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@TheWhiteWhaleV2 @WhiteWhaleMeme

@WhiteWhaleLabs @WhiteWhaleMeme 🫡🐋

It was with great sadness that I learned earlier today of the unexpected passing of the legendary Chuck Norris. I wanted to share a personal story about getting to spend a weekend with one of my childhood heroes, and the life lessons it taught me. Several years ago, I participated in a charity auction. One of the items up for bid was “A Weekend at the Chuck Norris Ranch.” The first lesson I learned: auctioneers do not know blackjack hand signals. As I mentioned, Chuck Norris was a childhood hero of mine, so naturally I was very interested in winning the auction. I bid aggressively, but once the price climbed to $60,000, I decided I was probably out. Every time the auctioneer came back to me, I waved him off using the same hand gesture you’d use at a blackjack table to tell the dealer you don’t want another card. Apparently, the auctioneer interpreted that as another bid. So, almost $100,000 later, I found myself the accidental winner of the auction. Thankfully, it was for a good cause, so I didn’t lose too much sleep over it. When the time finally came to enjoy my weekend at the Norris ranch, I traveled to Texas. After being buzzed in at the gate, I drove up the long driveway to the ranch house, which struck me as surprisingly modest considering all Chuck had accomplished in life. I parked, stepped out of the rental car, and was greeted by his lovely wife, Gina. After exchanging pleasantries, she said, “Carlos will be up in a minute. He’s just down at the pond killing a water moccasin.” Without missing a beat, I replied, “Did he kill a water moccasin, or did a water moccasin see Chuck Norris and commit suicide?” Once I got settled into one of the guest cabins out back, I began what turned into a very memorable weekend - one that taught me a couple of valuable life lessons. Lesson #1: Never judge a book by its cover. Before spending time with them, I made the easy assumption - one I’m sure many people might have made - that his much younger wife was simply arm candy. The benefit, perhaps, of being a successful man. Nothing particularly remarkable. Boy, was I wrong. Not only was it obvious that she absolutely adored him, she was brilliant. Many years ago, they discovered an ancient aquifer on their ranch and decided to build a bottled water company, CForce. As it turned out, she ran the company. When I was taken on a tour of the bottling plant directly across the road from the ranch, it was obvious this was her baby. She knew every part of the operation, and she ran the company day to day. As someone who spent much of my life in consumer packaged goods, I naturally had a lot of questions, and she answered every one of them. Even Chuck freely admitted she was the brains behind the operation. Young arm candy? Not even close. Brilliant businesswoman is more like it. I was embarrassed that I had privately prejudged her. Lesson #2: Live a life so full that you forget your own résumé. As an act of love, Gina had turned one of the outbuildings on the ranch into a museum of Chuck’s accomplishments. The most interesting part of the museum tour was that Chuck himself didn’t remember half of it. Watching his amazement and excitement as he was reminded of different things he had done - things that had escaped even his own memory - I found myself reflecting on what that really meant. What a life. In that moment, I realized that if you could accomplish so much in your lifetime that you couldn’t even remember the full extent of your own résumé, that was an accomplishment all by itself. That weekend gave me more than a story about meeting a childhood hero. It gave me perspective. Don’t underestimate people. Don’t reduce them to appearances. And above all, live so fully, build so boldly, and do so much good that one day even you can’t quite account for all of it. Rest in peace, Chuck. And thank you for the memories. 🫡 From the depths — The White Whale 🐋

yeah

is there something like the opposite of autism where you're exceptionally skilled at reading people and love being around them, and instead of perceiving the world through categories you see it all as divinely connected and full of signs everywhere

I’m very serious about this. You need to be making your home a beautiful and orderly place. Your home, then your wardrobe, then your yard and garden, then the borders of your place, then your neighborhood, town, state, country. It all radiates outward. But you can’t think about all that. You can only control your immediate surroundings, where you live and what you wear. This orders your mind - and the way you dress sends signals to everyone who sees you, that you care, that people around them care. That we are fully formed adults whose actions in the world matter.

