Huh?

I receive a regular stream of mail and email from readers. Too many to answer individually, but not too many to read. About 10% of them are funny. Ha-ha funny. Another 10% are funny. Peculiar funny. Like this one from BK, in response to Wednesday’s post about “spoiled brats”…

“Jordan Peterson is a jackass. I give my child everything – everything she wants – because I want her to have what I never did.”

As Professor Peterson would say, “Well, BK, good luck with that!”

 And this one from GG…

“Hey Mark… There’s a small misspelling at the end of your Feb. 14 piece on Understanding the Buyer Brain. You wrote: ‘Do you see what I’m saying here? This feels like an important insight to me. I’m not sure, though, if I’ve explained it well. Let me know if you GROK this.’”

 I wasn’t 100% sure of the spelling of “grok” when I typed it in, so I checked it out online to make sure I got it right. I guess GG didn’t.

And this one from SD (versions of which I get about once a week, particularly on social media)…

“I’ve been a big fan for a long time. I’m starting a business. I was thinking maybe you’d like to mentor me.”

When I first began receiving such invitations, I was so flattered I wrote longish replies, explaining that I had like three full-time jobs and so sorry… After I tired of that, I’d reply by saying maybe, but my fee for mentoring was a million dollars down plus 50% of the business. When someone actually accepted those terms, I gave up being snarky. Now I reply with a single smiley face and go dark afterwards.