Chewing the Fat with Jeff Fisher - Ep 972 | Not a Good Day…

Episode Date: October 5, 2022

Water on Mars?... Elon changes his mind… Most Trusted Brands… Drive thru rankings… Email from listener / unhappy… Frasier coming to Paramount+… Cocaine Bear / Fat Bear Week… Talking Walking Dead / Talking Fetus… Really wasn’t his day… Tom and Gisele ending?... Ben sells bachelor pad… 999 goin on strike as well… Goodwill going online… Meta Bulletin, shutting down... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Now, more than ever, we need to go to Mars. I know, you're thinking to yourself, wait, what? Yes, we need to go to Mars. An international team of researchers has revealed new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the solar polar ice caps of Mars. I know, and we need it desperately. So let's get to it. The combination of the new topographic evidence, computer model results,

and the radar data make it much more likely that at least one area of the subglacial liquid water exists on Mars today. And that Mars must still be geothermal active in order to keep the water beneath the ice cap liquid. This comes from Cambridge's Scott Polar Research Institute, led by Professor Neil Arnold. So if Professor Neil Arnold from the Cambridge Scott Polar Research Institute says there's water on Mars, let's get to it and bring it back to Earth, welcome. Welcome to chewing the fat. So we found out that Elon has changed his mind. He is reversing his mind. He is reversing his decision to reverse his decision to buy Twitter. And I know he's been trying to wriggle out of the deal, and he once again said,

ah, you know what, I'll buy it. And I gave you a 5420 a share. That's the same price that I agreed on back in April. So I'll go ahead and buy it. Well, Twitter went crazy. They stopped trading. They stopped trading the shares. They started getting rid of the bots, so everybody that had bots lost followers on their

Twitter account. I was one. You know, lost a whole lot of followers on Twitter once they decided that Elon was going to take over. And so we'll see. I know he attempted to back out of the deal in July saying he was misled by Twitter management about the share of bots on the platform. Twitter then sued Moss to make him buy the company. Then, you know, Twitter's former head of security came forward with explosive allegations that the company's leadership willfully ignored massive security issues, which Musk used as ammo for his case. Then we had texts between Musk and a range of business moguls who that were released ahead of the trial, revealing that celebs in Elon's orbit who agging him on to buy Twitter, Rogan, Dorsey, Gail King, Larry Ellison,

and a whole lot more. So Elon said, all right, fine, I'll buy it. You got me. No problem. I'll buy it. Well, not so fast. Twitter has not accepted Musk's $44 billion offer.

And he's being, Elon is going to be deposed Thursday, the 6th of August, 2022 in the court case. Wait, what? Yeah. Elon and Twitter have, not officially ended the litigation on the takeover bill. He's still scheduled to be deposed.

Sources say that billionaire Carl Icon is among those who bet that Musk would still go through with the deal despite threatening to pull out. So we'll see tax experts are expecting Musk to oust Twitter CEO Paragagawa and bring back Donald Trump to the platform and introduce several new features. Plus, he tweeted that this is his greatest, his great part of his great plan to have a website called X. I think that's what he called it. He called it as part of my plan to create X, the everything app.

So we'll see if that still happens because the deal is not done. yet. If I were to ask you, what brand do you trust the most in the United States? What's the most trusted brand? Well, a morning consult has done a definitive measure of brand trust, showcasing the companies and products that have earned consumer trust in 2022. The most trusted brands in the United States. Brands are ranked on their average net trust rating. The data comes from Morning Consult brand

Intelligence, I'm sorry I left that out earlier, which collects tens of thousands of surveys every day across the globe on over 4,000 brands and products. This brand intelligent data set was gathered March 3rd through April 3rd, 2022 among a representative sample of

5,241 to 5,560 U.S. adults with an unwated margin of error of plus or minus 1 percentage point. Coming in at number one with a net trust of plus 57.73. Band-Aid. Congratulations to Band-Aid

for being the number one brand in the U.S. Number 10 backwards, I guess. Number 10, Home Depot. Number 9. Colgate. Number eight, the Weather Channel. I mean, that's a pretty good bet with the Weather Channel, I guess. They're pretty good, I guess, at that. Number seven, Cheerios.

