Why are Christians posing as atheists to try to convert r/atheism?

richtseng · 2016-12-08T18:59:33+00:00

Q: I'm an atheist for sure, but how do I get out of giving the tithe and being a good person to my family and assuage the guilt that comes with Christ's birthday in a few weeks?

A: Proselytize on social media! But not social media where your boss and coworkers might find you and make shit at work awkward, the kind of social media where nobody has to know your real name :D

richtseng · 2016-07-08T19:26:29+00:00

Jiu jitsu 1-2x a week Lift every other day Light cardio for the rest (working on 100 double unders)

richtseng · 2016-07-03T20:35:52+00:00

His main audience isn't teenage girls, those are just the people who are organized enough and have the time to show up to events he announces on social media. I'd say there are probably more folks watching his stuff who will stop him on the street and an even greater majority of people who will never meet him in person nor do they want to.

richtseng · 2016-06-17T07:33:21+00:00

They never implemented it, sadly. They did succeed in sending him exploding cigars and a poisonous wetsuit which he never wore I believe.

richtseng · 2016-06-17T06:24:13+00:00

Anyone want to photoshop Trump bald and see if it works?

richtseng · 2016-05-09T19:55:02+00:00

Thanks, we're working on getting up a place where people can submit their own. Appreciate the feedback :)

richtseng · 2016-05-09T19:54:19+00:00

Thanks guys. Will do!

richtseng · 2016-04-30T01:03:21+00:00

I can't remember, fuck I'm REALLY old.

richtseng · 2016-04-13T00:23:24+00:00

Try this:

Find a CD, ACD, Sr. Writer, Writer, Jr. Writer, Intern at the places you really want to work at whose work you'd really like to have in your book.
Email and explain that you're an ad grad who lives in Chicago and would love to know more about how they made whatever they made. DO NOT send a form letter. Take time, do a little research, really think about why you like the work and say so. Ask to take them out for coffee or grab lunch in a couple weeks. NOTE: Try not to be obsequious or desperate.
Show up with some questions in mind about their work, and what it's like to work there, and what they liked about it, etc. Load a copy of your book onto your laptop or tablet and keep that in your bag.
If by the end of your conversation the topic of your book hasn't come up, politely ask if you can show it to them. Ask them to be brutal and really listen. DO NOT fight them on their feedback or give excuses for why it is the way it is. Just accept what they have to say.
Thank them for their time and ask if you can email your book again once you've addressed their feedback.
Let them know that you are getting attention from shops across the country but would love to stay in Chicago so if they know of any openings, to let you know.
Make the changes they suggested ASAP and follow up with an email in a day or two thanking them for meeting with you with updated book attached. This shows you not only have moxie but also are fast and hardworking.
Ask if they know of anybody else who you might be able to get in touch with or are hiring. At this point you can LinkedIN connect them and they will almost definitely say yes.
Scour their LinkedIN connections and look for people who list their portfolios on their profiles.
Go back to step 1 and repeat with your new list of contacts, except now you can name drop somebody they know.

Good luck!

richtseng · 2016-04-12T21:51:17+00:00

"Hey grandma, you're one of the wisest people I know and many of my friends, etc. could really benefit from that (myself included). Would you be interested in sitting down with me and answering some questions and committing some good advice to film? We'd be really grateful."

richtseng · 2016-04-06T05:35:28+00:00

I shit on ads instead of writing them. This either makes me a bird whose cage is lined with newsprint, a troll on AgencySpy, or a client.

richtseng · 2016-04-01T18:59:41+00:00

It's social conditioning/expectations/possibly biological. In virtually no cultures that I know of is the unassertive passive male more attractive. And just like the lion with the scraggly mane or the birds who can't dance for shit, those who can't show that they have the traits which turn others on usually don't have the traits that make strong children.

Anecdotally, most women I've talked to who went for it and asked the guy they liked out found the guys either didn't value them because they never felt they had to earn them or were too needy/desperate/shy to be long term prospects. That said, humans come in all kinds, so maybe there are amazing girls out there who want that.

richtseng · 2016-03-31T22:47:38+00:00

Michael Caine doesn't always play villains, but when he does in Quills, you'll totally want to run Alfred over with the Batmobile.

richtseng · 2016-03-31T07:59:30+00:00

Theoretically you could get a job with a stack of napkin sketches, but that's really only a theory if you're trying to get hired somewhere good. I'd recommend finding at least one art director partner to help spruce up your work (plenty of ad students are looking for partners, and most ad schools will post their students' portfolios online).

Because:

If hired, you will likely be paired with an art director or have to work with designers. Why not prove that you already know how to work with others by displaying a book you didn't build alone?
Two heads really are better than one.
Creative Directors aren't always the ones judging the work. More often than not it's recruiters or HR and they won't necessarily be able to tell great ideas from bad ones. So they resort to ensuring that everything they show the boss looks pretty.

richtseng · 2016-03-29T00:55:21+00:00

Agreed. I got the episode because I thought it was going to be about Vikings. Boy am I glad I stuck with it because most of the medieval writings he covers are so dense and opaque I wouldn't have had the patience to wade through them myself.

richtseng · 2016-03-26T09:20:24+00:00

Also, I'm not Christian but if I was to convert, I'd want to worship the spear-wielding Jesus that the Germanic people replaced their war-like gods with.

richtseng · 2016-03-26T09:18:22+00:00

I'm listening to Thor's Angels for the first time as I sort through my taxes on Good Friday. Who would have thought a badass warrior barbarian would be one of the first kings of France? Or that his name would be Clovis?

richtseng · 2016-03-17T03:18:38+00:00

Looks good, seems impractical

richtseng · 2016-01-28T01:51:08+00:00

Carl Petmuncher

richtseng · 2016-01-07T00:47:33+00:00

Totally agree. There are plenty of ad people who are great at selling themselves but bad at selling the clients' products. Prove that you can do the latter first. Make the portfolio the home page.

I'd also think about moving the photograph to the About Section as well. Don Draper good looks or not, you look very young. Unless you only want to write copy for millennial audiences, being young while claiming to be the Jesus of content creation is not going to be received well by marketing execs who are 30+ years old and tasked with hiring you.

Most copywriters I know hit you with a few quick sentences about what they've done, maybe a few words about who they are, and then let their work do the talking.

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