This week Brian & Joe decide to throw their format out the window and just bitch and moan for a half hour on the internet. Middle aged white guys complaining? We got you covered, fam. 👋
Burn Victims
• FAANG as a validator
• FAANG's lack of innovation
• Armchair Logo Art Direction
• Amateur hour in the design space
• MAU/DAU is a broken concept
• Uber is the ultimate example of enshittification
• An attempt to not look at my phone
•"Chimping"
• Text messaging needs a reinvent
• What's App is terrible
• "Founder Mode"
• Alegria Art is an abomination
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Pull Quotes
"I've seen incredibly talented people passed on because they don't have a FAANG background."
"If tomorrow they found out burning kittens in a barrel would make their stock price go up four points, they would do it so fucking fast."
"I think you can make something extremely valuable, that you don't touch a lot."
"Uber has made the world worse in every conceivable way"
"Can you stand still and look around for 10 minutes? I bet you can't."
"Founder Mode is just a new term for micromanagement"
"Teaching is thing the that taught me how to be a better leader."
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Outro music: Rumors by Lizzo (ft. Cardi B)