BREAKING: Gen Z and young Millennials under 30 voted at such a high level and skewed for Dems so much we canceled out every voter over age 65 across the US house races.
One of the things I occasionally get paid to do by companies/execs is to tell them why everything seemed to SUDDENLY go wrong, and subs/readers dropped like a stone.
So, with everything going on at Twitter rn, time for a thread about the Trust Thermocline /1
So what's the lesson for businesses here?
- Watch for grumbling and LISTEN to it.
- Don't assume that because people have swallowed a price or service change that'll swallow another one.
- Treat user trust as a finite asset. Because it is.
I used to live on the same block as an NYPD precinct, and I want to share a little bit about that block now that I've moved away, because nothing shows so clearly how our money is going to all the wrong places.
So here's a little thread.
In Germany a nine year old girl was speaking Turkish to her friend during recess. A teacher over heard her and demanded she speak German- they punished her by forcing her to write a paper on “why we speak German in school”. Then her parents sued the school and won. ❤️
mothman: we take our kids trick or treating too, you know
me: oh. thought y’all would just like. mash or something
dracula: [narrowing eyes] vhat kind of mash?
me: um. no kind in particular
frankenstein: [hands on hips] go ahead. say it
me: just an everyday normal kinda mash
Anybody who is sitting on a billion dollars and not taking actions to alleviate mass suffering right now is not your friend no matter how much you like their music or art sorry
IF YOUR GIRLFRIEND ASKS IF YOU WOULD STILL LOVE HER IF SHE WAS A WORM, JUST SAY YES. SHE WILL NEVER BE A WORM. YOU WILL NEVER ACTUALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE GIRLFRIEND WHO THINKS YOU WOULDN'T LOVE HER IF SHE WAS A WORM AND SHE IS MAD
“we did it,” mark zuckerberg sighs, swirling champagne. “we added legs to the metaverse.”
his office door slams open. the ceo jumps.
“sir! come quick. they added too many legs to the metaverse.”
“haha what do you mean?” he asks. a siren sounds in the distance. “how many legs”