Sensitive content

This media may contain sensitive content.

Загрузка видео...

Не удалось загрузить видео

На главную

Phimosis, big head, tight skin dicks compilation. Some cheesy! #phimo #phimosis #tightskin #cheesy #uncut

40,111 просмотров • 3 лет назад •via X (Twitter)

Комментарии: 0

Нет доступных комментариев

Здесь появятся комментарии из оригинального поста

Похожие видео

⭐ STOCK AITKEN WATERMAN'S I SHOULD BE SO LUCKY - THE MUSICAL - BRISTOL HIPPODROME ⭐ I LOVE THIS SHOW! ! ! 😅 💖 🌈 ✨ I love I Should Be So Lucky in all its camptastic, cheesy glory lol 🧀 Fans of the genius pop trio Stock Aitken Waterman will have lots to enjoy here, the show is positively STUFFED with their many smash-hits, featuring Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley, Jason Donovan, Bananarama, Mel & Kim, Sonia and many more ✨ (and if you're not a fan, this is the wrong show for you lol 😜) Debbie Isitt has written a big, brash wedding farce to accompany the classic choons, full of outrageous situations, secrets and misunderstandings.... Subtle this is not.... But it is a hell lot of fun 😂 I saw someone describe this show as "Mamma Mia! on steroids" and they ain't wrong 😁 lol This show is full of big voices and hilarious performances, lead by the would-be bride and groom, the fabulous Lucie-Mae Sumner and Billy Roberts 🌟 Incredible vocals by all (especially the leads), stand-outs also Emma Crossley (Jessica Daley, who I saw originally), Melissa Jacques and Kayla Carter ✨ But on the comedy front, the fantastic Giovanni Spanò, Scott Paige and Jamie Chapman delivered the most laughs 🤣 But my favourite addition to the cast had to be the one and only KYLIE MINOGUE 😱..... who appears throughout, in digital form lol Such a fun and clever way to feature her in the show 👑 Big pink hearts, sparkles and sequins feature heavily in the design by Tom Rodgers, which feels perfectly appropriate lol There's also some stellar choreography by Jason Gilkison, which I loved 💃 All in all, this was one of the most fun times I've had in the theatre, in a very long time. I will be booking again, and if you like the sound of the above, you should too! ! ! 💖 X x x

Theatre Fan

23,348 просмотров • 2 лет назад

Some cheesy carnivore snacks for about a buck. 🧀🔥 I made cheese crisps because sometimes you’re not actually “craving” food. You’re craving a texture. Crunch. Something different. Something that isn’t just another bowl of meat. When you’ve been eating very simply for a long time, your body and your mouth get bored, not out of control. That’s an important distinction. You don’t need to buy fancy bags of overpriced carnivore snacks or whatever “clean keto” bullshit is being marketed this week. Especially if money is tight. And especially if you don’t even like pork rinds. If you can tolerate cheese, this is an easy option. All I did was: – slice or shred cheese – drop little piles on parchment – bake until bubbly and crisp That’s it. That’s the recipe. You want a good melting cheese. Cheddar, Colby Jack, mozzarella, pepper jack. Parmesan works, but it doesn’t melt the same way and can be finicky. The better it melts, the better the crisp. What I like about these is: – cheap – zero seed oils – no weird ingredients – satisfies crunch – no emotional spiral afterward And before anyone loses their mind, no, you don’t need to live on cheese crisps. This isn’t a staple. It’s a tool. A bridge. An option. For me, this is the difference between: white-knuckling food choices and feeling like a normal human who can enjoy a snack and move on with their life. That’s the goal. Not perfection. Not purity. Not food policing. Just practical solutions that work in real life. If you’ve been bored, nibbly, or missing crunch, try it. If you hate pork rinds, this is your sign. And if it doesn’t work for you, cool. Eat something else. 🖤

