forever thinking of the elif batuman n+1 essay where she digs into two best american short stories collections and literally has to say, in the essay, that the purpose of the short story form is to tell a short story—"this sounds trivial, but isn’t"

and by disagreeing i mean, finding a narrator “inaccurate” because it’s not what you, personally, would feel/think/do (outside ofc of anything poorly written/unbelievable).

i don’t really think this is unhinged but the quote posts make me feel it might be for some!

I’m honestly so livid that after a MONTH of off-gassing this thing still gives me a sore throat and smells horrid. dunno how long it’ll take the office to air out now but hopefully not long cause god I miss my desk!

and to be clear she is anti-AI and so am I, I don’t think AI are people or should be treated as people, and if that changed the tech industry as a whole would contradict itself. not that exploiting workers has ever been new but do the robots have wages and lunch breaks? workers rights?

Thanks!!