Aaron Gell
Feb 13
Jan 02
[video]
Dec 25
Dec 22
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 as truth.
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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,…
Dec 21
An education
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11:
15 AM
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ok, here's what i want for chanukkah
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you have to give me a lesson in tumblr
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Katherine:
yo ask david
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idk anything
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me:
really!?
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Katherine:
tumblr is for kids
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and pictures!
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tumblr is all about pictures
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i'm text-based
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11:
16 AM
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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
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how do you work it?
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Katherine:
it's predicated on the idea that you have a vast amount of free time
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me:
oh, that makes sense
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Katherine:
seriously
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i can't name any grown ups who use it
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11:
17 AM
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I think it's a way to reach an alternate group of "commenters"
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me:
which is why we're becoming obsolette. that's my point
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Katherine:
ify ou post an excerpt of a story with a large photo
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and a link
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people will reblog click etc who wouldn't normally read observer
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but it's not even worth following other people
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11:
18 AM
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me:
not even to find good writers and/or young girls who want to sleep with editors?
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Katherine:
because you'll see who reblogs you, and i'ts not like you have time to kill reblogging w/ witty comment
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me:
jk
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Katherine:
i don't even think there are good writers!
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except david
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who admits that tumblr is a bad platform for him but stays on it due to his teen girl following
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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
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11:
19 AM
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Katherine:
no they're not1
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they post like, a photo to it
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or a link with witty comment
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and watch their supplicants reblog
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me:
supplicants. right...
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11:
20 AM
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i think i should post this entire chat to tumblr
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Katherine:
NOW YOU GET IT
Oct 21
Occupy Wall Street and the Poetry of Now-Time
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I met these guys the other night drank the Kool-Aid on Occupy Wall Street.
Jun 24
[video]
Jun 18
[video]
Jun 10
