Wow, this is so good! You’re telling me I can get one of these every week? Count me in! (And thanks for the mention, Michael.)
Also, I voted for the virtual busking essay because I know your descriptions of it will capture its absurdity. But I’m super interested in baseball as “the last battalion of patience.” My vote is both.
Glad to see you’re embracing a publishing cadence with some mid sized pieces! Digging those constraints
These tiktok npcs remind me of twitch plays Pokémon and fish plays Pokémon. With our phones we all hold court and may now hire our own virtual jesters.
Wow, this is so good! You’re telling me I can get one of these every week? Count me in! (And thanks for the mention, Michael.)
Also, I voted for the virtual busking essay because I know your descriptions of it will capture its absurdity. But I’m super interested in baseball as “the last battalion of patience.” My vote is both.
Glad to see that baseball won the vote! I lost steam on that essay, and this is a sign to get back to it. Thanks again for the nudge on this format.
Stunning. Baseball as the antidote to TikTok. Never knew about the virtual busking phenomenon. Mind boggling.
"Baseball as the antidote to TikTok" -- tempted to fuse this into one essay now!
Glad to see you’re embracing a publishing cadence with some mid sized pieces! Digging those constraints
These tiktok npcs remind me of twitch plays Pokémon and fish plays Pokémon. With our phones we all hold court and may now hire our own virtual jesters.
Twitch Play Pokemon is such a good parallel! Forgot about that. Never heard of Fish Plays Pokemon until now. Wow. Did it ever beat the game?
The rabbit hole you didn't know you needed:
https://www.polygon.com/2020/11/9/21556590/fish-pokemon-sapphire-stream-twitch
Garrett is a fucking genius this is a great idea. Seriously, this is brilliant, please make this regular. I voted baseball.
Hold me to it! Going to aim for a baseball + TikTok essay combo in August.
I’m inspired by how you end your essays with links, comment prompts and footnotes. Great work