I mentioned that my garage door was making a sound.
An American immediately said, "I got a guy."
He did not ask what the sound was. He did not ask what kind of door. He produced a guy on the basis of the word garage.
I asked who the guy was.
He said, "Just a guy."
He did not have a company name. He had a first name and a phone number in his phone saved as "Mike Garage."
That is the contact name. Mike Garage. As though Garage is his surname. As though there is a family.
I asked how he found this guy.
"My brother-in-law used him."
I asked if the brother-in-law was satisfied.
He thought about it. Then he said, "He's still standing."
The house is still standing. That is the entire review.
Inside I said: THEY DO NOT KEEP RECORDS. THEY KEEP LOYALTIES.
I called Mike Garage. He answered from inside a vehicle. There was wind. He said he could come Tuesday between eleven and four.
Between eleven and four. A window of five hours. In my country this would be a scandal. Here it is generous. He gave me a window at all. Some guys do not give you a window. Some guys say "Tuesday" and that is the whole appointment.
He came at 1:40.
He fixed it in twenty minutes. He charged me less than I expected and he did not take a card, only cash or an app I had never heard of.
Before leaving he looked at my water heater, which I had not mentioned, and said, "That's gonna go."
I asked when.
"Couple years."
I asked what I should do.
He said, "I'll give you a guy."
He gave me a guy. Mike Garage has a guy. The guy has a guy. There is a network beneath this country made entirely of men named after their function, and none of them advertise, and all of them are busy.
Inside I said: THERE IS A SECOND NATION HERE. IT HAS NO SIGNS. IT IS ENTERED ONLY BY INTRODUCTION.
I have been given four guys since.
I have a guy for trees.
I did not know I needed a guy for trees.
I have trees now, apparently. They are my responsibility. A man named Rick told me so and then left.
@kissykissynumi Me sitting in between a mother with a crying kid cutely going “mommy this is sad” and a younger boy vividly rubbing his eyes.
Peter parker you wonderful wet cat
Epic the musical still on top but the Odyssey was still a very good film.
One day we will get that musical movie and it will confuse many chronically offline people.
TO GAME PUBLISHERS
If you have games coming out this winter and want help, DM me.
We're working with a lot of name brands including Raw Fury, Fireshine Games, Koei Tecmo, Critical Reflex, etc.
My creator <-> brand matching system is already one of the best in the industry, and that's why SponsorBot has a 100% repeat rate with all of our current publishers 😏
This is just one of several creator projects I'm kicking off to achieve my ultimate goal: To change this industry and make it easier for hobby streamers to turn into full-time streamers.
I also want to set the right expectations for creators who are interested:
My platform is only giving you the opportunity to be seen. It's still up to you to become the ideal streamer for sponsors, because at the end of the day it's always the sponsor's decision.
We already have a combined ~260k CCV from the Twitch creators currently onboarded to our super-giga-pre-alpha, with a lot more on our waitlist. That number doesn't include any stats from other streaming sites, either. Seeing that, you can imagine why sponsors could get overwhelmed, and why I want to help them too.
Services like this are really hard to build because they need so much simultaneous validation on all sides, but I'm lucky enough to have so many companies and individuals willing to give it a shot so early on. Thank you all for the support ♥
@kissykissynumi Got me tearing up at my big boy job.
He passed in peace and comfort rather than on the streets overheated and thats what is most important
I'm so excited to be partnering with @Warframe for the Community Dev Meetup at my AX Booth!
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