Number six, Visa. Ooh, that's a tough one. Number five, CVS Pharmacy. Man, do I disagree with that? Number four, UPS. Number three, Clorox. and number two Lysol. And of course

number one is Band-Aid. Now, the most trusted brands by industry, by industry. This is interesting. Number 10, Subaru. Number nine, Kelly Blue Book. Number eight,

O'Reilly Auto Parts. Number seven, Advanced Auto Parts. Number six of the most trusted brand by industry. Toyota. Number five, Chevrolet. Number four, U-Haul. Number three, Good Year. And I will say, these three, Chevrolet, U-Haul, Good Year, I've been, you know, over, you know, in a lifetime, have been dealt a pretty good hand from those three companies. So, you know, I can understand

that they are a trusted brand. Number two, AAA. I was a member for quite a long time to AAA. They seem, I mean, they're okay. I don't know that I'd rank them up number two, but okay. And number one, say it with me now, AutoZone.

I mean, when you think of the most trusted brand by industry, AutoZone just rolls right off the tongue, doesn't it? And as long as we're getting it down to who's number one and who's number four, I mean, those were obviously, you know, brands and companies. But I see where the best drive-through performance companies has been rated based on overall satisfaction with drive-through experience. Now, Chick-fil-A ranked highest for the third year in a row. But it wasn't alone at the top spot.

The chicken chain tied with Carl's Jr. this year, Arby's, Duncan, and Hardys all tied for third place. And at the bottom of the list was Wendy's at 82% followed by McDonald's at 85%. Now, once you have your meal and you're out of the drive-thru lane and ready to enjoy your food, it all comes down to the quality of food. And a chick-fil-a is dominant in that particular brats. Now, I will say that Arby's and McDonald tied for the top spot with both getting orders right 89% of the time. I thought that was Chick-fil-A, but no, Chick-fil-A knocked out of the top spot with, it dipped to a seventh place ranking. 83% accuracy.

Wendy's had the lowest accuracy of 79%. Wow. I mean, Chick-fil-A needs to hop on it, man. When they are dropping down on accuracy to 83%, and that seventh place, that is not good for Chick-fil-A, man. When Arby's and McDonald's are getting the orders correct more times than Chick-fil-A, I mean, good for them. Good for them.

I mean, that still means that, you know, 11% of the people are not getting their orders correct. Now, how do they handle it afterward? another story, obviously, but Chick-fil-A is really, really good at that and have been. I mean, they're between taking your order and getting you through the line, I mean, that accuracy rate is only 83%. Wow. And Arby's at McDonald's B-STEM? Sad times at Chick-fil-A, man.

I mean, I realize that your number one with satisfaction and quality, but wow. total overall satisfaction with the drive-through experience. I mean, Chick-fil-A gets number one, but I mean, that's going to go down if the accuracy rate continues to go down. So, you know, I'm not telling you how to run your business, Chick-fil-A, but maybe you ought to take a look at that. Maybe you ought to take a look at that

and have a couple of meetings to improve that accuracy rating. That's just me. I know, I know, just me. Let's go to the break room. I need something cold to drink desperately. All right, for those of you that follow me on Twitter at Jeffrey JFR, Facebook and Instagram is Jeff Fisher Radio. Of course, you can cameo me at Jeffrey JFR.

That costs money, however. You can also email the show, Chewing the Fat at the Blaze.com. I did get an email sent to that very email address, Chewing the fat at the Blase. Lays.com from Mark. Mark, so I'm angry with me. I'll read you the email from Mark. I'm someone born and raised in Kentucky, but even my girlfriend, born and raised in Indiana, knew where Loretta Lynn was born. It certainly wasn't in Butcher Hollow. Well, okay, look, pause there for a second. I said that yesterday when I did who died today.

