#next person who attacks my work while defending shitty work can eat my entire ass

[anonymusbosch]

work was so bad the last couple days tho. disregarding the fun readings it was like 90% trying to fix problems that other people were just breathtakingly unwilling to fix

[omegangrins]

A Rant on the End of Tremors 7: Shrieker Island

As the main man said,

Throwing caution to the wind because this blew up elsewhere.

If you can do it with Justice League, fuck it, let's do it for every shitty movie we've got.

While we're at it, can we change the ending of the 7th Tremors movie so *MAJOR FUCKING SPOILERS* Burt Gummer doesn't die or at least bring Jamie Kennedy back, or Marvel style recast Jon Heder, so he dies saving his son instead of a random-ass person who could have easily saved themselves. Or cut the forced montage of Burt clips at the end so his death is at least ambiguous. Seriously beyond pissed about that one. THAT is no way for him to go.

I would also like to point out that the next Tremors *HAS* to be titled Tremors 8: Ouroboros and bring everyone back for Burt's funeral . Otherwise, what's the fucking point?

I have feelings about it, people. *FEELINGS!!!*

One of my favourite childhood memories is picking out Tremors 2 from the local gas station's movie rentals and forcing my parents to watch it. I was probably 5-6 at the time.

Let's say that it's been a lifelong love affair ever since. It took me another 10 years before I even watched the 1st. Probably why I hold good sequels in such high regard.

I didn't even know about the 1st until it played as a trailer in front of 2 and never thought to watch until years later. That's a testament to its filmmaking if I ever knew one.

So seriously, that's how they chose to kill off one of the most well known and prolific characters in a movie/TV series known around the globe? With an unnecessaryily needed death and a montage of clips from all the other movies that are obviously better than this one.

And I'm saying that as someone who defends Chibnall/13th Doctor...

...and I'm fucking fuming because THIS is how you *actually* destroy something people love and hold dear to their hearts. It's like the ending of Game of Thrones. His shitty ass death has made it a loooooot harder to rewatch. And they are one of my favourite series!!! Not flawless but fun. But I will defend every other movie and all the episodes except this. Honestly I'll still defend 7/8ths of this one as well.

Like I said, it's easily fixed too. Fucking vice versa swap out Jon Heder for Jamie Kennedy, who the movies have been building up for the last two, and have Burt save his son in front of his old flame. Boom, you won't even need the montage of clips cause you can just have Travis and his mom reminisce about Burt instead. Show not tell. I don't even care he died by Graboid (although in all honesty, I've allways wanted El Blanco to take him down or Burt kills himself from the PTSD. It would have AT LEAST MADE SENSE. Hell, the best would be a heart attack to callback Val's "Yeah, Burt, the way you worry, you're gonna have a heart attack before you get a chance to survive World War Three.". But none of us ever get the best death.). And it's not even about Burt sacrificing himself to save a nobody. Cause that could work too. BUT YOU NEED TO BUILD THAT SHIT UP. Not just fucking drop it like it's hot.

Like I said too, the first 7/8ths ain't bad but it's an entirely different story than a swansong for a hero.

It's all about some billionaire scientist/cowboy hunter dude who likes to get his jollies off hunting the biggest and the baddest who ends up inviting people to this island so they can hunt down Super-Graboids he designed for shits and giggles. But then some Shrieker-fy....

And the pretentious douches come and die one by beautiful one while Burt tries to save them anyway and it's all spectacularly dumb fun until it comes crashing down in the final 10 minutes. Fuck, they should just cut the last 10 minutes. Then it's a perfect little Tremors ditty.

#RELEASETHE7THTREMORSWITH10MINUTESFROMTHEENDCUT

This isn't even about Jon Heder either. He's just doing his job. Hell, do what /u/VoiceofRonHoward pointed out.

"It is clear that Jon's character was just pasted in over Jamie's, the artifacts of the father-son relationship are all over it. They should have gone full Marvel and just replaced Jamie with Jon and acted like nothing happened."

CAUSE FUCK YES!! The only time a story sucks is when they don't commit. Commitment makes all the difference. Now, I'm pissed double-pissed they didn't do that instead since Heder and Kennedy are similar in terms of white-boy-ness.

Even Michael Gross agrees:

"Yes, yes. Now I can't presume to speak for Jamie [Kennedy]. My understanding was they asked him and he said no. And so that's why they went with somebody else. So I had nothing to do with that decision. I just heard the stories. I missed him for that reason. You begin a relationship with the character, and you want to continue it....

...As you build a relationship with this son, we had two, it would've been nice to have three, but that was the hand I was dealt."

One of my favourite bits of Tremors lore comes from the 5th too so it's not like I hate sequel changes out of hand:

"This is a warrior dance. Our ancestors hunting the lnkanyamba and the Impundulu.

"What's that?

"Impundulu. It's what you call the Ass Blaster.

"Ass Blaster.

"Yes.

"Yes.

"Hey, you know, you make Ass Blaster sound good.

Primitive cultures fighting Graboids, Shriekers and Assblasters. I just love that thought.

Hilariously, my meta opening to the 8th movie would be a flashback to 10,000 years ago and a Neanderthal-like Burt Gummer teaching others how to drive Graboids off cliffs like they did with mammoths.

Thank you for giving me the space to rant. Cause fuuuuuuhhhhhhhhuuccck!!!

Here's Michael Gross' own words from his AMA that prove the people making Shrieker Island didn't know their shit.

"The Tremors series is one very close to my heart and I want you to know how appreciated your continued effort is for your core fan base.

My only question would be were there ever any studio decisions made for Burt that you refused to comply with? Or was everybody pretty much always on the same page on what to do with the character?

Thanks again for your dedication.

