People in those situations can and should start companies without an accelerator (or at least without this one). The joke around the SF scene is that even a founder with a boy/girlfriend is a sign of a startup doomed to fail, and YC doesn't seem particularly invested in changing that culture.
I don’t usually wear my ring day to day because it’s poorly fitting, but I wear it to meetings with private equity because I want to filter out anyone with that mentality.
This doesn't resemble anything I've ever heard at YC in the many years I've been here. People don't think or talk that way at all...they're far more normal and decent than that.
Unless your girlfriend is your laptop.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmFoNXkQTt8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkZ8MAk2oH4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z-_py5WgOM
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