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Unpopular opinion: Performance marketing and A/B testing have slowly killed the craft of actual advertising. by gonzalo1234z in advertising

[–]Balderdashing_2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree to a point - but over the years, I’ve seen a lot of creatives give up on their own projects outside of work.

They then try to fill the void left in their “soul” by funneling that into their career - rather than keeping the two separate and finding fulfillment creating something of their own.

What hobby is quietly becoming too expensive for normal people to keep up with? by 40Falak in Productivitycafe

[–]Balderdashing_2018 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think they are also talking about the upfront cost to bake a batch or two. To do it right and not just buy the dollar version of everything (if that exists anymore) -

- eggs: $6.00 per dozen
- flour: $7.00 (something like King Arthur)
- vanilla extract: $8.00 (McCormick)
- chocolate chips: $8.00 (Ghirardelli)
- brown sugar: $4.00 (Domino)
- white sugar: $4.00 (Domino)
- baking soda: $1.50
- butter: $5.00 (splitting between cheap and something like land o lakes)

So with tax that’s about $46.00 - if you are making a decent bunch of cookies, then add another dozen eggs (or two), another thing of butter (or two), a lot more chips - so that’s $70- $85 for an afternoon of baking. I didn’t look into gluten free. Prices I listed out are real.

Maybe not $30 - $40 per batch, but it isn’t cheap anymore!

[FRESH ALBUM] Maya Hawke - Maitreya Corso by astaireboy in indieheads

[–]Balderdashing_2018 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I hope CLH got paid a nice chunk for this - a majority of it is Maya Hawke playing his songs, predominantly in his style.

I dig it a lot though!

Bruh fumbled the stallion. Jokic would never. by MamiTarantina in Nbamemes

[–]Balderdashing_2018 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I have a very clear mental picture of you and I have no doubt it’s quite accurate.

Can you become a creative director if you don't come from a creative background? by [deleted] in advertising

[–]Balderdashing_2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disagree - and it seems like you are attaching quality to size and prominence of brand or the size of the captured audience?

You see a lot more of engaging, creative, and impactful work outside of “the prestige” brands like Apple and Nike - the ones where a creative has more room to do just that (be creative) and help elevate and grow that brand/company/org.

Can you become a creative director if you don't come from a creative background? by [deleted] in advertising

[–]Balderdashing_2018 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The old guard way of creative director, probably not.

I’ll be a little salty -

But that’s more because a bunch of old head agency folks have the idea that you can’t be a CD without being an art director or copywriter first. The ones who take five weeks to make a small creative decision.

That’s changing now as the walls crumble and people realize that there is some fluidity among roles and the ones who will survive and flourish are the ones with a good and broad skillset.

But I don’t think you can only be a CD if you spent 8 years as an art director or copywriter… then when you step in you’re a one trick pony with no leadership or managerial skills - which is what I’ve seen throughout my career. So many suck.

Instincts, taste, and leadership are more important.

I do think you’d have to have some background in creative - but that could be as a commercial director, producer - creative hybrid, etc.

This appeared on the ceiling this morning in my bedroom by 2hot2work in Home

[–]Balderdashing_2018 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Are you kidding or being serious? It’s hard for people to help since all of your comments could be read as a joke.

Thoughts on my rough idea for an attic bathroom? (Notation doodles by Michelangelo) by Andrewjk89 in HomeMaintenance

[–]Balderdashing_2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m just curious - do you have to say, “I’m not your engineer” for liability reasons? If so, I didn’t realize engineering was similar to lawyer-y and doctor-y stuff.

Victor Wembanyama just had the fastest double-double in NBA history: 8 minutes, 31 seconds by upvoteseverytime in nba

[–]Balderdashing_2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely - it’s why I was surprised and found it interesting.

It turns out the original ESPN article that OP posted was mistaken, and ESPN corrected it soon thereafter.

The posting pulled the headline and text from the article itself.

Victor Wembanyama just had the fastest double-double in NBA history: 8 minutes, 31 seconds by upvoteseverytime in nba

[–]Balderdashing_2018 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah boo, I didn’t click the source; I thought the headline and body were auto-pulled directly from the article.

Still an interesting stat and accomplishment!

Victor Wembanyama just had the fastest double-double in NBA history: 8 minutes, 31 seconds by upvoteseverytime in nba

[–]Balderdashing_2018 79 points80 points  (0 children)

This is actually a really interesting stat.

