This does not sound like something you've ACTUALLY encountered multiple times.
You just need to know few people to qualify for "multiple times"
A: It hasn't been true for multiple generations. The # comes from when divorce was first legalized and there was a huge boom in divorces right away.
B: The number of failed marriages is dramatically increased by "frequent fliers" who get divorced multiple times.
College educated adults have a 25% divorce rate.
College education adults only have a 15% chance of their 2nd marriage failing.
You say this like 2/3 of divorce is the fault of women, but IME they usually have good reason to do so.
Divorce implies involvement of a government institution and women feel like a fish in water when it comes to bureaucracy, while men avoid it
That's why in same-sex pairs women are twice likely to call cops and file a lawsuit regarding house abuse and men half as often
Just saying that being a startup founder is not particularly rare or special the past twenty years. You don't even have to do particularly well with your startup. People probably get targeted for a measly 750K exit. I think on HN we get a twisted opinion of what is big money to most people.
>"a measly 750K exit"
No kidding, lol.
And let’s face it, nerds are especially vulnerable.
Maybe he only knows one person who "won the startup lottery"