52 things I learned in 2018. What did you learn?
December 16, 2018 3:54 PM Subscribe
Peppa pig big in China? I'm clever because I use my middle initial. Vice's audience is middle-aged. Fortune cookies sell us things for a reason. Thermal breadboxes are the bomb. Medium gives us the hits.
Also noted, WRT the middle initial thing: "Using a middle initial makes people think you’re clever. [Wijnand A. P. Van Tilburg & Eric R. Igou]" Also, I'm not surprised that Viceland's average audience age is forty-two; there's something about Vice that has always made me think that a big chunk of its readership are olds trying to find out what the kids are up to.
posted by Halloween Jack at 4:34 PM on December 16, 2018 [9 favorites]
posted by Halloween Jack at 4:34 PM on December 16, 2018 [9 favorites]
When he took over the bookshop chain Waterstones, James Daunt gave individual store managers control over which books to stock and how to display them. Over seven years, returns dropped from 20–25% to just 4%.
When I first read this I thought it meant “returns” in the sense of “profits or yield,” and that the individual store managers had tanked the company by not hewing to the corporate algorithm. Glad to realize it’s the opposite, that they’re talking about unsold books being returned to publishers.
posted by ejs at 4:43 PM on December 16, 2018 [30 favorites]
When I first read this I thought it meant “returns” in the sense of “profits or yield,” and that the individual store managers had tanked the company by not hewing to the corporate algorithm. Glad to realize it’s the opposite, that they’re talking about unsold books being returned to publishers.
posted by ejs at 4:43 PM on December 16, 2018 [30 favorites]
30. CoworKite, a co-working space in Cape Town, has opened a branch in Mauritius, promoting the concept of Workation (work-vacation). The programme includes workshops for “digital nomads who want to reduce taxation over their global earnings” and “features a local host, who is both an entrepreneur and a kitesurfer”.
31. At Hangzhou Zhongheng Electric, workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves. The data is used to ‘adjust the pace of production and redesign workflows’.
I have learned that we are all in hell.
posted by rodlymight at 5:11 PM on December 16, 2018 [45 favorites]
31. At Hangzhou Zhongheng Electric, workers wear caps to monitor their brainwaves. The data is used to ‘adjust the pace of production and redesign workflows’.
I have learned that we are all in hell.
posted by rodlymight at 5:11 PM on December 16, 2018 [45 favorites]
“One prominent television actress paid $40,000 to have her [honeymoon] hotel bathroom’s granite sink lifted 7 inches higher — all so she wouldn’t have to bend over when washing her face.” [Brandon Presser]
I did click through to hate-read this entire article and I think I speak for us all when I say, fuck these people.
posted by soren_lorensen at 5:18 PM on December 16, 2018 [31 favorites]
I did click through to hate-read this entire article and I think I speak for us all when I say, fuck these people.
posted by soren_lorensen at 5:18 PM on December 16, 2018 [31 favorites]
In 2015, the Billboard top 200 featured twice as many acoustic guitars as electric guitars.
As if we needed further proof that rock is well and truly dead.
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:24 PM on December 16, 2018 [5 favorites]
As if we needed further proof that rock is well and truly dead.
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:24 PM on December 16, 2018 [5 favorites]
Using a middle initial makes people think you’re clever.
Notice: I shall be changing my user name from Greg_Ace to Greg_T_Ace. (the T stands for "The")
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:34 PM on December 16, 2018 [13 favorites]
Notice: I shall be changing my user name from Greg_Ace to Greg_T_Ace. (the T stands for "The")
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:34 PM on December 16, 2018 [13 favorites]
*rushes off to register Greg_T_Nelson*
posted by Freelance Demiurge at 5:43 PM on December 16, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by Freelance Demiurge at 5:43 PM on December 16, 2018 [7 favorites]
I have learned that we are all in hell.
