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@landforce Love that the IRS is basically down for whatever as long as you give them their cut lmao 🏴☠️
@landforce
Instagram · Greenscreen Talking Head
@landforce Love that the IRS is basically down for whatever as long as you give them their cut lmao 🏴☠️
Performance
Video #2513 · Greenscreen Talking Head
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The creator presents and comments on two news headlines. First, he shows a press release about twins charged with tax evasion for scalping golf tee times, using it as a reminder that even illegal income must be reported to the IRS. He then reinforces this point by showing a second article about the IRS requiring drug dealing income to be claimed on taxes, concluding that the IRS always gets its cut.
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What stops the scroll in the first 3 seconds
Verbal hook · 35%
I saw this headline about the two guys who were, like, botting and then scalping, like, all the tee times in Southern California.
Visual hook · 65%
A man's face is overlaid on a screenshot of an official government press release, with him pointing directly at the large, shocking headline, creating immediate visual contrast and curiosity.
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The promise the opener makes, and how the video pays it back
Hook
Display a highly specific and unusual piece of evidence (a news headline) that piques curiosity about an underlying story.
Payoff
The viewer is left with a simple, shareable, and cynical 'truth' that has been 'proven' through a compelling, two-step escalation of evidence.
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The structural pattern this video runs on
Framework
The Absurd Proof
To prove a surprising or cynical universal rule by presenting a specific, relatable example and then escalating to an extreme, absurd example that confirms the rule beyond doubt.
The Grounding Example
Briefly explain the context of the initial evidence (golf tee-time brokers), establishing the first data point for the argument.
The Thesis Statement
Explicitly state the surprising or cynical universal rule that the evidence suggests (you can get away with a lot, but you must pay taxes).
The Extreme Corroboration
Introduce a second, more shocking or absurd piece of evidence (taxing drug dealing income) that validates the thesis in an undeniable way.
The Cynical Punchline
Conclude with a short, memorable, and colloquial summary that re-states the thesis from the perspective of the authority figure (the IRS).
Love that the IRS is basically down for whatever as long as you give them their cut lmao 🏴☠️
I saw this headline about the two guys who worse, like, botting and then scalping, like, all the tier times in Southern California. Like, I don't I don't know what else is gonna happen to these guys, but this is a reminder that you can get away with a lot, but you better pay taxes on it. Large scale arbitrage scheme like fraud doing selling this. IRS is like, cool. You better give us our cut, though.