Jesse Gormley

Coke Classic: The Story of How America Saved Its Favorite Drink In 1985, Coca-Cola quietly changed its flagship soda—what followed was one of the most passionate consumer uprisings in food history. This is the story of New Coke, Coke Classic, and the fans who forc...

New piece published by @allrecipes.com

In 1985, Coca-Cola made one of the most infamous marketing decisions in history—changing its classic formula to create New Coke. What followed was a wave of backlash that can only be described as the original viral outrage.

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Apparently the original #concept for the #wampa. #theempirestrikesback

How Meditation Unmade Me Becoming No One, and Then Finding My Way Back

Started meditating to find peace. Accidentally dismantled my entire identity instead.
Throw in some CIA brainwave tapes, and you get How Meditation Unmade Me.

It’s a story about trying to become someone else and ending up where I started, just weirder.
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#trouble

The Time I Realized I Wasn’t Young Anymore Aging sneaks up on you…then it punches you straight in the face

That moment when the music gets louder, the crowds get younger, and you start Googling lower back stretches before leaving the house. This isn’t a think piece. It’s a blink piece. The instant I realized I wasn’t young anymore and how I dealt with it.
Read it here → medium.com/@mysamsara/t...
#medium

The #wisdom of #skeletor

The Slow Disappearance of a Man Sometimes, leaving isn’t about escape. It’s about remembering who you were before you forgot.

Ever feel like you’re slowly disappearing from your own life? Not in a cool sci-fi way, but more when did I stop caring how food tasted?

My latest piece is about identity loss, emotional erosion, and spending too long trying to be everything for everyone else

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History’s Phantom Epoch: How 300 Years Went Missing When it comes right down to it, history is a perplexing, often unknowable beast. While modern times benefit from better record keeping…

Have you heard the one where +300 years were added to our #timeline? That the early #MiddleAges never happened? Oh, boy. Do i have a story for you!

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