I propose flaming turd.

With your feet in the air and your head on the ground.

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The times when John Connally could tell European diplomats “The dollar is our currency, but your problem” are already nearly gone. The world’s currency reserves are currently at 59% US dollars, down from the year 2000’s 73%.

Who was Alice?

End boss, fucking unit.

Well thank you very much Emerald for the mapping and the great question.
For me, it’s something much more modest:

• Amiga, or retro-computing in general. Not just for gaming. There’s something deeply inspiring about browsing the web or creating spreadsheets with entirely different hardware and software. Hoping to get an Alpha CPU and/ or an Atari soon.
• Dreaming of a better world.

It’s just a really small guy. The microphones were taken from headsets.

I never noticed the sign. But I do know that in the real-life “Anvil,” a lot more devious stuff used to go down than just dancing.

How do they know it’s a Syrian underneath that costume?

The grinning guy on the left really makes the image for me.

I’m just happy we don’t share a quadrant with the Borg.

We are living in a material world
And I am a material girl gingerbread man

Better bring a shovel if you want current Treat Williams.

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Well, then there’s a business idea for another co-op right there: one that does nothing but connect potential co-op founders. A marketplace of ideas and abilities, if you will.
Also, your co-founders will contribute time as well as capital to free you. The challenge then becomes decision-making. IMHO, if you can come to terms with relinquishing control, you can be part of a successful business in a co-op easier than in a classical setup.

Yes, I agree, it is very hard. I’ve talked to a lot of founders and was working on getting a company off the ground myself.
The perspective and the idea of a co-op however is completely different from what you describe: to distribute the hardships, the risks and rewards right from the start onto many shoulders. There’s no more “my company, my sacrifices” etc. It’s all we.

Not every business needs to expand, though. There are quite constrained markets for very specialized goods or services. I know several B2B companies that have 10-20 employees, serve several dozens up to few hundred rather small, regional customers, and they’re perfectly happy with that.

FWIW, according to this site, 24% of Germans are co-op members. The number of co-op employees is only a fraction of this, however.
I’m currently educating myself on how to create a co-op shares portfolio for some long-term investment.