• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
      36·
      7 months ago

      Sounds like a crazy idea to me. Next you’ll be saying, end a TV show before the ratings have plummeted to zero.

        • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee
          4·
          7 months ago

          > climb the ranks of the navy
          > become “Admiral and Master of the Fourth Sea”
          > end it with a splash, a crack, a gurgle, and a “Captain goes down with his ship!”

          …

          > BBC pulls in a new actor for your role and carries on two seasons more before abruptly stopping and still doesn’t resolve your storyline.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      7 months ago

      I’d say it depends on the trajectory, closing a month or two before bankruptcy isn’t really a success.

    • Godric@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      I am a Trump level successful businessperson, I gathered 132.5 gorillion in investment dollars, pissed 130.75 away on becoming the biggest name in Dwarven Cuck Hentai, and sold it to a Google for .0008 gorillion, half of which was mine!

      Pure profit, baybee!