Ugh, here’s Erin again! Just dropping in to say I think your painting of a disgruntled frog is beautiful.
Plus, I would expect nothing less from a man of your tastes than to be a champion of the curated and exclusive, particularly online. There really is something to be said for joining a digital Finer Things club.
Oldsters like me, who remember the internet from when it was just getting started, are starting to wonder whether the internet has come full-circle.
Back in the early 90s, I thought that the internet would be a wonderful, charitable place, because a kid I had cared for for eight years, and who had undergone a colostomy after a life-threatening case of ulcerative colitis, had found an online chat group for people who had had colostomies. The group traded advice and offered support, and it was a real lifeline for a teenager coping with something horrible that he—for obvious reasons—couldn’t discuss with his peers.
And now some of the best parts of the internet are again these small, closed communities that are committed to civil discourse and supporting each other. Good!
Oh, and, I kind of like your painting, actually. I think the green and yellow contrast nicely, and I like the strong brush strokes.
The sports & culture website Defector.com is a good non-Substack example of this. They have two different subscription tiers, and you have to join at the higher-priced tier in order to gain commenting privileges. As a result, the comments section is almost always worth reading.
This is terrifying and accurate and, at times, “LOL” humorous (sorry for that, but I really was).
Kirk, hands down BTW. No words for your Reddit experience.
Ugh, here’s Erin again! Just dropping in to say I think your painting of a disgruntled frog is beautiful.
Plus, I would expect nothing less from a man of your tastes than to be a champion of the curated and exclusive, particularly online. There really is something to be said for joining a digital Finer Things club.
Oldsters like me, who remember the internet from when it was just getting started, are starting to wonder whether the internet has come full-circle.
Back in the early 90s, I thought that the internet would be a wonderful, charitable place, because a kid I had cared for for eight years, and who had undergone a colostomy after a life-threatening case of ulcerative colitis, had found an online chat group for people who had had colostomies. The group traded advice and offered support, and it was a real lifeline for a teenager coping with something horrible that he—for obvious reasons—couldn’t discuss with his peers.
And now some of the best parts of the internet are again these small, closed communities that are committed to civil discourse and supporting each other. Good!
Oh, and, I kind of like your painting, actually. I think the green and yellow contrast nicely, and I like the strong brush strokes.
The sports & culture website Defector.com is a good non-Substack example of this. They have two different subscription tiers, and you have to join at the higher-priced tier in order to gain commenting privileges. As a result, the comments section is almost always worth reading.