I mean, rest in peace, Loretta Lynn, who passed away at the age of 90 yesterday. and that was her hometown. It's what it said in the article and in all reports of her life. That's where she was born. That's what I said. In Appalachia area of eastern Kentucky, they are hollers, not hollows.

Oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Thus, she was born in Butcher Holler. You need to watch the Coal Miner's daughter movie in your spare time, Mark. Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. You got me, Mark, all right, I apologize, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to pronounce it wrong.

Loretta Lynn, born and butcher holler. And, you know, that's, I'm sorry. All right, I'm sorry I made you so angry. I appreciate you emailing, chewing the fat at the blaze.com. So it looks like it's a done deal. another serving of tossed salad and scrambled eggs because Frazier Crane is back. Looks like Paramount Plus has given the go-ahead to the new revival show. I know it's been in the works.

We've talked about it a couple of times. Kelsey Grammer, who plays a psychiatrist and radio show host, Dr. Frazier Crane, said that they were in the final stages for the final script, and things looked pretty good. So I guess Frazier is starting a new life chapter. outside of Seattle. The move to another city will also mean he'll be surrounded by new characters,

but they're expected to be cameos from the surviving members of the original cast. And so we'll see. Look, Frazier was a great show for its time. No question about it. And awesome, awesome to remember that show. Now, Kelsey Grammer, can he pull it off again?

probably. I mean, he's been awesome. He looks great. So, I mean, it won 37 Emmy Awards, ran for 11 seasons on NBC. Paramount Plus has said that they, you know, they gave the go ahead for 10 episodes. So, you know, we got that to look forward to anyway on Paramount Plus, huh? Frazier.

I'm listening. So my son was telling me about a movie that's supposed to come out next year about cocaine bear. And it tells the story of a drug runner who's plane crashes with the load of cocaine that's found by a black bear who eats it. So back in the 80s,

it's the infamous cocaine beer. Apparently, this drug smuggler, moving loads of cocaine into the U.S. from Columbia, police discovered his dead body in a driveway in Knoxville, Tennessee.

He was heavily armed, wearing bullpour vest, carrying thousands of dollars in cash, and about 77 pounds of cocaine. In a duffel bag strapped around his waist, he had apparently died when a parachute failed to open after he jumped from his plane, which authorities later discovered about 60 miles away. Thornton had directed the aircraft toward the Atlantic Ocean and set it to autopilot before making his ill-fated jump. As it turned out, was the only casualty to his final smuggling run.

The hunter discovered a dead 175 pound black bear in Chattahoochee National Forest. Nearby was a duffel bag that had originally contained 75 pounds of cocaine. The unfortunate animal had apparently gotten into the blow and, you know, did a little toot, nose candy. And I guess he overdosed. I'll pick this 70 pounds of cocaine. We'll do that to you. So he's going to be immortalized in a film. That's awesome.

Now, they did an autopsy on the bear. And I know it's not an autopsy. It's a neocotopsy. Okay, Jeff? Yeah, I know. I got it. And he had a bunch of cocaine in him, but apparently they said he'd only absorbed about three to four grams into a substance.

I mean, anybody can absorb three to four grams in their substance. I can do that with standing on my hands. So, you know, apparently, I mean, they say humans, uh, fatal dose would be about 7.5 grams. Okay. All right. So anyway, this is Pablo Escobar or, you know, cocaine bear. And he destroyed or consumed 75 pounds of cocaine.

So we've got that movie to look forward to. And especially it got me thinking that it's Fat Bear Week. Fat Bear Week has started. You can go to, you know, Fat Bear Week at Catmine National Forest and vote on who you think would be the fattest bear this year? I mean, history, 480 Otis is a big one. I mean, he's won in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2017, 2021, and then 747 has really done a number as well. But those are the history winners.

And, of course, they had Holly, 435, Holly won and 409, bead nose one. And so we have new bears this year, though. And voting has begun. You can go to the website and vote. You can vote for 335, who's up against 164. Ooh, that doesn't, either one of those is not going to beat 747 and 8. That's a shame. 856 and 747 are up against each other in the same bracket, and they should be opposite of each other.

