if you've got a rare immune system disease. Wasn't John Travolta in the movie?
Internet Bubble - Sounds light and airy like it doesn't even exist except in the ether.
Advantage - Internet Bubble
Best Anagram
Housing Bubble - Bunghole Bi-Bus
Internet Bubble - Burnt Teen Bible
This one's a close match up for me. Both are funny. Both are controversial. I'm going to go with the bunghole bi-bus though.
Advantage - Housing Bubble
Google Fights
We compare these spokespeople with some randomly generated phrases to see which comes out on top...
The best two out of three wins...
The housing bubble brought on economic armageddon - 12,200 results
The Internet bubble brought on economic armageddon - 9,100 results
It's a close fight, but the housing bubble is more likely to bring on economic armageddon (that's not a good thing btw).
Winner: Internet bubble
Housing Bubble just stole your girlfriend - 6,780
The Internet bubble drank my milkshake - 13,300
I like milkshakes and want to drink mine...
Winner: Housing bubble
The housing bubble caused world war 2 - 293,000
The Internet bubble caused world war 2 - 386,000
The real reason the Germans invaded Poland, to get their hands on all those Flooz bucks...
Winner: Housing bubble
Advantage: Housing bubble
Gave Rise To...
Internet Bubble - Flooz, Google, Netscape, housing bubble
Housing Bubble - Foreclosure scams on infomercials
Advantage: Internet Bubble
Virtual War - Best of 7
The virtual card drawer was used at random.org. I chose to draw two cards. The first card was for the Internet bubble the second for the housing bubble.
Draw 1
Internet Bubble - 6D
Housing Bubble - 2H
Draw 2
Internet Bubble - 6C
Housing Bubble - JC
Draw 3
Internet Bubble - KS
Housing Bubble - AH
Draw 4
Internet Bubble - AH
Housing Bubble - 8D
Draw 5
Internet Bubble - 7D
Housing Bubble - 2S
Draw 6
Internet Bubble - AH
Housing Bubble - 8H
Draw 7
Internet Bubble - 6C
Housing Bubble - 9C
Advantage: Internet Bubble 4-3
Conclusions
The Internet bubble wins 3-2. Some may decry this as an unfair comparison as the housing bubble has yet to run its course. However, I wanted to do this before the remaining banks comes and repossesses my house.
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