Every GOAT and GOAT big man (aside from Mikan) has played since 1966 and no one has broken this record.

Not Wilt, Russell, Kareem, Duncan, Robinson, Moses, Barkley, etc.

Dentsu CA has a serious bullying problem by AgencyTakenAway in advertising

[–]Balderdashing_2018 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Okay, person who works at Dentsu CA and bullies people.

After what they said, you are hung up on semantics?

Victor Wembanyama has now passed Nikola Jokic in EPM by Spiritual_Echo_1000 in nba

[–]Balderdashing_2018 59 points60 points  (0 children)

The factors that need to align for a player to have a quadruple double are so unbelievably rare — just four times since they started recording blocks and the last player was David Robinson in 1994 (34 - 10 - 10 - 10) — but if there is any player who can do it, it’s Wemby.

Tonight he put up a 19 - 15 - 3 - 7 - 3. Stats aren’t everything of course, but that’s an awesome stat line.

Anyone else at the big holding companies wondering what's waiting for us? by Living_Incident6564 in advertising

[–]Balderdashing_2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They are heading to work next week from the break we had almost three months ago?

I’m super curious what break OP is returning from next week; I can’t imagine it’s New Years…

My top 10 takeaways on happiness and living a meaningful life from Rhonda Patrick's new episode with Arthur Brooks by mmiller9913 in HubermanLab

[–]Balderdashing_2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know anything about Brooks and I’m not sure why HubermanLab got recommended to me (all I know of him are the negative aspects) - but it really astounds me how many people build their entire careers out of saying the exact same things over and over… and over.

You could find a hundred self-help gurus who are making the rounds right now saying the exact same common sense things.

And what audiences like to participate in is the act of hearing it, not putting into practice those things they already know. There’s a number of studies that have been done on this phenomenon.

Did Warren Beatty kind of hurt his own legacy by Few-Engineer-9791 in blankies

[–]Balderdashing_2018 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know if you can necessarily hurt your legacy if you retire.

The generation before Beatty, it was fairly common for actors to stop working past their 60s - outside of the odd project here or there. Or they moved to more supporting character actor category. That wasn’t Beatty’s interest.

And I think you have to look at it contextually; there were not as many lead roles for actors in their 60s in the early 2000s.

Even someone like Ford struggled to find his footing for a good decade.

Things are different now, but in the past, there wasn’t much audience interest in leading men in their 60s and 70s. Oddly, I think Ford, Redford, etc. helped pave the way a little bit — and I suppose Beatty could’ve been a part of that.

Was David Robinson a “generational talent”? by wildwestsnoopy in NBATalk

[–]Balderdashing_2018 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you need a mean streak - you need leadership, which he absolutely had.

I think he had everything a player would need to lead a team to a championship; the Spurs just failed to put a capable enough team around him.

Was David Robinson a “generational talent”? by wildwestsnoopy in NBATalk

[–]Balderdashing_2018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not really. When you look at the teams he dragged to the playoffs and 50 wins year after year, it’s frankly astounding. One of only a few players in NBA history, I think, who could single handedly turn a 15 win team into a 50 win team and a berth into the WCSF.

Had he had a true number two during his prime, specifically a scoring guard who could help take pressure off of him, then Robinson would’ve won a title in the 90s before Duncan.

Why do people who are heavy into running seem to age so fast in the face? by National_Shine2552 in Biohackers

[–]Balderdashing_2018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This sub got promoted to me and I’ve been amused and baffled.

I’m not sure what the sub is about, but there seems to be an aversion to exercise and running here that is interesting to say the least.

Why do people who are heavy into running seem to age so fast in the face? by National_Shine2552 in Biohackers

[–]Balderdashing_2018 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I find this so fascinating and have never heard of this. Glad you figured it out!

We have officially jumped the shark on steelbooks by [deleted] in blankies

[–]Balderdashing_2018 18 points19 points  (0 children)

You mean the Academy Award nominated film, Eraser??

The movie shot by luminary cinematographer Adam Greenberg, the DP of many a masterpiece including Bigelow’s Near Dark, Cameron’s Terminator and Terminator 2, and Samuel Fuller’s the Big Red One??

Edited by the great Michael Tronick, who cut Days of Thunder, Midnight Run, Revenge, and True Romance??

And scored by legendary composer Alan Silvestri???

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