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==Buzzdome in Canon==

What Buzzdome.com did was not clear and this vagueness was integral to the subplot. Sameer, when asked by Jake, responded, "We help other dot coms maximize their potential, and expand the virtual marketplace." Upon a quizzical look from Jake, responded more candidly. "Look, I make big money, to sit around and daydream. I'm not about to rock the boat." The company's unclear mission and stereotypical employees/co-owners parodied the dot com craze - though unfortunately, the craze was crashing at the time the episode was aired. (In fanfiction, this is part of the reason why some fans assume Daria graduated in the year 2000, placing "Sappy" in 1999)

What Buzzdome.com did was not clear and this vagueness was integral to the subplot. Sameer, when asked by Jake, responded, "We help other dot coms maximize their potential, and expand the virtual marketplace." Upon a quizzical look from Jake, responded more candidly. "Look, I make big money, to sit around and daydream. I'm not about to rock the boat." The company's unclear mission and stereotypical employees/co-owners parodied the dot com craze - though unfortunately, the craze was crashing at the time the episode was aired, making the gags [[Datedness of Daria|dated from the start!]] (In fanfiction, this is part of the reason why some fans assume Daria graduated in the year 2000, placing "Sappy" in 1999)

Buzzdome presented a variety of interesting characters ~~that have been little used in ''Daria'' fanfic~~: the 24-year-old ultra-rich president, Noah Barkman; redheaded Nora the information architect; Zhengdong the interactive strategist; Sameer, the "brain trust"; and the maladjusted consumer-service rep, Jackleene. All of them were throwing around vast amounts of money on fancy possessions.

Buzzdome presented a variety of interesting characters: the 24-year-old ultra-rich president, Noah Barkman; redheaded Nora the information architect; Zhengdong the interactive strategist; Sameer, the "brain trust"; and the maladjusted consumer-service rep, Jackleene. All of them were throwing around vast amounts of money on fancy possessions.

It took everyone at Buzzdome.com a while to realise Jake knew ''nothing'' about computers, initially believing his dated references and confusion were jokes. He got on well with the staff.

It took everyone at Buzzdome.com a while to realise Jake knew ''nothing'' about computers, initially believing his dated references and confusion were jokes. He got on well with the staff though, and while they fired him as a worker they hired him as a consultant who could show them what middle-aged technically illiterate men wanted.

The correct spelling of Sameer and Zhengdong's names was in dispute until [[Anne D. Bernstein]] revealed them in an email to [[Kara Wild]].

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*Anne D. Bernstein, writer of "Sappy Anniversary", uses Buzzdome.com as the name and address of her own website.

*"Sappy" came out ''after'' the dot-com bubble had burst, making Buzzdome's central gag [[Datedness of Daria|dated from the start!]]

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