The future really is awful.
posted by bongo_x at 5:58 PM on December 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
The future really is awful.
posted by bongo_x at 5:58 PM on December 16, 2018 [2 favorites]
In New York City, there are around 1,000 crosswalk buttons. In 2018, only 100 are functional, down from 750 functional buttons in 2004. [Jacopo Prisco]
I live in San Francisco where the walk signs (mosty!) just come on. When out of "The City" (it's "The City," ok?) I have stood for as many as three cycles before thinking of pressing the damn button.
posted by sjswitzer at 6:29 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
I live in San Francisco where the walk signs (mosty!) just come on. When out of "The City" (it's "The City," ok?) I have stood for as many as three cycles before thinking of pressing the damn button.
posted by sjswitzer at 6:29 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
In 2018, only 100 are functional, down from 750 functional buttons in 2004.
Just to clarify, in places where pedestrians predominate you should not have to press the button. In places where they significantly predominate, an all-ways pedestrian crossing is even better, though very confusing to the uninitiated!
posted by sjswitzer at 6:41 PM on December 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
Just to clarify, in places where pedestrians predominate you should not have to press the button. In places where they significantly predominate, an all-ways pedestrian crossing is even better, though very confusing to the uninitiated!
posted by sjswitzer at 6:41 PM on December 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
Before I took up the pen/stage-name Wendell, I used my middle initial a lot - because I could make a flourishy "L" in my signature, but my full middle name, "Lee" was meh.
I never gave my pen/stage name a middle name because there's no initial that look cool between two W's. Although if I had, I would've been most likely "WWW" 20 years before the World Wide Web.
Watch for my upcoming article "52 Really Tedious Factoids About Me".
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:43 PM on December 16, 2018 [17 favorites]
I never gave my pen/stage name a middle name because there's no initial that look cool between two W's. Although if I had, I would've been most likely "WWW" 20 years before the World Wide Web.
Watch for my upcoming article "52 Really Tedious Factoids About Me".
posted by oneswellfoop at 6:43 PM on December 16, 2018 [17 favorites]
Seems the author and I have very different meanings about the word "learned". Call these factoids, or in the free-information universe, call them data points... I call them things you absorb, not learn. I think of learning as affecting a bit more of a paradigm shift. On that note...
53. Theo R. Johnson is a bit of a pedant with this sort of stuff.
(anyone else notice a lot of these points focused on Africa?)
posted by Theophrastus Johnson at 6:58 PM on December 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
53. Theo R. Johnson is a bit of a pedant with this sort of stuff.
(anyone else notice a lot of these points focused on Africa?)
posted by Theophrastus Johnson at 6:58 PM on December 16, 2018 [1 favorite]
Vice was founded in 1994, when the current 42-year-olds were seniors in high school. That's why it is the average age of the viewer.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:01 PM on December 16, 2018 [12 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:01 PM on December 16, 2018 [12 favorites]
Today I learned that Metafilter’s own oneswellfoop is quite possibly the 1940 Republican candidate for president of the USA, Wendell Lewis Wilkie.
posted by ejs at 7:18 PM on December 16, 2018 [20 favorites]
posted by ejs at 7:18 PM on December 16, 2018 [20 favorites]
Vice was founded in 1994, when the current 42-year-olds were seniors in high school. That's why it is the average age of the viewer.
That’s... not how averages work.
posted by Automocar at 7:20 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
That’s... not how averages work.
posted by Automocar at 7:20 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
I'm saying that the locus of relevance re: age is related to how relevant the publication was when any given cohort came of age. Vice was an "edgy" mag that people in the now 36-50yo range flocked to back in the day. It makes sense that its core audience remains the same to this day, given the fickle nature of edginess. The average Kevin Smith fan is probably also 42 for the same reason.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:31 PM on December 16, 2018 [14 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:31 PM on December 16, 2018 [14 favorites]
Those eggs (maggots) are dehydrated, flattened and used as animal feed.
Er, maggots aren't eggs.
posted by Chrysostom at 7:33 PM on December 16, 2018 [11 favorites]
Er, maggots aren't eggs.
posted by Chrysostom at 7:33 PM on December 16, 2018 [11 favorites]
Maybe not in your experience, but I assert that maggots are indeed eggs.
