I've never heard of him before but there are strong "store brand Houellebecq" vibes.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 1 November 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
tcw: B-) a hot girl let me be around and talk at her B-)er: this dude fuckin sucks, boo this man
― cointelamateur (m bison), Sunday, 1 November 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
he was behind the harpers anti cancel culture letter that twitter did not like, afaict thats when the users of that site started picking on him
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 November 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
if the "i am not being owned" dril tweet became sentient
― cointelamateur (m bison), Sunday, 1 November 2020 22:59 (three years ago) link
lol hes a total buffoon i kinda feel bad for him, but hes so arrogant, its tough
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:02 (three years ago) link
pls do not feel bad for him, hes not even mad, he just thinks its funny
― cointelamateur (m bison), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Elxfc-pWoAE0y8f?format=jpg
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
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:05 (three years ago) link
it should also be noted that he wrote an essay years ago in which he blamed rap music for the fact that he beat his girlfriend, i log on to the website in order to access this information "the best breasts of her generation" has been inserted into my brain
― lag∞n, Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
this is somehow wack for me?
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
he's sort of bill cosby jr afaict
― Give me a Chad Smith-type feel (map), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
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
― 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
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