Queen of Carni

33,333 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

the lyrics from the song woonhak made as jaehyun’s birthday present 🧸🎵 “when the burden sitting on your shoulders feels heavy it's okay to put it down for a moment congrats your birthday just for today, it's okay to let go of what's been holding you tight and sleep peacefully brother has it been 4 years since i met hyung those strange jeans and heavy scented perfume the young me fell for that crooked charm asking you this and that about everything i had my first drink (in life) with hyung too and cried for a long time together too now we're sharing life together brother it might sound cheesy but can you get my sincerity? even if there comes a day when you feel like you’re on your own at least i'll always be by your side i know on those days when you feel like crying tell me, and let's share a drink you know you are my best friend it's strange, i can tell just by looking at hyung's face you shut yourself in the room, not saying a word again i know that anxiety won't fade away so easily that's why i'll hold on with you even if it breaks us your spring is coming soon so lift your shoulders high because hyung is my pride even if we died and were born again a thousand times i know some we'd still found each other my friend there's so much i'm sorry for and so much i'm grateful for but i'm sorry i don't express it well myung jaehyun i love you! even if there comes a day when you feel like you’re on your own at least i'll always be by your side i know on those days when you feel like crying tell me, and let's share a drink you know you are my best friend thank you for being the hyung i've always wanted to get since i was young i guess we can just grow old like this and share a coffin together”

노이

71,473 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад

thank you Jung Wooyoung… i saw this edit on tiktok and... i'm grateful that something pushed me to discover Ateez a year ago. sometimes i'm mad at myself for being so late with that. but still – better late than never… i never would have thought someone would come into my heart again, like bands/musicians did when i was a teenager. because how could that be possible? i'm already in my twenties, how could i ever love someone like that again? however, things turned out differently than i expected... from the moment my sister showed me Ateez, i said something like "i think Wooyoung is the coolest..." or "i like Wooyoung the most" and so it just stayed that way i didn't think that my stubborn mind and heart would be able to have a new idol – an idol who is from a completely different world than what i was used to… maybe this world has been with me for some time, and one person has been showing me all this time what i was missing, but entering it last year, when life was terribly fucked up… changed my thinking a bit (life maybe too) i love to love Wooyoung thank you Wooyoung for existing… for saving what was left of my life last year i know these are big words and maybe even a bit tacky... but that's how i feel Wooyoung seemed to show me that there was something more beyond the edge i saw. his voice, his words, his smile, his laugh, and the way his eyes sparkle… he somehow brings me back down to earth. he adds something to my life that's missing – maybe that's why i'm still here so i'll be grateful for that, no matter how it sounds. cheesy or tacky or weird- because maybe half the world knows this flower... but only this flower showed that all petals are beautiful //sorry for that rant…

dagmi ༊*·˚ is seeing Ateez

13,521 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад

“It was an advanced intelligence.” “When he looked into its eyes, it read his mind.” This is the most well-documented UFO crash retrieval ever. And a neurosurgeon who came face to face with a being with “red eyes” just revealed his shocking story: In 1996, a UFO crashed in Varginha, Brazil. A being with red eyes and oily skin was spotted by three young girls—then it was captured by the military and taken to a local hospital run by Dr. Italo Venturelli. Jesse Michels: “You have a person whose credentials are unimpeachable. He runs a chain of hospitals.” “He works on people’s brains as a neurosurgeon.” “He’s a concert pianist.” “And because he’s had a couple of life-threatening illnesses, he comes out and speaks.” “What does he say about his interaction with the being?” James Fox: “The being was very calm.” “It had sort of acquiesced to being in captivity.” “It wasn’t suffering, it wasn’t in pain.” “And he said when he looked into the eyes of it, it read his mind.” “Like it could just read all of his thoughts.” “He’s like, ‘it was an advanced intelligence.’” “I kept saying, ‘what do you mean by that?’” “He goes, ‘there’s nothing here on Earth like it.’” “He called it like an angel.” “One of the last things he said was, ‘there’s so much to learn from the eyes of that being.’” “And you hear other cases in the wild where people talk about looking in the eyes of the creature.” “Ruwa, Zimbabwe.” “Socorro, New Mexico.” “I remember the wife of Lonnie Zamora looking at me and she goes, ‘I don’t know what happened when he looked at that creature, but he was never the same.’” “There’s some communication that occurs with the eyes.” Michels: “What did he say about the physical characteristics?” Fox: “Big head, almond-shaped eyes, they were red.” “The skin was more white than brown.” Jesse Michels James Fox

