You are listening to 2ZQ Hot Takes. This time, I’ll be talking about Mass layoffs, the revolt of the 'low performers’ no longer working for Meta, and dicey legitimate job offers, 2025 1st edition.

A bunch of doozies.

#2ZQHT

#theveryhandsomeTimKirk

#Meta

#layoffs

#legtimatejoboffers

#techlayoffs

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You are listening to 2ZQ Hot Takes.

This time, I’ll be talking about the evolution of Memes, Gen Z Jargon, Gen A Jargon, a brief touch on the frequently off-putting evolution of Emojis, a few standout, irksome LinkedIn codewords in current use among other things, including intentionally mean spirited, contradictory, intergenerational, drastically different connotations of ordinary & usual vocabulary, and the cultural danger of using emojis in business communications.

You might regret the reputation of unknowingly employing "Coworker-core" but don't be Beta or a Doomer Chud who convinces themselves that they are a Glazeworthy Giga Chad.

There is a noticeable bent towards misogyny, casual cruelty and crude sexual innuendo.

If you are not part of these generations, avoid attempting to use the slang. You may believe that you are Based, but will not be giving Aura.

#Memes, #Aura,

#2025Jargon, #Slang,

#LGBT, #TVHTimKirk, #GenZslang

#GenAslang, #LinkedInCodewords, #emojis

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In this Episode of Two Zero Q – 20 Questions With Interesting People, we learn the 'Origin Story' of Actor/Author/Artist

Sean Hemeon is a a gay actor (9-1-1, Criminal Minds, and CW’s Husbands) currently writing a memoir entitled, "The Good Little Druglord," is the inspirational story of a (former) Mormon drug dealer who found redemption as a narc for the federal government—confronting the Russian Mafia, his darkest self and his mother.

Sean has come full circle sharing this journey with others interested in stories of mental health, addiction, redemption, identity, and the enduring bond between mother and son.

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Two Zero Q: Upton Rand - Gay Men's Field Guide

In this Episode of Two Zero Q – 20 Questions With Interesting People, we learn the 'Origin Story' of Upton Rand, author of "Gay Campgrounds" The Ultimate Gay Camping Travel Guide. Upton shares his background and his odyssey of becoming part of the gay camping community from his distinct perspective of being the #1 bestselling Author of Urban Adventures

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In this Episode of Two Zero Q – 20 Questions With Interesting People, we learn the 'Origin Story' of Brigit Esselmont, founder of "Biddy Tarot," one of the world's best-known and most beloved Tarot readers and teachers and author of "INTUITIVE MANIFESTING : ALIGN WITH YOUR INNER WISDOM AND ATTRACT YOUR DREAM LIFE"

Hey Everybody, "Two Zero Q" has been included in Feedspot's "100 Best LGBT Podcasts worth listening to in 2024" and is #18!

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#TwoZeroQ,

#ItuitiveManifesting

#BrigitEsselmont

#Tarot

#BiddyTarot

#theveryhandsometimkirk,

#Gay, #PRIDE, #LGBT

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EJ & Jeff: "The Old Man and the Queer

Two Zero Q. EJ & Jeff: "The Old Man and the Queer"

In this Episode of Two Zero Q – 20 Questions With Interesting People, we learn the 'Origin Story' of Jeff Comerchero and his co-author E.J. Radford.

Long time former Mayor and City Council Member Jeff Comerchero and his co-author E.J. Radford have written a new dual memoir detailing not only their lives, but the unique circumstances that led to a friendship that never should have happened.

Comerchero is a 77-year-old life-long Republican, far to the right on most political, cultural, and social issues.

In stark contrast, Radford is a 26-year-old barber with tattoos over most of their body, including a huge moth covering their neck, body piercings everywhere, and nose rings.

Radford identifies as Trans-Masc, using the pronouns they/he, and is as far to the left as Comerchero is to the right.

Through a quirk of fate, the former mayor found himself in E.J.’s barber chair. Although it was uncomfortable for both, the haircut was stellar, so Comerchero went back, and Radford would soon become his regular barber.

After several appointments, a very unlikely friendship began to grow, and both gradually started to see their biases fade into the background. The result was that a most unusual, but beautiful friendship developed.

Hey Everybody, "Two Zero Q" has been included in Feedspot's "100 Best LGBT Podcasts worth listening to in 2024" and is #18!

https://podcast.feedspot.com/lgbt_podcasts/

#2ZQ,#TwoZeroQ,

#TheOldManandtheQueer

#TransMasc

#Temecula

#theveryhandsometimkirk,

#Gay, #PRIDE, #LGBT EJ & Jeff: "The Old Man and the Queer

Two Zero Q. EJ & Jeff: "The Old Man and the Queer"

In this Episode of Two Zero Q – 20 Questions With Interesting People, we learn the 'Origin Story' of Jeff Comerchero and his co-author E.J. Radford.

Long time former Mayor and City Council Member Jeff Comerchero and his co-author E.J. Radford have written a new dual memoir detailing not only their lives, but the unique circumstances that led to a friendship that never should have happened.

Comerchero is a 77-year-old life-long Republican, far to the right on most political, cultural, and social issues.

In stark contrast, Radford is a 26-year-old barber with tattoos over most of their body, including a huge moth covering their neck, body piercings everywhere, and nose rings.

Radford identifies as Trans-Masc, using the pronouns they/he, and is as far to the left as Comerchero is to the right.

Through a quirk of fate, the former mayor found himself in E.J.’s barber chair. Although it was uncomfortable for both, the haircut was stellar, so Comerchero went back, and Radford would soon become his regular barber.

After several appointments, a very unlikely friendship began to grow, and both gradually started to see their biases fade into the background. The result was that a most unusual, but beautiful friendship developed.

Hey Everybody, "Two Zero Q" has been included in Feedspot's "100 Best LGBT Podcasts worth listening to in 2024" and is #18!

https://podcast.feedspot.com/lgbt_podcasts/

#2ZQ,#TwoZeroQ,

#TheOldManandtheQueer

#TransMasc

#Temecula

#theveryhandsometimkirk,

#Gay, #PRIDE, #LGBT

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In this Episode of Two Zero Q – 20 Questions With Interesting People, we learn the 'Origin Story' of author John Garrison.

John is an author and has written "Red Hot & Blue, where he explores the powerful intersection of music, activism, and personal memory through the lens of this iconic 1990 album.

Blending memoir and cultural history, Garrison recalls his coming out at the height of the AIDS crisis alongside the music industry's first major response to the epidemic. Garrison includes snippets of Porter's letters, telegrams, and song lyrics, showing how Porter's themes of loneliness and longing resonate with contemporary experiences of love in troubled times.

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