- Josh"

"Thanks for the kind words, Josh. As regards the first four films, with Wilson and Maddock as the writers, we were very much on the same page. 5,6, and 7 were a bit different, because there was a 13-year hiatus between 4 and 5, and we had to refresh our memories while "reinventing" the franchise for a new audience. I will give you one example: in an early draft of Shrieker Island, a new writer wrote a draft where Burt threatened to shoot one of the bad dudes, and I had to tell him—this is true—"Burt never intentionally points his gun at another human being."

And his own thoughts on Burt's "death" and how to bring it all back together again.

Universal and the director [came] to me with this idea, and they said, 'This could be emotionally very powerful, if we have to say goodbye to this man after 30 years. And I hemmed and hawed, and I thought about it a little bit. And I said, 'You're absolutely right about the emotional gut punch this can be.' And I said, 'You're going to hurt a lot of people's feelings.' And I said, 'But I thought this franchise was over after four. So I could certainly live with it being over after seven.'

"What we negotiated -- well, it wasn't really a negotiation, we all agreed on this -- is that we kind of left the door open. >!Because although Burt is gone, we never see a corpse. We never see his remains. Everybody assumes he's gone. Is he buried somewhere? Is he unconscious somewhere? We never see Burt dead. We see Burt gone. We see Burt not returning. What does that mean? Has he been knocked out? Does he have amnesia somewhere? Does he wander off? Is he in a kind of coma? So yes, the way it ends is pretty profound."

"As regards to the end of Tremors 7, let me just say that while people ASSUME Burt is gone, we never see his remains, do we? Just sayin.'

"The only reason he has become the main character is that everyone else in the original cast moved on to other things. I NEVER thought of him as the central figure, but it just worked out that Michael Gross, like Burt Gummer, was a "survivor." :0) "

"No one would like to see it more than I!!! One of my greatest regrets is that so many other cast members fell away over time. Reba was on to other things, Kevin said no to a second, Fred said no to a third. I would LOVE one last go with all of them, but it is not up to me. :0( "

"There are no guarantees, but for those who wonder aloud if this is the final film, I will say what I have said before: SALES drive sequels, Show biz is 5% show and 95% business, so if this latest addition to the Tremors franchise, sells well, [Universal] will follow the money, and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment may will be back for more."

/u/ActorMichaelGross, the bell has been rung and the song sung. Get the producers on this ASAP!!

I was also the first person to discover the symbolic foreshadowing of Stumpy's end with Earl's sleeping bag in the original movie.

Let's just say, I really *really* love these movies. So if anyone knows anyone, hook me up to the producers of this series and I'll Justin Lin in the Fast and Furious out of this shit.

Since I don't think it's good to critique without proposing either, I say we can make up for this fuck up with the next movie. We'll call it Tremors 8: Ouroboros. After the snake which eats its own tail.

We find out Burt faked his death to get the Proudfoot Corporation to let down their guard and when everyone from the previous series comes back for Burt's fake funeral they give him ever loving shit for being such a paranoid whack-job that he would fake his death to fool a government agency. Why would he do this? He found an old photo of Hiram Gummer with a Graboid warning on the back and asks himself why this valley, why these things, why allways me? And we find out, it's not Burt. It's that lifestyles of extremes will end up in places of extremes. Burt and the Graboids are survivors of different species. Sure the Proudfoot Corporation IS using Mixmaster to combine Graboids, Shriekers, and Ass-Blasters into one super creature for the military but it pales in comparison to Burt looking at his life and wondering in shame how many ancient giants like himself he has killed. And with that, he actually dies, and we keep the ball rolling with the rest of the characters trying to stop what they allways thought was just another one of Burt's crazy conspiracies.

That's why it's Ouroboros. Everything comes back around. We could end/start the movie with Grady, Earl, and Jodi opening a Monster World in Perfection Valley a la Desert Jack's Graboid Adventure. I don't know. I'm fucking trying harder than the people they paid to do this already.

It ain't perfect but I'm building on sand here so changes are gonna get made.

Like if the makers of Tremors notice this,

Then DM me because fucking A you guys need some help.

[naahkamoto]

02:15 ; chpt. 2

→ pairing: park jimin x reader

→ genre: angst, fluff

→ words: 2458

→ warnings: cheating, SWEARING

→ summary: 02:15, that’s when he’d always go to her.

prolouge ; chapter 01 ; chapter 02

“THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!” Jimin yells as he barges in the practice room, attacking Namjoon.

“Hey! Break it off will you!” Jin yells as they try to pry Jimin off Namjoon.

“The hell is wrong with you?!” Namjoon screams, shrugging off any hands off of him.

“You fucking told her! She left!” Jimin sobs, causing everyone to look at jimin.

“She what?” Namjoon gapes, stopping his tracks and pausing for a moment, “where is she?”

“You tell me! Fuck! I should've never trusted you!” Jimin screams, attacking Namjoon before Jungkook pulls him back again.

“Trusted him with what?” Taehyung asks, looking directly into Jimin’s teary eyes.

“I-I-” Jimin stutters, “I'm cheating on her”

“You're what?” Yoongi says, every word coming out of his mouth, sounding toxic.

“I would've let it slide when you could've said you were cheating on her, but the way you said it makes it seem like you're still together with the other girl you cheated on her with” Hoseok bitterly chuckles, shaking his head at Jimin.

“Who did you cheat on her with?” Jungkook asks, taking a deep breath and finding a way to calm himself.

“Han Jaeun” Jimin sighs, causing all of their head to stare at the boy with wide eyes.

“That bitch? Seriously?!” Yoongi scoffs, “you traded her for that stupid actress?”

“Don't talk about her like that! Jaeun’s more talented than her anyways” Jimin defends, causing Hoseok to roll his eyes at him.

“I would choose my next few words more carefully Park” Hoseok warns, his face turning red from anger and his knuckles turning white from clenching his hand too hard.

