bummy_commenter

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Comment · 9 months ago
It would be better if google also fetched tracking pixels in emails sent to addresses that do not exist.
Comment · 9 months ago
I read what you're saying. I don't want to go into detail about all the things in the article that rubbed me the wrong way, although saying that makes me feel like I owe that, so, sorry about that.

I will say: I don't know who _you_ are, but I feel like _the average Joe_ would love to be this guy and would love to have his problems instead of Joe's.

Succumbing to the pressure of knowing "an honest negative critique could tank an author's career" sounds like a skill issue, as the young folk say. If that's your worry, you are not this Joe's reviewer! I want an _honest_ critique! That that's a lot to ask of my number one TikTok bookfluencer is dystopian!

Comment · 9 months ago
Echoing another commenter: poignant? Reading the article, for me it was poignant, only mildly, in the archaic sense of the word (sorry! But seriously—dystopian is the first word I'd use.)

I'm interested in your interpretation and what you took away from reading that. Can you elaborate?

Comment · 10 months ago
I see. I hadn't thought of it from a perspective of dominant culture. Looking at it that way, it can appear racist.

I looked at it from the perspective of syllable count. Jeff Dean is easier to say by that measure. If Jeff were instead named Alexander Chesterton, would he still be the obvious choice to head the facts? My takeaway from this is that a single-syllable name is perhaps a great boon.

Comment · 10 months ago
What makes it feel a little racist?

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