Scar wasn’t evil, he just needed someone to read his Substack
There are a lot of annoying opinions out there. The internet gives us access to every annoying opinion imaginable. Articles are written about annoying opinions that would never have gained popularity if someone had not picked them out of a crowd and said, This will make a good story. I don’t know what my point is. I just find myself wanting to respond to a lot of annoying opinions. Sometimes in my creative practice I’m able to do it in an affirming sort of way that makes me feel really good. Like I’ve finally gotten to something, figured something out, untied a knot. Other times I try but I can’t. The opinion is too big, the holders of it too irrelevant to me and my life for it to even be a worthy cause. They will not change, so why force myself to write a painful thinkpiece trying to prove myself.
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