Wait! No, We Still Like Money

Shit

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The other day, I checked my YouTube history to find that from the hours of 10PM to 4AM, my account was watching “Miami Booty Walks”. I didn’t know what a booty walk was either. Now we both know.

Turns out I’d left my YouTube signed in on a TV at an Airbnb. I don’t know who watches “Booty Walks” for six hours but the very last video was suddenly: 3 Hours of Beautiful Snow Walks in Finland - Slow TV 4K.

And….and, well, now I’m not sure I understand anything about what people want in this world. Let’s not pretend we don’t all know what Booty Walks are. And let’s not pretend we don’t know what people do while they’re watching booty walks. And let’s not pretend we haven’t all felt a little like snow falling in Finland at the end of it.

But I don’t think the folks who made these Booty Walks were intending them to be watched for six hours. There is watching a fashionista show off a pair of tight pants for 10 minutes to see if they’re for you. And then there is watching six hours of back-to-back booty walks. Same action, one thing changes…everything.

Now, did I need four paragraphs to introduce the idea of unintended misinterpretations of content? No. Was I looking for an excuse to tell everyone about my booty walk misadventure? You bet.

Anyway, we made a post last week that had unintended consequences. It was this one:

Please stop giving us money!

But, OK, so we have a lot of newsletters and services. That is why I wrote it. It was like, “Hey, I know we have a lot of paid membership options, so I am making this ONE thing free for all.”

As in this thing right here. This startup diary ‘Things We Do While Waiting To Die.” (Not Chill Subs, or Sub Club or Forever Workshop. Yes, yes, I know we have a lot of projects, we’re working on it.)

But, uh, yeah, there was a misunderstanding and some folks unsubscribed from our paid services with a note that said, “It’s free now!” Which was an unforeseen consequence that has been very stressful to watch so I’ve instead been watching three hours of snow walks in Finland on repeat.

So if you got that email and thought: Yay! Everything Chill Subs does is free now! I am sorry to say we have not won any sort of lottery to allow for this. (But we still have our endless scholarships). Anyway, if this sounds like you, uh, please start giving us money, again? If this doesn’t sound like you, well, at least now I am not alone in this weird hell of trying to stop thinking about what some stranger was doing watching six hours of Miami Booty walks on my YouTube account. Welcome to my world. It’s dark and all the shapes vaguely resemble a father figure.