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Maria Bamford Is Just Being Honest — About Her Mental Health, About How Much Money She Makes and About Finding Meaning on a Southwest Flight

Early on in Crowd-Pleaser!, the terrific new stand-up record from Maria Bamford which dropped in July, the comic talks about a friend who got mad at her for telling jokes about 12-step groups — the very same groups that have probably helped keep Bamford alive. Bamford’s response is simple — “Why else be alive except to make fun of things that are important to you?” — but it also serves as an unofficial thesis for the impressive body of work she’s created over the years.

5 Wholesome Companies Built on a Mountain of Lies

In a development that surely drives corporations to the ends of their wits, people in recent years have started to actually care about where their products come from. Turning a profit was much easier when people were just excited to see a cheap TV and didn’t know how many workers threw themselves out the factory windows in order to make that happen. Now, to their chagrin, companies have to find a way to both turn a profit and pay their employees fairly, taking away the premier profitability cheat code and forcing them to develop a viable business model.

More Brand Reads:

• 30 Pieces of Tee’d Up Trivia About Famous Brands

• 5 Popular Brands That Crapped Out Insane Failures

• 55 Scummy Things Companies Did

• 4 Ways Nestlé Is An Evil Company

• 30 Times Brands Completely Blew It

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