You've got to go with 747. You just have to. Anyway, it's Fat Bear Week. so I mean, why wouldn't you talk about a bear who swallowed a bunch of cocaine and died? Hello? So we did record a Talking Walking Dead today with Jason Butchrell and my son Maximus and myself went a little extra long, so if you'll see the long episode posted, it well worth listening to. We recapped the latest episode.

We talked about the newer shows that aired between seasons and what to expect from some of the newer shows coming up. So Talking Walking Dead is back up and running, baby. Excited to have it back. And speaking of talking things, I see where there's going to be a talking fetus in the movie Blonde, which they're saying, that's anti-abortion propaganda.

Wait, what? Yeah, the Netflix fictionalized Marilyn Monroe biopic, Bionopic, blonde, has been widely criticized for its excellent. Expletative depiction of Monroe's character. Now, some also say the film mishandled a major theme, abortion. The movie shows Monroe have two illegal abortions, both times against her will. She also exchanges dialogue with a computer animated fetus that she later miscarries.

You won't hurt me this time, will you? The fetus asked Monroe. You won't hurt me this time, will you? Okay. Abortion right activists say the scenes, based on a 2000 novel by Joyce Carol Oates contribute to the anti-abortion propaganda. You bastards.

But Andrew Dominic, the film's director, told USA Today that the criticism is a result of happenstance. It's just people looking at the film through the lens of their own particular prejudices. Isn't that the way we look at films through our own particular prejudice? Anyway, or whatever agenda that they want to advance. I don't think it has anything to say about Roe v. Wade.

So there, okay? If the film would have come out in 2008, no one would be talking about it. So no one is caring about it now because it's 2022. So anyway, we got that to look forward to in the, The biopic, a blonde coming out on Netflix, Marilyn Monroe. Man, there's nothing. You got me hooked. You got me hooked with talking fetuses.

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I've had some bad days. I was thinking about, remember that day that was just so bad? Well, you need to remind yourself that you're not the Zimbabweing man, Wenders Sainin, 34. He was traveling to his favorite fishing spot in Milbezi, which I mean, who doesn't love the fishing spot in Milibisi? It's a village in western Zimbabwe. And there was an elephant there, and it started to charge him.

And so he got scared. What a wimp. Winders CNN-34 is a charging elephant. He didn't know what to do. So he jumped in the river. to get away from the charging elephant. And that was a bad move. That was not a good move.

Because in the river was a crocodile. And the crocodile attacked my man Wenders. And it chopped off his arm and his leg. It's not funny. Stop laughing. Okay. There's a picture of him. So sad.

He's laying there in one arm and one leg gone. Same side, though. Same side is it looks like his left side. So he lost his left arm and most of his left leg, you know, below the knee there. And so he was trying to put distance between him and the elephant. And then the crock was like, not so fast. You're swimming in my water now. So I'm going to bite your hand in your arm and I'm going to bite your leg too.

Okay. All right. So he said that he had his arm, the crock had his arm in his arm, his mouth and he shoved his arm down the crocodile's mouth to its tongue forcing it to gag which then you know spit him out gagged him out and the locals heard his cries and they were able to come and rescue him uh you know get him out of get him out of harm's way or more harm's way but uh he had to have the arm and the leg amputated so i guess i don't know why the elephant was charged him i mean he was just there to do a little fishing and his favorite fishing

spot and then the elephant got pissed and now he was just trying to run away from the elephants and then jumped in the river and the crock got pissed so in another time when you say to yourself man i've got a bad day it's been a bad day think to yourself of my man from zimbabwe winders sinning uh until you've had a bad day like winters cry me a river oh don't know no no cry me a river that's where the crooks are Speaking of Crying Me a River, looks like Tom Brady and Giselle Bunchin are over. According to reports, they have retained divorce attorneys. That really stinks.

