December 2011
4 posts
Radical empathy
Trying to come to terms with this madman I used to know. If anyone has a Kindle or iPad and manages to get through this 26,000-word piece I would love to know what you think.
It’s the same as masquerading subjective opinion... →
youngmanhattanite:
I had been emailing this girl for weeks. I stumbled onto her tumblr through an acquaintance and found her thoughtful, incisive, and full of good wisdom. I thought we might be friends, and had talked it over with my girlfriend, Eloise, before I began emailing her. Eloise was alright with the idea,…
An education
11: 15 AM
ok, here's what i want for chanukkah
you have to give me a lesson in tumblr
Katherine: yo ask david
idk anything
me: really!?
Katherine: tumblr is for kids
and pictures!
tumblr is all about pictures
i'm text-based
11: 16 AM
me: i have a tumblr and i get how to publish but what i don't get is how to follow and just basically know what the fuck IS GOING ON
how do you work it?
Katherine: it's predicated on the idea that you have a vast amount of free time
me: oh, that makes sense
Katherine: seriously
i can't name any grown ups who use it
11: 17 AM
I think it's a way to reach an alternate group of "commenters"
me: which is why we're becoming obsolette. that's my point
Katherine: ify ou post an excerpt of a story with a large photo
and a link
people will reblog click etc who wouldn't normally read observer
but it's not even worth following other people
11: 18 AM
me: not even to find good writers and/or young girls who want to sleep with editors?
Katherine: because you'll see who reblogs you, and i'ts not like you have time to kill reblogging w/ witty comment
me: jk
Katherine: i don't even think there are good writers!
except david
who admits that tumblr is a bad platform for him but stays on it due to his teen girl following
me: oh, really? but choire and balk are all over it. they understand something i don'tl. and i need to know what it is
11: 19 AM
Katherine: no they're not1
they post like, a photo to it
or a link with witty comment
and watch their supplicants reblog
me: supplicants. right...
11: 20 AM
i think i should post this entire chat to tumblr
Katherine: NOW YOU GET IT