The Collective Ego

By / December 8, 2008 /

A few weeks ago we received an email from a young creative who was about to interview for her dream job at a local agency. She solicited advice from The Egotist, and being the over-intelligent fobs that we are, we barraged her back with more incoherent wisdom than she could ever process.

Which led us to think: how about an advice column in The Egotist? Not just your normal, everyday advice column (e.g., how do I get rid of herpes), but a very special advice column for all us special liars?

So, here it is: we call it The Collective Ego.

Ask us a question. Expose a douchenozzle (without getting fired). Show us some work (privately, of course) that your CD killed and ask us whether he/she was right. Ponder out loud some of those worries that wake you up in the middle of the night. Ask us which font we prefer. No question is too bizarre, but if we can keep it somewhat advertising oriented, it might serve everyone better.

We’ll give you some feedback and so will The Egotist community. So you’re not just getting one person’s opinion, but a broader perspective from a wider audience. Sure, most of it will be inane, useless shit, but at least you’ll know that people care.

Reading this, some of you may be wondering ‘what makes you qualified to give me advice?’

Several things: thousands and thousands of dollars spent in therapy; a harrowing familiarity with lots of twelve-step programs; and a carefully nurtured God complex.

Actually, none of that is true. But there is one compelling qualification: we care about you. Seriously. We do. If our mission is to make the Denver advertising community better, to hold it to higher standards, doesn’t it make sense that we should be willing to dispense advice and counsel to people who might need it? We may not always be right, or sober, but we’ll do our best.

You can pose your questions via the Comments section or e-mail them to the[at]denveregotist.com. If you email your question, please put ADVICE NOW in the subject line.

We can’t guarantee an immediate response, but we’ll do our best to respond in a timely manner. And of course anonymity is always a given.

Everyone has problems. Life is full of them. ‘Why is my CD such a shit-bird, and what do I give him for Christmas?’ ‘Where did I leave my keys?’ ‘Should I go to grad school?’ ‘How do I break off my affair with the client?’ Blast away.