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A.P. Murphy's avatar

So... what next? Metaphysics - or the denial of same - may be the way. Absurdism and surrealism another. Engagement with the very deepest cruelties à la Ceèline or Sade another.

I'm gonna be starting a book on the new CC aesthetic endeavour. If you n' me put our heads together we might be able to fix the betting and make a pretty penny. Just sayin...

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Caleb Caudell's avatar

I’m intrigued

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Will Boucher's avatar

"I can work a degrading job but I need to stop thematizing it, representing it, turning it into a toy for my own and other’s amusement..." I think about this every time I write about my day job at the crisis call center. Sometimes, I'm not quite sure what my motivations are other than to justify time spent swallowing the sorrows of others or make the resulting burnout seem interesting. as usual, loved your work

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Caleb Caudell's avatar

Thank you, Will. It makes complete sense that you’d grapple with the same issue, especially considering how harrowing and personal your line of work is. There’s always a question of exploitation

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Swing Thoughts and Roundabouts's avatar

This was not a four-minute read. I assume my refund is in the mail.

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Caleb Caudell's avatar

I’d be happy to connect you to a customer service representative that could process your request

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Swing Thoughts and Roundabouts's avatar

I'd honestly like to see SS's calculation on reading time. Vexing. Each writer shoud assign himself a coefficient. For you, 2.5 seems like it would be in order. I'd say .75 to .25 is most of what I see here.

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