I disagree about that. I think it is good you've realized you won't be a good match, but yeah, it's a very Autistic way of communicating. I realize that's off-putting for a lot of people, but I don't think such are useless questions.

For real though, I'd actually appreciate that. It's direct communication from someone who obviously knows what she's looking for. I'm personally not the spreadsheet kind of Virgo myself, but I get where she's coming from.

That's called being an Autistic Virgo. Source: am Autistic Virgo

It's true. I've run in to it way too much over the years.

easily prevent that risk, or at the very least, mitigate it as much as possible.

author being unashamed in direct communication, even in novel form.

Keep everything up, Chuck. You're one of the good ones in this life!

Chuck, rather than the "bit," but I think they're just two sides of the same coin. Also, aside, I'm finally working my way through Bury Your Gays and I absolutely love your Autistic style of writing and how it carries over to your horror. As an Autistic woman myself, it's refreshing to see an

themes such as love, eroticism, and even oppression is through whimsy and absurdity. It's eye-catching and confusing and provocative, and while those may be hallmarks of a "bit," it doesn't matter, because bits themselves are sincere. I've heard some say that your horror writings are the "real"

the absurdity. This is why even ironic comedy is Art, because even if something is a bit, it's a bit that the artist felt sure enough on to genuinely commit.
So when people question if your Art is a bit or a gimmick, I think they're missing the point. You've chosen that the way you express Queer

Whenever I hear you talk about this topic, I think a little on the phrase "commit to the bit." I think people have it all wrong, not just in relation to you, but the phrase itself. In comedy, if you commit to a bit, you do so because you believe it's worth committing to. There's a sincerity in

It's just proof that for conservatives, every accusation is a confession. When you're that awful and do that many terrible things, the only way you can justify it to yourself is to assume everyone does it, too.

I realize that everyone just wants to call former-Twitter the Nazi app and pat themselves on the back for having nothing to do with it anymore. Instead of fighting for what we had, you all just fled and left behind vulnerable people who used the platform for connection, work, and literal life.