“What?! It's true and you know it! All she's been ever doing is nag 24/7 and act like she owns me or something!” Jimin exclaims, causing all of the guys to disapprovingly shake their heads at Jimin.

“Don’t you dare talk about her like that, when all she’s ever done is care for you?” Namjoon says, shaking his head, his voice laced with emotion. His phone ruining the moment as it rang out of nowhere. “I have to take this” he quickly says as he runs out of the room and finds a private place to talk.

“Hey,” she grumbles, through his phone.

“Hello to you too! You didn't tell me you were leaving today. Jimin is so pissed he almost punched me, Jin had to pull him back” Namjoon chuckles, causing her to slightly laughing from the other line.

“Did anyone get hurt? I wouldn't want that to happen because of me” she sighs, as he hears rustling in the other line.

“Where are you exactly?” Namjoon asks as he takes a seat.

“I'm at a hotel, my flight got cancelled cause there's a storm in Canada right now,” she says, laying down on her bed.

“Can we meet up?” He asks, looking around in case someone listening to his conversation.

“That's dangerous, fans could see us” she sighs, looking out the window.

“How about I go to your room then?” he asks, finding a way to talk to her for one last time.

“That’s even weirder” she chuckles, causing him to automatically smile.

“Well, I have to see you before you leave” he laughs, causing her to smile in the other side.

“I’ll try to see you anytime don’t worry, I wouldn’t leave without telling you guys goodbye”

“But you almost did, you left without telling me when you were going and where you were going to stay”

“I’ll tell you once we meet I'll tell you everything” she chuckles.

“Okay I have to go now, I'll figure out a way that both of us could meet” Namjoon reassuringly says, “wait before you hang up. Can you please do everyone an important favour?”

“Sure”

“How did it happen?- when did you cheat on her?” Taehyung asks, in a soft calming voice different from the other guys.

“It happened almost a year ago, I think and I did it because we had a big fight…”

It was one of those typical fights where everyone just says how they feel and no one knows what a filter is. Words being thrown onto one another, no one knowing how to stop.

Why are you going this Jimin? It seems like I'm putting all the effort into this relationship and you're just there sitting back and watching me while I do everything!” She screams in frustration, causing him to take a deep breath.

It was one of those fights that they rarely had, the ones that leave a scar in your brain as a reminder. It was the fight where the phrase “think before you speak” wasn't a thing and simply a work of fiction, and that's why it hurt the most. It was where everything they've felt, was said aloud and slapped into the other person.

“Excuse me?! I have cancelled on the guys 3 times this whole entire month because you wanted to spend time with me, and to let you know this is the busiest month because our comeback is soon! Because unlike you I actually do something with my life!” Jimin fights back, causing her anger to boil up.

“I have been working 7 days a week, in a shitty ass coffee shop trying to pay off my debts. I wake up 5 in the morning to cook breakfast for you and make you your lunch because you don't have enough time and you don't even eat it for most of the time. I go to school, then I work until 8pm, dealing with snobby assholes who don't know how to treat people right! Then I go home to cook dinner that you don't even eat, and then I don't even get sleep sometimes because I have assessments to do!”

“Well, I don't get enough sleep and time either because I practically pay for this whole entire place! Maybe you should just stop being useless for once and actually help me! You're so ungrateful for everything that I do for you!” Jimin yells, “maybe we should take a break, I don't have enough time for this” he scoffs, turning and leaving, not letting her say anything.

“Put it on a tab,” Jimin says, playing with the drunk in front of him. As he thinks over everything, from Bangtan to his relationship with her.

“Jimin?” Jaeun asks, sitting beside him, “what are you doing here alone? Where's your girlfriend?”

“We had a fight” he blankly says as he stared at his drink.

“What about?” She asks, softly and slyly putting her arms around his shoulder, getting close to his face.

“She doesn't appreciate me enough. She so ungrateful for everything I sacrificed for her” he spat out as he turns to Jaeun, seeing her close to her.

“Why would she say that? Does she not realize how amazing you are?” Jaeun says, looking at his distressed figure.

“That's what I fucking said” Jimin frustratingly say as he saw her face getting closer to his, but he was angry at her so he didn't do anything and just let Jaeun’s lips capture his.

One thing led to another as they exited the club, Jimin woke up beside Jaeun in her bed. He carefully looked at her and then looked at his phone seeing all of the messages and missed calls all coming from her. He didn't regret anything at that moment, he and Jaeun agreed to meet each other if they needed to let loose. Then when he got home, he was greeted by a very worried girl.

“Jimin, I'm sorry- I don't have a right to yell at you like that. I know that you care about our relationship and have been putting as much effort in this as I am so please, forgive me for being stubborn?” She frowns, causing Jimin’s heart to stop. The guilt, just starting to seeping through his veins and burning through his brain.

“It's okay, I'm sorry too.” He sighs, as he takes her in for a hug.

“I love you”

“I- I love you too” he stutters as he went through everything that happened between him and Jaeun the night before in his head.

“… And by then Jaeun and I just see each other secretly at 02:15”

“She knew you had a girlfriend but still did what she went for you?” Hoseok scoffs angrily while rolling his eyes.

“Why are you being such a bitch about this?!” Jimin tells, causing Hoseok to bitterly laugh in shock.

“Unlike you Jimin, we- the guys and I actually care about your now ex-girlfriend. We treat her with respect because she’s done a lot for us” Hoseok harshly says, causing Jimin to loosen up.

“You don't know this but she used to sneak in during our late night practice to bring us food, or she’d order food for us and get it delivered here, but of course you wouldn't know that because you were with Jaeun” Jungkook explains, getting nods from the others.

