What's your life like????
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
narrator: his wife did not get an interview assignment and then pass it along to him because she figured he'd enjoy it more.
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link
he's sort of bill cosby jr afaict
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, November 1, 2020 11:10 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
not a great comparison tbh just meant in terms of "respectability politics defender"
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:20 (three years ago) link
his laboured gushing reminds me of former effusive ilxor ian riese-moraine
― estela, Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:22 (three years ago) link
I saw the best breasts of my generation destroyed by self-seriousness, intolerance for cognitive dissonance
― error prone wolf syndicate (Hadrian VIII), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:30 (three years ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:31 (three years ago) link
he was behind the harpers anti cancel culture letter
― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:37 (three years ago) link
obvs he deserves it one should never write "she has the best breasts of her generation" instead of "she has a sick and i mean super freaking sick rack" --strunk and white
It really does take him from the realm of Barstool blogger creepy to "I collect skins" creepy.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
yeah its nasty and artless, and he didnt share his methodology
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:55 (three years ago) link
i read this takedown piece that relayed more information about this guy than i really wanted to know but also upped the wtf-ness of his persona. a real wasteman, not very bright, lots and lots of ego.
https://www.bookforum.com/print/2603/thomas-chatterton-williams-s-confused-argument-for-a-post-racial-society-23610
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/41gUuAqgnTL._SX329_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 00:02 (three years ago) link
good piece btw
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 00:16 (three years ago) link
yeah it's very well-written imo!
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Monday, 2 November 2020 00:25 (three years ago) link
yah the bookforum one was coolfeel like his shtick is he has no curiosity about how other people actually live or think and when people yell at him for portraying things in such a stereotypical, facile way he gets confused
― mh, Monday, 2 November 2020 00:56 (three years ago) link
it strikes me that Thomas Chatterton Williams is a sad example of humanity and not worth our time
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 2 November 2020 01:16 (three years ago) link
dont worry tomorrow there will be another
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 01:25 (three years ago) link
tombot regurgitating my standard stance on things, which is to not have a stance or pay attention to most
― mh, Monday, 2 November 2020 01:44 (three years ago) link
Oh I have a stance, he’s a obvious dirtbag
― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 2 November 2020 02:32 (three years ago) link
the breasts that defined a generation
― ✖, Monday, 2 November 2020 02:33 (three years ago) link
received 20 FaP in a week and had to take a time-out
― edited for dog profanity (sic), Monday, 2 November 2020 02:43 (three years ago) link
This really gets to the core of TCW and the Harpers’ Letter crew’s grievance; in the old days, he’d go back to his chalet and chortle with his friends over his interview subject’s body and literary pretensions. Now he’s getting lit up by said subject and a peon commentator!— Tremulous Hand Pol (@PolTremulous) November 1, 2020
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 03:46 (three years ago) link
imo one of the tricks of twitter is not to care about these dudes
― flopson, Monday, 2 November 2020 05:21 (three years ago) link
thats like saying one of the tricks of twitter is to not go on twitter, which i mean fine
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 13:26 (three years ago) link
all twitter is is caring about these dudes apparently
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Monday, 2 November 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
if you guys dont like it thats fine but rubbernecking media beefs is just a bit of fun theres no need to be sad about it
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
i mean a comically pompous guy got extremely owned, this is a classic internet pleasure
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
glenn greenwald resigning because his editor tried to edit him, also pretty good, this has been your week in media drama
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
lagoon's media drama substack posted to ilx, v v convenient
― cointelamateur (m bison), Monday, 2 November 2020 15:38 (three years ago) link
today in who is calling who centrist dipshit
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
its good glenn quit his job so he devote himself to this sort of thing full time
Just wondering who the first media hall monitor will be to complain that this Substack user or that one violates The Rules & should be banned. My money is on @oliverdarcy or @oneunderscore__ which, I grant, are obvious choices. Amazing that censorious whining is a journalist beat https://t.co/HOyZkmi1Y0— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 2, 2020
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
love rich people's anticipatory victimhood
― mookieproof, Monday, 2 November 2020 18:26 (three years ago) link
Classic
1. What we think we know as of early Mon. morning 26 Oct. 2020: ⁰⁰On Thurs. 22 Oct. a number of American banks closed for two weeks to Fri. 6 Nov. By that Thurs. 22 Oct. Bond redemption had finished processing, plus Paymasters and attorneys had finalized paperwork for the...— 🇺🇸I Support Our Military & Law Enforcement🇺🇸 (@TheWiseOwl_AZ) October 26, 2020
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 2 November 2020 20:21 (three years ago) link
When he’s right he’s right
The president is ranting again about Twitter's trending topics, saying the list includes too much "boring" stuff. He says, "I know what trending is better than anybody in the world. I've been trending my whole life. From the day I was born, I've been trending."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 2, 2020
― liberté, égalité, scampé (gyac), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:11 (three years ago) link
― lag∞n, Monday, 2 November 2020 23:12 (three years ago) link
misspelled "treasonous"
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 2 November 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
i had assumed that substack was just a platform for mass email delivery, like tinyletter or something?
