One of the easiest traps in online branding is locking yourself into one lane before you realize how narrow that lane can become. This is not a shot at anyone doing rideshare content. There are people out there doing solid work in that space. If someone builds a name around rideshare, rideshare driving, or being…
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Marty: There was another Ozzy concert we were going to see. I can’t remember everybody on the bill. Chris: Was Whitesnake there? Marty: Whitesnake was one of them. There was another band too, but I can’t remember who it was. Chris: That was probably one of those three- or four-band arena shows. Marty: Exactly. My…
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There is something that has become increasingly fashionable over the last couple of decades. We have become obsessed with changing the words. Not necessarily the problem. The words. Somehow, we’ve convinced ourselves that if we soften the language enough, the reality underneath it will become easier to live with. I’m not buying it. An umbrella…
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There is a reason I have become increasingly vulgar when I talk about some of this shit. It is not because I am trying to be edgy. It is not because I suddenly discovered profanity and decided it makes every argument stronger. It is because I am old enough to have watched the same stupid…
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There are certain situations where everybody needs to remember that more than one person is working. I went down to a well-established hotel to drop off passengers. At that point, I am still responsible for getting those passengers out of my vehicle safely. Once they step out, they become the hotel’s customers again. That handoff…
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There are times when I have to confront complete ignorance—usually my own. This particular conversation began with the question of how somebody might make a mixed drink using a watermelon and grain alcohol. That already sounds less like bartending and more like somebody accidentally inventing a tiki torch. With alcohol that strong, you might not…
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After everything previously discussed, somebody offered one more suggestion: “Put some dry ice in it.” No. That needs to be stated before we continue. Dry ice produces carbon-dioxide gas as it warms. It should never be trapped inside a sealed or tightly recapped watermelon, bottle, or other container because the pressure can cause the container…
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There was a point where the MCU stopped feeling like a universe and started feeling like a scheduling board. That is the problem with how Marvel handled Ironheart. The issue was never that Riri Williams could not exist. The issue was never that she was young, brilliant, or female. Marvel has always had genius inventors,…
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Hey folks. Today we are recapping the hype mind. And yes, I know some people want to call it the liberal hype mind, the conservative hype mind, the corporate hype mind, or whatever other label makes them feel like they are on the correct team. But really, it is the same broken machine. It is…
Read MoreNo, no, no, no. The problem with She-Hulk: Attorney at Law was not simply that She-Hulk broke the fourth wall. That is the lazy version of the argument. The problem is not, “She-Hulk should not break the fourth wall because Deadpool does that.” That is wrong. If anything, She-Hulk has every right to complain that…
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