Whether trying to impress your new hip co-op friends (Andrew) or interviewing for a Craigslist job, these simple talking points are guaranteed to make you seem like the smartest person in the room…to a very limited extent. (Probably best to name drop and let them do the talking).
FANTASY FOOTBALL
- Draft pick
- Bye week
- Running Back = most important
- Kickers/Defense = pick last
- Basic positions: Quarterback, Running Back, Tight End, Wide Receiver
CAKE DECORATING
- Fondant
- Buttercream
- Airbrush
- Crystallized Sugar
- Tips (they are numbered)
- Cake bags
- Turntable
WES ANDERSON
- Jason Schwartzman
- Muted color palette
- Wilson Brothers
- French Pop music
- Bill Murray
- Futura font
- UT Austin
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Hootsuite
- Google Analytics
- SEO = search engine optimization
- Throw these around:
- Demographic
- Campaign
- Insight
- Posts
- PPC = paid per click
- On-page vs. off-page
MOVIES WITH A TWIST
- Soylent Green
- Memento
- Old Boy
- Shutter Island
- Sixth Sense
- The Descent
- The Prestige
- Fight Club
- Se7en
- Inception
- The Departed
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- American Psycho
AUSTIN, TEXAS
- Breakfast Tacos (and tacos in general)
- Zilker Park
- ACL (always abbreviate when talking about it)
- SXSW (refer to as South-by)
- Bat Bridge
- R Kelly Remix to Ignition
- Terrible shipping and “handling”
AUSTIN ART & MUSEUMS
- The Contemporary
- East & West Austin Studios
- Blanton Museum of Art
- Laura Reynolds Gallery
- Mexic-Arte
- Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
- Laguna Gloria
- Austin Art Alliance
- Austin Creative Alliance
- Big Medium & Canopy
Do you ever act like you know? Give us some tips in the comments so we can join in!
