Jesse Gormley
@jesseagormley.bsky.social
Writer. Rebuilder. Escape artist. Telling true stories with teeth. Medium essays + messy miracles. Not always serious, but always real.
New piece published by @allrecipes.com
In 1985, Coca-Cola made one of the most infamous marketing decisions in history—changing its classic formula to create New Coke. What followed was a wave of backlash that can only be described as the original viral outrage.
www.allrecipes.com/how-fans-sav...
In 1985, Coca-Cola made one of the most infamous marketing decisions in history—changing its classic formula to create New Coke. What followed was a wave of backlash that can only be described as the original viral outrage.
www.allrecipes.com/how-fans-sav...
Coke Classic: The Story of How America Saved Its Favorite Drink
In 1985, Coca-Cola quietly changed its flagship soda—what followed was one of the most passionate consumer uprisings in food history. This is the story of New Coke, Coke Classic, and the fans who forc...
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June 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
New piece published by @allrecipes.com
In 1985, Coca-Cola made one of the most infamous marketing decisions in history—changing its classic formula to create New Coke. What followed was a wave of backlash that can only be described as the original viral outrage.
www.allrecipes.com/how-fans-sav...
In 1985, Coca-Cola made one of the most infamous marketing decisions in history—changing its classic formula to create New Coke. What followed was a wave of backlash that can only be described as the original viral outrage.
www.allrecipes.com/how-fans-sav...
May 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Started meditating to find peace. Accidentally dismantled my entire identity instead.
Throw in some CIA brainwave tapes, and you get How Meditation Unmade Me.
It’s a story about trying to become someone else and ending up where I started, just weirder.
mysamsara.medium.com/the-ronin-my...
Throw in some CIA brainwave tapes, and you get How Meditation Unmade Me.
It’s a story about trying to become someone else and ending up where I started, just weirder.
mysamsara.medium.com/the-ronin-my...
How Meditation Unmade Me
Becoming No One, and Then Finding My Way Back
mysamsara.medium.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Started meditating to find peace. Accidentally dismantled my entire identity instead.
Throw in some CIA brainwave tapes, and you get How Meditation Unmade Me.
It’s a story about trying to become someone else and ending up where I started, just weirder.
mysamsara.medium.com/the-ronin-my...
Throw in some CIA brainwave tapes, and you get How Meditation Unmade Me.
It’s a story about trying to become someone else and ending up where I started, just weirder.
mysamsara.medium.com/the-ronin-my...
That moment when the music gets louder, the crowds get younger, and you start Googling lower back stretches before leaving the house. This isn’t a think piece. It’s a blink piece. The instant I realized I wasn’t young anymore and how I dealt with it.
Read it here → medium.com/@mysamsara/t...
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Read it here → medium.com/@mysamsara/t...
#medium
The Time I Realized I Wasn’t Young Anymore
Aging sneaks up on you…then it punches you straight in the face
medium.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
That moment when the music gets louder, the crowds get younger, and you start Googling lower back stretches before leaving the house. This isn’t a think piece. It’s a blink piece. The instant I realized I wasn’t young anymore and how I dealt with it.
Read it here → medium.com/@mysamsara/t...
#medium
Read it here → medium.com/@mysamsara/t...
#medium
May 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ever feel like you’re slowly disappearing from your own life? Not in a cool sci-fi way, but more when did I stop caring how food tasted?
My latest piece is about identity loss, emotional erosion, and spending too long trying to be everything for everyone else
mysamsara.medium.com/the-slow-dis...
My latest piece is about identity loss, emotional erosion, and spending too long trying to be everything for everyone else
mysamsara.medium.com/the-slow-dis...
The Slow Disappearance of a Man
Sometimes, leaving isn’t about escape. It’s about remembering who you were before you forgot.
mysamsara.medium.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Ever feel like you’re slowly disappearing from your own life? Not in a cool sci-fi way, but more when did I stop caring how food tasted?
My latest piece is about identity loss, emotional erosion, and spending too long trying to be everything for everyone else
mysamsara.medium.com/the-slow-dis...
My latest piece is about identity loss, emotional erosion, and spending too long trying to be everything for everyone else
mysamsara.medium.com/the-slow-dis...
Have you heard the one where +300 years were added to our #timeline? That the early #MiddleAges never happened? Oh, boy. Do i have a story for you!
mysamsara.medium.com/historys-pha...
mysamsara.medium.com/historys-pha...
History’s Phantom Epoch: How 300 Years Went Missing
When it comes right down to it, history is a perplexing, often unknowable beast. While modern times benefit from better record keeping…
mysamsara.medium.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Have you heard the one where +300 years were added to our #timeline? That the early #MiddleAges never happened? Oh, boy. Do i have a story for you!
mysamsara.medium.com/historys-pha...
mysamsara.medium.com/historys-pha...