on taste & creative direction

I had to explain the concept/smell of "getting skunked" to my British coworker this morning (my dog got sprayed last night) and it honestly brought on a surprising level of pride and fondness for the American ecosystem

Labucq using an actual horse for their Fall 2024 PLP

“I hate small talk” is such a common opinion but I cannot relate in the slightest. Talking about jack shit with someone I will likely never meet again is like a drug for me

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Two campaigns in the last month featuring celebrity impersonators, Diesel and Alexander Wang, hmm...

I see a lot of people mention the phrases “delves into” and “complex dance” as hallmarks of AI writing, but one tell that I’ve noticed a lot is various permutations of the sentence construction “this isn't just about X; it's about Y.” Has anyone else noticed this one?

Never gets old

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Is now a good time to say that Nightbitch was one of the worst books I’ve ever read?

oh so the AI can read as many copyrighted books as it wants for free but when i want to do that it's suddenly an issue

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Giving my entire paycheck to Bode for a novelty baseball shirt I guess

My two interests

Last night was a trolley problem

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