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"Mr. Deeley, who has been working with dogs and their owners for nearly 40 years, laments the fact that this generation of parents tends to allow the children to name the dog."
— New York Times (via pull-quotes)
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Let’s reconsider our “clients”
cli•ent
/klīǝnt/
Noun
1. A person or organization using the services of a lawyer or other professional person or company.
2. A person receiving sexual services in return for money
Synonyms
customer, patron, buyer, john, trick
During a Pacific Helm board meeting, our co-founder Louie, pulled me aside and asked me a stupid question.
“Why do we call all the people we work with ’clients’?”
“I don’t know. We’ve always called them that.”
It wasn’t something I’ve thought about for some time because it’s a useless problem to think about that doesn’t do much to solve the challenges we face as a business. But let’s talk about it anyway. The term “client” made its appearance in business since the dawn of business (prostitution). It was solidified in professional culture as a person who pays to receive a service, such as a ten-dollar blowjob. It’s strange to me that blowjobs are only ten dollars. Think about all the other things that cost ten dollars; a Square card reader, a bad haircut, a banana. What was I talking about again?
Right: clients. Client is kind of a weird word when you think about it. Client. Cli-ent. Cllllient. Cliiiiiient. C-lie-nt. Client. It doesn’t even sound like a word anymore! Isn’t it weird how that happens? Anyway yeah. Why would we use such a weird word to refer to the people who are bankrolling our lives? It’s impersonal, it’s reductive, it’s stale.
At Pacific Helm we’re removing the term “clients” from our vocabulary and replacing it with “friends” and the more specific “friends with monetary benefits”. Clients are something a whore does for money. Or candy. The word “friends with monetary benefits” sets a high bar for the mutual relationship we have with our clients that is free of any potential sexual connotation. Unless you want there to be.
To everyone in the technology industry: I encourage you to reconsider the word “client”. If I ever say the word “client” again, immediately charge me $140*. Why? Because I am rich. Haha. As if you didn’t already know that.
JESSIECHAR
*Terms and conditions may apply. Valid only for the first 5 recipients or until I change my mind. Please submit invoice to jack@squareup.com.
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Track 2- Drip, Drip, Drop… Actually Where Is That Coming From
Track 3- Woooooooooo!
Track 4- Bitch You CRAZY! Bang-bang-bang
Track 5- The Wheels on the Bus Go SCEEEEERSTCHH
Track 6- Midnight Screamin’
Track 7- Don’t Worry That’s Just An M-80
Track 8- Awkward Neighbor Sex Jam
Track 9- That Must Be One Huge Fucking Fire
Track 10- Cat Or Baby?
Track 11- VROOM VROOM GOES THE ASSHOLE ON THE MOTORCYCLE
Track 12- Fifteen Different Kinds Of Car Horns
Track 13- That One Was Probably A Gunshot
BONUS TRACK- 90 Minute Car Alarm Loop
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GET THE SCOOP ON THE TALK SHOW LEAVING 5BY5!
Oh no you didn’t! LOL!
It looks like celebriblogger John Gruber released another episode of his popular podcast The Talk Show… ON THE 5BY5 MULE RADIO NETWORK!
While Gruber (of Daring Fireball fame) has been podcasting on The Talk Show since before the inception of the 5by5 network many of his super fans have been startled by the announcement. Sources say he and longtime gal pal Mike Monteiro “just wanted to be closer to each other, always” but WE THINK SOMETHING ELSE IS UP.
What happened to that other guy he used to podcast with?
T-shirt turbulence?
Financial feuds?
An intricate theoretical argument between multiple parties that we have no reason to believe actually happened? We deserve to know!!
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