Nick G-B

@nickgb.bsky.social

Lawyer, Exhausted, Angry, Probably hungry Seattle (he/him)

The saddest part is the surprise I feel that a white guy was done in but sexual assault instead of a Nazi tattoo. Hopefully that's a sign of progress, because historically I don't think that's been the hierarchy of scandal.

Watching Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed (excellent btw) taught me that the 10,000 steps thing was just an ad campaign. Google's new ai search confirmed as much, and then suggested how I could leverage this popular myth to manipulate people...

Text: The "10,000 steps" goal is one of the most successful health marketing campaigns in history. It originated in Japan in 1965 to sell a pedometer named Manpo-kei (meaning "10,000-steps meter"). The number was chosen purely because it was catchy, sounded like a good challenge, and the Japanese character for 10,000 (万) resembles a person walking.Text: "How to use this Knowledge 
because the public equates 10,000 steps with health, you can leverage it in modern wellness marketing:Gamification: Use the recognizable 10K goal for corporate wellness challenges or app gamification, as it provides a clear, highly motivating target.Tiered achievements: Instead of an all-or-nothing approach, design marketing programs that celebrate smaller milestones (e.g., Bronze at 4k, Silver at 7.5k, Gold at 10k) to make the brand more inclusive and approachable."

The plan: forever warp the job market through taxpayer-funded subsidies of unsustainable AI businesses just long enough for all other companies to lay off millions of workers and reorient their work processes around proprietary technology and then once this is accomplished, raise inference prices.

JUST IN: Anthropic CEO says Al companies need hundreds of billions in revenue, or they'll go bankrupt.

Happy pride everyone! And I really mean that, spread that queer joy and make people see it. Because it's so beautiful that it'll make people wonder why they don't get to see more of it and maybe they'll try to make the world a more joyous place for everyone. Also it pisses off the Nazi fucks.