I’m talking about the period when normal people become utterly reliant on the web for their work and lives, not early adoption or even dot-com experiments. I think it’s roughly 20 years, give or take a few.

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Twitter is where you get scalding hot stupid takes from half-Mexican Nazis. BlueSky is where you get scalding hot stupid takes from people a non-binary person that works at Raytheon

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i think often, especially with very talented or experienced artists, this thing happens where the (v consciously felt/known!) demands of aesthetics and craft end up guiding someone to create work that is better/more interesting than what they consciously intended to do in this kind of a way.

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Either the author or his fans will forward any criticism to him which in the past has resulted in some incredibly offputting behavior and statements so I would rather not deal with that

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frustrating/annoying/etc in that way (like maybe they're writing a subtle satire that's operating on several levels, including the level of "implied author"), & an author who was trying to write very neutrally or sympathetically about a flawed, complex character and just didn't pull it off for me.

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