I went on Arielle Isaac Norman’s podcast again and had a lot of fun.
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I just find it annoying that trying to get someone fired because they wrote/said/tweeted something you disagree with isn't considered to be a constriction of free speech. And even people I generally like and agree with refuse to engage with this at all
"So you're saying people being mean to you on Twitter is a violation of free speech?"
"No, be as mean as you like, just don't try to get me fired"
"So you're really butthurt about that Twitter ratio, eh?"
"Don't care about that. Please just don't call or e-mail my employer"
"Why can't you take a little criticism?"
"I'm happy to argue with you, but I need to pay my mortgage."
"You're such a snowflake." - Chuchundra
I'd like to thank Freddie for recognizing the one kind of writing I'm any good at, Internet commenting. I have Usenet posts that are older than a lot of the people reading this text.
In an semi-related note, I started a Substack. It's more to play around with the platform than to do any real writing, but who knows? I republished an old piece I wrote back in 2007(!) on there if anyone wants to read it.
Veruca Salt!
(So, my taste and Freddie's taste have some overlap after all ..)
That's a great ballad, but I'm more of a fan of their hard-rockers, like their biggest hit Seether:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPsQcB52V18
And this great cover of one-hit-wonder The Knack's My Sharona; VS's version brings home how creepy those lyrics (that went right by me in 1979) really are ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuQ8iZwwmrs