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How Grifters And Scammers Make Lemonade

The Fall of the House of Usher - Netflix "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade?

No. First you roll out a multi-media campaign to convince people lemons are incredibly scarce, which only works if you stockpile lemons, control the supply, then a media blitz.

Lemon is the only way to say “I love you,” the must-have accessory for engagements or anniversaries.

Roses are out, lemons are in. Billboards that say she won’t have sex with you unless you got lemons. You cut De Beers in on it. Limited edition lemon bracelets, yellow diamonds called lemon drops. You get Apple to call their new operating system OS-Lemón. A little accent over the “o.”

You charge 40% more for organic lemons, 50% more for conflict-free lemons. You pack the Capitol with lemon lobbyists, you get a Kardashian to suck a lemon wedge in a leaked sex tape. Timotheé Chalamet wears lemon shoes at Cannes.

Get a hashtag campaign. Something isn’t “cool” or “tight” or “awesome,” no, it’s “lemon.” “Did you see that movie? Did you see that concert? It was effing lemon.” Billie Eilish, “OMG, hashtag… lemon.”

You get Dr. Oz to recommend four lemons a day and a lemon suppository supplement to get rid of toxins ‘cause there’s nothing scarier than toxins.

Then you patent the seeds. You write a line of genetic code that makes the lemons look just a little more like tits… and you get a gene patent for the tit-lemon DNA sequence, you cross-pollinate… you get those seeds circulating in the wild, and then you sue the farmer for copyright infringement when that genetic code shows up on their land.

Sit back, rake in the millions, and then, when you’re done, and you’ve sold your lem-pire for a few billion dollars, then, and only then, you make some fucking lemonade. "

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I don’t have words to describe how I feel about this.

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Is it "for fucks sake" or "for fuck sake"? It's for a work email so it has to sound professional.

I'd go with "for fucks' sake" because the fuck owns the sake thus the apostrophe indicates professionalism with ownership and context because its the titular "fuck" that has fucks to give so this is where the "sake" or destiny lies.

It's tempting to go with an alternative reasoning where the 'sake of the fuck' is the more relevant object e.g. In social settings that commonly precede potential fucking. This use would be limited to social contexts not professional.

Also considered was "fucksake" but coining new words is "broligarchy in 2024" vibes. Ugh.

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It's entirely possible to be critical of big pharma's profit-driven interests and ethical failings while also recognizing that alternative medicine lacks credible evidence and often attracts pseudoscience, frauds, and snake oil sellers.

Don't embrace anti-science ideology or promote scams just to prove that you reject big pharma.

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The Moral of the Icarus story ? Engineering.

“The moral of the Icarus story ?” I said, pursing my lips 

“Well, I guess that depends on how you see the passage of your life. Some people might say “he tried so hard and thats what matters”, others would say “he rose above his station and paid the price”, “move onto the next hustle, failure is progress”. Yet others might say “he went against the gods who threw him down” and write poetry on the injustice of fickle gods. 

And the angel asked, “well then, which of the types is your favourite?”

“Oh, easy. Engineers would say” I said “Its not a fucking arts and crafts project, forget the fucking feathers and wax lets get some leather and wood so we don’t fucking die”. 

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Alcohol companies never advertise drunk people.

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Health Tip: 

You can choose to buy pre-made cookie dough and make a single cookie at a time in the air fryer. 

(for portion control so I don't snarf all the biscuits).

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Wizardly Realisation Of Modern Potions

Have I achieved my dream of being a wizard ?

Today I mixed a potion made from powdered animal marrow (creatine) and skins (collagen) with fruit infused philtre (peach tea) to increase my mental and charisma stats. 

I mean, right ?

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You don’t remember the times your dad held your handle bars. You remember the day he let go.

– Lenore Skenazy

I remember holding the bike, I don’t remember letting go

- Your Dad

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Apple Personalisation Loses Fashion Sense

When this was first introduced it felt so cool, so unique. Now the customisation choices are lame and insufficient. A very limited palette of icons and all text is San Francisco Small Caps which is aesthetically dissonant (and that font is for screens not for real products).

Is that just me ?

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"Catholic Priest Blessed My Cannabis"

A cynical version of myself would say "why not ?". If your imaginary friend says words about your cannabis and that makes you happy then I'm here for you. You are obviously nuts but it's the nice kind.

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"The UK medical cannabis market is the second largest in Europe, forecast to exceed AUD $480 million

in 2025, with more than 60,000 active patients. Patient numbers are expected to nearly double over the next three years, driving demand for reliable, GMP-certified supply"

Australian Natural Therapeutics Group (GMP grower)

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You take a cannabis plant and kill it, then dry it out so it's dead in the right way. Then we "cure" it to bring it back to life.

Thats close to religious resurrection mythology. Consider the Christian resurrection myths around the death, 3 days of drying and curing of the central character, Jesus. Amusing, eh ?

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The thing itself is silly – tell the machine where you want to go and what time period, and it will imagine a little textual vignette and a small image to illustrate it, nothing more – but it’s interesting that something that’s genuinely fun and diverting and moderately-interesting can just be majicked out of thin air like this (YES I KNOW IT’S NOT MAGIC YES I KNOW IT’S KILLING THE PLANET BUT SO ARE ALL THE REST OF US AND SO ARE YOU).

“Webcurios 21/11/25 – webcurios”

https://webcurios.co.uk/webcurios-21-11-25/

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“The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is, above all, an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us and sometimes even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.” – Pope Leo XIV