Johnny A. Wallflower
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:18 PM on December 16, 2018 [15 favorites]
Johnny A. Wallflower
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 9:18 PM on December 16, 2018 [15 favorites]
US nuclear testing between the 1940s and 1970s may have killed as many Americans (from radioactive pollution) as were killed by the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [Tim Fernholz]
Ugh, yeah, I've been reading this history of nuclear bomb testing, and there are some really well-done chapters that lead you into this sense of outrage around how much reassurance was offered to the general population and then what started to emerge. They're also clearly setting up for some serious outrage around the miners as well, because one of the protagonists keeps warning officials about health risks and then getting his budget cut.
posted by salvia at 11:02 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
Ugh, yeah, I've been reading this history of nuclear bomb testing, and there are some really well-done chapters that lead you into this sense of outrage around how much reassurance was offered to the general population and then what started to emerge. They're also clearly setting up for some serious outrage around the miners as well, because one of the protagonists keeps warning officials about health risks and then getting his budget cut.
posted by salvia at 11:02 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
Re: Vice. Assuming its readership has not changed over time; i.e. that the average age has steadily increased year by year since inception. I doubt this.
posted by iamkimiam at 11:25 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by iamkimiam at 11:25 PM on December 16, 2018 [3 favorites]
No known machine learning system can reliably tell a bird from a bicycle when a human is trying to trick the system.
Do we know this is limited to AI? I've never tried to trick someone into thinking a bird is a bicycle (or vice versa). Would I even know if someone has tried to trick me into thinking such?
posted by DyRE at 1:07 AM on December 17, 2018 [5 favorites]
Do we know this is limited to AI? I've never tried to trick someone into thinking a bird is a bicycle (or vice versa). Would I even know if someone has tried to trick me into thinking such?
posted by DyRE at 1:07 AM on December 17, 2018 [5 favorites]
I really want to get into the details about Vice's readership but will demur for today. Instead, I offer you this:
Why isn't her name Pepper Piglet? I mean like what the fuck, do words have any meaning to these people?
posted by Literaryhero at 2:09 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Why isn't her name Pepper Piglet? I mean like what the fuck, do words have any meaning to these people?
posted by Literaryhero at 2:09 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Why isn't her name Pepper Piglet? I mean like what the fuck, do words have any meaning to these people?
It's species-specific, not age-specific. Her parents are Mummy and Daddy Pig, and Mummy's parents are Grandpa and Granny Pig.
posted by Etrigan at 2:27 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
It's species-specific, not age-specific. Her parents are Mummy and Daddy Pig, and Mummy's parents are Grandpa and Granny Pig.
posted by Etrigan at 2:27 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Avoids confusion. Pepper Piglet is already a popular dish in Guangzhou.
posted by Panjandrum at 4:01 AM on December 17, 2018 [7 favorites]
posted by Panjandrum at 4:01 AM on December 17, 2018 [7 favorites]
Maybe not in your experience, but I assert that maggots are indeed eggs.
According to the Cube Rule of Food, they're all calzones.
posted by Foosnark at 4:14 AM on December 17, 2018 [14 favorites]
According to the Cube Rule of Food, they're all calzones.
posted by Foosnark at 4:14 AM on December 17, 2018 [14 favorites]
Y'all are estimating Vice's target demographic, but the article said "Viceland," Vice's cable network. Younger folks are less likely to have cable, and the network's focused on documentaries. Doesn't seem surprising that the average viewer age of a channel that is a rebranding of H2 (aka History Channel 2) might be higher.
posted by explosion at 4:51 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by explosion at 4:51 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
soren_lorensen: "I did click through to hate-read this entire article and I think I speak for us all when I say, fuck these people."
posted by Mitheral at 5:50 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Within two hours of joining the agent team, I was on the phone with the Vatican, sorting out the logistics of having the pope marry an interfaith couple on their elopement-cum-honeymoon.None of that list really surprised me (some people with money spend it as need to accomplish whatever they want isn't shocking) but I was a little surprised the Pope could bought off.
posted by Mitheral at 5:50 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
One thing I learned this year, though I haven't read the paper closely yet, is that the only discernible differences between people who describe themselves as "liberal" and people who describe themselves as "progressive" are:
(1) Probably the best way to put this is that progressives are less anti-sexist -- neither group tends to be very high on the sexism scale they use, but liberals are more strongly not-sexist than progressives
(2) Liberals are to the left of progressives on the issue of "race and policing."
