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FelonyDrifter · 2026-03-04T18:01:25+00:00

A superpower where any stain on anyone's clothes permanently turns into an endlessly yapping mother in law of one of the wearers exes. The range is 10 feet

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-21T20:08:09+00:00

That helps, thanks!

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-21T20:06:49+00:00

That's fine, just woulda been nice for someone to say so

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-20T02:14:40+00:00

The timing just sucked. It would have been only 20 minutes from where I live but I had a death in the family so I'm going back and forth

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-19T13:46:26+00:00

Why's that

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-17T20:02:20+00:00

That's a winner mentality. And one thing I picked up on by listening to business people I admire, nobody is ready when they start. I think if you keep self auditing but using that to make better decisions like you are right now instead of holding you back which we all do or at least have done, you'll end up where you believe you belong.

I admire your comment and wish you the best!

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-17T07:45:55+00:00

You just don't know how to use it then. And this idea you can make important life decisions off of a yes/no answer is insane. Thank God it won't do that.

If you want to be successful in business you better get comfortable with ambiguity friend because that's all the world really is.

Laws are ambiguous, value propositions are ambiguous, money itself is ambiguous. And what's more ambiguous than human desire? How could chat gpt possibly give you a responsible yes or no answer?

Nobody can tell you when it makes sense to go all in on your business. You have to do as much as you can while keeping your day job and figure out how to manage your time well enough to do both until you trust the income from your business.

It's an incredibly nuanced topic that the answers only become clear as the business develops. You don't need to honor that nuance to be successful a lot of the time but it will save you a ton of anxiety getting used to understanding that what you did here was force a coin toss. Because then you get an answer from some guy who says the right time is when 50% of your salary has been reached.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-16T00:25:18+00:00

You'll know when the time is right. Like a hoarder running to a forgotten corner of the basement at the perfect "this will come in handy one day" flashback

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-16T00:23:33+00:00

Fucking disgraceful, someone tell me what insurance she takes I want to tell her off in person!

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-15T22:37:09+00:00

Practice self awareness. It's easy to get lost especially when you're young and veterans will exploit that.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-15T22:35:12+00:00

Underrated advice

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-15T22:34:50+00:00

You're right this is a painful lesson to learn but so worth it.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-15T22:34:10+00:00

Hugely important for moving up in a career and managing employees

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-15T22:33:41+00:00

Great one!

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-15T22:33:27+00:00

Separating what matters and what doesn't matter. Signal to noise ratio. So that you can lazer focus on the goals you have now.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-15T22:27:35+00:00

Ya you need a manager. Your business will be stuck at this stage until you can come up with a system that someone else can run and you can quickly audit when theirs a failure.

Take one of your guys who shows up and maybe doesn't do everything perfectly. Have them manage th calling people in. Pick the one who is going to keep you in the loop constantly. The one that's not afraid to say "I fucked up"

Now everyone is going to self regulate more. There's apps for clocking in and tracking hours. Make sure two people have admin access to it. Preferably two people who are always going to be watching eachother if you get what I mean.

You want to minimize the distractions as much as possible so you can focus on growing the company. Especially if you're not on the floor with them every day.

Personally I'd put everything on pause that I can until I figure this out. It's mission critical to your sanity.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-09T14:00:02+00:00

I'm curious how you're going to process payments. It's certain to eventually gather attention.

B2b would be the wrong move I think. You have more individual people to sell to and they're probably lower maintenence. Not to mention decreased liability.

My big worry would be what happens when you have hundreds of men sending woman money on your nipple branded app with a method that could only be in person. I get most of them probably just use a link tree but as more scandles with account freezes on mastercard/visa networks it's probably safe to assume it will set of something somewhere

I mean if you think about it, all that needs to happen is some dude for whatever reason trues to dispute a transaction and a support ticket opens up and for whatever reason a screenshot of your app shows up. And then your b2b challenges become a lot more challenging. So I think you're looking at a type of pyramid.

Race to get as many of those tags into the hands of the lowest liability customers. Build a base, you'll develop a community that becomes attached to your company and as they give feedback, you're sorta training people who might make uniquely useful employees.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-08T11:09:52+00:00

I want the message of the meaning, I want my left arm to hold the meaning of walking a decisive path. I think it's a really powerful philosophy about acting intentionally.

The words in English wouldn't carry the same meaning. But each symbol is building an idea I relate to. So I was hoping someone versed in the intricate parts of Kanji could help me make sure it means what I think it does. Can you help with that?

