So the other day, specifically on a Saturday morning at 7am, a friend of mine sent me a Jonathan Perelman quote that seems to be quite popular according to the Internet: “Content is king, but distribution is queen, and she wears the pants.” To be honest, when I first read it, I wasn’t sure why she sent it to me. She usually shares bits of poetry she knows I would like, bits of poetry that would trigger in me a reflection. However, this time, there were no poetry, at least, very little. I could see the metaphor, but I couldn’t understand what it truly meant. I thus googled it and found out that it had to do with business and marketing and this is why my brain was too slow to understand the quote. In fact, my brain is composed of 75% of art and 15% are reserved for the rest: anything that doesn’t revolve around art and that could mostly probably irritate me :P. After a little research, I was still confused: why did she send me that quote? I didn’t know if she wanted a response or not, but usually, when you said a quote like this one, you do, or else why send it in the first place? I know my friend isn’t the type to have a discussion by text, but I still tried. I desperately didn’t want to look stupid, but I know I unfortunately did when I responded: “I know it’s a quote for business/marketing, but it’s quite clever, especially if you compare it to us humans. Of course, we wear the pants,” to which she replied “Hahaha.” 😐 I really wanted her to tell me what she thought of it. I put my phone on the side, forgetting this two-minute conversation and got out of bed.

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