I was on a call with some twentysomethings -- I'm giving a talk at a convention -- and likened my speaking style to Chris Farley's Matt Foley character. Crickets—they'd never heard of it before. It got worse... they'd also never heard of Chris Farley. What the fuck are we doing
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"Goddamit," I said. "I don't expect you to know who Abraham Lincoln was, but I do expect you kids to know your mass murderers!"
In the era of cultural omniscience, the youth don’t obsess over the 10-20 classic 📼/📀 their parents had. Hell, they barely look to the past.
In a movie with 100 quotable lines, I might use that one most of all