Delete That

<b>A candid and irreverent look at the ridiculous ways we all try to make ourselves look better online&#151;from a popular standup and internet comedian whose videos have been viewed over one billion times.<br><br>&#147;John is one of my top-three all-time favorite comedians next to me and Foxworthy. Buy this book&#151;you&#146;ll be glad you did.&#148;&#151;Larry the Cable Guy</b><br><b> </b><br>John Crist wasn&#146;t always recognizable as &#147;the guy from that hilarious video in the grocery store.&#148; Growing up part of a homeschool family of ten in rural Georgia with Mennonite grandparents and a high-school job at Chick-fil-A he was an unlikely candidate for internet fame. Despite all that or perhaps because of it Crist passionately pursued his dream of stand-up comedy.<br>&#160;<br>In his first book Crist offers heartfelt laugh-out-loud observations on the absurd ways we all try to make ourselves look better online: like how we all post filtered pictures of our super healthy kale salads but somehow neglect to post about our 1 A.M. Uber Eats Big Mac. Or how quick we all are to post our &#147;I Voted&#148; sticker pictures but fail to post about the ways we vote with our dollars every day in ways that don&#146;t align with our loudly and publicly espoused values.<br>&#160;<br>With self-deprecating wit Crist chronicles his meteoric rise as an online and stand-up comedian but he doesn&#146;t gloss over the ways his own life choices did not align with his online image&#151;a gap between perception and reality that eventually led to a stint in rehab.<br>&#160;<br>In <i>Delete That </i>Crist takes responsibility for his actions offers some reflections on how to do better and encourages us all to stop capitulating to the fear of &#147;But what will they think?!&#148; Instead this book offers a bold invitation to stop curating life and start living it . . . one Nickelback concert at a time.