ALL FOR A GOOD TIPHave you ever seen those places where you can order coffee without getting out of your car and the barista serves you wearing nothing but a bikini? They've been running this particular business model in the United States for years, where
the caffeine matters, but it clearly isn't the only reason some customers keep coming back every morning.
A few years ago, we dedicated a post to one of the most famous baristas at
Bikini Beans Espresso, a chain that realized you can find coffee on practically every corner, but
a bikini-clad barista serving it directly through your car window is much harder to forget.
From there, each barista decides how far she wants to take the experience. Some simply prepare your order, smile, and wish you a nice day. Others, when the customer proves to be generous, seem willing to offer
a little more than some extra milk in the coffee.
Because a good tip can considerably improve the service and, at certain places, persuade the barista to put on
a little personalized show without you ever having to leave the driver's seat.
The coffee might not be the best in town, but some customers certainly leave feeling wide awake.
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Chris's pimple.
TIK HOT VOL247At ALRNCN, we don't have some sophisticated algorithm analyzing your tastes, your browsing habits, or how long you spend watching each video.
I am ALRNCN's algorithm.
A flesh-and-blood human being who browses stuff on the Internet and decides what makes the cut and what doesn't. No artificial intelligence, no millions of data points to process and, probably,
no particularly remarkable natural intelligence either.
And that might be precisely the secret to why this works.
Because I've always thought of myself as a pretty average guy, with pretty average tastes and
a level of mediocrity perfectly in line with most of the population. And since mediocre people are the majority, whenever something makes me stop, look a little longer, or think, "this needs to be posted," there's a pretty good chance that a lot of you will react exactly the same way.
I don't need to know how long you watched the previous video, how old you are, or what time you usually come online.
It's enough for me to think that if I like it, there's probably a whole bunch of degenerates out there who'll like it too.
And after more than 20 years of selecting content this way, the system doesn't seem to have worked out too badly.
So here's a new installment of
Tik Hot, carefully selected by one of the most mediocre algorithms on the Internet.
Lucky for you, you probably are too.
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Backstage.