My point is I wouldn't blame Amanda for capitalizing on her marketability. I don't think it is fair to accuse her of being a fraud. Isn't it a valid activity to pursue one's marketability? Did she ever claim to be a domain expert. I don't think so.

The speculators reap what they sow.

In my youth, I sometimes shared those fantasies of a chick coder in blue jeans sharing my floor mat under my desk and Jolt cola (we had different memes in the 1980s).

I think the most salient point is how Dash is marketed to the speculators and not to some actual adoption market beyond the market of geeks.

I was just trying to understand the marketing effect that Amanda was capitalizing on. My point is at my current age, I wouldn't consider her hot enough to be worth my scarce time to pursue (it is no criticism of her as a person and she is not ugly, and she is not dumb). So I was trying to understand what captivated other guys. But now thinking more about it, I realize her marketability caters to the fantasy I did have in my youth when I had more time and resources to waste on wet dreams.

Note it is interesting that i am uglier now (blinded eye, aged, wrinkled, and sick) yet I get hotter chicks than when I was young and reasonably handsome (although my high school gf was pretty fucking hot at 5'9" blonde, blue eyes, long distance runner and perfect bodacious bod with long legs). Funny how that works. Guys get better with age, ladies don't. This is fact and ladies are well aware of it. That is why they are in a hurry to settle down and guys are not. Which is another reason they are attracted to older men (in cultures where marriage is still valued, i.e. not in the leftist, feminist West).