Holden Culotta

21,607 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

Luke Greenfield on why "The Girl Next Door" (2004) failed at the Box Office: "The Studio executives were expecting something the realm of 'American Pie' (1999) didn't know how to explain to them that it was going to be a lot more real and a lot more edgy and a lot more volatile and unpredictable. I kept saying that, and I don't think they understood it until they saw my director's cut." Greenfield's director's cut was met with mixed reactions from executives because of its adu!t content and dangerous situations. When they got to scenes such as Timothy Olyphant beating the sh!t out of Emile Hirsch and bloodying his face, I remember one of the studio people saying, 'Okay, this is f**king not 'American Pie'. We were really lucky [with the test audience]. We tested the director's cut, and it tested enormously high. So high, in fact, that hardly any changes were made. Arnon Milchon [the head of New Regency] and Tom Rothman, they were literally telling me it was a guaranteed hit. The movie was going to make so much money that it was going to be Arnon Milchon's next 'Pretty Woman' (1990). It was going to hit every demographic. Everyone was talking such an enormous game. Our movie, there was such a challenge, because we're at 20th Century Fox, which at the time was a very conservative studio. The idea that they had to go out there and sell an R-rated movie about teenagers and about a kid falling in love with a p0rn star? They tried. They spent money. They didn't know how to do it. I got in there and I was trying to cut trailers too. We had worked with some of the best trailer editors. In the end, what's really funny is that -- everyone knows this, no one is at fault -- the marketing destroyed the movie. Two weeks prior to coming out, we were tracking that the people who wanted to see the movie were 14 year old girls, The young males, 18 to 30, wanted nothing to do with the film. They thought it looked cheesy and stupid. Never in a million years were they going to see it. I cannot say I was not disappointed when the movie came out. It was a big marketing challenge and they couldn't reach that audience." ("The Juice Was Worth The Squeeze: Looking Back On 'The Girl Next Door'", Christopher Rosen, Huff Post, 2014)
0:38

Sensitive content

Luke Greenfield on why "The Girl Next Door" (2004) failed at the Box Office: "The Studio executives were expecting something the realm of 'American Pie' (1999) didn't know how to explain to them that it was going to be a lot more real and a lot more edgy and a lot more volatile and unpredictable. I kept saying that, and I don't think they understood it until they saw my director's cut." Greenfield's director's cut was met with mixed reactions from executives because of its adu!t content and dangerous situations. When they got to scenes such as Timothy Olyphant beating the sh!t out of Emile Hirsch and bloodying his face, I remember one of the studio people saying, 'Okay, this is f**king not 'American Pie'. We were really lucky [with the test audience]. We tested the director's cut, and it tested enormously high. So high, in fact, that hardly any changes were made. Arnon Milchon [the head of New Regency] and Tom Rothman, they were literally telling me it was a guaranteed hit. The movie was going to make so much money that it was going to be Arnon Milchon's next 'Pretty Woman' (1990). It was going to hit every demographic. Everyone was talking such an enormous game. Our movie, there was such a challenge, because we're at 20th Century Fox, which at the time was a very conservative studio. The idea that they had to go out there and sell an R-rated movie about teenagers and about a kid falling in love with a p0rn star? They tried. They spent money. They didn't know how to do it. I got in there and I was trying to cut trailers too. We had worked with some of the best trailer editors. In the end, what's really funny is that -- everyone knows this, no one is at fault -- the marketing destroyed the movie. Two weeks prior to coming out, we were tracking that the people who wanted to see the movie were 14 year old girls, The young males, 18 to 30, wanted nothing to do with the film. They thought it looked cheesy and stupid. Never in a million years were they going to see it. I cannot say I was not disappointed when the movie came out. It was a big marketing challenge and they couldn't reach that audience." ("The Juice Was Worth The Squeeze: Looking Back On 'The Girl Next Door'", Christopher Rosen, Huff Post, 2014)

DepressedBergman

129,130 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад

These glasses are magic Nano Banana 2 + Seedance 2.0 on BudgetPixel AI prompt Cinematic realistic 15-second live-action scene of a charming first date at an upscale outdoor garden cafe under large shady trees with warm string lights overhead. Photorealistic, high production value, filmic color grade. A handsome man in his mid-30s (dark wavy hair, light stubble, blue eyes, charming smile) wearing a rich brown short-sleeve polo shirt and white pants sits across from a beautiful Western woman in her mid-20s (long wavy blonde hair, expressive face, natural makeup) wearing a cream sleeveless ribbed top with black trim. Start with a medium over-the-shoulder shot from behind the man. The woman asks playfully but skeptically: “So what do you actually do? Please don’t say entrepreneur.” Cut to tight close-up on the man as he smiles confidently and replies: “Well, I flip vintage furniture, and I do some design consulting on the side.” He holds a white coffee cup. Quick reaction close-up on the woman, eyebrows slightly furrowed: “Like chairs?” He answers warmly: “Yeah, people pay a lot for chairs.” Her expression transforms — doubt melts into amusement and attraction. She smiles, looks down shyly then back up at him and says playfully: “Okay, I think I’m actually gonna head out.” Natural dappled sunlight filtering through dense green tree leaves, warm glowing string lights, shallow depth of field with creamy bokeh, rich earthy color palette (chocolate brown, cream, warm beige, lush greens), soft cinematic lighting, flattering skin tones, subtle film grain, intimate and romantic atmosphere, high detail, photorealistic, shot on 35mm film, premium commercial quality like high-end dating app ads.