All of which has led me to stop resisting the label "liberal."
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:13 AM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
(1) Probably the best way to put this is that progressives are less anti-sexist -- neither group tends to be very high on the sexism scale they use, but liberals are more strongly not-sexist than progressives
(2) Liberals are to the left of progressives on the issue of "race and policing."
All of which has led me to stop resisting the label "liberal."
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 6:13 AM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
Vice was founded in 1994, when the current 42-year-olds were seniors in high school. That's why it is the average age of the viewer.
Started reading Vice when it first came out as a tabloid you could pick up at Dutchies even before it was a magazine. Current age? 42
posted by furtive at 6:49 AM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
Started reading Vice when it first came out as a tabloid you could pick up at Dutchies even before it was a magazine. Current age? 42
posted by furtive at 6:49 AM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
It takes a special kind of deranged ego to think that being a kitesurfer is something customers give a shit about.
posted by Brocktoon at 7:48 AM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by Brocktoon at 7:48 AM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
In 2015, the Billboard top 200 featured twice as many acoustic guitars as electric guitars.
By count or by volume?
posted by acb at 7:48 AM on December 17, 2018
By count or by volume?
posted by acb at 7:48 AM on December 17, 2018
14. In April, a team at National Taiwan University created an automated Instagram comment generator that can look at images and leave replies that are convincingly human. Sample robo-comment: “I love your shoes!!! HYPED!”
39. 54 percent of Chinese born after 1995 chose “influencer” as their most desired occupation.
Well, that's quite unfortunate.
posted by acb at 7:53 AM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
39. 54 percent of Chinese born after 1995 chose “influencer” as their most desired occupation.
Well, that's quite unfortunate.
posted by acb at 7:53 AM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
39. 54 percent of Chinese born after 1995 chose “influencer” as their most desired occupation.
After reading the article, my most desired occupation is "vanillionaire."
posted by pangolin party at 8:07 AM on December 17, 2018 [16 favorites]
After reading the article, my most desired occupation is "vanillionaire."
posted by pangolin party at 8:07 AM on December 17, 2018 [16 favorites]
GCU Sweet and Full of Grace, can we get a link to that paper? While self-description is pretty well bullshit, I'd like to see the methodology they used.
posted by opossumnus at 8:25 AM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
posted by opossumnus at 8:25 AM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
I've never tried to trick someone into thinking a bird is a bicycle (or vice versa). Would I even know if someone has tried to trick me into thinking such?
PSA: If you've ever seen a bicycle perched in a tree and making chirping noises, you may be eligible for compensation.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:50 AM on December 17, 2018 [5 favorites]
PSA: If you've ever seen a bicycle perched in a tree and making chirping noises, you may be eligible for compensation.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:50 AM on December 17, 2018 [5 favorites]
Unless somebody has a really good reason for doing it, like their first and last names are the same as a close relative or someone else in their professional circle, I always think it makes someone sound silly and pretentious to use a middle initial. It automatically makes me think of a cartoon character. I never, ever yse mine unless a document absolutely cannot be processed without it.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:54 AM on December 17, 2018
posted by The Underpants Monster at 9:54 AM on December 17, 2018
GCU Sweet and Full of Grace, can we get a link to that paper?
I'd have to dig through my facebook feed from August/Sept, which... nah... but IIRC it involved Kevin Banda and is probably googleable through him.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 10:18 AM on December 17, 2018
I'd have to dig through my facebook feed from August/Sept, which... nah... but IIRC it involved Kevin Banda and is probably googleable through him.
posted by GCU Sweet and Full of Grace at 10:18 AM on December 17, 2018
For anyone else interested, the paper is 'A Distinction with a Difference? Investigating the Difference Between Liberals and Progressives'.
Rest assured, I did not have to dig through GCU's Facebook feed from earlier this year.
posted by opossumnus at 10:28 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Rest assured, I did not have to dig through GCU's Facebook feed from earlier this year.
posted by opossumnus at 10:28 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Note also that on the first page of the paper, they use the term "Democratic elites" (???) with no definition or citation. I'm going to double down on my original suspicion of "pretty well bullshit."
posted by opossumnus at 10:31 AM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
posted by opossumnus at 10:31 AM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
Unless somebody has a really good reason for doing it, like their first and last names are the same as a close relative or someone else in their professional circle
Yeah this is my personal heck. The credit agencies get us (me and close relative with the same name but for a middle initial) mixed up all the time, which is...annoying. And of course no one KNOWS that's why I use the middle initial, so I just look like an ass.