“We were her only family because her actual family left her here on her own. She ran to us whenever she had a problem and we'd help her because we knew she'd do the same for us because she considered us as more than her friends.” Jin says, “but now she's leaving with no one to run too.” After he says that, Namjoon comes in the practice room with eyes trailing him.

“Who called?” Taehyung asks, getting everyone’s attention focused on Namjoon.

“She called me” Namjoon sighs, causing Jimin to look up at him.

“W-what did she say? Where is she?” Jimin frantically asks as Namjoon lowers his head down and closing his eyes.

“The other guys are going to kill me for this but- I did you a favour and she's going to meet you at 7 at the cafe she worked at” Namjoon says, earning a lot of glares from around the room.

“Are you mental?” Hoseok glares at Namjoon.

“Why would you do that?!” Jin exclaims, everyone, waiting for his answer and explanation.

“She's leaving okay? She doesn't need another baggage to bring with her, she told me herself that she wanted a new start and closure. So I'm not just doing this for Jimin but also her, she needs to move on” Namjoon explains as the guys bluntly staring at him, thinking of what to say next.

“She really wants to meet me?” Jimin says in shock, looking directly Namjoon is the eyes seeing if he's lying or not.

“Yeah she does, you better not fuck this up like you have been for the past year. If you care about her, take this seriously and maybe she might forgive you.”

“Hey, sorry I'm late” Jimin says, sitting down in front of her as she toys with the cup in her hands, a sign ray she was as nervous as him. He tried his best to get there in time, but he got too carried away with dressing up and didn't check the time.

“I'm used to it anyways,” she thought smiling to make it seems like she was perfectly fine with what was happening, “It's okay, I just came, I ordered your coffee already” she lightly chuckles, pointing at the coffee in front of her, making him sit across from her.

“So,” he awkwardly clears his throat, “why did you want to talk to me?” He asks.

“Honestly, I don't know. I thought you wanted to talk to me since Namjoon practically begged me to come here” she laughs, taking a sip of her tea. As he realizes that she didn't come here with her own intention.

“So you knew?” Jimin nervously says, fiddling with his cup.

“Well, you weren't really great at hiding things,” she sighs thinking about the memories, “I mean- I found out cause I kept on waking up whenever you left, you're kinda stupid too” she jokingly says as she smiles, “you know I'm a light sleeper.”

“I was going to tell you” Jimin reassures, but she just shook her head.

“If you were, you could’ve done it a long time ago,” she says, “do you love her?” she suddenly asks.

“W-well, I-I really can’t-” jimin stutters, not knowing how to answer without messing things up and hurting her.

“Don’t lie, just answer truthfully. Answer as if we were just friends.”

“Well, I d-do”

“Well then, I'm happy for you Jimin” she smiles, as she looks down at the table.

“I'm sorry- I should've never done that to you,” Jimin says, his eyes focusing on her.

“Jimin, what's done is done. You love her and I can't-do anything about that” she sadly say, playing it off casually.

“But-”

“If you were sorry, you wouldn't have done what you did. You wouldn't have continued it on, you could've stopped the first time and I could've given you a second chance but you led on until it got worst,” she lectures, “while you were with her at 02:15, that's when I lost my happiness.”

Those words caused his entire world to stop. It made him think for once; how much pain it caused her to have, how much love she put into the relationship that he never cared about and how much it caused him pain. Everything came to him like a slap in the face, but it came too late. Looking at her, you can see that there wasn’t a light in her eyes anymore and that she’d lost hope in everything.

“I never knew you actually felt that way” Jimin disappointingly say, the disappointment towards himself.

“How could you? When all you were thinking about was her?” She says looking down at her drink.

“So, where are you going now?”

“Away” she nonchalantly says looking directly at him, letting him know that she doesn't him to find her. “I have to go I might miss my flight”

“Okay, I hope everything turns out well for you,” he says, standing up from his seat as he takes one last glance at her, thinking that it's going to be the last time he’d see her. Seeing that he’d completely left, she pulled out her phone to call someone.

“Hey.. can you meet me? I have something important to tell you?”

“What did you want to meet me here for?” Namjoon asks, sitting in front of her and eying her carefully.

“I- before I was going to leave, I went to the doctors to get checked up and..” she trails off taking a deep breath looking like she was going to cry in any second.

“You’re what? You’re scaring me right now, what happened?” Namjoon, worriedly asks as she looks up at him with teary eyes.

“I think I might be pregnant”

A?N: omfg I actually updated???? but hey I'm back and partly ready. Hope you'll like it cause it was a pain in the ass to write. but yeah hope you like it! Send request here!

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Keep Your Weak Ass Apologies For Your Racist Rants

At first glance, you wouldn’t think Kelly Pocha and Aaron Schlossberg have much in common.

One worked at a car dealership in Cranbrook, British Columbia—a city with 20,000 residents; the other is a New York attorney in commercial law. But it turns out they are both extremely triggered by people speaking other languages around them, which is a roundabout way of saying they both recently went on viral racist rants.

About two weeks ago, a video surfaced of Pocha berating three men at a Lethbridge, Alberta Denny’s. In the clip, she repeatedly accused the customers seated next to her of not being Canadian and not paying taxes, gesturing wildly all the while. “Shut your fucking mouth then, ‘cause you know what? You’re dealing with a Canadian woman right now and I will leap across this table and punch you right in your fucking mouth,” Pocha said at one point.

Then, last week, Schlossberg was caught on video freaking out at staff and customers at a cafe for speaking Spanish, when, in his opinion, “they should be speaking English.”

“My guess is, they’re not documented, so my next call is to [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] to have each one of them kicked out of my country,” Schlossberg said. "If they have the balls to come here and live off my money, I pay for their welfare.” This isn’t the only time he’s been caught being a bigoted dick in public.