Sharon Riley

55,388 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

New! ✨ Lex 🤝 Kit ✨ We built a new technique to train AI to write in your voice—using your Kit newsletters—that's the closest I've ever gotten AI to sound like me. 👉 > "Damn. This is really solid. Immediately obvious that it is trained on my newsletters." — Nathan Barry > "damn finally just read this and those subject lines and that example newsletter, it feels 90% nailed, super intrigued how we can build this tone of voice into the app more, feels like a total gear shift for any AI suggestions." — fred rivett 🇬🇧📈 (usually a skeptic of the "write a draft for me" approach) The way we did it is cool and (I think?) new! We all know if you go to ChatGPT or Claude and ask it to write for you, it's gonna sound like AI. Maybe you've tried uploading some examples or a style guide and still get disappointing results. Lots of AI writing apps purport to "write in your style," but they typically just generate a short summary of your style using a prompt like "Analyze the style and tone of these writing samples" and then stick it into the prompt. Maaaaybe they'll throw in a few examples. We've tried this and didn't think it was great, so we killed it. But when Nathan Barry pushed us to think about this problem again, we came up with a subtly new technique that had a big impact on the results. (The reason I'm sharing it is because our goal is to build the world's best interface for collaborating on text, and the world's best platform for saving, sharing, and running prompts. Proprietary prompting techniques are not our thing.) Instead of just asking what the "style" is (a very fuzzy question) we ask AI what patterns it can find. Specifically we ask it to look for patterns in structure and tone. Then—and this is crucial—we ask the AI to generate a detailed set of instructions that a new writer could use to consistently reproduce those patterns. We include those instructions and a bunch of examples in a prompt (often quite a large one, it's kinda expensive for us tbh). I think it works so much better than just giving examples or giving a broad overview of "style" because LLMs are trained to pay close attention to instructions and thrive on specificity. Here we ask the LLM to look for very specific patterns and generate equally specific instructions to reproduce those patterns. The other cool thing is unlike a fine-tuned model this is powered by a big-ass prompt that you can inspect and modify to your liking. Does it sound a little too enthusiastic? A bit cheesy? Just edit the prompt. Of course it's not perfect, it's still gonna need careful editing, but to us this feels like an obvious leap. I'd be really curious to hear if it feels the same to you. To start this is only available via our Kit integration but we'll start rolling it out more broadly soon. You can sign up at 👉 Would love your honest feedback!

