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jacob silverman's avatar

Early on, I read a few things on a company newsletter, on Substack. I saw how the founder and his cohort think, right at that point. I saw they had the same business-orientation one always sees in any of these sorts of companies. So, I do not believe Substack is and different. They, like all the others, are mostly about money and business. What I am wondering is this. Is genuine communication (e.g. as Thic Nat Hahn would have it) even possible? For example. I have a little group of me and four other persons (should I give names? I don't think I should) who (up until this week anyhow - where are you guys?) always comment on my pieces and I likewise. (One, a great writer, Libo Soural, is from Nicaragua). If I got a few more friends like them, though, how would we keep up with one another? What I am doing is strictly under the radar. I refuse to pay (I eat out of garbage cans. 100% of my money goes to rent, laundry and beer and I congratulate myself for a "low carbon footprint" so there). None of my group requires it. Am I looking for the impossible? I am constantly being denied access to different paywall type sites. I rather think the whole I-net should be free! (And... what is my 'persona' going to end up being? Here, I sound quirky or weird. I am must a person; and so, I HOPE I never get a Substack "persona.")

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Claudine Notacat's avatar

“That stupid email from your cousin that you forgot to reply to and now you can't bring your fiancée to the company picnic.”

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I can’t figure out the bridge between the two halves of this sentence, but I feel there’s an interesting story here....

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