Pocha and Schlossberg have faced the consequences of going viral—the former was fired from her job at Cranbrook Dodge, while Yelp reviews of Schlossberg’s law firm are currently a trash fire and he lost his office space. After their rants blew up, they both also issued public apologies that rang so hollow I almost wish they hadn’t bothered.

Let’s deconstruct what Schlossberg had to say, line by line:

“To the people I insulted, I apologize. Seeing myself online opened my eyes—the manner in which I expressed myself is unacceptable and is not the person I am. I see my words and actions hurt people, and for that I am deeply sorry.”

Translation: I’m embarrassed that the whole world caught me being a total asshole.

“While people should be able to express themselves freely, they should do so calmly and respectfully.”

Translation: I secretly still hold this shitty opinion and I’m resentful that i’m being shamed into apologizing for it.

“What the video did not convey is the real me. I am not racist. One of the reasons I moved to New York is precisely because of the remarkable diversity offered in this wonderful city. I love this country and this city in part because of immigrants and the diversity of cultures immigrants bring to this country.”

Translation: I have some black friends who are also lawyers and I like eating butter chicken.

“Again, my sincerest apologies to anyone and everyone I hurt. Thank you.”

Translation: Please stop fucking with my business.

The whole thing actually reads like an exercise in insincerity (he posted it on LinkedIn ffs), but the part that really grinds my gears is the whole “this isn’t the real me” line. If this guy feels ballsy enough to berate a group of people in a crowded cafe in one of the most crowded and yes, diverse, cities in the world, I’m thinking that’s the real him. He wasn’t even drunk (though if he was, drunk words are sober thoughts). Plus, this is part of a pattern of behaviour, as he previously called a man from Massachusetts an “ugly fucking foreigner" when he bumped into him on the street and made anti-Semitic comments towards an Orthodox Jewish man who was in a protest, according to CNN. The fact that he’s a lawyer who threatened to call immigration on the people at the cafe strongly suggest Schlossberg is on a massive power trip. It reminded me of the reports that former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman told girlfriends he allegedly abused, “I am the law.” To be clear, there is no evidence Schlossberg ever physically assaulted anyone.

Pocha’s apology, if you can call it that, came through an interview with Lethbridge News Now in which she claimed she was drunk and became “provoked” when she heard her fellow Denny’s customers speaking in a language she didn’t know.

“If I could take it back, I would. But I can't,” she said, describing the incident as part of an “off” day. “I even went back to Denny's and apologised to the manager, to the server. I told the manager if I could apologise to the men that were there, I would, for my actions. Because I mean, that's not who I am."

An “off” day is when you screw up a job interview, or bail on the sidewalk while looking at your phone. Violently threatening strangers and demanding that they go back to their country doesn’t fall into the same category. And it’s telling that she mentioned apologizing to Denny’s staff before the men she actually attacked, as if Denny’s was the priority (maybe she eats there a lot, which is a tragedy in and of itself).

The rest of Pocha’s interview was even more revealing, as she spent it defending her actions.

"I normally don't get that angry, I have to get provoked,” she said. “He decided to hit record when I was extremely irritated and heated. You don't see the whole video, you don't see what was said to me, things like that. So yeah, I'm extremely upset about it, cause it's gotten, I think, way out of hand."

She also noted “I don’t know how to handle this kind of attention.” And that’s really the bottom line, it would seem —she’s pissed that she got busted and it’s really the only reason she’s saying sorry.

I’m not entirely sure what makes a “good” apology for acting racist. But I think coming clean is the first step. Be honest—dive deep into those xenophobic views you have and where they’re coming from, cause they aren’t appearing out of thin air. Do NOT pretend that it’s not who are, nobody is buying that. And maybe make a donation to a local grassroots organization that supports immigrants or people of colour. And then read a book. But if you can’t do any or all of those things, it’s probably best to do what you should have done in the first place and shut the fuck up.

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Gary Halbert – How To Write Sales Letter That Will Make You Rich

Gary Halbert – How To Write Sales Letter That Will Make You Rich

Are you already rich? If not, you need to be 100% certain you make an enormous amount of money in the Year 2005… which… of course… is right around the corner.

Here is why: We are now living in the most uncertain time in the entire history of our country. By this time next year, there may be peace and democracy in Iraq. Or, it could be such an awful mess, it is draining our country of several hundred billion dollars per month.

Or maybe the situation in Iraq will be something in between I just don’t know. Neither do you. And nobody else knows either. what about the price of gasoline?

Maybe it will be ten dollars or more per gallon. (It already is in some countries.) Or maybe it will drop to $1.25 (or less) per gallon. Again, I don’t know and neither do you nor anyone else.

Same thing with the economy in general. A year from now, things may be rosy. Maybe everybody will have jobs and plenty of money. Maybe not. Maybe there will be a 30% unemployment rate and most people will be struggling just to survive. Maybe it will turn out to be something in the middle.

Terrorism! Maybe they’ll blow up the Statue of Liberty, the stock exchange and the two nuclear power plants just south of Los Angeles. Maybe nothing will happen. The point is…

Nobody In The World

Can Now Predict The Future

With Any Degree Of Certainty Whatsoever!

But, I’ll tell you what I CAN do: I can show you (if you act right now) how to make a ton of money in 2005… no matter what happens!

Look, about 30 years ago, I decided I wanted to become the best copywriter who ever lived. I’ve achieved that goal. At least I’ve achieved it in my own mind (the only place that really counts) and, to my own satisfaction. Now, I want something different. Now I want…

To Be The Best

Copywriting Teacher In The World!

And, by God, I think maybe I am. Listen up: I have a friend who is, arguably, the deadliest man on earth when it comes to hand-to-hand fighting. What he likes, after he trains someone is, to have that person go hang out in biker bars. He doesn’t tell them to pick fights… because… he knows the bikers will take care of that part.