Nathan Baschez

16,279 просмотров • 1 год назад

Nissan X-Trail Positives and Negatives Positives: ✅ Great size and looks; a big-time head-turner. It looks upmarket with top-class paint and 20-inch diamond-cut alloys. ✅ It’s an imported car, so you get excellent overall fit and finish inside and out. This includes interior materials, hidden screws and mechanisms, stitching, tight panel gaps, insulation materials, rubber beading, inner wheel arch materials, an under-engine cover, thick glass, negligible orange peel in the paint, upmarket electronics, screen fonts and styling. This quality is also evident in the driving dynamics and controlled NVH (noise, vibration, and harshness) levels. ✅ Adequate safety kit on offer with 7 airbags, 7 headrests, ESC, EBD, TC, ABS, 4 disc brakes, collision warning, limited-slip differential, 360-degree camera, and front and rear sensors with park pilot. ✅ Adequate engine performance with a balance of performance and fuel efficiency. It returns around 13-14 km/l on highways with ease and does 0-100 km/h in 9.6 seconds. ✅ Offers multi-link rear suspension and practical features like one-touch up/down windows, auto headlights, no-splash spray and rain-sensing wipers, auto-dimming IRVM, panoramic sunroof with hidden mechanism, sun visor mirrors with lamps, 5+2 seats, multiple storage spaces, cruise control, and an 8-inch infotainment system with Android/iOS connectivity. **Areas to Improve:** ⚠️ The 3-cylinder engine at a price point above 33 lakh might deter some customers who are considering alternatives like the Tiguan, Tucson, Meridian, and Gloster. Pricing remains a key factor and has not been announced yet. ⚠️ Some missing features that competitors under 40 lakh are already offering include ADAS Level 2, electric seats, ventilated seats, leather seats, an electric tailgate, and larger and faster infotainment screens. ⚠️ It comes with a puncture kit but no spare wheel. Hopefully, other cars in this segment don't adopt this approach. ⚠️ At speeds above 120 km/h, wind noise becomes bothersome due to the large ORVMs. ⚠️ With CBUs, parts availability isn't as brisk as for cars made locally. Additionally, Nissan has a thin dealership network. ⚠️ The last-row seat is best suited for kids only, and the third row doesn’t have AC vents. **Analysis:** Nissan is importing this car in limited numbers only to boost confidence among potential buyers for the Magnite and their upcoming cSUVs and EVs. The X-Trail will showcase Nissan’s global tech prowess and cater to staunch Nissan fans.

Sunderdeep - Volklub

33,391 просмотров • 2 лет назад

I’ve never been the super patriotic type, but this World Cup has done something weird to me... Watching the U.S. play on home soil while stadiums packed with people from every background and every country got to experience America firsthand did something to me. The roar of the crowds, the sheer size of everything, the food, the chaos, and the pride all hit different when you see the world reacting to it. It felt like people were finally getting a real taste of what this country is like, and for once, they seemed to like what they saw. That hit me in a way I wasn’t ready for! I felt genuinely proud to be an American, and not in some cheesy flag-waving way, but in a “damn, this place is kind of ridiculous and I love it” kind of way. It got me thinking about all the over-the-top, larger-than-life things we have here that most of the world just doesn’t. So here’s my list of American things that blow other countries’ minds: 🇺🇸Texas BBQ. Not whatever sad little grilled meats other countries call barbecue. I’m talking about actual Texas brisket that’s been smoking for 12 hours and somehow tastes like it was blessed by angels. The rest of the world has no idea what they’re missing. 🇺🇸Real cowboys. Not the movie kind. Actual working cowboys who still exist, rope cattle, and look at you like you’re soft if you complain about the heat. We still have a whole profession that belongs in a Western, and we somehow treat it like it’s normal. 🇺🇸Everything is just bigger. Our trucks are bigger. Our portions are bigger. Our personalities are bigger. Even our problems are bigger. We don’t do subtle in this country, baby!! 🇺🇸You can drive for 10 hours and still be in the same country but in a completely different world. One day you’re in the desert, the next you’re in the mountains, and the day after that you’re at the beach. Most countries can’t even offer that in a week. 🇺🇸State fairs. Where deep-frying butter is considered a normal food option and nobody questions your life choices. We turned “let’s see how much we can fry” into a competitive sport. 🇺🇸National Parks that feel like another planet. Places so massive they have their own weather, their own ecosystems, and could probably be their own countries. We just call them “parks” like it’s no big deal. Grizzlies? We got 'em! Manatees? We got those too! Gators? You betcha! 🇺🇸And then there’s the small detail that we have the most powerful military in the world, and most of us treat it like it’s just another thing on the list of American normal. We’ll lose our minds arguing about whether the Cowboys are good this year or if gas is too expensive, all while casually having the ability to project force anywhere on the planet before most countries can even finish their morning coffee. It’s the kind of thing you don’t really appreciate until you realize how many nations would consider that level of military dominance their entire national personality. This World Cup made me realize I’ve been taking a lot of this for granted. We’ve got our issues, sure. But we also have Texas brisket, real cowboys, and the ability to drive across multiple climates without ever showing a passport. That’s pretty cool when you think about it! I'm an American, and I'm damn proud and grateful to be one!

