Beach Magic I went down to the beach a couple weeks ago. There was a guy sitting there, staring out at the ocean, playing a Ukulele. He stopped right when I looked at him, and told me he could control people’s behaviors with his music. Music Teacher https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Mar31Loop.mp4 There was a music […]
Music Algorithm
Loves To Code I have a friend who is a programmer, and he makes a lot of money doing it. Even though he loves programming, he also loves music. One of his hobbies recently has been creating an algorithm to create pop music that won’t be discernable from human written music. Linguistic […]
Energy Storage Strategies
Getting Ready For Winter The idea of squirrels collecting nuts for the winter is a structure than you can find everywhere. Inmates tend to hoard food in their cell, as it feels good to have a secret stash of energy if you ever need this. Preppers also store months of food in case […]
Invisible Violin Player
Water Boy A few years ago some guy came by selling some water filters. He tried the puppy dog close, which is a pretty good closing technique, as it leverages commitment and consistency, as well as liking. But it does require you present your offer well, and you actually have a product that […]
Hypnotic Stranger Parties
Door To Door Wizard I used to know this guy that was always looking for ways to make money. He only sometimes broke the law, but he was always skating the boundaries of moral and ethical norms. He loved to make money, but he absolutely hated to be part of any organization. […]
Holographic Disaster
Educational Documentary I saw this documentary about how messed up the school systems are, and as an example, they used this algebra teacher that was trying his hardest to get fired. If he got fired, he’d get his full salary and benefits but if he quit, he wouldn’t get squat. So he decided […]
Unintended Mind Control
Hobby Shop I found this used electronic shop downtown. They had a bunch of old kits, and what looked like some homemade gadgets that didn’t seem to have any indication what this was. I asked the guy behind the counter, and he didn’t know what this was either. His dad had opened […]
Jesus Origin Story
Long Game Dating I knew this guy who was had been madly in love with this girl for a long, long time, and finally had convinced her to go on date with him. He got a reservation in the most expensive restaurant in town, certain that he would impress her enough for another date, […]
They’re In Your Brain
Angry Genius There was this really intelligent engineer that absolutely hated his job. He didn’t hate his job directly, he hated his job indirectly. He was and had been really good at his job for fifteen years. But during that time he neglected his wife and family, she had an affair, divorced and […]
Secret Cupcake Party
Sweet Old Lady There’s this old lady who works in a bakery. Her husband died about a decade ago, and left her everything, so she is really well off. She doesn’t need to work, she likes very much to work, to interact with the happy customers of her bakery. She’s also been […]
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