The Illus Caden

Ninja/Shark taking over more than one market —taking over lifestyle— is a burgeoning signal of "one nation under corporation." This thought came when I saw a commercial for their outdoor patio fire heater. Corporations diversifying and gobbling up the competition does not bode well for the 99%.

Are you seeing all these B and C actors moving into commercials? Stars of long running or cult-following series are showing up—essentially as their famous character—in commercials. This isn't about them, this is about the one industry shrinking (film) and another growing (consumerism.)

Isn't it interesting that Halloween music spiked The Rising Compass to almost a 0 Decent charge?

Whatnot is the premium, high-end sister platform of Vinted. The commodification, social mediazation, monetization infomercial-esque consumerism via staring, scrolling and swiping. If Vinted is passing junk around, what Whatnot is the latest iteration of putting consumerism on a pedestal and gamifying materialism.

Is the new series "The Greatest" how tall tales are made? Think about Paul Bunyan. Based on a real kind of person, embellished by media. In 100 years, what's stopping the Muhammad Ali story from falling victim to Hollywood's embellishment? All the biopics, the Whitney slot machines—is this not how legends begin? The question is, who do we want controlling the stories we collectively share and re-tell?