It’s perfectly fine. Most chains are perfectly mid for what they offer, but it’s fashionable to hate them or to make up stories for whatever reason.

“Taco Bell killed my goldfish.”

“Popeyes punched a baby in the mouth! My cousin’s roommate’s stylist’s catfish saw it!”

I mean. Times and storytelling preferences change. Craig’s connected Bond movies were delightful for me.

But he wasn’t Connery’s Bond. He was a reboot. Just reboot again. It’s not harder than any other scriptwriting project.

Also I got to explain that Lake Superior really doesn’t give up her dead and that divers found the Edmund Fitzgerald some years ago, bodies intact—one was found outside the wreck—and is now an officially protected grave.

I wanted to slink into a hole from embarrassment. So of course my brain wants to play Greatest Hits on repeat of my cringiest (to me) moments.

Followed up by having to have the Lotus Eaters metaphor in Kevin Frane’s “Summerhill” pointed out to me.

Ahahahha

I would love to throttle all people who would make Means Testing sound reasonable

The disability system is also deeply fucked, yes. Ugh

Sounds right! Also deserved

I can only hope the sustained rage will last through each of their primaries.

And each one getting run out of office forever.

Yeah the slicer is spelled mandoline.

I knew what was intended but all I could think of was

When I joined it was on the back of two conbook submissions. I don’t even know what the guidelines look like now. I am sorry for the frustration and just…stuck feeling that it causes

I cannot write a short story of less than 10k words and my stuff doesn’t split well.

I feel all of this in my bones. I’m sorry you are going through it.

I did! I was the one waiting outside when you brought them in and you invited me to touch.

If I had had the money it would have gone home with me.

There’s definitely a subset of folks…the bob-haircut Karen brigade…but the rest of us just really want to get the things and get the fuck out.

For me? I don’t want unnecessary conversation or fluff on my day but I also don’t want to make employees jobs even harder than they are.