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linkhttp://blakebutler.org calendar_today02-12-2008 00:45:11

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sebastian castillo(@bartlebytaco) 's Twitter Profile Photo

quote rt’s are not “dunks” — i’m talking to myself about how shitty something is, in order to better understand the world. it’s whimsical

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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Three tips I wish I could go back and make my 20 y/o self adopt:

1 stay offline
2 avoid partaking in the market as long as possible, perhaps forever
3 don’t sign anything

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theo(@theoooeooo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

> Scouring for a timeless literary journal to submit to
> Ask the editor if their publication values time-honored or avant-garde literature
> Met with a blank stare
> Show a detailed timeline showing the historical roots and evolution of literary styles
> They smile and…

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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'Stories can fail us for myriad reasons, but they feel particularly sterile when the frayed ends of complex experiences are trimmed to adhere to convention.' I appreciated this careful study of the highly underrated Her Smell

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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I'm done working in conditions where the creator is always the last to get paid. The only future is in abandoning the pay to play ship permanently

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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great example of a book where every chapter slightly alters your understanding of earlier chapters, requiring you to reach the end to understand the beginning, while nearly insisting you don’t reread it

Great example of a book where every chapter slightly alters your understanding of earlier chapters, requiring you to reach the end to understand the beginning, while nearly insisting you don’t reread it
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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you think if kid rock hadn’t yelled “my name is kid…rock” at the beginning of “bawitdabah” anyone would still remember him?

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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rewrite of the emperor's new clothes where they crucify the childsnitch and go back to enjoying watching the emperor's dong swangle around in the breeze

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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If by 'culture war' you mean grifters searching for in roads to relevancy thru solipsism & miming vs (whoever they think they are fighting against w/o trying to understand much of anything about non-normie aesthetics), sure

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blake butler(@blakebutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Dreamt ppl started writing their author bios like: '(author) is friends with ____, _____, _____, _____, _____, and ____.'

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