Editing The Pen Addict 416/transcript (section)

== Format and Paper Discussion ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I, here's my, it's not a complaint. It's a, it's an idea. I don't think they went outside the comfort zone enough. I think if you're going to build this edition and call it the heavy duty edition, it has to have Yupo paper in it. This is tailor made for Yupo paper as much as people might hate it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That might be, I get what you're saying, but I feel like the Yupo paper is, is too much.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They obviously agree with you, but that's what this edition needs. It needs to be the nuclear strength post-it note that we see that's indestructible, right? If you're going to say, this is my heavy duty notebook, don't give me destructible paper in it. I would have, I would have loved to see it and it would have been a nightmare for them. They would have gotten, people would have crushed them for it. I think it would have been the right decision for this edition to, to do a Yupo paper for what they're, what they're positioning this notebook as. Just a thought I had, like, I understand what you're saying. Because I ran down to the specs to see if it contained waterproof paper and it didn't. It was just standard paper, which is great. I mean, but I would, my initial thought was, oh, cool. This is going to have some type of protected paper in it because of how they're positioning it. And it's just, it's regular paper.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So there you go. That was just a, just, that was immediately what ran through my head when I saw this one. Yeah. I understand what you're saying,

'''Myke Hurley:''' but I don't agree. I just think like, yeah, there are many, there can be many interpretations of heavy duty. I don't think that, I know. It also needs to include an inferior paper for most use cases.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. It's at least a 70 pound paper, which is thicker than the 60 that they normally use. So this is a, this is a me product. Like I, I like this edition.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Are you going to get it?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't know. I'm not using pocket size notebooks. I can't tell you the last time I've used a pocket size notebook. And that's essentially what this is, right? If I want this as a desk notebook, it's too small, right? If I'm doing this, I'm using an a five top bound steno. So it, it would, it's essentially just a pocket notebook. Like I, the only reason I would get it is to get it, not to use it. So that's usually the decision right there that I don't get it.