John Laster

Literally this is so prevalent right now. I just cut it off from the start.

@writeclimbrun @TiredBambooLaw I’ve seen too many companies with almost unofficial sub companies inside them internally fighting.

@LasterEsq @TiredBambooLaw I missed it. wasn’t cynical enough.

here's my Costco interview story: 1/

@writeclimbrun @TiredBambooLaw I was wondering this the whole time I was reading it lol.

@TiredBambooLaw "JH, the reason why your interview panel gave you that advice. to not take anything on and come to them first. which category do you think they themselves are in?" 12/

@BigPoppaDrock @UberEats Wtf? This is insane.

@UberEats is the literal worst food delivery service there is. I ordered a $40 steak as a special treat and their driver left the bag at the restaurant but they only offered me a $12 refund. Absolutely ridiculous and I'll never use Uber Eats again. Please make this viral.

@writeclimbrun I can’t keep up with most of my influencer clients in that regard lol.

everyone IRL loves the story of the beautiful TikTok influencer telling me they have 2 million followers and asking me how much I have. everyone online loves the story of law school ex (evil). everyone gets a story that they like.

@writeclimbrun Try our pizzas @DetroitPizzas

throwing a big party in LA, let me know if you want to come!

@YourLocalTaxGuy Just getting over being sick myself lmao.

I’ve been married for nearly 8 years. I can easily say, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the easiest way to enrage my wife beyond all limits… is to get sick. Do any other married men have advice for me? Lmao

This is beyond true. I’m pretty sure your network becomes a super power. Especially if you work within a specific industry.

@WritNelson Proud of you!

Delighted to share that I've just been named a 2025 BAFTA Breakthrough, alongside such luminaries as the director of K-Pop Demon Hunters and the star of Sinners! bafta.org/stories/breakt…

@IAmJoshGoldberg I will never forget us winning the conference championship while Nebraska leaked during our half time that Frost had accepted their offer only to somehow beat Auburn in the bowl for an undefeated year. And now he’s back again. I feel like you can’t make college football up.

College football is the greatest drama. What an absolute mess with signing day, transfer portal windows, and bowl games. The scheduling needs to be fixed. Do you put Ole Miss, Tulane/North Texas in the CFP when they all loss head coaches?

Keep it 100 On the Land the Sea the Sky

@HustleBitch_ Just fix it so the speculators get out of Pokemon already.

🚨 THE SNEAKER MARKET JUST COLLAPSED - AND NOBODY KNOWS WHY A sneaker shop owner says the entire market “died overnight.” And the numbers are insane: • Shoes that were $500–$600 now won’t move at $300 • Jordan 1s sitting for $90 • Dunks and GRs gathering dust • Even HEAT priced under retail isn’t selling • Yeezys - once the safest resale shoe on earth - are tanking everywhere He straight-up asks: “Does anyone wanna explain why shoes are literally just dying right now?” And the weirdest part? Nobody’s selling OR buying - the whole ecosystem is frozen. Something broke but nobody can agree on what. What REALLY killed the sneaker market - the economy, the hype dying… or is the whole resale game finally collapsing?

Turkey time

@door_dash27 @pizzahut covered the food. Just frustrating this always seems to happen now that they aren’t using actual drivers that care.

@pizzahut please stop using @DoorDash without telling us. It’s always messed up.

Congrats! Glad I could be a small help in getting this off the ground for y'all. Can't wait to see what you build :)

@ItsMattsLaw Storing Pokemon Card Binders.

ok but what are you using this for now

My wife went to go get her annual physical and the nurse is like OMG I know your husband. He's so nice. We talked about pokemon. It's like the universal language of joy for millennials. That and tacos.

Liquor stores are tough. As someone else said NC has different rules than Florida. In Florida you have to sell like hundreds of cases of fireball to get any decent product anyone wants from distribution. I’m so tired of any hobby I have becoming allocated with a three tiers system haha.

There is a (very) small town ABC liquor store for sale in my home and away from home on Main Street in the NC mountains. Can anyone provide a curbside opinion on how to value these businesses?

@sapharic We have some tricks we can use when filing things like entities to hide info from public records. ALWAYS be aware of what you submit that someone can look up on a government database. Some states like Florida post almost everything publicly.

additional tips that i follow: • google your real, full name often. this gives you an idea of how easy it would be for people to access information through your name. you can typically contact websites to remove your information/name for the site or do it yourself. i do my full name, middle name if you have one, and also add colleges/schools or jobs + name, any sort of combo really that could give out personal information or location • i don’t follow any family members on social media (if you do, i suggest you have a separate personal account) • this may be up in the air for some people but try to refrain from building a friendship with your audience especially if you’ve never met them in person. at the end of the day, they are internet strangers. i tend to not even vip people in my stream nowadays, to help prevent that parasocial “i’m above the other chatters” vibe • i don’t personally message people in my chat off stream. i have a public discord for a reason! let them reach you there. there’s typically no need for a private conversation 99% of the time • i tend to not follow people back on social media regardless of how active they are in my twitch chat. i do follow some, but again, this can lead to *potential* parasocial behavior some of these might be taboo to some people, so do what feels right to you! at the end of the day, you do not owe your community time off-camera/stream

🚨 STREAMER/CREATORS SAFETY TIPS 🚨 (and just anyone in the internet) - as someone who has gotten death threats & my address sent to me i want to first off start by saying it is in NO way whatsoever the victim’s/streamer’s fault that someone would commit this indescribable act towards her—this whole thing makes me sick to my stomach and my prayers are with her family and friends 💔 this situation sheds light on the reality of how scary the internet can be, especially if you’re in the public eye. it does not matter if you have 500,000 eyes on you or 5, it only takes 1 unsafe person to do a lot of damage. take as many precautions as you can, do NOT make it easier for people to access you‼️ take it from me who has received death threats and has had my EXACT location sent to me (by a stranger) due to being careless in a way you wouldn’t even think of being a potential threat to your privacy. • do NOT post your house/apartment! not the driveway, NOT THE BACKYARD! if you take a selfie in your home and you can see the outside even a LITTLE bit, it can be a threat to your privacy. i posted a photo in 2018 of picture of my reflection in my backyard sliding door, and someone found my exact location off the REFLECTION OF MY BACKYARD. they calculated it against the mountains/the house in the backyard/etc. do not underestimate crazy people. • if you are getting takeout food, starbucks drinks, etc, there are often times stickers on these items that have a store ID that people can look up and see the location of which food/drink place you went to. RIP THESE STICKERS OFF. on stream, for instagram stories, everything. TAKE THE STICKERS OFF! • weather. this may be so silly to some but if it’s raining/snowing in your area and people are familiar with your state, and then you speak about EXACTLY when it starts raining/snowing/etc, people can get a closer pin point to where you’re located. just keep it to yourself unless it’s a broader area that’s being hit with the same weather! • this might be obvious but do not speak about areas you frequent. gyms, restaurants, bars. people who aren’t your friends do not need to know. • FLIGHT TIMES! if you’re flying to and from somewhere, NEVER speak about what times you’re leaving or arriving publicly. people can easily figure out what airport and even airline you might be on. just keep it to yourself and your close friends and family. again, no reason for internet strangers to know. as much as i wish we didn’t have to be this careful, the unfortunate reality is that you do and you should no matter the size of your platform. by putting yourself on the internet, it only takes one wrong person to get ahold of your information. protect yourself! it’s always better to be overly cautious then careless. stay safe! ❤️