1. I am a man.
2. I am advocating that authors, without support from publishers, agents, or the reading public, continue to slam ourselves against the brick wall of martyrdom in order to keep a dying medium alive.
3. I am swathed in moralistic superiority, rather than genuinely concerned.
4. I hate all technology, and it's a miracle I was willing to write my post on a devil machine, rather than committing it to beautiful calligraphy and pasting my broadsheets all over town.
5. Poor people don't want to read anyway, so why am I bothering?
6. Saying that some poor people won't be able to afford an ebook reader, or wouldn't waste the money on one if they could, is just stupid, and I'm totally wrong.
7. Also, no one in America goes to bed hungry. American poverty is actually pretty nice.
8. Did I mention that I was a man?
9. My view of poverty is romanticized. (This was actually the one that really made me go "WHAT THE FUCK?!" out loud. Once the word "cockroaches" enters a discussion, the romance is dead.)
10. I'm an idiot.
Well, yes, point #10: I am an idiot, and should not have looked at those links. Thank you. As to the above, wow. The range of interpretation possible on the internet is incredible. Also, before you quote any of those things out of context (please don't), they're not true. And no, I'm not saying "wah, some people didn't agree with me." Lots of people didn't agree with me, and some of their disagreements were fascinating and thought-provoking. I'm saying "I do not have a penis, children go to bed hungry, and if you think my view of poverty is romantic, I do not think we should continue this conversation."
I hereby declare comment amnesty on this post. I am too tired to play nicely with the other children, and think that I should just stay in my room.
Cranky blonde is cranky. And armed.
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September 26 2011, 15:06:56 UTC 5 years ago
(And yes, I have amnesty, but I can reply if I wanna.)
Sometimes I wish I were allowed to carry bricks.
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September 26 2011, 15:06:47 UTC 5 years ago
also the comments when *I* shared it were very poilite
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September 26 2011, 15:21:06 UTC 5 years ago
What I do feel you need to be informed of is the fact that at this moment in time, there are exactly 666 comments on that post.
September 26 2011, 15:22:36 UTC 5 years ago
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September 26 2011, 15:23:11 UTC 5 years ago
I just busted out laughing. Oh, lordy. Beautiful.
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Also, even if I did not agree with anything else you had ever written (this assumption is an untrue "if"), I cannot agree more that there is nothing romantic about cockroaches. I grew up in Austin, often near enough to water for water-roaches to get into the house. These things are approximately the length (barring the tail) of a young mouse, fly badly, and will fly into one's face at night. I hunted them often with stick and bug-spray, in the middle of the night.
September 26 2011, 15:42:03 UTC 5 years ago
Once I mentioned the health department and my buddies there, OH MAN the speed with which my problems were fixed.
Also, I hope Mira Grant now has a penis collection. That would be awesome.
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(Roaches. Y'know, this might even be triggering?)
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September 26 2011, 15:41:16 UTC 5 years ago
I used to volunteer in the library as a child. Then I volunteered to teach ESL as an adult. Pardon me while I go beat someone bloody with a rolled-up, preciously-treasured, much-checked-out "ESL: Write English Right" workbook.
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To make your blood boil...
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September 26 2011, 15:43:29 UTC 5 years ago
In other news, I hand you a sock with half a brick in it. Have fun!
September 26 2011, 15:44:55 UTC 5 years ago
Timing's everything for me... it was the merest coincidence that I added you the very day you put up that post. I added you because I carry your books at my bookstore and I enjoy what you write.
Don't let the turkeys get you down. i recommend cat-snuggling.
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September 26 2011, 20:53:13 UTC 5 years ago
[Sorry to shout in Seanan's blog, but this statement so, so, so on the mark.]
I have living proof residing under my roof that reading saves minds and hearts for those people who are financially poor.
Thank you.
September 26 2011, 15:59:27 UTC 5 years ago
Your post was amazing, and several folks (not all, but several) are missing the point.
September 26 2011, 16:03:07 UTC 5 years ago
Also I have been told if you aren't aggravating someone you aren't saying anything productive. So clearly you're productive! :)
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September 26 2011, 16:16:50 UTC 5 years ago
However aggravating the idiocy that prompted this post, these are words of wisdom I will cherish and somehow find a reason to quote.
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I thought you needed to know.
September 26 2011, 16:40:42 UTC 5 years ago
On this subject, I am up in Seattle, and this (below) was in today's paper. Someone agrees with you.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/b
September 26 2011, 16:42:24 UTC 5 years ago
That being said, cockroaches, by themselves, can be romantic - look at Wall*E
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September 26 2011, 17:22:53 UTC 5 years ago
http://community.thisiscentralstation.c
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September 26 2011, 18:29:24 UTC 5 years ago
Of course, in this economy, my MLS means I'm working part time in some random job, but I will still get in huge arguments about how print is not going to die as soon as everyone thinks. And libraries? They're not just places for books, damnit.
I'd feel cranky too, if I were you. But, hey, at least you have all these awesome people who are in agreement!
Also, pffft, romanticized ideas of poverty. Was your post about cheerful hobos, who ride the rails with adventure in their heart? Because I must of missed that...
September 26 2011, 18:32:53 UTC 5 years ago
This, however, is one reason you have cats:
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Keep writing. What you say matters.
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