we really need to re-introduce the term “publicity stunt” back into our vocabulary. too many people are getting continually duped by blatant marketing ploys bc fundamentally they don’t see celebrities as….greedy millionaires cashing in on media trends to make money
hmmm i see what u mean, but entertain this idea with me….the misuse of the term ‘publicity stunt’ could potentially put an end to tiktok’s popularity because the kids on that app would start to see themselves as 'posers’ the way teens did in the '00s
NO UR ACTUALLY COMPLETELY AND OBJECTIVELY CORRECT MB
Gosh I just love book Legolas. He’s immortal. He’s a teenager. Elrond picks him instead of Glorfindel because he’s average and won’t draw attention to the Fellowship. He’s the comic relief guy and resident Little Shit, but he can also shoot a Nazgul out of the sky in the pitch black like a one-man elf anti-aircraft defense system. He wants everyone to know that he’s, like, really old. He forgets the task at hand because he wants to look at trees. His greatest qualities are that he can become friends with anyone and his loyalty is unending. He shows up to Valinor a century late with Starbucks in hand and his dwarf bestie at his side. Iconic.
Something that I first applied to working with children, and have applied in a limited form to working with adults: you don’t need to tell someone when they read your instructions wrong. Sometimes it’s enough to point out what they did right and then whatever they didn’t do? You ask them to do it in more precise words, and you make it sound like it’s a new request. Remarkable how fast things get done this way.
This is also a habit I built up from emergency response training. If I say “I need you to bring me a first aid kit and an accident report” and you bring me just a first aid kit, it’s so much more efficient to say “thanks now can you bring me an accident report” than “I asked you to bring an accident report why didn’t you bring me one”.