autism wins

@Freedom_Toons @elonmusk 😂😂😂

If Black Mirror Was Written in 1750

@WhiteWhaleLabs @cyphstrain check out you can’t win on prime

Once I had the pleasure of spending some time on an active movie set. One of the actors (who everyone knows and has seen in something) and I hit it off and we’re hanging out between takes. One day we were lounging around video village and I asked him, “So what do you do for fun? Like, I mean isn’t it hard to live a life in the public eye? How do you relax?” He answered me: “Honestly I just stay at home and play Xbox. It’s easier that way.” I felt the pain and loneliness in his voice. Being in the public eye has both its advantages as well as many disadvantages most will never understand. Some of the most sad and lonely people I have ever met in life are those who have been incredibly successful. It can be absolutely draining. Everyone wanting a piece of you. To advance themselves or their profile in some way. To ride your coat tails. To extract what they can by being in your sphere. People will both love and hate you. Or at least who they believe you to be. Without ever taking the time to get to know you as a person. Or worse, remembering that you are a person. I find the entitlement is the worst part. The demand for your personal, individual attention just because they are a fan or because they have bought a product you made or supported a cause you support. And everyone wants something from you while the vast majority never even take pause to think about what they can contribute to you. A world of takers. Void of givers. So as you sit here in your fantasy world dreaming about being an “influencer” or “successful” just remember: there exists a deep cost to your soul no one ever warns you about ahead of time. Is it worth it? No - not really. But once you open Pandora’s Box there really is never any way to get back to “normal” again. 🫡 From the depths — The White Whale 🐋

@WhiteWhaleLabs 🤔

I suspect this is a publicity stunt from Binance. The world will see they are willing to sue to defend their reputation and in many people’s minds that’s enough to validate a positive reputation. It also makes future reporting in a negative light think twice before publishing. However I predict this will never go to trial. There are zero chances Binance wants to go through the full discovery phase on this. Not because they are right or wrong this time, but because the amount of data that can get turned over during a discovery phase is gargantuan. Taken directly from the court document: “As stated above (supra, 50), the Wall Street Journal knew that the statement was false because Binance told the Wall Street Journal so prior to publication” Translated: They knew it was false because we said it was. Sorry, but that’s not how facts are determined. If it was I could say that I am actually a talking cartoon whale. And it’s true only because I say it’s true. 🤍🐋

@digitalartchick never go full retard

@WhiteWhaleLabs @digitalartchick 😂😂😂

@digitalartchick Sorry, I’ll log off now 🫡

@elonmusk 14 year of a making of a movie out this month now called you can’t win. based on autobiography of a guy named jack black, published 1923. he was in and out of prisons then and wrote about it. things haven’t changed in a century. prisons 🤔

Yes

@AutismCapital autismaxxing

You need to be mattermaxxing. You need to be collecting things. You need to tchotchke mog. You need to be analog. You need to own things. You need to be acquiring. You need to have rooms full of shit. You need to have collections of things. You need to hoard physical memories.

@WhiteWhaleLabs @moggonit @vincenzomaiett 🫡🐋

Watching the talented work of @vincenzomaiett in this video it hit me in an emotional place. He made it on his own as I haven’t had time to write a new script for him in the last few days. What about this video gave me an emotional reaction? And then it hit me…much of the time in the video the Whale walks alone. I’m surrounded by people (more than I can handle most days) and yet so much of this journey has felt very solitary. It reminds me of the famous quote by Mark Twain: “In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.” So I know you were making some random content for the meme page, @vincenzomaiett , but what you ended up giving me was a powerful moment of self-reflection. Thank you for that, my friend. 🤍🐋

@TheWhiteWhaleV2 🫡🐋

This space needs a lot of healing - but real healing won’t happen until changes are made. Publicly raising these issues matters. It spreads awareness and helps people understand what’s happening. But ultimately, the only way forward is to be part of the solution.

I am so thankful I was raised in the 80s and 90s, when my friends and I would roast the absolute shit out of one anothers differences, skin color, ethnicities, disabilities and any other thing we could find. It allowed me to grow into a man who can laugh and isn't whiney bitch.

@nikitabier agree. gratzi

Algorithm is pristine tonight. Banger after banger. What a time to be alive.

was sent a pretty in-depth report on what's driving the crypto unwind. the short version: a large non-crypto entity likely based in HK was running JPY carry trade funding into leveraged IBIT options + Binance positions + precious metals. Oct 10 blew a hole in the balance sheet ($19.16B in crypto liquidations, largest single day ever). prime broker granted ~90 days. entity doubled down on PM recovery trade. Warsh nomination destroyed it (gold −11%, silver −31%). now underwater on all legs. Feb 5 was the forced unwind. IBIT did $10.7B volume, $900M in options premium, both all-time records. 13F filings drop Feb 14. we'll know who it was soon.

If you’re new to crypto, there will always be runners in a bear market. I tend to do better in these conditions as the scammers disappear and we’re left with more consensus trades that are easier to spot. $whitewhale is currently staring you in the face right now Don’t fuck it up

@EvaLovesDesign enjoy your posts. 🫡

justice for all