Facebook. Where we rule everything and the rules don't matter to us. No one cares, Nick.
In all seriousness. Fascist book is a place where they strive to control everything. They are drunk with power and want to social engineer the world. Just like teachers. I had one tell me that. Where they plan what message to tell the kids. It is exactly like H!tler Youth. Its going to get so bad that if you try to educate your kids, they will repeat it to their teachers and then its the gullag for you. (Most parents don't care what their kids are taught. It's an out of sight and mind problem.)
Facebook plans to control the world. I think its big tech pulling the strings at this point.
I think he might have accidentally saw 'Nick Cole' and thought it was some sort of a Long John Silver's Coleslaw-based cure for shaving nicks and cuts?
I had no such qualms as my dad was a bit of a wanker, so I went out of my way to make his life miserable.
One of my few published creative nonfiction short stories was about how I completely ruined a trip to Graceland during his all-important "I can sing just as well as Elvis (but really can't)" phase, including such high points such as stealing the radio knobs off of "The King's" Harley trike, and engaging in a prolonged farting contest with my older brother during the 509-mile trip home.
I made my father's life a living hell, and did it in such a way that he had no idea I was torturing the poor guy: My favorite bit of father-annoying skullduggery was whenever I was asked to bring him beer so he can share with friends or customers, I'd sound like I wanted to really be helpful, "Sure, Dad!", I'd go to the fridge, grab a 6-pack of whatever was in there, shake the living hell out of it, and then bring it to dad. He'd say, "thanks son!", his friends or customers would pat me on the back, and then I'd quickly back out of the room before anyone opened a beer.
Finally got to listen to this episode! Currently on vacation with my family in beautiful St. Augustine. Love this town!
As far as social media is concerned, I've enjoyed this substack and the GE discord the best. I could never really get into Twitter, and I despise Facebook so much that I permanently deleted my account years ago. Trying to use Gab, but I've noticed that the "conservative" social media sites really pump up political issues, but no one's interested in anything else. Tried to share this substack to my Gab feed . . . nothing.
Enjoy the writing/publishing advice, and I really dig the conspiracy theories! Please keep it up!
Hope you both have a great Memorial Day. Nick, thank you for your service. I never had the chance to serve in our military, but I come from a very patriotic family. Many men in my family have served.
And, you are welcome! My dad, who also never served, is one of those men who will always stop a serviceman or woman to thank them for their service. My cousin served 1 tour in Iraq about 18 years ago. And, I had a great-uncle who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He's buried in Belgium.
So it occurs to me the hosts are missing an opportunity: we've got a singer here and thus the chance for an opening or closing song. So come on Nick Cole, belt something out!
My parents had the "Strong Willed Child" book also.
Dad discovered the best way to deal with me was keep me busy. So if I messed up, it was time to go work somewhere on the farm. If I really messed up, I would do it without the proper tools.
Miss that old man. Some would have tried to beat it into me. He knew that was not possible. He made me realized "HMMM. If I do that, I will be spending a Saturday mowing under the fence line with the non powered mower. Perhaps that is a poor life choice!"
I know it's been a few days ago since this episode aired, but I've been thinking a bit about the whole 'writing advice' thing, and in why in some cases it's an incredibly bad idea.
My case in point: The not-really-world-famous John Cleese, of Monty Python fame.
I still follow the guy on Facebook, but not for the reasons one might think. For me, he's sort of a study in "How Not To Be Famous", in that in his case, there are a ridiculous amount of people who are asking for his advice on how to make it in his industry, and he'll be the first to tell you: To paraphrase Tommy Lee Jones in 'Batman and Robin', It was sheer, simple, stupid, doo-dah luck.
Cleese (his last name was actually 'Cheese' before his father changed the family's last name) himself notes that Monty Python wouldn't have happened 5 years before or even a couple years after with the BBC. That right there should put a stop to anyone asking him for advice, because several things simply had to go right for him and the rest of the group (Terry Gilliam? Stupidly lucky, right place, right time, and he kind of forced his way in)...and he was done with the Monty Python show by the time the 4th season rolled around, unless they had some ideas about doing movies, Cleese was simply ready to move on to a promising (?) career with his own show (Fawlty Towers) and TV commercial bric-a-brac.
And here we are, some fifty years later, two Monty Python members down, and the other four not very far beyond them...and people are still harassing Cleese for relevant career advice? What part of "and now for something completely different" did desperate-to-succeed people miss concerning how Cleese became a thing: Cleese and the rest of Python didn't follow a typical career path into television that anyone else would have anything in common with. They sort of rode the coattails of David Frost (Frost and five of the Python group were parts of comedy troupes in both Cambridge and Oxford that are littered with a dominating who's who of British comedy: Terry Gilliam, straight from California, just happened to arrive in Great Britain at the correct time), so if you're on the outside looking in, and really really want to know about how to get your start in British or even American comedy, the short answer is, "if you're having to ask..."
Asking Nick Cole or anyone else for that matter for specific advice on how to get where they are right now...or beyond...this isn't learning how to weld, or how to do brain surgery, all they have to offer is a few relevant tips. The rest?
You're trying to break into the entertainment business: None of it follows a straight path of logic.
Brad Torgersen isn't real, warrant officers are a myth!
Facebook. Where we rule everything and the rules don't matter to us. No one cares, Nick.
In all seriousness. Fascist book is a place where they strive to control everything. They are drunk with power and want to social engineer the world. Just like teachers. I had one tell me that. Where they plan what message to tell the kids. It is exactly like H!tler Youth. Its going to get so bad that if you try to educate your kids, they will repeat it to their teachers and then its the gullag for you. (Most parents don't care what their kids are taught. It's an out of sight and mind problem.)
