The Best One Yet
🛍️ “Black-vember” — Why Black Friday’s all month. McRib’s strategic impact. H&R Block(ed) by DOGE.
22 Nov 2024
McDonald’s just brought back the McRib… because McDonalds needs a superhero right now.Black Friday is in 1 week… we explain why Black Friday’s become Black November.And Elon’s DOGE is targeting free tax filing… good news for everyone except H&R Block.Plus, the hot new beauty trend? Crude oil… Petroleum baths are the next Botox.$MCD $SPY $HRB $INTU🎙️ Check out the latest episode of our new weekly deepdive show The Best Idea Yet: The untold origin story of “Levi’s 501s… The World’s 1st Jeans” 👖Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks —-----------------------------------------------------GET ON THE POD: Submit a shoutout or fact: https://tboypod.com/shoutouts FOR MORE NICK & JACK: Newsletter: https://tboypod.com/newsletter Connect with Nick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-martell/ Connect with Jack: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-crivici-kramer/ SOCIALS:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tboypod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tboypodYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tboypod Anything else: https://tboypod.com/ Subscribe to our new (2nd) show… The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinksEpisodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Friday, the real Friday, November 22nd, and today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-Boy. The top three pop business news stories you need to know today. At this point, I do smell Jack. It's been five days in the same T-Boy sweatsuit. I can't believe you're still wearing that. Thanks to everyone who bought our T-Boy holiday merch. The sales closed yesterday.
We got a ton of orders. A record-setting merch drop. Jack, you're looking fantastic over there, although you changed so you didn't smell, but... In the meantime, three stories for today's pod. Jack, what do we got on the show? For our first story, McDonald's is bringing back the McRib. Again, because Ronald needs some help. We'll tell you why the McRib isn't just strategic.
The McRib is a superhero. For our second story, Black Friday is one week from today. But Black Friday sales began November 1st. Why is Black Friday now Black-vember? Well, it all makes sense after our story. Trust us. And our third and final story. The first big move from Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency might be a tax app.
An app that files your taxes for free just shocked Wall Street. But Yetis, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories. A fantastic mix of stories. And thank you again to all the besties who bought the merch. You guys were absolutely fantastic. Amazing support. Yetis, some say that your Instagram homepage is a reflection of your soul. Ah, yes, Jack, the For You page on Instagram.
It is a tapestry of topics upon which you have tapped. My homepage? Right now it's half 1990s New York Yankees Dynasty videos. Yeah. And half Tyrion Lannister lecturing Joffrey in the King's Hall. I knew there were going to be some classic Jeters in there, Jack. Right now I'm looking at cupcakes. I'm looking at pizza. But here's the issue. Some people don't like what they see on their homepage.
No, Yeti, some of you feel like, you know what, Instagram, you don't know me. And others of you don't want people seeing your homepage. Instagram, you know me a little too well. Well, here's the news. Instagram is testing a reset button for your homepage. We repeat one button that resets the recommendations that you see on Instagram. Meta is calling this a recommendation reset.
But Jack and I, we've got our own branding department. We call it an algorithm amnesty. Because that tapestry of taps that you see on your homepage, you might be sick of it. Because you've once tapped a TikTok about tennis, and now all you're seeing on Instagram are topless pics of Rafael Nadal. You poked a post about poker once, and now you're drowning in Texas Hold'em content.
Jack, I skimmed a carousel from skims, and now my For You page, it is not safe for work, man. So Instagram may let you push the reset button. That's right. It's like you never tapped anything at all. It's a coding cleanse. It's a data detox. It's a For You page forgiveness. That's what it is. But yet, then Instagram's going to start personalizing again based on the next thing that you tap.
So be careful with those topless Raphael Nadal pictures out there. Tap wisely. Mattress, mattress, mattress. Jack, let's hit our three stars.
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