LOL what is this chart? You made this? Based on what?

EDIT:

Oh I apologize. I realize now that this is a serious graph, made by
JOHN D. VU
Director, Biotechnology Innovation and Computation
Distinguished Career Professor
Carnegie Mellon University
School of Computer Science
(with a title that long, he must be someone important)


Source: http://bic.cs.cmu.edu/jvu/


Look, today we know that all coins are pump & dump. Why cartoon devs still bother to invent stories, goal, pseudo-team, false promises, etc.?