Lj Priest (Trader Jill)

69,893 просмотров • 1 месяц назад

Years ago when I was recruiting for Cornell, I remember watching a preseason game in Western Canada with Brett Larson, now the Head Coach at St. Cloud. The game we were watching was turning into a bit of a blowout in the second period and wasn’t going to be a great evaluation so we got into talking some hockey. Just an unreal hockey mind and a great coach. At one point he goes to me - “Watch every time a team makes 3 passes in a row and see what happens…” I was like OK, not thinking much of it. But then as we keep talking and I’m watching, very rarely are there three passes being made on the tape in a row. It’s a dump, someone tries to beat someone one on one, it’s a turnover, etc… And then finally BOOM three passes in a row - and there’s a scoring chance. Go a little while longer, not a ton of plays being made and then BOOM again - three passes on the tape in a row and there’s a scoring chance. It didn’t happen often, but when it did…offensive chances and goals were created. It was like clockwork. PASSING is the most underrated and under-worked-on skill in hockey. Hockey is a TEAM game and when I watch the game, especially at the youth levels, the team that passes the puck better typically wins. We need to prioritize it more with our kids…BIG TIME. This goal is an incredible example. Just flawless execution of passing, making the game look so beautiful. What a display of hockey sense, support, puck protection, and poise. I know there’s a lot of coaches out there on social media working their ass off to create content. Only problem is, 90% of the content I see from skills coaches on social media have zero passing in them. The kids are seeing dangles, tight turns, spins, etc…but they aren’t seeing what is going to make them an actual “hockey player”. High level scouts today are telling us all the time they’re seeing a ton of skilled players…who just don’t understand the game. They can all do “The Michigan”, they have incredible speed and hands…but they struggle to make plays or play as part of a unit. Working on skills is important - but let’s make sure that we don’t forget the one most important for playing a team game. If we get back to that, we’ll see a lot more goals like this one in the future.

Topher Scott

87,423 просмотров • 1 год назад

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝟗𝟗% 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐄: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐁𝐲 𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞. Look around you right now. How many people do you know who are endlessly scrolling courses, chasing the "next big skill," the shiny new thing everyone swears will make them rich or relevant? They stack certificates, watch tutorials at 2x speed, and wait for the perfect moment when they're finally "ready." Then they stay stuck. Years pass. Nothing ships. No money comes in. No real freedom shows up. DAN KOE dropped this post I quoted, because he sees it everywhere. He's watched the cycle for years: people consuming advice like it's oxygen, but never breathing life into something of their own. He built his path the hard way, through trial, ugly failures, and constant pivots and now he's calling it out plainly. No gentle nudge. Just raw truth meant to jolt anyone still sitting on the sidelines. "Stop Chasing the 'Best' Skills. Start Building Something That Could Kill You (Metaphorically)". Here's the core of what he said: "Don't try to learn the 'best new skills'." >> Build your own thing. >> Try to sell it. >> Fail over and over again. >> Learn what it means to adapt and iterate. >> Remove your dependency from others and hunt for your own survival. You will learn the exact skills you need, and you will learn them better than anyone else." Read that last line again. It's not motivational poetry. It's mechanics. Why This Hits Different in 2026 We're drowning in information. Every feed is packed with gurus promising the fastest path: "Learn this one prompt and print money." "Master this framework in 30 days." It's seductive. It feels safe. You can tell yourself you're progressing while staying comfortable. But comfort is the enemy of real skill. DAN KOE isn't saying education is useless. He's saying passive consumption without skin in the game creates shallow knowledge. He posted this early in the year because January is when resolutions peak and most die. People declare they're finally going to learn the hot skill of 2026. By February, the dopamine fades, and they're back to scrolling. The Real Learning Loop Nobody Talks About. 1. Build something real. Not a side project you hide in Notion. Something you intend to exchange for money. 2. Put it in front of strangers and ask for money. This is where most people freeze. "What if it flops?" It will. Multiple times. That's the point. 3. Fail publicly. The sting is your teacher. Customers ghost. Refunds hit. Each failure shows you exactly what's broken. 4. Adapt fast. Tweak. Rewrite. Repackage. Test again. Iteration isn't cute, it's survival. 5. Repeat until it works. Along the way, skills stack naturally. No course can simulate that pressure. No mentor can transfer it through words. You earn it through exposure. Some will say: "But proven paths lower risk. Why reinvent the wheel?" Fair. Copying a working model can give you a head start. But even then, you still have to execute, adapt to your audience, and survive the inevitable pivots. NOTE: "Blind copying without personal ownership usually ends in mediocrity". If this post sparked something in you, anger, excitement, defensiveness, lean into it. Pick one small thing you've been avoiding launching. Make it ugly. Make it small. But make it public and try to sell it. >> Fail. >> Adapt. >> Survive. That's how you become dangerous. Not by collecting more tutorials, but by becoming the person who no longer needs them. Inspiration from DAN KOE