Anyway, just to stay “tuned-up” my friend goes out to a biker bar every once in a while, all by himself. He just sits there until one or more bikers (the more the merrier) starts to pick a fight with him… and then…

He Beats The Living Shit Out

Of Everybody In The Bar!

He’s been doing this for years. Now, let me ask you something: If you HAD to learn how to fight (like maybe you knew you were going to have to defend your wife, your kids or one of your closest friends) who would you want to teach you how to fight? Some movie star, kick-boxing, karate guy like Chuck Norris (who literally has never been in a fight in his life)?

I don’t think you’d chose him to teach you. Not if your life depended on it.

I think you’d rather be trained by someone like my friend who has… in real life … been putting his ass on the line for years… and… who is always ready to do it again.

Anytime. Anywhere. Anyplace.

The choice is obvious. Unless you are a complete moron, you always bet on a guy who “walks-the-walk” instead of some lame dipshit who just “talks-the-talk”. And, when it comes to copywriting… I’m the one who “walks-the-walk”… and… walks it best! I’m the only teacher in the world who has been hanging out in the “biker bars of marketing” for more than 30 years… and… who is always ready and willing to prove he is the best copywriter who ever lived.

Anytime. Anywhere. Anyplace.

Do you have the guts to go into the baddest “biker bars of marketing” with me? I’m NOT going to lie and tell you it’s going to be easy. I’m NOT going to lie and tell you it’s not going to be scary.

It is NOT easy. It IS scary. It’ll jolt the hell out of you. But if you have the “heart” for it…

You Can Achieve Total Financial Freedom

For The Rest Of Your Life!

You can get everything you need in the way of “equipment” from your local drug store for $1.39. (I actually went out and priced it.) You can, if you choose, work at home from your kitchen table. You can live anywhere you want. You can make huge amounts of money in a remote “Unabomber-type” cabin, a motor home, a boat… or… a mansion (you’ll be able to afford one)… or… a more conventional type “normal” office. It just doesn’t matter.

Best of all, you will never have to kiss anybody’s ass for money… ever again!

Listen up: A long time ago, I met a man I thought I despised. I was in the Army in Fort Knox, Kentucky in basic training. He was a little Puerto Rican guy and he was my platoon sergeant. He was very unfair to me. Once, we were going through tear gas training and my mask slipped off and I got sick. During the march back to camp, I felt so bad, I fell down. I figured my sergeant would tell some of the other guys to hold me up and help me make it back.

However, he didn’t “exactly” do that. No, instead he yelled to the other guys… “Don’t stop for him! Walk right over him! Kick him as you go by! KICK HIM!”

I got up and made it all by myself.

He hardly ever let me get any sleep either. Maybe an average of three hours per night. He made me the “goat” of the platoon. I got all the shitty assignments. No matter how bad I felt, how little sleep I got, he just kept pushing… pushing… and pushing me. I can still remember him yelling at me right after I’d field-stripped my M1 rifle ( that dates me, doesn’t it?) and was having trouble putting it back together.

This guy just didn’t care. Like I said, it didn’t matter if I was sick, exhausted from lack of sleep, nauseous from tear gas or whatever. He just kept pushing, yelling and forcing me to perform.

I hated him. I mean, I REALLY hated him.

Or, so I thought. You see, when basic training was over (finally, thank God), he had a private conversation with me. He told me not to have a bad opinion of myself. That he didn’t. He said that during every basic training bootcamp, there is always one guy who gets picked to be the “goat”… and… how that guy always gets pushed harder than the others. How the “goat” sort of sets the standard (in basic training) for what a soldier can endure. He told me he really cared about me. How much he wanted me to make it. How important that was to him.

He was telling the truth.

You know, since that time, I’ve had to (as I’m sure you have also) walk down many mean streets. For three years I was an MP in Europe operating under extremely stressful conditions. I was selected to go through some very special training at a certain U.S. government “facility” in Oberammergau, Germany… the existence of which… is not even dreamed about by any civilians and, very few commanding officers. Even in the highest echelons of the military. I think maybe I shouldn’t write much about that but, I can tell you, the violent types I was introduced to there are far worse than any nightmare you’ve ever had. I’ve been a prison guard and a prison inmate. I’ve gone up against guys with guns, guys with knives… and once… I had to cripple a guy twice my size who just simply gave me no other choice.

The problem with all this is, I’m not an especially tough person and this kind of stuff really frightens me. What has been even more scary is standing up to the U.S. government and all the steel-edged, stone-cold, ethically devoid, soulless assholes you encounter when trying to do business in America these days. But so far (thank God and cross my fingers) I’ve survived it all… and even prospered BIG TIME… and… I do believe part of my survival and part of my successes (business, personal and military) can be credited to the “mindset training” I got from that little Puerto Rican drill sergeant.

See, he knew something I didn’t. He knew, in real life, you don’t get to yell, “Time out” when you are sick, tired and scared… and then… have the enemy cut you some slack. NO! As real life teaches us all…

The Enemy Will Rejoice In

And Exploit Your Misery!

So it is in the battlefields of war. And, so it is in the battlefields of business.

Listen: Some time ago, I gave a seminar most of my readers don’t know about. It was a brutal seminar. At the end of that seminar, one man was sobbing. He’d become so emotional, he couldn’t speak any more. Was he angry with me? No, not all. He was grateful. What I did was, I attacked and demolished a project he was working on which didn’t have a prayer of succeeding. I made him “GET IT” right then and there… before… he wasted any more of his time and money. I wrote out on my easel and made him scream the following instructions…

“Abandon This Stupid,

Bullshit Project!”

It wasn’t an act of cruelty. It was an act of kindness. And, I’m proud to say he and everyone else in that seminar room perceived it as such.

