🎡💰 Tubz 🛀 Unfiltered - Volume 26 🎡💰
Wheel of Fortune for the ages; Estee Lauder exec poops the bed; Duke with a huge L.
Happy Monday, y’all!
Facebook Memories — guaranteed to make me cringe every single time I look at them. I have no idea what was running through my head between the ages of 16 and 22, but luckily I have Facebook to remind me how big of a dweeb I was! Then again, I write a weekly newsletter called Tubz Unfiltered. So … maybe things have not changed as much as I thought.
VIRAL VIDEO OF THE WEEK
What an all-time scene on Wheel of Fortune. To start things out, this young lady, Laura, wanted to solve. She was close, but no cigar. Not the first time that has happened in Wheel of Fortune history and will not be the last. Christopher had a shot at the crown and guessed a letter completely out of left field. Wrong, but he lives to fight another day. Thomas the Tank Engine pulled a 50 Cent and went bankrupt. Bad for one’s credit score, but we are moving on to Laura for another shot at the win! Hey, Laura, sorry to ask, but when has another feather ever been in one’s lap? Rhetorical question. Thomas guessed another wrong letter, one completely out of left field once again. Then Christopher lost a turn.
The stars were aligned for Laura to finally guess the phrase correctly. Did she do it? Well, she correctly guessed “P” so she was feeling confident and took a chance at solving. “Another Feather In Your Map.” That is some Lewis & Clark bullsheet. Incorrect. Christopher pulled a 50 Cent and went bankrupt as well, setting the stage for Thomas.
With his palms sweaty, knees weak, and arms heavy, would he capture it or just let it slip? If you saw 8 Mile, you know how this ends. (Spoiler alert: It ends well.) What a redemption story for Thomas the Tank Engine. As for Laura, rumor on the street is that she is taking the week off from work so that her co-workers do not make fun of her for her Bill Buckner moment. Twitter users have done that enough.
On the topic of social media users …
🛁 EXTRA BUBBLES 🛁
Longtime Estee Lauder senior executive, 65, is FIRED from his $10m-a-year job after he posted a meme with the n-word and joke about COVID on his personal Instagram
Yikessssss. Lose a job because of your performance? Hey, that happens. It is difficult to be consistent at a high level over a long period of time. Nothing to be ashamed of. Lose a job because of company-wide layoffs? Tough pill to swallow, but nothing you can do about it. Lose a job because you post a racist meme on Instagram? That hurts worse than a thousand bee stings, especially if you are a highly educated business person (Stanford undergraduate degree, NYU MBA degree) and have been at a very reputable company for 30 years.
A classic what-if scenario: Had he emailed the meme, instead, to his Boomer friends with the title, “If you do not forward to others/think this is funny, you will have seven years of bad luck,” like Boomers used to do back in the day prior to social media, would he still have a job? Does not matter, because he should not be circulating such trash on the internet anyway. Press F to pay respects.
Maybe the craziest part of this story is the source of the meme. Turns out it may have been from some random Chingy (he is a rapper, I guess) subreddit. He should have just kept on scrolling.
On the topic of things you never saw coming …
🏆 SPORTZ 🏆
North Carolina 94 Duke 81: Sweet, sweet victory for the Tar Heels. Love to see it in the last game at Cameron Indoor Stadium for Coach K. I thought the fix was going to be in for the Blue Devils in this one, and because of that, they were going to win by at least 20 points. And it looked like that was going to be the case early on, with future NBA lottery selection Paolo Banchero seemingly getting any bucket he wanted in the paint. But then, with only 96 of Coach K’s former players in attendance (he coached well over 200 players, I believe, so that shows how much his former players respect him), Duke’s defense got torched like a turkey on Thanksgiving en route to giving up 55 points in the second half.
The late-game vibes were immaculate. Some students were crying in their little costumes, while other students — with face paint on like they were at the carnival — looked like they just failed a Calculus exam. A Duke assistant coach refused to shake Hubert Davis’ hand after the game. Coach K told the students to be quiet during his post-game speech. Above all, the most expensive ticket in basketball history (average price: $5,307) ended in a massive L for Coach K. Special scene for us Duke haterz.
Selection Sunday is this Sunday … CANNOT WAIT.
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