Tag: Zach Faulkner
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Get Off My Lawn
Click or not: Get Off My LawnI’m far too salty for someone who is under 30. Pessimism and being judgmental has been my M.O. since forever, so much so that as a young adult, a friend remarked, “You’ve been 40 since you were 17!” I can’t help it, though at times it would be nice if I could be less like… …
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Obsession
Click or not: ObsessionDirty words keep us laughing, they get us in trouble, and they bring us together. The inherent nature of language is to unite, and the taboo helps specifically unite subgroups. A word often subject to scrutiny and aligned with negative connotation is Obsession. People who are Obsessed are crazy, freaks, sick, in need of help,… …
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Density
Click or not: DensityWhere has the density gone? It’s all fluff now, drivel gone soggy, mundane milquetoast…there used to be cutting and thought-provoking journalism front-and-center. Now, it’s gone off down the dark alleys of person blogs, nom-du-plume’d or vague and incognito, as to agitate the hornets nest of advertisers, would be like penning one’s own murder slip. The… …
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The Winter Closeout
Click or not: The Winter CloseoutIt’s an angry runaway stream roller, barreling down the trail intent on flattening all that dare remain in its direction of travel. Being astride such a beast is inspiring, the sound of the fat tread finding purchase where there ought to be no hold in enthralling. As Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Any sufficiently advanced… …
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The Long Format Brodown
Click or not: The Long Format BrodownThere has to be a saturation point. The threshold for how many different-but-same storylines, reviews, and general commentary has been quite high since content started to be pumped out at an almost intolerable pace. I feel that a lot of what ends up on the front page of a website these days is a watered… …