Divorce is not fun. I've told you before, divorces suck. You can quote me on that. But they've both been living separately and, you know, for the past couple months. And I guess they're now looking to divide up the old. multi-million dollar empire. So I know people never thought it would happen. And Tom and Zelle would get back together.

They're just a couple in love, but not anymore. It doesn't look like they'll be able to work it out. Tom's 45. Giselle's 42. They've been married since 2009. They've got the kids. So you're looking at maybe joint custody. You've got Benjamin and daughter Vivian from Giselle.

And then you've got Jack 15 now, who was with the ex, Bridget. So it looks like they're, they filed for divorce. Well, they haven't filed yet, but they would likely file in Florida. That's where they pretty much live. They've got the $26 million property. Remember, they bought the place on Indian Creek Island, the billionaire's bunker place that they were going to knock down and build the new house because they had that 5,172 square foot five-bedroom dump on the two-acre lot there on billionaire bunker island.

They were going to tear it down and they were going to spend, you know, $17 or $20 million to build a place there. Now they've got the condo in Tribeca. That's valued at like $3.6 million, as well as the Yellowstone Club in Montana. that's like $5.7 million property. Plus they've got the property in Costa Rica that's where they go to for the family vacation and stuff on the Nikoa Peninsula in Costa Rica. Boy, I betcha that is sweet.

And we've seen some of the family pictures there, but you don't get the full effect rather than being there. I bet you that is beautiful. And she's not going to give that up. Costa Rica is Giselles. That's her place. Tom's not going to want to go there anyway once she's done with

Zazelle. I don't want to be there. So apparently when they had the hurricane last week, they all went down and they went down to Miami and they were still living separately. They didn't end up together. Ha, ha, ha, ha. Okay. So we don't know what's happening.

We've got pictures of Giselle going to the gym and stuff without Tom. And so it looks no good. And I will say this as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer fan. Let's get it done with. quit messing around. You're messing with the season. All right, Tom's got a big season ahead of them. Got a lot of games ahead of us.

Got a lot of things to think about. And while I believe that he can compartmentalize and focus on, you know, games and what has to be done, that's why he had you taking care of the kids during the season because he didn't want to have to worry about it. And now you're screwing that all up. And maybe that's what you want, Giselle. Maybe that's what you're thinking.

That'll teach him. I told him to retire. I wanted him to be more present with me. and if he can't, I'm going to destroy that mental thing that he's got going, and that will affect the team. And that really just bums me out. So I want it to end. So make it happen.

Either get back together and make them happy, which tell them you'll watch the kids and you'll work it out until the season, which not a bad idea, actually, would help a lot, Zazel, if you would just, even if you want to divorce them. Just take a break until the end of the season, okay? Just say, Tom, you know, know, let's just work it out. I'll move back in.

I'll take care of the kids. I'll make sure everything is okay. You go play football and then you can be more present. But until then, I'll take care of everything. And then when the season's over, you can say, okay, divorce. No matter what happens, I'm divorcing you get out of here. I'm sick of you. But let's not screw up this season, okay?

Which I'm sure she cares about a whole lot. And speaking of people, you know, getting rid of places, I see where Ben Affleck got rid of the bachelor pad. J-Lo said, get rid of it. All right, I don't want your bachelor pad anymore on the books. So his Pacific Palisades Mansion, 28.5 million. And it's almost as houses of the hoity-toity. Good for the highest, third-highest sale in the neighborhood.

Not the number one, though. He bought the place in 2018 for $19 million after his divorce from Jennifer Garner. And now that he's married to J-Lo, I think they're renting the place they're at now and they're looking for a place to buy, but she wanted the Bachelor Pad gone. Hello, have a nice day. The Bachelor Pad isn't bad.

13,000 square feet, seven bedrooms, nine bathrooms. Movie theater, wine cellar, full bar, gym, wellness room. I mean, just to what any single guy needs. It's got a half an acre crossed from the Riviera Country Club. It's got a patio, second-story deck, overlooked the space, lawn garden, and it's even got a guest house, and swimming pool with spa and water slides. So you can see why you'd want to get rid of that dump.

