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Victoria Veldhoen's avatar

Perfect JKR rant.

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Kate's avatar

I want to share #1 with everyone I know 👏 👏

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Sophie Lalani's avatar

DEAD at #3!!!! The Indian auntie trauma and armpit cuts are so real

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Natalie Kunce's avatar

The regret rate for Harry Potter tattoos is higher than that of gender affirming surgeries which I find quite poetic

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Gabi Guerra's avatar

You’re my favorite part of any of the new HBO docs! Thanks for all you do!

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Elle Ignore Rosy-Velt's avatar

I rarely do this, unless for Trump and/ or politicians,; to express my disgust in mass media falsehood. My reasoning commenting my rightful opinion on this glorified blogger for this spiel. I wouldn’t care less if she didn’t portray herself as an expert. Given, she is an sh- tty journalist, influencer, narrator, and person. I feel compelled to leave this comment I am rightfully able to, my expert opinion.

I perceive judgement from a woman with unresolved youth issues, perhaps not accepted by peers during developmental years (ex. teenage). This creating spite, surely journaled, time spent alone, mad and sad, turned journaling to a major in journalism. Now marketing off what she most presume similarly resented prior.

That is the voice I see in her writing, it isn’t tasteful or talent. I have to turn off if I see her, utterly ruins it. I know this type of personality. Always, it ends with thinking they have succeeding in status motivated by a traumatized youth. It radiates off her, to fit in with the “misfits”, joke in itself, my point is do not make her an expert narrator. In no way is she appealing, personable, knowledgeable, exactly the opposite.

I am left with this sense the subject researched and time spent of inauthenticity, being told from a NOW self-entitled, pretentious brat. She is accepted, let me guess lives in Brooklyn, some cliche. I give her all the credit to making it, but not to pretend to be an expert, with only a bachelors of journalism from a low end college.

In the end, she is a glorified blogger, biased voice, with no talent. Keep being an influencer and turning to everyone you hated, in a different way of course.She has deep unresolved feelings. She is not an expert narrator, maybe narcissistic in traits, but to fool people you actually know what you are talking about is entirely irresponsible, greedy, selfish, and paid for any random persons comments on social media, essentially. I suppose good job at marketing one’s self, succeeded and NOT AN EXPERT OPINION. A biased opinion from someone with absolutely no knowledge, except their own personal bias.

P.S. My sole opinion and not meant for factual knowledge or to be experience. Just how I feel and disclaiming this is not meant to be misconstrued as truth. Also. Haters Nation in the naming itself speaks volumes.

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Elle Ignore Rosy-Velt's avatar

I rarely do this, unless for Trump and/ or politicians,; to express my disgust in mass media falsehood. My reasoning commenting my rightful opinion on this glorified blogger for this spiel. I wouldn’t care less if she didn’t portray herself as an expert. Given, she is an sh- tty journalist, influencer, narrator, and person. I feel compelled to leave this comment I am rightfully able to, my expert opinion.

I perceive judgement from a woman with unresolved youth issues, perhaps not accepted by peers during developmental years (ex. teenage). This creating spite, surely journaled, time spent alone, mad and sad, turned journaling to a major in journalism. Now marketing off what she most presume similarly resented prior.

That is the voice I see in her writing, it isn’t tasteful or talent. I have to turn off if I see her, utterly ruins it. I know this type of personality. Always, it ends with thinking they have succeeding in status motivated by a traumatized youth. It radiates off her, to fit in with the “misfits”, joke in itself, my point is do not make her an expert narrator. In no way is she appealing, personable, knowledgeable, exactly the opposite.

I am left with this sense the subject researched and time spent of inauthenticity, being told from a NOW self-entitled, pretentious brat. She is accepted, let me guess lives in Brooklyn, some cliche. I give her all the credit to making it, but not to pretend to be an expert, with only a bachelors of journalism from a low end college.

In the end, she is a glorified blogger, biased voice, with no talent. Keep being an influencer and turning to everyone you hated, in a different way of course.She has deep unresolved feelings. She is not an expert narrator, maybe narcissistic in traits, but to fool people you actually know what you are talking about is entirely irresponsible, greedy, selfish, and paid for any random persons comments on social media, essentially. I suppose good job at marketing one’s self, succeeded and NOT AN EXPERT OPINION. A biased opinion from someone with absolutely no knowledge, except their own personal bias.

P.S. My sole opinion and not meant for factual knowledge or to be experience. Just how I feel and disclaiming this is not meant to be misconstrued as truth. Also. Haters Nation in the naming itself speaks volumes.

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Elle Ignore Rosy-Velt's avatar

I rarely do this, unless for Trump and/ or politicians,; to express my disgust in mass media falsehood. My reasoning commenting my rightful opinion on this glorified blogger for this spiel. I wouldn’t care less if she didn’t portray herself as an expert. Given, she is an sh- tty journalist, influencer, narrator, and person. I feel compelled to leave this comment I am rightfully able to, my expert opinion.

I perceive judgement from a woman with unresolved youth issues, perhaps not accepted by peers during developmental years (ex. teenage). This creating spite, surely journaled, time spent alone, mad and sad, turned journaling to a major in journalism. Now marketing off what she most presume similarly resented prior.

That is the voice I see in her writing, it isn’t tasteful or talent. I have to turn off if I see her, utterly ruins it. I know this type of personality. Always, it ends with thinking they have succeeding in status motivated by a traumatized youth. It radiates off her, to fit in with the “misfits”, joke in itself, my point is do not make her an expert narrator. In no way is she appealing, personable, knowledgeable, exactly the opposite.

I am left with this sense the subject researched and time spent of inauthenticity, being told from a NOW self-entitled, pretentious brat. She is accepted, let me guess lives in Brooklyn, some cliche. I give her all the credit to making it, but not to pretend to be an expert, with only a bachelors of journalism from a low end college.

In the end, she is a glorified blogger, biased voice, with no talent. Keep being an influencer and turning to everyone you hated, in a different way of course.She has deep unresolved feelings. She is not an expert narrator, maybe narcissistic in traits, but to fool people you actually know what you are talking about is entirely irresponsible, greedy, selfish, and paid for any random persons comments on social media, essentially. I suppose good job at marketing one’s self, succeeded and NOT AN EXPERT OPINION. A biased opinion from someone with absolutely no knowledge, except their own personal bias.

P.S. My sole opinion and not meant for factual knowledge or to be experience. Just how I feel and disclaiming this is not meant to be misconstrued as truth. Also. Haters Nation in the naming itself speaks volumes.

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Mrunmayee Sonak's avatar

I did a spit take at #3 and rattled off 5 such experiences to my non-desi husband (he pointed me in the direction of this newsletter months ago )

Also #1 - I’m sending it off to all millennials I know

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Michael Chambers's avatar

I was half expecting “Judas Iscariot” on this list but this was way better.

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shruthi's avatar

Thank you for saying the JKR part.

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Bryan's avatar

It's funny because I've thought of you and Ben Affleck in the same way, both resilient underdogs fighting the establishment, both people I cheer for (in that parasocial way).

Agreed about Joanne, though.

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Charlie Haas's avatar

Great colyum today. I'm trying to upgrade to paid but the link doesn't work... maybe alert Substack? Thanks.

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Priyanka Mattoo's avatar

“they want it so bad, take it” is how I feel every time one of these dumb things comes up

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Car's avatar

Couldn't agree with #1 more. Thanks for taking the space to give it the space needed to drive the point home.

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Fat Dyke Ephemera's avatar

Scaachi your way with words has me at odds guffawing, gasping, and spitting out my drink. Thank you for your service

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