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Thank you so much for this. It’s been living in that Internet paradox world for me of “thing I am dying to know more about and yet am completely unwilling to look into even remotely at all” and this completely scratched the itch and I can now remove all of this from my brain. You are doing the Lord’s work.

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Jun 8, 2023Liked by Max Read

I know this is nothing new, especially in the era of All Social Media All the Time Rules Our Lives, but it's very annoying that people are intentionally making stuff that "piss people off" since it gets more views.

Could be that I am also over the age of 30 and so way overdue for whatever is the modern version of "Logan's Run" Carousel.

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Jun 8, 2023Liked by Max Read

Yes

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"if it wasn't gonna get views I wasn't gonna cover it... most of my viewers--I would say it's geared towards, like, middle schoolers and high schoolers"

This part caught my attention most of all, maybe because I'm realizing there's a lot of people trying to make money by upsetting teenagers enough to go viral.

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i am somehow more fascinated and interested in the drip king baby gronk saga after reading this than before.

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this man is an artist

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Wait... 'the youth' aren't reading substacks?

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i do not like the sound of baby gronk dad

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This post has everything I hate about everything.

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Reading this and Today in Tabs feels like what I imagine having a stroke feels like

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I have zero interest in Baby Gronk but I'm fascinated with h00pify and got here through a twitter search. Now I'm finding myself thrilled to have discovered you and am making my way through your past articles. You're filling the hole Reply All left in my heart and you're endorsed by Hunter Harris? You have a new subscriber.

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It would be interesting to know if De Tolla wants views in order to monetize his channel, or if he just wants views for views sake. From the interview it seems like the latter to an extent, but it’s interesting he would want attention from people who are mostly not in on the joke

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This is the best interview I’ve read in a long while

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You're laughing? Even language itself is collapsing into anarchy and you're laughing?

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Thanks I hate it.

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