So J-Lo said get rid of it. He got rid of it. That's the way it works. Amex platinum, $400 in annual credits for travel and dining means you not only satisfy your travel bug, but your taste buds too. That's the powerful backing of Amex. Conditions apply. Ooh, looks like the 999 call handlers are going to be joining the strike. So if you're in the UK and you are in trouble and you call 999,

you're either going to get a busy signal or it's just going to ring because the handlers are going on strike. Wow. They're pissed about pay. I don't blame them. I guess everybody's striking. Everybody wants some more money. Good for them.

But it's been normal that the 999 workers would not strike. And now they say, you know what? Now we're going to be a part of the strike too. We need to make some money. and just because you think we're going to be exempt, yeah, no, we're not going to be exempt now. So you don't want to negotiate with us? Okay, fine.

These workers here, they're joining us as well. So, all right, it might work. This might actually be what, you know, the straw that broke the camel's back, so to say. So the communicator, I can't even say it, the communication workers union said we're opposed to the flat rate, pay offer and the 999 handlers are going to strike with us too so man if you need some help in the UK and you call 999 and get that busy signal sorry about it tell the union said tell the government

they want more money they should be paid a whole bunch more money okay uh just you know and they may and you may say they make enough okay all right then they make enough then then then Live without them. Live without them. Okay. I see where Goodwill, we've talked about Goodwill on this show before because I'm kind of a fan. I've been kind of a fan of thrift stores. I love them. And Goodwill, you know, I'm not opposed to shopping at Goodwill. There's one Goodwill that I go to from time to time in my neck of the woods that, you know, they think that they have got, they've got a section now that is, you know, Goodwill Hoity Toity is really what it's called. The Hoity Toity of Goodwill. And they jack the price up. So, you know, you have to, if you want to go shop over there for the, for the unwashed mask is closed, that's fine. But the hoity tooty clothes are right there. And, yeah, these are the good stuff. This is the good stuff.

We charge a lot more for that. And you don't get it right away. We're going to take some bids on it, okay? We're going to take the highest bidder up to a certain date, which really ticked me off. Because I like going into thrift stores and you see something you like you buy it. It's there. That's what it's there for.

Well, they just started a online store. called Goodwill Fines. And it's a centralized online business. And it said consumer appetite for sustainable clothing, even in the era of fast fashion. Second-hand clothing market is expected to grow 16 times faster than the broader clothing market in the next four years. Yeah, because people don't have any money.

So they're going to want to be looking to get some cheaper clothes. So they're looking for goodwill fines. Now I went to the website of the old goodwill finds and you know some of the stuff looks pretty good. They've got electronics on there. I don't know about buying clothes because I like to see and feel the clothes. Sometimes you think, oh, that's a nice shirt. And then you look at it and it's not quite right and you don't get it. Or you look at it and go, well, maybe that's okay.

And then you feel like, oh, that's soft. That's nice. And you get it for a couple of bucks. I'm all for that. No problem. You know, or a hat or a dish or whatever. but, you know, like, oh, let's go to polos. Let's see what they have under polos.

I'm a polo kind of guy. Let's see what they have men's size. A lot of them. Do they have fat guy sizes? Because that's tough to find it. The whole goodwill, they've got the fat guy sizes are usually, got a lot of larges, a lot of extra larges. I see a lot of larges.

I don't see any triple Xs here. Holy cow. A lot of Xels. No fat guy sizes. A lot of very disappointed in these shirts. Maybe I should lose some weight. Maybe I could buy a shirt at Goodwill. No, there's no fat guy size under the polo shirts.

Very disappointing. But that's part of the deal of shopping, right? So maybe you log into Goodwill fines every day and you see if something new showed up. Because when you go back to their home page, they have what's new. And that's kind of cool. you know, kind of like if it's used properly, that would be okay.