Ever hear of Jeff Paul? In those days he was so broke, he couldn’t afford to eat in the restaurant where the seminar was being held. What he was doing (unbeknownst to me) was hiding out in his hotel room with his wife and they were eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

At that time, Jeff was trying to sell a $700 golf putter… and… I wrote a sales letter for him at the seminar right there in front of him and all the other attendees.

Jeff and his wife don’t eat many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches anymore. He’s a multi, multi-millionaire with TV infomercials, and Internet and direct mail promotions that provide him with all the time and money to buy or do… anything he wants!

And what about Joe Polish? Ever hear of him? The top guru of carpet cleaners? He was there too. Ask him how many millions he has made because of me.

Another attendee was Ross Jeffries, a guy who teaches “Speed Seduction.” Now he “suffers” trying to figure out what to do with all the money and women he’s got. Ask him what that seminar did for him.

Look, I can’t take credit for the success of Jeff Paul, Joe Polish, Ross Jeffries and all the others who became rich because of what they learned at my seminar. They made their successes themselves. And, I believe they have so much drive and ambition, they all would have made it with or without me.

But, I do think I can take a little credit for being the “ass-kicker” that got them all “jump started”.

You know, at that seminar, there were a number of people who had been reading my newsletters and going to my seminars for more than ten years. Every so often, one of them would stand up and say something like this:

“Listen to Gary, damnit! I had a hard time myself accepting something he had told me to do six years ago… but… he was right. And now, well now I make over $1,000,000 per year!”

By the way, that particular remark was made by Dr. Gerald McCarthy of Omaha, Nebraska. Who said… as near as he can figure… he has made about 9-¾ million dollars from doing everything I taught him.

I’ve never had testimonial letters like the ones that poured in from the attendees of that seminar. I’m thinking about having them all bound together and literally making a book out of them. Can you imagine…

Having An Entire Book Of

Nothing But Rave Testimonials?!

Enough. Blowing your own horn is fine but, there should be a limit… even for me. So, let’s get to the important stuff. Just what was it I taught these people which seems to have literally turned around so many of their lives? Well, first and foremost, I revealed to them what I promised to reveal. Here’s a summary of just a small part of the important data I delivered:

This time, I truly spilled my guts! For the first time in my career, I revealed everything I know about how to write “killer” sales letters. Including, all my special “dirty tricks” that don’t give other copywriters even a chance… when… they’re up against me! I taught them… what to write about… and… how to write it. I taught them the exact words to use!

I taught them how to write brilliant copy… even on those days… when their minds are frozen !

I taught them exactly what “theme” they should take with different kinds of sales letters!

I gave them a “masterpiece collection” of 57 sales letters… already written and tested … that have already been mailed and have already pulled in millions of dollars!

Do you have any idea what a collection of “masterpiece letters” like this is worth? A real, no-bullshit collection of “killer” letters that have made copywriters rich? You won’t ever get a collection of letters like this from anyone else. These are letters anybody can “modify” to work for any mailing campaign in the entire world!

I taught the attendees how to write a sales letter to get themselves a woman. A new job. A new client. To jump-start a new business. To sell their house. To “steal” a valuable employee from another company. In short, I taught all of them how to write a sales letter… that… would get them anything they wanted !

I explained how to get hundreds of glowing (and true) testimonials from all of their customers for free… and exactly… what to do with them to generate bigger profits!

I taught them how to write copy so it “talks-the-talk” of any group of people to whom they write a sales message. This secret weapon will make even the most skeptical of prospects… stand in line and beg the person who wrote the letter to take their money!

A weird (but effective) way to find the mailing lists that are perfect for your campaigns… and… how to test those lists… without mailing a single letter!

A truly “no brainer” (yet almost always overlooked) way to “bump up” the size of your average order by 112% or more… automatically !

The exact words you should use to write a money-back guarantee that… increases sales … and… reduces refunds!

A “can’t miss” way to get cash-rich investors to bankroll your projects… at zero interest !

How to immediately find and qualify that special “core group” of people who will be the best customers you will ever have! (It seems nobody but me knows it… but… there is always what I call the “list-hidden-in-the-list” which is made up of people who are… starving to buy what you are selling!)

A simple way to identify those special mailing lists that almost can’t fail to make a profit! (This is so simple, even someone “braindead” could do it.)

What kind of music you should always have playing when you are working… and… what exact volume it should be. NOTE: This will improve the quality of your writing by 9%!

What exact temperature the room where you are writing must be. This will give you another edge ! (A 7% edge to be exact.)

Exactly what you must eat (on days when you are writing)… and… exactly when you should eat it! (Another 4% edge.)

The amazing secret of how to make compiled lists work. These are the biggest lists of all (some of them have 160 million names)… and… when you learn this , your profit potential will expand almost beyond belief!

How to create your very own super hot mailing list for spare change… and why… this could turn into your hottest profit center ever!

Listen up: I taught the attendees each one of those secrets… and… MUCH MORE! You can ask anybody who was there. But, I went beyond (way beyond) what I promised to deliver. What I actually delivered (in addition to what I promised) was something… far more valuable!

And, it is this “something” that got everybody frothing at the mouth. Here’s part of it: One of the attendees, Larry Lee, a really neat little Oriental guy, asked me the following question:

“Gary, what is the one best thing each of us could do to make $1,000,000 in the next 12 months?”

I paused to think for a moment… and then… I spilled out a step-by-step, high-speed method of EXACTLY what I would do… if I were starting from zero… and.. I HAD to make a million dollars in the next 12 months.

You know, I did not anticipate that question. And, to come up with the answer, I had to go into my “gun-to-the-head” mode of thinking. This is where I put myself (on an emotional basis) where it feels like someone… for real … will murder my children if I don’t write a winner… or… as, in this case, come up with a winning plan.

