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If Superbad happened in 2019, Seth wouldn't need to steal a police cruiser or sing "These Eyes" at a liquor store. He would open Tinder. He would use Drizly. He would slide into DMs.
In 2007, the SBI was at a baseline . This represented a society where social failure was analog. When Fogell gets robbed at gunpoint by a career criminal named "Dirt," his response isn't to post about it on Reddit. It is to stand there, holding a fake ID that says "McLovin," and pee his pants. superbad index
We have the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to track inflation. We have the S&P 500 to track equities. We have the Baltic Dry Index to track shipping rates. But for the past 15 years, analysts have been overlooking the single most reliable barometer of the American social condition. If Superbad happened in 2019, Seth wouldn't need
And right now, the Superbad Index is flashing a signal so extreme that we need to talk about it. To understand the index, we have to go back to the source code. Superbad (directed by Greg Mottola, produced by Judd Apatow) was released on August 17, 2007. The iPhone was released six weeks later. He would slide into DMs
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