Facebook plans to control the world. I think its big tech pulling the strings at this point.
"Would you think less of a man who had that drink?"
"Well, not out loud, anyway."
Keep up with the scare, I love it. I got the shot but since it was because my Uncle said so, I’ll treat it as a placebo.
Nice!
Well of course you broke the rules! China is our friend, just listen and believe!
China is a child molester
Truth. Just won't leave Taiwan alone.
Posting memes *is* what it's all about.
"Why does Bill Kristol follow me?"
I think he might have accidentally saw 'Nick Cole' and thought it was some sort of a Long John Silver's Coleslaw-based cure for shaving nicks and cuts?
Niiiice!
Most Mormons are way more MAGA than anyone I know. Boomer MAGA levels of craftiness and insanity.
Don’t slow down or warn Ruffalo, he deserves whatever is coming to him. 😜
19:10-Concerning making our parents feel bad:
I had no such qualms as my dad was a bit of a wanker, so I went out of my way to make his life miserable.
One of my few published creative nonfiction short stories was about how I completely ruined a trip to Graceland during his all-important "I can sing just as well as Elvis (but really can't)" phase, including such high points such as stealing the radio knobs off of "The King's" Harley trike, and engaging in a prolonged farting contest with my older brother during the 509-mile trip home.
I made my father's life a living hell, and did it in such a way that he had no idea I was torturing the poor guy: My favorite bit of father-annoying skullduggery was whenever I was asked to bring him beer so he can share with friends or customers, I'd sound like I wanted to really be helpful, "Sure, Dad!", I'd go to the fridge, grab a 6-pack of whatever was in there, shake the living hell out of it, and then bring it to dad. He'd say, "thanks son!", his friends or customers would pat me on the back, and then I'd quickly back out of the room before anyone opened a beer.
The resulting soundtrack was priceless.
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Finally got to listen to this episode! Currently on vacation with my family in beautiful St. Augustine. Love this town!
As far as social media is concerned, I've enjoyed this substack and the GE discord the best. I could never really get into Twitter, and I despise Facebook so much that I permanently deleted my account years ago. Trying to use Gab, but I've noticed that the "conservative" social media sites really pump up political issues, but no one's interested in anything else. Tried to share this substack to my Gab feed . . . nothing.
Enjoy the writing/publishing advice, and I really dig the conspiracy theories! Please keep it up!
Hope you both have a great Memorial Day. Nick, thank you for your service. I never had the chance to serve in our military, but I come from a very patriotic family. Many men in my family have served.
Thank you, my friend. That means so much.
And, you are welcome! My dad, who also never served, is one of those men who will always stop a serviceman or woman to thank them for their service. My cousin served 1 tour in Iraq about 18 years ago. And, I had a great-uncle who fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He's buried in Belgium.
So it occurs to me the hosts are missing an opportunity: we've got a singer here and thus the chance for an opening or closing song. So come on Nick Cole, belt something out!
My parents had the "Strong Willed Child" book also.
Dad discovered the best way to deal with me was keep me busy. So if I messed up, it was time to go work somewhere on the farm. If I really messed up, I would do it without the proper tools.
Miss that old man. Some would have tried to beat it into me. He knew that was not possible. He made me realized "HMMM. If I do that, I will be spending a Saturday mowing under the fence line with the non powered mower. Perhaps that is a poor life choice!"
You definitely hooked me with the wasteland books now you have a fan for life
I know it's been a few days ago since this episode aired, but I've been thinking a bit about the whole 'writing advice' thing, and in why in some cases it's an incredibly bad idea.
My case in point: The not-really-world-famous John Cleese, of Monty Python fame.
I still follow the guy on Facebook, but not for the reasons one might think. For me, he's sort of a study in "How Not To Be Famous", in that in his case, there are a ridiculous amount of people who are asking for his advice on how to make it in his industry, and he'll be the first to tell you: To paraphrase Tommy Lee Jones in 'Batman and Robin', It was sheer, simple, stupid, doo-dah luck.
Cleese (his last name was actually 'Cheese' before his father changed the family's last name) himself notes that Monty Python wouldn't have happened 5 years before or even a couple years after with the BBC. That right there should put a stop to anyone asking him for advice, because several things simply had to go right for him and the rest of the group (Terry Gilliam? Stupidly lucky, right place, right time, and he kind of forced his way in)...and he was done with the Monty Python show by the time the 4th season rolled around, unless they had some ideas about doing movies, Cleese was simply ready to move on to a promising (?) career with his own show (Fawlty Towers) and TV commercial bric-a-brac.
And here we are, some fifty years later, two Monty Python members down, and the other four not very far beyond them...and people are still harassing Cleese for relevant career advice? What part of "and now for something completely different" did desperate-to-succeed people miss concerning how Cleese became a thing: Cleese and the rest of Python didn't follow a typical career path into television that anyone else would have anything in common with. They sort of rode the coattails of David Frost (Frost and five of the Python group were parts of comedy troupes in both Cambridge and Oxford that are littered with a dominating who's who of British comedy: Terry Gilliam, straight from California, just happened to arrive in Great Britain at the correct time), so if you're on the outside looking in, and really really want to know about how to get your start in British or even American comedy, the short answer is, "if you're having to ask..."
Asking Nick Cole or anyone else for that matter for specific advice on how to get where they are right now...or beyond...this isn't learning how to weld, or how to do brain surgery, all they have to offer is a few relevant tips. The rest?
You're trying to break into the entertainment business: None of it follows a straight path of logic.
I personally preferred Norton's Banner/Hulk, he really sold the conflict of repressed rage and fear of it getting out of control.