C A L

44,068 просмотров • 6 месяцев назад

‡ The Pacific Classic Result It was unfortunate that Nysos was scratched, but the result was interesting, with Fierceness, the 1.6/1 second-favorite, comfortably handling Journalism, the (overbet) 2/5 choice. That the odds of the remaining five runners ranged between 22/1 and 72/1, underscored the yawning gap in quality between the top pair and the rest. So it was clearly no surprise that the "also-rans" toiled in their wake. What was surprising, at least at first glance, was how well Fierceness appeared to handle less than ideal conditions. But on closer inspection, his trip was actually far less challenging than the vast majority of post-race takes have suggested. His having ducked in soon after the start, almost making contact with the temporary extension rail, could have been a disaster, but it wasn't, and its importance has arguably been overblown. I say that because it was not similar to the trouble that he had encountered early in some of his previous races, in that he was in his own space, and was neither bumped, constricted, nor otherwise intimidated by other runners. This is an important distinction, because the mental weakness that he had previously displayed was related to close encounters with other horses, and his ducking-in after the break did not fall into that category. Inexperienced horses may suffer from that type of self-inflicted event, but given a mature, experienced runner, they are almost always forgotten quickly, which was clearly the case here. The fact that it was a long race also helped to mitigate the event, as there was no need for the rider to panic, or feel pressure to make up ground immediately. It is even possible that the early ground loss actually helped Fierceness, as had he been drawn closer to the pace early, it could have rendered him vulnerable in the late stages of the race. At the same time, due to the inside post, and how the race unfolded, Johnny Velasquez, who has done such a brilliant job keeping Fierceness outside and clear of his rivals in his previous wins, was forced to make the best of racing inside of horses. I understand why some are tempted to argue that Fierceness displayed a new dimension, as there were no obvious signs of him having been intimidated, despite the inside trip. But while I am willing to consider the possibility that he has gained confidence, I remain skeptical of any significant change, in part because it would be highly unusual for a horse to overcome that type of mental weakness midway through its four-year-old season, and/or in its 13th start. I also remain unconvinced for more subtle reasons. First, Fierceness was never bounced around, and with the possible exception of the first turn, he was never forced to race in especially tight quarters. Secondly, the rhythm of the race, after the initial duck-in, was actually smooth, and therefore beneficial to him. To understand why the above points are important, consider that Fierceness was never, so to speak, allergic to racing inside, but was more likely to face contact, be squeezed into a tight space, or have his rhythm thrown off when breaking from an inside post. In contrast, when breaking from an outside post, JV has invariably been able to place him clear of the pack, and in a comfortable, stalking rhythm. Fierceness is also essentially a free-runner, with a "light" mouth, and as such performs best when his rider allows him to dictate his own rhythm and pace. That is why, for example, Johnny V was not at all responsible for his loss in the Breeders' Cup Classic, as he is not the type of horse that a rider can take a strong hold of in order to restrain him further off of the pace, as that would discourage him. And to the great credit of both JV and Todd Pletcher, they picked up on this early on, and have done a superb job mitigating the colt's limitations, and maximizing his potential. In the Pacific Classic, despite racing on the inside, Johnny V remained cool and calm, and gave Fierceness another masterful ride. He and the colt's connections did benefit though, as none of his rivals, either intentionally or not, tightened things up significantly, or otherwise disrupted his rhythm. In fact, quite the opposite. Having tracked comfortably through much of the race, and with space around him, Fierceness displayed his trademark spurt on the final turn. And while the pan shot may suggest that he slipped though a tight opening, it was more like the red sea parting, as the embedded head-on view illustrates. If you are able to view the full head-on replay, you will find that despite racing inside, Fierceness actually enjoyed quite a comfortable trip, after the eventful few strides. A more subtle indication that we were watching the same horse as in his previous races comes :12-14 seconds into the embedded clip. When he was about to take the lead, he cocked his head to the right, as if he may have been worried about the horse outside of him. He was able to draw away from that one so quickly that it was ultimately of no practical consequence, but I would say that it implies that he hasn't suddenly developed the heart of a lion. *** Two qualities that have been crucial to Fierceness' success are his tactical speed, coupled with the separation