And guess what else? I didn’t even know I knew what I knew… until… I was put on the spot by that question. There was a sense of tension, anticipation and wonderment… but… when I finished giving a BRILLIANT answer to that question…

The Entire Room Burst

Into Simultaneous

Applause!

There were a lot of surprises at that seminar. Even for me. The room was crackling with electricity. Nothing compares to the excitement of working with a group of world-class minds and people supercharged with excitement and totally… “tuned in” and “turned on” by what all of us were focusing on!

And listen to this: This is the very best seminar on copywriting I have ever given. Or, for that matter, anyone else has ever given. This seminar occurred shortly before the new millennium. And mostly, it was about how to profit using what is now called “off-line” methods of doing business. But you know what? Everything I taught these people is now… because of the viability of the world wide web and the Internet…

1,000% Times MORE Valuable!

All of this seminar was captured on audio tape. But those tapes were stolen and after they were recovered, they were lost. (It’s a long story and I’ll probably write about it some day in one of my newsletters.) But guess what? Because of all the recent hurricanes in Florida, I had to go to my storage facility and check on the condition of all the supplies and products we keep there for safe keeping. And guess what? In the course of doing this inventory…

I Found The Tapes

Of That Copywriting Seminar!

If you are serious about making money, you need to have these tapes. And… you should probably listen to them at least three or four times… every year… for the rest of your life.

When you listen to these tapes, it’s going to be like you were sitting right there next to me at the seminar in person. You see, I was “mic’d up” with a Shure pro-quality cordless lavaliere… so… YOU can hear every whisper I uttered. (Something most of the attendees often missed.) There were constant distractions at the seminar too. The attendees couldn’t hit the “pause” button and go to the bathroom, or get a drink of water, or listen to whatever insanity their neighbor was discharging into their ear while I was talking. The attendees were constantly swamped with stimuli, which was exciting and good for on-the-spot learning… but… they often missed things too. However…

YOU Won’t Miss

A Single Second!

There were surprises for me too in these tapes! Because, you see, there were four “ambient” microphones spread around the room. Therefore, there isn’t a question, comment or rude muttering that gets lost. Listening to these audio tapes, you are not just a “fly on the wall”… it’s more like… you are God … with the nearly omnipotent power to hear everything… and… know everything from an insider’s viewpoint. And if you miss anything, all you have to do is rewind and hear it again!

By the way, I advertised for “Speed Demon Typists” in the Miami Herald , got 199 replies, and hired a “virtual platoon” of the best typists in Miami to transcribe every word spoken at the seminar.

So, if you purchase these seminar tapes, you will ALSO get a complete set of what I call the “57 Masterpiece Letters”… AND… a written transcript of the seminar.

Are you starting to get the idea that maybe I took this seminar more seriously than any other seminar I’ve ever given? If so… YOU ARE RIGHT!

One day, while I was driving in my car listening to some audio tapes, I had an epiphany. I realized this was the first seminar I’d ever given where… I held nothing back … and instead of trying to please the audience and tell them what they “thought” they needed to know…

I Taught Them What They

Really NEEDED To Know!

What I did for that audience of attendees is much like what that brutal little Puerto Rican drill sergeant did for me. He “got” to me. In ways that have benefitted me all the rest of my life. And I have come to realize that, what I have to teach, if I do NOT hold back… can literally…

Transform People’s Lives!

And now, I have, I believe, found my “mission” in life. It may sound corny but, I really LOVE making a difference. In all honesty, I believe what I have to share with people is totally unique, extremely valuable… and… available nowhere else on earth!

Can you imagine what it would be like to never again have to kiss anybody’s ass… or… do anything… you don’t want to do, in order to get money? Can you imagine having a business that brings in thousands of orders every day… and… running it from your kitchen table, your bedroom, or even your back yard… with zero employees? You CAN have it!

Do It! Get This Material!

STOP MESSING AROUND WITH YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW! This is the real , no-bullshit way to financial independence. My attendees raved about this seminar even though…

They had to pay round-trip airfare to come! They had to take time off from their own businesses or jobs! They had to pay hotel and other travel expenses! Plus, of course, they had to pay the $2,700.00 tuition fee to attend the seminar! Some of those attendees forked over (when you consider their expenses) nearly $8,000 to attend this 3-day event. But, all you have to pay to get all the audios (there are 18 tapes recorded on both sides)… the written transcript of the seminar… and… the “57 Masterpiece Letters”… is the tuition fee. That’s right. You only have to pay the $2,700 tuition fee which was just a small portion of what the attendees had to sacrifice for the same information.

What this package is, is a culmination of my life’s work … and…

YOUR Key To

Financial Independence!

You can order this material by check or credit card. I’ll even let you make payments if necessary. But, there is a “catch”. You have to talk with me personally before you can order… and… there’s a reason for this. You see, I’ve discovered a secret anybody can use to make a lot of money… if… they use it…

Between Now And

The First Of The New Year!

It’s a secret that will work because of the conflict of the Middle East. And, it will work like crazy! If you can’t make money with this secret, you are beyond all hope. And listen: Making money by using this secret will not make you unpatriotic. Just the opposite. You will be making money because of the situation in the Middle East… and… by using this secret, you will be helping solve the problems over there.

You are NOT going to learn this secret over the Internet. And, I am NOT going to reveal it to you in a letter. You can ONLY learn it from me personally by talking to me on the phone AFTER you have decided to buy the seminar tapes I have described in this letter.

So, if you want to get the tapes and materials described in this letter (and the very time-sensitive money-making secret), you must talk with me personally.

Are you interested in any of this? If so, you need to e-mail me your name and telephone number and tell me what time zone you are in and a couple of different times for me to call you.

But, we’ve got to do this quick like a bunny. You see, I know this secret will work until the first of the year. And, I think it will work after that. But, I can’t be sure because the situation in the Middle East changes quite rapidly.

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