09-05-2018, 11:47 PM | #376 |
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Sorry, I got busy and I'm behind, but I did watch episode 08. I have my own multi-level marketing story to tell:
Something like five years ago, I spotted a dude doing bench press in the gym (of course, he claimed that he used to be bench 100 more pounds 5 years ago. That should have been the first red flag right there) and then he started talking about how he was working hard at building his "business," asked me if I was happy with my job ("eh not really") and said that he had a really good business opportunity for me. Curious, I asked him what it was, but he was extremely vague and just kept talking about how he's continuing to build his "business" and went on and on about how his "mentor" made $15,000 a month doing the same thing. I kept asking him what it was but he REFUSED to tell me and remained vague. Instead, he gave me a small book and told me that if I was interested in the business opportunity, I should read it and then meet him at a coffee shop in a couple days. I read the book, and it was a Robert Kiyosaki book talking about how people who work wage jobs are sheep, and you're reading this book because you're NOT a sheep, etc. etc. It then moved on to talk about how one example of how you can make tons of money is if you use your genius marketing skills to convince 10 people to buy products off you, then each of them in turn will find 10 people to buy products, and each of them will find 10 more people, and on and on it goes, and you'll get a cut from ALL those hundreds of saplings that you planted! Since the book only appeared to give that as one example of making money, and that didn't appear to be the whole point of the book, I still wasn't connecting the dots and didn't know what the guy was getting at by giving me this book. To be honest, I thought that he might be a drug dealer and that's the reason why he was being vague and mysterious lol. At the time, I was watching Breaking Bad and the idea of being a drug dealer was kinda romantic to me, and I thought hmmm maybe I should try this out! I met with the guy at the coffee shop and I demanded that he give it to me straight WHAT exactly the business opportunity was. I "joked" that I was wondering if he was asking me to become a drug dealer because he was so vague. He laughed and said no, but if I want to find out what the business opportunity is, I need to meet him at this big gathering that's going to take place in a conference room downtown. Dress semi-formal. Disappointed that I wasn't going to become the next meth kingpin, I was like: "Errrr, okay. Maybe I'll meet you there?" and went home. That's when I realized that this was probably some scam bullshit. I happened to notice that he was wearing a shirt that said "Nutri[something, I forget what the company name was exactly]." I Googled the name and found out they were a "multi level marketing company" (I had never heard of the term before), did some research on what it was, and that's when I finally realized it was some stupid pyramid scheme. I'm guessing that the reason why the guy refused to tell me what the "business opportunity" was was because he was trained to be vague with people he's trying to recruit so he can get them to attend that gathering he was talking about (probably resembled that guy giving the presentation in the Tonegawa episode), where all his guys could team up, rah rah to the target about how much money they're making and he can too, then pressure him to buy a bunch of products and sell them to all his friends and family.
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09-11-2018, 06:05 PM | #377 |
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Up through episode 11, which really hit it out of the park.
I'm happy to see it doesn't feel like -another- Saul or Fear the Walking Dead. |
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This series wasn't strong enough on its own to sustain my interest (and also hurt that they replaced Tonegawa's CV) but I might pick it up again given this is a remarkable anime season with a lot of watchable titles.
That said, do we add this one to the list? Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou Quote:
Airing October 10!!
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Tonegawa, I can watch. The asshole who led the bad guys during the chinchiron arc, I cannot watch. I don't understand how or why someone would even want to give him his own spin-off. I ... will have to give a hard pass to that one for now. Someone will have to convince me it's worth the pick-up later if I'm to ever watch it.
What's next? An Andou spin-off?
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Sorry I haven't posted in a few weeks. Episode 15 really bummed me out for being a second Ohtsuki episode, and then I didn't get a chance to watch 16 or 17 until tonight. But I've just now caught up on both of those, so ... no post for 15 , and will go ahead and write separate halves for 16 and 17.
Tonegawa Episode 16: Spoiler: show Tonegawa Episode 17: Spoiler: show
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11-09-2018, 06:08 PM | #386 |
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What's your favourite anime movie? I have absolutely no idea what you're referencing here!
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11-09-2018, 08:28 PM | #388 |
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rofl, that seems horribly inappropriate in a Fukumoto universe unless you succumb to the yaoi memes.
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