All perfectly good market analysis, even if it is a bit outdated, imho. But none of it is relevant to the moral rectitude of Jon Hamm pimping sports books when he has no particular need for cash, which is what I’m on about.

Not that I disagree, but where’s the cutoff, do you think?

I just think of myself like Paul Harvey telling you about The Rest of the Story before pitching you a policy from Bankers Life.

All astute observations, but I also feel like the “influencer” market has matured to point where audiences get that a commercial is a commercial and should be taken as such. Of course, that is what someone in my position would want to believe. It may also be true, or true soon.

At this point I’m not sure if the legacy media ignoring a thing really matters that much? Certainly matters a lot less than in the tea party days, right?

Indeed, a tuft crawling with crabs

There it is. You’re not responsible for your feelings; you’re responsible for what you do with them. And sometimes the right thing to do with a feeling is to actively ignore it.

Five shrimp from a local fish store, another $20. So let’s say $80 total if you’re starting from scratch, but if you have any aquarium buddies you could get most of this for free. Like, all the stems I just trimmed out could be used to plant another bowl, and I just dumped them on the ground.

Hmm. Small bag of aquasoil would cost maybe $20 but would be more than you’d need. If you have a friend who does aquarium stuff you could grab a handful of substrate from them. Fishbowls vary a lot but let’s assume another $20. Two pots of pearl weed would be another $20.

Unfortunately I think we’re in a place where likable, competent people have better options than public office. Nobody wants these jobs except grifters and people who pathologically need the attention.

LOCK HER UP

Forgot alt text. It’s a small fishbowl with an aquasoil substrate totally filled with pearl weed. About a dozen red cherry shrimp live there.

A low-maintenance shrimp bowl COULD BE YOURS in even a tiny apartment!

So do you have Lucille Ball vibes in real life or just here?

Oh sure, there’s some stuff published already. But more broadly, big pharma is all over this, looking for more ways to mine this particular vein of gold. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

1) I don think we know much at all yet about what smaller glp-1 agonist doses do to people, so the “what for” question is open ended. The obvious potential application would be for more modest weight loss. 2) It’s certainly not surprising to me that chronic problems require long-term treatments.

FWIW, this is a concept that is being studied by grownups and has real potential clinical applications. I just doubt this particular advertiser is one of said grownups.

A post intended to provoke people who fancy themselves thoroughly acquainted with the subject at hand? A versed trap, if you will?