How lucky is Bean Dad, right?— Catherynne M. Valente (@catvalente) January 9, 2021
― fish quits shock (Matt #2), Saturday, 9 January 2021 10:08 (three years ago) link
*this past Tuesday*
"Please! Have some other vaguely well known indie musician be the brunt of everyone's ire."
"Be careful what you wish for."
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 9 January 2021 16:57 (three years ago) link
so did the kid not know how to use a can opener at age 9 or ... they didn't have cereal or frozen stuffyes, this is the motivating premise of the entire story
yes, this is the motivating premise of the entire story
Yeah, in the original story, he also stressed her difficulties with spatial skills and process visualization, that the cupboards were bare, and that he insisted no one would eat a bite until she figured out the can opener on her own. The version in the apology is very different. I could see the original being humorous if it had been clearly intended as fiction.
― Sharp! Distance! (Sund4r), Saturday, 9 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
apparently child protective services came to Roderick's house and interviewed his daughter, privately, for an hour:
https://reason.com/2021/02/16/bean-dad-child-services-john-roderick-can-opener/
― alpine static, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 08:29 (three years ago) link
did you say what you wanted saidand now you’re just putting the beans to dad
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 10:21 (three years ago) link
in hiiiiiindsight, you're gonna wish you hadn't tweeted
― alpine static, Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
Reason is really something
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 February 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link