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I can’t go places anymore without being recognized. I no longer go to Disneyland, my favorite place, because last time I tried, I was walking down Main Street and so many people came up to me that they had to stop the Christmas Fantasy Parade midway through. Goofy looked pissed.
Jennette Mccurdy • I'm Glad My Mom Died
I wonder if all jokes boil down to the same pattern that eventually gets layered and complexified by veteran comedians. A joke is made by creating a frame with an embedded assumption, and then using a punchline to break the frame and reveal an implied truth. There are two layers of subtext, the assumption (the undertone), and the post-punchline tru
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He was an old-school fiscal Republican until the advent of cable news. Now he believes whatever Bill O’Reilly tells him to, though he gets a bit confused as to why.
David Sedaris • A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
better man will pick up the tab when you go out to dinner with a group of friends, but not Frugal Freddy. He sits there with a calculator figuring out what everyone owes, to the penny,
Lisa Johnson Mandell • Become Your Own Matchmaker: 8 Easy Steps for Attracting Your Perfect Mate
Eric Meijer (former Meta engineer) on the difference between running large teams producing an average consistent product vs. small teams producing a high-quality differentiated product:
"Large companies are like McDonalds. You need lots of processes to create a bland product with consistent quality using average employees. Small companies are like M
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