And they have top brands. You can go look at what they have under brands. They have Halloween and new fines. So they have new fines. They've got an, oh, they've got an Apple MacBook Pro, $169. And they've got an enameled cast iron

lit a Dutch oven set. 86 bucks for the, the cassette to red enameled cast iron lit a Dutch oven. I would see, no. No, thank you. I'm not going to do that. The Nike men's camo, slim, sweatpants, $48. It's goodwill.

I know you think you got all kinds of good stuff, but it's goodwill. And I realize this is goodwill fines. So, I mean, all right, fine, whatever. Goodwill finds is a great thing. And look, you're helping out, right? You're helping. That's what Goodwill is all about. I get it. That's more important than anything in life is helping out goodwill and goodwill finds.

It's good for everyone. I know. It's nice that they help community-based programs across the U.S., provide professional training, job placement, and youth mentorship. I know, and I guess it should increase donations and help expand the base of customers. Will it, though? I mean, I'm all for it. Good. I hope it works out for them. And Matthew, Kenneth, CEO of Goodwill Fines, you know,

I hope it works out for you. But if you haven't a little problem, you know, give me a call. Because you got thread up and poshmark, you know, customers cannot use the site

to make donations and we'll still have to visit local Goodwill store to drop them off. So, that's kind of weird. I'm not really sure. What that,

why that's such a deal? Let's see. eventually be able to personalize the site based on the customer's past purposes. Okay. Unlike thread up and Poshmark, customers cannot use the site to make donations and will still visit, he'll have to visit local Goodwill store to drop them off.

So each Goodwill store, I mean, they've got 3,300 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Each one of these stores are going to have access to Goodwill fines. That's a big deal. I don't know that they can help run that. I mean, holy cow. They help her on top of that because that seems like something that will be very difficult to keep up. But, you know, call me.

Email me, chewing the fat at the blaze.com. I help you out. Fat fines, goodwill fat finds. I'm all about it. I mean, maybe I can write about my fat finds on the meta or Facebook, a bulletin, you know, the substack rival. that allowed users to build audiences and send email newsletter campaigns, service, yeah, no, wait a minute, and I can't do that anymore?

No, because Facebook and meta is shutting it down. Wait, what? Yeah, next year it's gone. Have a nice day. We want to bring more content back to Facebook directly. Do you? So I guess they're shutting down bulletin. Dry your eyes if you're part of bulletin and hadn't heard this because it's the news.

newsletter subscription service, and they're saying, yeah, we're going to shut it down by 2023. I mean, they just launched it. It's only been open like a year or so. I mean, they've already laid off staff in an effort to conserve cash. They provided, I mean, they provided, I actually, I remember talking about this when it first started because they provided writers with an independent website as well as the possibility of distribution on Facebook news and other publishing and analytic tools. The company lured writers by not taking a cut of their subscription revenue,

giving them full ownership of their subscriber list. And they, you know, said, hey, they lure, I mean, we had Malcolm Gladwell, Mitch Album. They were all part of that. Other journalists were a part of it, and they tried to expand it to local newswriters.

And they paid a bunch of money out to make a commitment to the companies to make independent and local journalism. And so now they say, well we'll pay out all our contracts that we did with you but and you know what you can go ahead and keep that subscription revenue that's fine yeah what i'd add subscriber list go ahead take that with you too hey you know what and the content the content is all yours too but we're going to go ahead and close the doors so bulletin is not going to uh not going to exist now sure you can put content on facebook directly and they want you know that's a discovery platform now that's what we want okay

Wait, what about the integrated live audio offerings? Yeah, we're shutting that down too. You mean, Clubhouse? Yeah, you know, as Facebook live service. Yeah, I mean, that's still going to kind of be around. But, you know, we'll see. We'll see. Wow, I mean, you talk about Facebook struggling.

And they start shutting down, shuttering stuff big time down. They're laying people off. And Zuckerberg is 11th on the richest. guy list now. More Facebook employees are going to be hitting the bricks and more things going on at Facebook than ever before, probably,

because of that. So anyway, I'm sorry about it. If you hadn't heard that your bulletin newsletter, subscription service is going away. I guess it's kind of who died today. But, yeah, I mean,

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