Sometimes i lament the hordes of opportunistic wannabe social media slumlords churning out gpt slop. Then I read a post like this, written by a real person, and I am so glad that the robots are finally en route to snuff out whatever genre of lifeless tripe this is
Brother I just read your “Spring before next” post and wanted to put my hand in a blender. You write like you’re trying so desperately to sound profound 😭 I don’t think we’re your target audience lmao but keep typing away at your typewriter, absolutely dying to read your next poetic post
No self proclaimed genius is ever actually a genius. You’re just an arrogant 20 year old who thinks he’s smart and ‘different.’ Hopefully you grow out of this one day. In terms of your writing, please don’t think you’re high and mighty when everything you’ve written seems like a deep cry for help from a psychiatrist. It’s not that you’re beyond comprehension, you’re just desperately trying to seem interesting and it falls flat in the form of two barely legible posts. I think sticking to your typewriter is the best bet here bud.
I've typed a response to this probably ten times now, and every time it comes out mean. I don't want to be mean, so I'm going to try to say what it is I am thinking beneath all the nastiness.
I certainly don't think I'm a genius, and even if I did, I surely wouldn't say it seriously. I don't think I'm high and mighty, either. I sure as shit hope I'm not beyond comprehension! I was disheartened to hear that you found my posts to be illegible. It's not my intention to turn out things that are idiosyncratic and unreadable. I know the post you read resonated with some people, and they have paid me compliments, on my writing and the thoughts it expresses, but the fact that you didn't get anything from it speaks probably only to the weakness of what I've made. I'm not trying to seem interesting, I'm trying to express something, and I wish it worked for you.
Your newsletter doesn't work for me. It is the antithesis of what I love about writing, and about fashion. An unpleasant combo (for me!). I just perused your most recent article and in every single paragraph I found buzzwords and colloquialisms. I hate that. I think it's undignified and immature. I looked you up because I wanted to put a face to the name, and I saw that you have a wife, and a child. It doesn't matter if I think you write like the puer aeternus, because you have a career and a family and a (presumably) happy life.
I shouldn't have said anything to you at all. Even if you had taken the high road my mind wouldn't be changed. Sometimes you just don't like something. I'm sure you're an alright guy. If I met you on the street I'm sure I'd walk away saying "huh, that guy was pleasant!", and you'd think the same. The internet brings out the worst in me; I'm sorry you were on the receiving end.
Have a good day, Mariano (and you, too, Theodore, for you're the one I came at originally). Sorry I was such a prick. I wish you two the best in your endeavors.
YEAH WELL YOU KNOW WHAT??? … in all seriousness there’s no beef here, you just don’t have to go around commenting douchey things on substacks you don’t like. I read you stuff and I didn’t leave a comment on it. It’s actually super easy to read something, not resonate with it, and move on. Just felt like an unnecessary additional step for you to write a comment in the way that you did. Maybe you don’t see how that can make you come off as combative / a jerk, but hopefully next time you can just read and move along.
Thank you but homie above wrote, and I quote “Last night I was visited again by the dream that plagued me last summer: I was laying prone in the thicket enclosing a clearing. In the center of the field lay a dead antelope, his intestines unwound and sprawling out over an area much larger than made any sense, as if someone had set off a small explosive in his abdomen.” so I think he’s on the wrong side of substack.
I should apologize. I was having a bad night. I’m still having a bad night but shame has now been added to a long list of things making it bad and i’d rather like to take it off. So, I’m sorry. I think your taste in clothing is drab and impersonal, and the way you write about said taste is pompous and effortless (not in a pleasant way). I’m sure you’re an alright guy and plenty of people obviously like your stuff. I don’t. You don’t like mine. That’s alright. I made it not alright by making a stink. Sorry Theodore, have a good one
Help - my Mariano10 discount isn't working :( !!! Also, thanks for saying love you. <3
You wanna make out or…???
How can one sign up for this tier? Asking for a friend
What tier do you speak of my son?
