#unstoppable

[classycookiexo]

[aychama]

Cuddly narilamb 🥰

[nukudraws]

[aiweirdness]

I discovered I can make chatgpt hallucinate tumblr memes:

This is hilarious and also I have just confirmed that GPT-4 does this too.

Bard even adds dates and user names and timelines, as well as typical usage suggestions. Its descriptions were boring and wordy so I will summarize with a timeline:

I think this one was my favorite:

Finding whatever you ask for, even if it doesn't exist, isn't ideal behavior for chatbots that people are using to retrieve and summarize information. It's like weaponized confirmation bias.

more at aiweirdness.com

[tyrannosaurus-maxy]

Sophie was in a kart by the age of 10. By 14 she was a serious force, Belgian national champion and subsequently competing in the world championship for five years. But her career was cut short when she became pregnant with Max at the age of 22. That’s when her dreams of breaking through into car racing – she was hoping to compete in DTM (German Touring Car Championship) or GT racing – were put on hold, forever as it turned out. Van der Grint, as Bridgestone’s chief karting tyre engineer, was responsible for choosing the squad of drivers who would test the company’s products. He wanted only the fastest karters available. ‘We only had five or six of those out of over a hundred. They were drivers who were very fast and she was one of them. I don’t mean a good driver for a woman – I hate that. No, she was absolutely a top driver. She beat Jos in one of the important races. She won the Andrea Margutti Trophy in ’95, beat all the big stars. Sophie is a very lovely person and is the relaxed side of Max. As an example, she’d always bring chocolates, trying to build a team around her. She made it a personal relationship, it was nice. She knew everyone and was very social – and Max also has this.’ ‘The Margutti Trophy was a big deal,’ states Michel Vacirca, boss of the Netherlands CRG karting team. ‘It was almost like a world championship. That was a huge result for Sophie.’ A fledgling Jenson Button could also see the potential in Sophie: ‘Sophie was my teammate in karts in ’95 in Paul Lemmens’ GKS team. She was a professional kart racer, there because she was one of the best in the world.’ Christian Horner, who was trying to compete against her in his own fledgling career at the time, believes, ‘She was definitely in the top 10 karters in the world at that time. I raced against her back in 1989. There was a European championship in Parma, Italy that then qualified you for the world championship in Zaragoza, Spain, and she was properly quick. And this was the time of Trulli, Fisichella, Jan Magnussen (who won it that year), Dario Franchitti. There was a really strong group of talent coming through and she was amongst it.'

Unstoppable by Mark Hughes, 2023

[unstoppableaaliyah]

we need a resolution, circa 2001

this song and music video was so ahead of its time, they weren't ready. Aaliyah was and still is THAT girl.

[deebrisbyfish]

Yeah, I'm 50 years old as of, technically, tomorrow, and for the last year or so, I've been dreading it. Dreading it, mostly, because it is a MAJOR trigger for my ever-present impostor syndrome that makes me focus on everything I HAVEN'T accomplished in life. I tend to depress myself fairly easily.

Also, if you're wondering why a strip in December is parodying the original, 1978 HALLOWEEN, it's because I wrote this in October and drew it in early November. The spooky season was still in the front of my mind. Plus, visualizing my anxiety with a fun parody was a LOT more fun than me just going on and on about it with lots of... words. Crap, I'm doing that HERE, aren't I? D'oh!

[istar-gzng]

𝑯𝑶𝑾 𝑻𝑶 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝒀 𝑼𝑵𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷𝑷𝑨𝑩𝑳𝑬 𝑫𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑮𝑯 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺

𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠- 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑢𝑠 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 : 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢; ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠. 𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒, 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛.

1. 𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑳 𝑰𝑻 𝑨𝑳𝑳, 𝑩𝑼𝑻 𝑫𝑶𝑵'𝑻 𝑳𝑬𝑻 𝑰𝑻 𝑪𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑼𝑴𝑬 𝒀𝑶𝑼

𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑠 : 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑓𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠- 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑦 : 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.

❥︎ 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑜 : 𝐴𝑐𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑙𝑒𝑑𝑔𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠. 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑐𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜. 𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡 𝑖𝑡, 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑢𝑝. 𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛; 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡.

2. 𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑻𝑬 𝑨 𝑺𝑨𝑭𝑬 𝑺𝑷𝑨𝑪𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑭𝑼𝑬𝑳𝑺 𝒀𝑶𝑼

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐, 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝐴 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟.

❥︎ 𝐷𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 : 𝐶𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑂𝑙𝑑 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠, 𝑡𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒, 𝑏𝑎𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑠- 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑒.

❥︎ 𝑆𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑏𝑒 : 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠, 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠, 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑠- 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑦.

3. 𝑹𝑬𝑾𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑵𝑨𝑹𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑬

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦. 𝐹𝑙𝑖𝑝 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠��'𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑- 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

❥︎ 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 : 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔, "𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒?" 𝑎𝑠𝑘, "𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒? 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟?"

❥︎ 𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝐴𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 : 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑦. 𝑆𝑎𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒:

"𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠."

"𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑔ℎ 𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡."

4. 𝑹𝑶𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑻𝑰𝑪𝑰𝒁𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑱𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑵𝑬𝒀

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑓𝑢𝑙. 𝑃𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑒- 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑑𝑑𝑠.

𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝐷𝑜 :

❥︎ 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒, 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘 𝑎𝑚𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒.

❥︎ 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙. 𝐺𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑒𝑑? 𝑉𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘? 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒.

5. 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑴𝑰𝑻 𝑻𝑶 𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑰𝑷𝑳𝑰𝑵𝑬 𝑶𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑴𝑶𝑻𝑰𝑽𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑶𝑵

𝑀𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑠𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘- 𝑖𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠. 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒? 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑖𝑡.

𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑁𝑜𝑛-𝑁𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 :

❥︎ 𝑊𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 (𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘).

❥︎ 𝑇𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦, 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙.

❥︎ 𝑆ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦.

6. 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑬𝑳 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑷𝑨𝑰𝑵 𝑰𝑵𝑻𝑶 𝑷𝑶𝑾𝑬𝑹

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑖����𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔? 𝑅𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑡. 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑡𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡, 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑟. 𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤.

❥︎ 𝑃ℎ𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 : 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑜𝑢𝑡, 𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑏𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑛𝑔- 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛.

❥︎ 𝐶𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑂𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠 : 𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒, 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔- 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒.

7. 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑻𝑬𝑪𝑻 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑬𝑵𝑬𝑹𝑮𝒀 𝑨𝑻 𝑨𝑳𝑳 𝑪𝑶𝑺𝑻𝑺

𝑇𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

❥︎ 𝑆𝑒𝑡 𝐵𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 : 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑦 𝑛𝑜 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ.

❥︎ 𝐿𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡 𝑆𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 : 𝐼𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓, 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑌𝑂𝑈.

8. 𝑳𝑶𝑶𝑲 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑻, 𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑵 𝑾𝑯𝑬𝑵 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑫𝑶𝑵'𝑻 𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑳 𝑰𝑻

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑟 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒? 𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒.

❥︎ 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑃𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 : 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ.

❥︎ 𝐺𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 : 𝐴 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑦. 𝐴 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒, ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟, 𝑜𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑏𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑝 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡.

9. 𝑲𝑬𝑬𝑷 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑽𝑰𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑪𝑳𝑶𝑺𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻

𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟- 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠. 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠.

❥︎ 𝑉𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 : 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡.

❥︎ 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛 : 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒. 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦, 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑙𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠.

10. 𝑴𝑶𝑽𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑺𝑰𝑳𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬, 𝑳𝑬𝑻 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑺𝑼𝑪𝑪𝑬𝑺𝑺 𝑺𝑷𝑬𝑨𝑲

𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑠.

𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝐼𝑡 𝑀𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 : 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦. 𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚.

11. 𝑺𝑼𝑹𝑹𝑶𝑼𝑵𝑫 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹𝑺𝑬𝑳𝑭 𝑾𝑰𝑻𝑯 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑬𝑵𝑮𝑻𝑯

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒- 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

❥︎ 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑇𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 : 𝑇ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑢𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

❥︎ 𝐶𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑊𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 : 𝐼𝑓 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ��𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦.

12. 𝑭𝑬𝑬𝑫 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑫 𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑺𝑶𝑼𝑳

𝑇𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦.

❥︎ 𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐵𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 : 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ.

❥︎ 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑃𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 : 𝐹𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑜'𝑣𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒.

❥︎ 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 : 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

13. 𝑹𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑴𝑩𝑬𝑹 𝑾𝑯𝑶 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑨𝑹𝑬

𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟.

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡.

❥︎ 𝐴𝑛𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 : 𝑊𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓.

𝑅𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝐷𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑦:

❥︎ "𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔."

❥︎ "𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝐼'𝑚 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒."

14. 𝑻𝑹𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑷𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑬𝑺𝑺

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝑇𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟.

𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝑴

𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟 : 𝑡𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟. 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑.

𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔- 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒? 𝑈𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑡.

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2007's Astonishing X-Men Vol.3 #22 cover by artist John Cassaday and colorist Laura Martin.

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Ma Dong Seok - Unstoppable (2018)

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Fuck it, Adolin Kholin in a dress

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Both slaying in their own special ways 🔍☀️🫡

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Chris Pine as Will Colson in Unstoppable (2010)

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Despite the head start in life, Max has the gift of hunger and application. He has the council estate grit because that’s what Jos put into him, by example and occasionally more directly. The way he did that won’t be found in any parental guidebook and could occasionally stray into what has been criticised as abuse. Take the incident, now racing folklore, at Naples in 2012 when a silly error by Max on track led to Jos being so furious that he left his 15-year-old son at a service station. There was also the time Jos made him walk the several miles from the circuit back to the hotel after another incident on track. Walking in his race suit and carrying his helmet, Max was picked up by a passer-by and given a lift back to the hotel. Upon seeing him arrive earlier than expected, Jos asked how he’d done it so quickly. When Max told him, Jos insisted on taking him back to where he’d been picked up, dropping him off there and making him complete the punishment. Jos’ way of making his points wasn’t gentle, quiet or subtle. Max was enlisted to the cause – the cause of making him the best racing driver he could possibly be – and Jos knew only one way. Compromise or bruised feelings didn’t come into it. But for that to work, Max needed to be more than only vastly talented. It also demanded a very special personality, combining the assertiveness and drive required to be a successful racer but not the often-associated rebellious qualities. It required the resilience to withstand the extremity of Jos’ approach but without replicating his faults.

Unstoppable by Mark Hughes, 2023