We Love the Internet 2019/03: The Empty mason jar of the influencer economy edition

Part 1: For the day job

Things to think about:

• The Art of the Pan: What’s the Point of a Bad Review in 2019?
• Netflix Is Raising Prices. Here’s Why.

Reference points:

• Some video games that are like Bandersnatch, but better
• The 20 best TV dramas since the Sopranos

Longer reads:

• The Empty Mason Jar of the Influencer Economy: The Case of Caroline Calloway and her Creativity Workshop Tour
• How to Lose Tens of Thousands of Dollars on Amazon
• The oral history of the Hampsterdance: The twisted true story of one of the world’s first memes

Part 2: For the lunch-break

Things to play with/watch/listen to:

• Ozzy Man Reviews Best Gymnastics Routine
• When VR Gets Too Real
• Bandersnatch except Stefan is happy, healthy and successful
• El Pollito Pio
• Woman Knocks Over Daughter Trying to do Ballet Spin
• Watch Christian Bale’s Weight Change Drastically Over 12 Roles
• The Best Break 8 Ball Pool Has Ever Seen!
• Liberty Safe of Chattanooga

Things to look at/read:

• Kyler Murray’s NFL Draft Declaration Is an Embarrassment for the A’s—and Baseball
• The Mysterious, Stubborn Appeal of Mass-Produced Fried Chicken
• The Punk Scene in Yakutsk, Russia Turns Isolation Into Inspiration
• Teen Acrobat Shatters Laws Of Physics Into Pieces, Kicks Them Around Gymnastics Gym

Animal corner:

• “Don’t throw hands if you’re not gonna finish it, Janice.”

Tweets of the week:

• how are men still alive
• “ this aint about him “
• If you’re going to get an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, might as well make it count
• You know that bathtub shot in #MaryPoppinsReturns you assumed was CGI?
• com  pretty much summed up in three tweets
• Tinker, Taylor, Solskjaer, Spy
• hello apparently my 57 year old father got into a twitter fight with jiggly caliente

Part 3: For the weekend

Longer reads:

• The hunted
• Jailed, raped, deported, robbed
• Where Have All the Music Magazines Gone?
• When You Give a Teacher a Gun
• Why exercise alone won’t save us
• Protein mania: the rich world’s new diet obsession

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