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blanx's avatar

"Sir, you have terminal vibes."

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BeerNye's avatar

NFT = Nice Fraud, Theranos

GOT 'EM!!!

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Jammer's avatar

The book about this mess ("Bad Blood" IIRC) is very good and absolutely astounding. I was also impressed by the author's ability to say "She got all these rich old dudes to drop a bundle by being a pretty blonde girl" without actually typing all that out.

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Scott Hines's avatar

"the Dropout" podcast (and subsequent TV series) also summarize the book pretty well (I consume every bit of Theranos media I can get, I love it)

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Dmayz's avatar

Now that we're past the holidays, just wanted to check in to make sure Purdue Santa is doing ok. We didn't hear from him all year.

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Scott Hines's avatar

You know, just the other day my wife (the Boilermaker in the house, and the reason we had that ornament to begin with) commented on the lack of Purdue Santa recently. It's harder to conjure him up when Purdue is winning bowl games instead of going 2-10.

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Dmayz's avatar

He's a beloved entertainer who appeals to children and adults in equal measure

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Coldblood4VT's avatar

And yet, he has abandoned us in our time of need. Or maybe, Purdue Santa is the friends we made along the way.

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Coldblood4VT's avatar

Where there are only one set of footprints are when Purdue Santa carried us.

(Sorry, I'll stop now)

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Tracy Green's avatar

“I mostly read nonfiction” Scott not while I’m drinking my coffee

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archstreetvillain's avatar

no notes, 10/10.

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Cyrus Neiheisel's avatar

Being unable to pass the Diagapy Vibe Check. Couldn't be me.

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Scott Hines's avatar

Our screen does show that you’ve got to pump it up.

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JennyD67's avatar

This post needs a "Don't drink while reading" warning cause the monkey picture thing had me snorting diet coke up my nose.

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Anon the younger's avatar

My vibe is … sleepy

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Scott Hines's avatar

[reading chart] sleepy on a winter Wednesday morning? [clucks tongue] I’m afraid your blood is haunted

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Anon the younger's avatar

Can I get the deep exorcism? Or is the regular good enough?

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Al Stahl's avatar

This kicks ass.

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Brandon's avatar

Scott, any grade schooler knows that vibe checks are a destructive test

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Jackie Daytona's avatar

Vietnamese food does sound good tonight. That should get my vibes moving in the right direction.

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Coldblood4VT's avatar

Perfect pick-me-up on a dreary Wednesday workday morning.

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Craig Barker's avatar

I shared this with Scott on Twitter, but in the "everything old is new again", from the 1890s in my current hometown:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Sugar_Refining_Company

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Scott Hines's avatar

And as I noted on Twitter, I am appalled that Sufjan Stevens made a whole concept album about Michigan and didn't have a song titled "Professor Friend and the Electric Sugar Refining Company Swindle"

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Coldblood4VT's avatar

I'm absolutely giddy that there was a sugar industry publication called The Sugar Beet.

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Coldblood4VT's avatar

This should be the plot of an HBO series.

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TTrombonist's avatar

the machine said my blood is a "big mood."

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Bill P's avatar

We laugh, yet this exists... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf3ajS5me78

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