Jimmy Wales
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And it was just like a funny picture.
And then the caption was very dry humor.
It just said, according to some, cow is an inherently funny word.
I don't know why I think that's so funny, but I loved it, and it had to go because there was no source.
Yeah.
That is kind of it.
I mean, it didn't really work.
You smiled a little bit.
Yeah, yeah, no, I think inherently funny, so part of the theory is, like,
Words with a G, like yogurt, are funnier than other words without a G. The theory for comedians is like, you've written this great joke, and if the punchline is an inherently funny word, it just hits harder somehow.
Yeah, I mean, I think I have a few bits of advice and most of them are quite standard.
So I'm just repeating cliches, but I actually believe them.
So one is just get started, you know, so read up on the lean startup methodology.
I'm not necessarily endorsing every aspect of that.
But the idea is like.
get to minimum viable product.
And that doesn't necessarily mean you're making a product, whatever it is.
But just like test like early, like get out there doing it and find out, is it even remotely going to work?
Is it even helpful?
Are people interested at all?