The trend that makes my skin crawl

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Quick fixes, the "get rich easy" promise. Crypto, real estate, marketing, wellness, anything selling transformation without the work. For every Duolingo owning its own difficulty honestly, there's a pile of crypto hucksters selling effortless riches. Most of the worst offenders aren't malicious, just creatively bankrupt. Storytelling itself risks becoming another empty buzzword unless brands remember the magic isn't in "once upon a time", it's in the messy, unique middle that earns the "happily ever after".