Inspirational quotes are big business online. At least, I assume they're making someone enough money to be deemed a "business," because if you spend so much as one single minute on social media, it's likely you'll be inundated with words said by famous people emblazoned over a picture of that person's face, or some mundane nature scene made to look extra dramatic through the crafty deployment of Instagram filters. Or it might just be over a picture of a fucking Minion for no discernible reason.



I made this one myself!

Unfortunately, attention to detail isn't exactly an asset most internet users can claim to possess. As a result, famous quotes get attributed to the wrong people approximately every 18 seconds online, according to research that doesn't exist. And you know what? That's fine. Why? Because sometimes, history's most awful people say things that, taken alone and completely out of context, are inspiring as shit. Since we've gotten in the habit of crediting the wrong people with famous words so regularly over the years, why not just start doing it intentionally as a means of getting some truly motivational quotes back into circulation? We talk about a few examples on this week's Unpopular Opinion podcast ...