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Genre attacks are never really about attacking the genre but about belittling its readers. They never ask “how can we get these misguided readers to pick up REAL books?” (which would be patronizing & wrong but possibly well-intended) but always, “Look at what all these hopeless idiots fall for.”
December 8, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Genre attacks are never really about attacking the genre but about belittling its readers. They never ask “how can we get these misguided readers to pick up REAL books?” (which would be patronizing & wrong but possibly well-intended) but always, “Look at what all these hopeless idiots fall for.”
Weird how you put a cheap thing that works against an expensive thing that doesn’t work and, even in this current reality, the cheap thing that works ends up winning.
December 8, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Weird how you put a cheap thing that works against an expensive thing that doesn’t work and, even in this current reality, the cheap thing that works ends up winning.
There’s some “this is really going to help” and a little “this is really cool” but not nearly as much as “you HAVE to buy this” which sells a lot more shares than product.
It worked for crypto but that’s just because there is no product.
December 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
There’s some “this is really going to help” and a little “this is really cool” but not nearly as much as “you HAVE to buy this” which sells a lot more shares than product.
It worked for crypto but that’s just because there is no product.
Didn’t he claim just the other day they were trying to flip the boat? You can’t be sitting on it with your arms in the air if you’re trying to flip it.
December 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Didn’t he claim just the other day they were trying to flip the boat? You can’t be sitting on it with your arms in the air if you’re trying to flip it.
I don’t anyone thinks about a 2% overall increase. But they DO remember the sticker shock of seeing, say, a box of crappy breakfast cereal going for $7-$8 even if they choose not to buy it.
December 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don’t anyone thinks about a 2% overall increase. But they DO remember the sticker shock of seeing, say, a box of crappy breakfast cereal going for $7-$8 even if they choose not to buy it.
They know how to keep a story relevant when they want to. Neither “Joe Biden is Old” nor “Her Emails” were stories that had shocking new developments but news outlets managed to write about each for months.
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
They know how to keep a story relevant when they want to. Neither “Joe Biden is Old” nor “Her Emails” were stories that had shocking new developments but news outlets managed to write about each for months.