Sometimes i lament the hordes of opportunistic wannabe social media slumlords churning out gpt slop. Then I read a post like this, written by a real person, and I am so glad that the robots are finally en route to snuff out whatever genre of lifeless tripe this is
Brother I just read your “Spring before next” post and wanted to put my hand in a blender. You write like you’re trying so desperately to sound profound 😭 I don’t think we’re your target audience lmao but keep typing away at your typewriter, absolutely dying to read your next poetic post
I am a genius beyond comprehension of the normie psyche
No self proclaimed genius is ever actually a genius. You’re just an arrogant 20 year old who thinks he’s smart and ‘different.’ Hopefully you grow out of this one day. In terms of your writing, please don’t think you’re high and mighty when everything you’ve written seems like a deep cry for help from a psychiatrist. It’s not that you’re beyond comprehension, you’re just desperately trying to seem interesting and it falls flat in the form of two barely legible posts. I think sticking to your typewriter is the best bet here bud.
I've typed a response to this probably ten times now, and every time it comes out mean. I don't want to be mean, so I'm going to try to say what it is I am thinking beneath all the nastiness.
I certainly don't think I'm a genius, and even if I did, I surely wouldn't say it seriously. I don't think I'm high and mighty, either. I sure as shit hope I'm not beyond comprehension! I was disheartened to hear that you found my posts to be illegible. It's not my intention to turn out things that are idiosyncratic and unreadable. I know the post you read resonated with some people, and they have paid me compliments, on my writing and the thoughts it expresses, but the fact that you didn't get anything from it speaks probably only to the weakness of what I've made. I'm not trying to seem interesting, I'm trying to express something, and I wish it worked for you.
Your newsletter doesn't work for me. It is the antithesis of what I love about writing, and about fashion. An unpleasant combo (for me!). I just perused your most recent article and in every single paragraph I found buzzwords and colloquialisms. I hate that. I think it's undignified and immature. I looked you up because I wanted to put a face to the name, and I saw that you have a wife, and a child. It doesn't matter if I think you write like the puer aeternus, because you have a career and a family and a (presumably) happy life.
I shouldn't have said anything to you at all. Even if you had taken the high road my mind wouldn't be changed. Sometimes you just don't like something. I'm sure you're an alright guy. If I met you on the street I'm sure I'd walk away saying "huh, that guy was pleasant!", and you'd think the same. The internet brings out the worst in me; I'm sorry you were on the receiving end.
Have a good day, Mariano (and you, too, Theodore, for you're the one I came at originally). Sorry I was such a prick. I wish you two the best in your endeavors.
YEAH WELL YOU KNOW WHAT??? … in all seriousness there’s no beef here, you just don’t have to go around commenting douchey things on substacks you don’t like. I read you stuff and I didn’t leave a comment on it. It’s actually super easy to read something, not resonate with it, and move on. Just felt like an unnecessary additional step for you to write a comment in the way that you did. Maybe you don’t see how that can make you come off as combative / a jerk, but hopefully next time you can just read and move along.
what an unnecessarily unkind comment to make.
Thank you but homie above wrote, and I quote “Last night I was visited again by the dream that plagued me last summer: I was laying prone in the thicket enclosing a clearing. In the center of the field lay a dead antelope, his intestines unwound and sprawling out over an area much larger than made any sense, as if someone had set off a small explosive in his abdomen.” so I think he’s on the wrong side of substack.
blad never heard of “show don’t tell.”
We need to get a better health therapy sponsorship ASAP to get him fixed
I should apologize. I was having a bad night. I’m still having a bad night but shame has now been added to a long list of things making it bad and i’d rather like to take it off. So, I’m sorry. I think your taste in clothing is drab and impersonal, and the way you write about said taste is pompous and effortless (not in a pleasant way). I’m sure you’re an alright guy and plenty of people obviously like your stuff. I don’t. You don’t like mine. That’s alright. I made it not alright by making a stink. Sorry Theodore, have a good one
This apology applies also to your compatriot Mariano. Sorry Mariano, for disparaging your blog and making you stick your hand in a blender