A candid and irreverent look at the ridiculous ways we all try to make ourselves look better onlineâfrom a popular standup and internet comedian whose videos have been viewed over one billion times.
âJohn is one of my top-three all-time favorite comedians, next to me and Foxworthy. Buy this bookâyouâll be glad you did.ââLarry the Cable Guy John Crist wasnât always recognizable as âthe guy from that hilarious video in the grocery store.â Growing up part of a homeschool family of ten in rural Georgia with Mennonite grandparents and a high-school job at Chick-fil-A, he was an unlikely candidate for internet fame. Despite all that, or perhaps because of it, Crist passionately pursued his dream of stand-up comedy.
In his first book, Crist offers heartfelt, laugh-out-loud observations on the absurd ways we all try to make ourselves look better online: like how we all post filtered pictures of our super healthy kale salads but somehow neglect to post about our 1 A.M. Uber Eats Big Mac. Or how quick we all are to post our âI Votedâ sticker pictures but fail to post about the ways we vote with our dollars every day in ways that donât align with our loudly and publicly espoused values.
With self-deprecating wit, Crist chronicles his meteoric rise as an online and stand-up comedian, but he doesnât gloss over the ways his own life choices did not align with his online imageâa gap between perception and reality that eventually led to a stint in rehab.
In Delete That, Crist takes responsibility for his actions, offers some reflections on how to do better, and encourages us all to stop capitulating to the fear of âBut what will they think?!â Instead, this book offers a bold invitation to stop curating life and start living it . . . one Nickelback concert at a time.
Delete That: (and Other Failed Attempts to Look Good Online) (Unabridged) - John Crist
A candid and irreverent look at the ridiculous ways we all try to make ourselves look better onlineâfrom a popular standup and internet comedian whose videos have been viewed over one billion times.
âJohn is one of my top-three all-time favorite comedians, next to me and Foxworthy. Buy this bookâyouâll be glad you did.ââLarry the Cable Guy John Crist wasnât always recognizable as âthe guy from that hilarious video in the grocery store.â Growing up part of a homeschool family of ten in rural Georgia with Mennonite grandparents and a high-school job at Chick-fil-A, he was an unlikely candidate for internet fame. Despite all that, or perhaps because of it, Crist passionately pursued his dream of stand-up comedy.
In his first book, Crist offers heartfelt, laugh-out-loud observations on the absurd ways we all try to make ourselves look better online: like how we all post filtered pictures of our super healthy kale salads but somehow neglect to post about our 1 A.M. Uber Eats Big Mac. Or how quick we all are to post our âI Votedâ sticker pictures but fail to post about the ways we vote with our dollars every day in ways that donât align with our loudly and publicly espoused values.
With self-deprecating wit, Crist chronicles his meteoric rise as an online and stand-up comedian, but he doesnât gloss over the ways his own life choices did not align with his online imageâa gap between perception and reality that eventually led to a stint in rehab.
In Delete That, Crist takes responsibility for his actions, offers some reflections on how to do better, and encourages us all to stop capitulating to the fear of âBut what will they think?!â Instead, this book offers a bold invitation to stop curating life and start living it . . . one Nickelback concert at a time.