My first thoughts were: This is a scam, I'm on a page spelled almost like "radioshack.com"
Then: The old radioshack page has let their domain lapse and been taken over.
Then: Ah, Tai Lopez, the only man I've ever known to keep his bookcases in the garage, like a set of house tools.
On a side note, on Tai Lopez's head shot the man in the lower right facing the camera looks like he's realized this motivational talk is going nowhere.
I had such a hard time deciding whether to vouch this comment. But if the knowyourmeme page is on topic, then surely linking to this video (which that page links to) is also on topic.
It's also interesting that such an influential brand is now owned by a random rich person. I never thought that my childhood hideout would become a punchline. The only way to make it better would be to add a little intro to the video like "At RadioShack, garages are important to us. That's why we've decided to invest in 47 new lambos that we bought with our RADIO tokens..."
What a sad ending for the only electronics shop in town. My friend and I used to hang out there after school and try to build logic gates and simple counters.
Uno reverse card: Tai Lopez uses the funds from this to rebuild electronics shops across the world, and becomes a household hero for nerds everywhere. Since this outcome is so weird, that outcome suddenly seems not-impossible.
It's savvy but pretty scammy, as people will assume the businesses are still alive, when they are just shell fronts, using the prior logo/branding/domain names.
Here's Tai's parent company and their purchased brands:
Old brands pretty much never die. I haven't seen one recently but for a time I was getting public relations pitches for RCA-branded devices that were clearly some generic Chinese knockoff things.
About 5 years ago literally everyone was being bombarded with youtube ads by tai lopez, where he is in his garage showing off a lambo and talking about how books are his most prized possession
Tai Lopez is a motivational speaker celebrity (first I've heard of him). And Alex Mehr is apparently a former co-founder of Zoosk (a dating app).