So even a dyed-in-the-wool Zynga bear might be forced to consider that the stock may have finally hit rock bottom.

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Pam van Hylckama Vlieg of Williamsburg, Virginia, says her great grandfather, Glen Surber, resorted to stealing food at times because he had hit rock-bottom.

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He had hit both the rock and the bottom and was continuing to fall.

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Back when I was raising money for my Internet marketing company, NetCreations, in 1998, the Russian debt crisis hit and we started getting calls from VCs looking to get in at a rock-bottom valuation.

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