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== Discussion of MKBHD controversy ==

* I live my life in a way that means I never have to do one of those. I try very hard every day not to get in the position where I have to make an apology video. I mean, are you even aware of everything that's happening with MKBHD right now? Have you seen any of this? Not until this morning. We're going to segue into this real quick because I'm an outsider as far as that goes. So I'm on Mastodon yesterday and I'm like, I'm seeing a lot of my friends who do wallpaper posts like wallpaper ads. And then I see like not ads, you know, just tweeting about wallpaper. And I like, I have no concept of this going on. And then I see Steven post. He's blocking the term wallpaper on Ivory. And I was like, what is going on?
* So I was like, finally, someone like linked the two things together. You had the same response as me with the fountain pen in it. So finally this morning, someone linked wallpaper and NKBHD together. Then that's all I needed. I went and searched and I was like, oh, okay. Yeah. But it took me like a day. It's one of these things where like my very top thought is like, I don't think it requires an apology. Like it's just some decisions that he made and like a lot of people don't like them or whatever. But like he is being like put into a box where people want him to make an apology video. And so basically my point is these can happen to you in a way in which you do not expect. So I just live my life hoping I never get put in that position.
* Exactly. Exactly. But hey, if you do get put in that position, this is life advice. Be honest. Be yourself. Tell the truth. You know, be straightforward. Leave no ambiguity. Don't let other people put words in your mouth. Be very clear on where you stand. So man, let's I'm going to let you do an ad read because I need to take a drink real quick. Good idea. And then there is actually a pin I would like to discuss because I actually think it it deserves a lot of discussion. I'm very interested to get your thoughts on this. So let's do an ad read. I'm going to take a drink and then we're going to talk about a pin before we close this up today. This episode is brought to you by Squarespace, the only one website platform for entrepreneurs to stand out and succeed online. Whether you're getting started or managing a brand, you can stand out from the crowd of a beautiful website, engage with your audience and sell your products, services, or the content you create. Squarespace has everything you need all in one place, all on your terms. You can start a completely personalized website with Squarespace's guided design system. Choose from their professionally curated layout and styling options to build a unique online presence from the ground up, tailored to your brand or business and optimized for every device. And launch your website easily and get discovered fast. They've integrated optimized SEO tools so you show up more often to more people growing the way you want to. You can also integrate flexible payments to make checkouts seamless for your customers with simple but powerful payment tools. You can accept credit cards, PayPal, and Apple Pay. And in eligible countries, offer customers the option to buy now and pay later with Afterpay and Clearpay. It's so easy to sell your content with Squarespace as well as your physical goods. So they have all the integrations that you need to sell physical products and make it incredibly easy. That's how Brad manages the Panatic shop. It's all on Squarespace. But they also have tools to sell content, digital stuff on your site. You can add a paywall to select content or courses. Or you can sell files that your customers can download like PDFs, music, or e-books.
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