like, are enough ppl really going to subscribe to glem's newsletter to pay him six figures and give substack a cut?
i mean the way he's going he'll get koch money but still
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:10 (three years ago) link
not sure if glenn has a hardcore fanbase but some writers cld prob make it work like say andrew sullivan, however idk if substack is the best way to do that
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:16 (three years ago) link
are Glenn Greenwald, Andrew Sullivan and Matt Taibbi are all now with substack?
― Dan S, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:20 (three years ago) link
yeah
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:30 (three years ago) link
if i were one of these newly unemployed big name writers and i didnt want get big investment money and have a whole organization that needed to be managed produce big numbers and so forth i might try something substackish thats like half podcasts with a staff of less than 5 people, tho i would think hard about whether i wanted to use a 3rd party platform like substack thats ultimately concerned about whats good for them rather than you
but im sure substack is prob just a stopgap for these guys anyway, unless substack has a ton of money they feel like throwing around, but then even that wont last
oh, trust me. the substack money is FLOWING
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:36 (three years ago) link
remember that one party where the vice guy was flipping off hundreds on a rented roulette wheel? he owns substack now
― just another 3-pinnochio post by (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:37 (three years ago) link
dam
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:38 (three years ago) link
Is substack the Fyre Fest of dubious journalism?
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 02:59 (three years ago) link
absurd that lag∞n isn't mentioned in the same breath as _______
i mean he has several names better than 'shams'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:01 (three years ago) link
substack is only fans for men who wear fedoras— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) October 29, 2020
― jaymc, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:02 (three years ago) link
As long as he never criticizes Bret Stephens he won't have to start one himself.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 04:10 (three years ago) link
imo one of the tricks of twitter is not to care about these dudes― flopson, Monday, November 2, 2020 12:21 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinkthats like saying one of the tricks of twitter is to not go on twitter, which i mean fine― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 8:26 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― flopson, Monday, November 2, 2020 12:21 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 8:26 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
i like going on twitter \o/
if you guys dont like it thats fine but rubbernecking media beefs is just a bit of fun theres no need to be sad about it― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 10:20 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglinki mean a comically pompous guy got extremely owned, this is a classic internet pleasure― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 10:21 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 10:20 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 10:21 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
the part of it i don't like is being shown people i've never hard of before and would never hear of if not for twitter being owned. i guess in some case they're quasi-reputable media figures, but also more often not? im pretty sure the girl who said AOC's boyfriend has raccoon dick energy or wtv is just some random with 5k followers
glenn greenwald resigning because his editor tried to edit him, also pretty good, this has been your week in media drama― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 10:23 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― lag∞n, Monday, November 2, 2020 10:23 AM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
like this one was pretty funny to me bc it's glenn. fucking. greenwald. we all know him, oh isn't this so predictable of his late descent yet also so perfectly in-character, etc. thomas chatterthon williams i didn't even know who he was (name vaguely rings a bell but im certain it's just because he has been main character of twitter before). i guess it's kinda funny that he said emily ratajkowski's boobs are neat. but like, it's not as funny as the horny anthony lane review of incredibles 2
it's just not my thing
― flopson, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 06:19 (three years ago) link
RIP ira, a Twitter personality I do not hate. A beautiful sacrifice:
Ira Madison just got suspended for pretending to be Beto lolol pic.twitter.com/xLB6ANLeP3— Kristi YamaGucciMane (@wapplehouse) November 3, 2020
― Roz, Tuesday, 3 November 2020 07:38 (three years ago) link
Saw that just before I went to bed, incredible work. Deserves to win the Nobel Prize for the “es grande” followup.
― liberté, égalité, scampé (gyac), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 09:24 (three years ago) link