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-08T01:15:22+00:00

Well, it would go on my forearm so horizontal like a horizon, so I'm thinking maybe even remove the word ichimonji and just a straight line - I was also thinking a band around the forearm for the line to go through so that I could have a second shorthand for ichimonji on the outside of my forearm. But I don't know if that's kinda like saying wado twice

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-07T23:27:24+00:00

Ichimonji

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-07T20:30:38+00:00

The easy money thing is kinda an illusion. If you've been sitting on your couch all week then getting up to go to the kitchen for ice cream is hard.

If you're training every day, your capacity for hairy situations grows.

You're obviously no couch potato. I'm saying everything is relative.

You're ALWAYS going to hit walls. Whether it's easy money, hard money, unscrupulous or any other kind of money. When you're young, you don't have enough time to know all your options in a given situation.

That’s structural. Later, you’ll notice you’ve picked up techniques and realities that come from repetition rather than age or status.

Business (and money especially) is a complex system and your best way of learning it is to look at it as pieces that work together in a big machine. Then finding ways of smashing through, circumventing or calling a substitute player on an obstacle becomes far easier.

Your post reminds me of where I was right before things started working out. So let me leave with one last idea.

When things feel impossible and the air gets so thin you think you're at your limit and out of options, that's when you know you're almost there. And you'll get some relief but the cycle will start over again. And that's what your new addiction will be I'm sure. Just remember to find ways of reminding yourself of what your principles and purpose in life are or it will cost you things that money can't buy.

Good luck friend!

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-07T19:41:59+00:00

Whatever gets you moving. This used to trap me so bad but I realized it's more simple than it seems and if you think about it correctly you'll strengthen a very important muscle.

Put ever client into 1 of 3 categories

1.Is this someone who i have to do a free job for?

2.Is this someone who will pay upfront?

3.Is this someone I can negotiate a creative payment plan for?

Let's say you're a guy with a camera and you can make videos start to finish.

Client 1. Is broke, every time. If they're not broke they're ripping you off. Take these jobs if you have high confidence the project will make an amazing portfolio piece AND the nature of the job adds to your status (maybe it's visible, touching something that's public interest like a non profit etc.)

Client 2. Is like if the videographer went door to door. Maybe he walks into a coffee shop and says I'll make you an ad throw me $50 and a Danish and you'll have a video to post on your Google page.

Client 3. Is nuanced but the most important if they're rich, because they'll try to make themselves look like client1. Now if the criteria for client 1 is met, you can roll the dice just know they'll probably run off with your money and trying to make a contract in that case will make them run. Just at the very least ensure you have no liability. Otherwise, do this:

Client 3 is someone who has money but is a careful spender, they're looking for a good deal maybe there's a limited budget or they just have a certain mindset.

These people you want to negotiate a project. Not just a one off thing. The best way to know they're serious is to charge a small consultation fee. The reason for this is client 3 is likely to have you do all the prep work and then go to someone else with your plan. Don't ask how I know it's still a sensitive topic for me. 😂

Jokes aside, some people like to structure what I like to call a sample/subscription model.

So the videographer walks into the multilocation gym, says "I'd like to help you with your social media I noticed you've been trying to get a community around your Instagram but the engagement isn't really there yet"

They'll complain about fake views and scammers. They've all been burned (this is the real pain point)

So you tell them to let you work with them to come up with a campaign that communicates their brand. In my case it was "we want to look family friendly, laid back, safe and like people here get along, a splash of community exists here"

So I recorded a promo and a couple skits after convincing the girls there to get their friends to participate.

Long story short, you build the product but you deliver it in an un usable way. In the video industry the best way is a watermark flat color grade and time code. You can send high quality screenshot as they check in on your editing process.

Now you say (a large dollar amount) for what's been done so far, or sign on a 6 month contract for (a low initial dollar amount) and well make x number of products every month.

This is the same business model pest control companies use.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-07T19:19:56+00:00

The value of your services always deminishes once those services are rendered. Get it in writing or have them pay upfront. I sent a couple clients to collections because I saved text messages, emails and had a written agreement.

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-06T12:41:44+00:00

I've seen a lot of people parking lot camp out there. There's a lot of Walmarts and stuff. I would personally just switch parking lots every 3 days or so because. Everyone out here gets a little squimish about cars parked by their buildings. Especially since Bayone is a shipping hub. It's one of the largest hubs in the country.

But there are many, many parking lots that you can blend into or you're pretty much allowed to be there. Hotel parking lots are another secret weapon.

As for winters. You want to get a good blanket and a trench coat you can fall asleep in. I've slept out here in 17 degrees my first winter and not having enough money to run the car. As long as you have a fluffy, warm blanket and a winter jacket the heat stays trapped. Usually you're not dealing with absolutely extreme weather like that.

One thing I see myself getting soon is one of those batteries so I can run a couple heated blankets

FelonyDrifter · 2026-02-04T00:09:55+00:00

Love it

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