that he produces on the final turn of his (two-turn) races. His ability to take command at that crucial stage has served him very well, particularly in his narrow win over Thorpedo Anna, and it was again on display in the Pacific Classic. A big part of the reason why that move has been such an important part of his arsenal is that it typically allows his him to take a "breather", before digging deep in an effort to fend off any late dangers. I encourage you to watch the (pan) replay of the Pacific Classic, and focus on Johnny V from around the 3/8th pole to the head of the stretch, as he was sitting like the proverbial statue. So for at least a furlong and a half, Fierceness was on cruise control, while Journalism, his only danger, was under pressure to make up ground, in an attempt to simply reach striking distance. But with all due credit to Fierceness and his rider for having produced fine efforts in the Pacific Classic, was this really an exceptionally outstanding performance, or was it at least partly a reflection of his only serious rival failing to run his best? I'm inclined to argue the latter. Despite Journalism having produced an unusually good 3yo campaign, capped by three Gr. I wins, including a Classic success in the Preakness, and never finishing worse than second, there have been some lingering questions. One of them is whether he is actually as well-suited to 10f. as he is to 8-9f. races. Yes, he was beaten in his two previous tries over 10f. by Sovereignty, a better horse. But in each race he was able to gain first-run on that one, an advantage that is typically difficult to overcome, yet lost ground late to the winner both times, and to Baeza as well, in the KY Derby. Some have suggested that he may have a tendency to loaf when in front, but I haven't seen any compelling evidence of that. And such horses typically dig in when passed, in efforts to re-engage, which we haven't seen, at least overtly, from Journalism. He also drew away from his rivals late in his first three wins. Alex Evers made this interesting comment about the kickback in the Pacific Classic: "I've photographed racing for 20 years, I've never seen kick back knock a jockeys goggles off like this." Here is a link to his supporting photos, which are typically excellent: Could that have discouraged Journalism? I suppose that it could have been an impediment, but he is such a tough and honest horse, that I would be surprised to learn that it was a meaningful factor. By contemporary standards, Journalism has also had a busy campaign, having raced a touch over once per month since March, all but one of which in Grade I events, and four times well away from his home base. So it is possible that he is beginning to feel the effects of those races, and travels. I have also noted that from a Beyer figure standpoint, he hasn't really moved forward, and it's worth noting that in contrast to Sovereignty and Baeza, both of which were late (May) foals, Journalism was a February foal, and may not have had quite as much room to improve. I don't know why he lagged so far behind in the early stages of the Pacific Classic, or if there was any tactical intention behind it. I had previously suggested that it might make sense to ride him more patiently, a tactic that is sometimes adopted when there are questions about a horse staying a trip. But I didn't notice any improved late kick, so it's difficult to interpret the performance. Fierceness earned a 107 Beyer figure for his victory, slower than his best three races last year, and merely equivalent to his comeback victory in the Gr. II Alysheba at Churchill Downs, in May. That doesn't suggest that it was a particularly outstanding performance. Journalism was given a 102, which implies that the return to his home court did not catalyze any notable forward move. *** I would say that there is one relevant pattern that has emerged, namely that Fierceness has an apparent affinity for the faster, high energy return track surfaces in California. He has now contested three races in CA (Beyer): 1st Breeders' Cup Juvenile (105) 2nd Breeders' Cup Classic (111) 1st Pacific Classic (107) It's also interesting to compare the colt's first and last half-mile fractions in his effort in last year's BCC, and the PC, both contested at Del Mar over 10f.: BCC – :45 1/5 • :51 3/5 PC – :46 1/5 • :50 2/5 Predictably, he finished better in the PC, thanks to more manageable early fractions. But would a repeat of that effort be nearly sufficient to win this year's Classic? Given the various points noted above, coupled with Sovereignty's continued improvement, and seemingly bottomless stamina, I would be inclined to say no. And that's before even factoring Sierra Leone, Mindframe, Forever Young, et al, into the conversation. But setting aside all of the fine parsing, I'm happy to congratulate Repole Stable, and Fierceness' other connections, for having shipped to California, and for being rewarded with an exciting, winning effort. Assuming that the colt makes it to the Breeders' Cup Classic in good order, he should minimally add spice to the race, and who knows, perhaps even provide a serious challenge to knock Sovereignty off of his current throne.

Tinky

10,516 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад