Andrew Reeves
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Andrew Reeves
what’s Blackbird Spyplane about?” one of the craggy-brained replies I reach for is that we’re a newsletter brought to you by, fascinated with, skeptical of, and inextricably in thrall to modern consumer pathologies. You don’t become “the No. 1 source across all media for anti-consumerist dope-jawns recon” without standing on business amid a vortex
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Obsessions: My Virtual Soulmate
Apparently, a great way to make friends is to tell a funny story about something that happened to you -but be sure to exaggerate. Exaggeration fosters closeness. People love to know that you’re more invested in telling them a good story than you are in accurate reporting.
Oh and lastly, as for Skibidi; of course a meme that doesn’t make sense represents a generation who’s growing up in a world which doesn’t make sense. How fitting and somehow unsurprising.
https://zine.kleinkleinklein.com/p/julia-dixon?r=1fmre&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Speed dating is making a comeback as Gen Z ditches dating apps. We shouldn't be surprised.
usatoday.com
Joy holds tremendous power. It is impossible to live joyfully without your joy benefiting the world. You persuade joy to come out of hiding and step into the spotlight through celebration. It’s not enough to simply learn to appreciate perfectionism; perfectionism is meant to be celebrated.
Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control
According to Kapferer, “luxury is superlative, not comparative”. The beauty of luxury is that no one can definitively say whether a Louis Vuitton bag is better than an Hermes bag because that concept doesn’t even make sense
Punch Card Investor • LVMH and the Luxury Strategy
Non comparative
“Sludge” videos are characterized by the simultaneous playing of multiple clips at once — Family Guy, ASMR slime, and Subway Surfer are some of the most common.
It’s worth calling out the utility of this sludge. The purpose is to offer a more pleasing, dopamine-heavy augmentation to the original content. It’s a sugarcoat to make the “bland” go down.