Family names can be annoying.
posted by schadenfrau at 10:38 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Yeah this is my personal heck. The credit agencies get us (me and close relative with the same name but for a middle initial) mixed up all the time, which is...annoying. And of course no one KNOWS that's why I use the middle initial, so I just look like an ass.
Family names can be annoying.
posted by schadenfrau at 10:38 AM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
Started reading Vice when it first came out as a tabloid you could pick up at Dutchies even before it was a magazine. Current age? 42
40 here. I want to say I first read Vice in the early 2000's, nearly 20 years ago. The Barnes & Noble near me had a great magazine selection (the UK's Bizarre Magazine was my favourite). Memory is hazy, but I recall it being written for an EDM-loving Canadian readership, and wasn't nearly as worldwide as it is now. As a punk kid I loved the snark when they mocked candid wardrobes. Anyway, accordingly, I'm not shocked by this revelation. That and they often have some very well made content, so yeah, I'm a fan. The piece about the Taiwanese mafia was A+. Often their journalists insist on inserting themselves into the story and/or narrating, but in Tawain the subjects told the story directly, and it was fantastic.
posted by Brocktoon at 12:31 PM on December 17, 2018
40 here. I want to say I first read Vice in the early 2000's, nearly 20 years ago. The Barnes & Noble near me had a great magazine selection (the UK's Bizarre Magazine was my favourite). Memory is hazy, but I recall it being written for an EDM-loving Canadian readership, and wasn't nearly as worldwide as it is now. As a punk kid I loved the snark when they mocked candid wardrobes. Anyway, accordingly, I'm not shocked by this revelation. That and they often have some very well made content, so yeah, I'm a fan. The piece about the Taiwanese mafia was A+. Often their journalists insist on inserting themselves into the story and/or narrating, but in Tawain the subjects told the story directly, and it was fantastic.
posted by Brocktoon at 12:31 PM on December 17, 2018
“One prominent television actress paid $40,000 to have her [honeymoon] hotel bathroom’s granite sink lifted 7 inches higher — all so she wouldn’t have to bend over when washing her face.” [Brandon Presser]
While I didn't hate-read the article ('cause seriously, why) and I know this isn't what it's about, I'm struck by how useful it'd be to have a height-adjustable bathroom sink. Not sure if it'd be worth the problems you'd need to solve to make it work (thinking mostly tying into the plumbing), but still.
posted by Aleyn at 1:22 PM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
While I didn't hate-read the article ('cause seriously, why) and I know this isn't what it's about, I'm struck by how useful it'd be to have a height-adjustable bathroom sink. Not sure if it'd be worth the problems you'd need to solve to make it work (thinking mostly tying into the plumbing), but still.
posted by Aleyn at 1:22 PM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
39; I was told by Vice's reps that we couldn't carry it at the independent bookstore because we weren't a music venue.
I'm pretty sure they were lying.
posted by aspersioncast at 1:23 PM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
I'm pretty sure they were lying.
posted by aspersioncast at 1:23 PM on December 17, 2018 [1 favorite]
The Underpants Monster: I never, ever use mine unless a document absolutely cannot be processed without it.
Wait, so "Underpants" isn't your middle name? Live and learn.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:18 PM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
Wait, so "Underpants" isn't your middle name? Live and learn.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:18 PM on December 17, 2018 [3 favorites]
Aleyn: "While I didn't hate-read the article ('cause seriously, why) and I know this isn't what it's about, I'm struck by how useful it'd be to have a height-adjustable bathroom sink. Not sure if it'd be worth the problems you'd need to solve to make it work (thinking mostly tying into the plumbing), but still."
This would be pretty simple to do actually. I bet I could do it when installing a new vanity for less than a $500 upcharge. Costco for example sells this electric desk height adjuster for $200; most new builds are already using a flexible hose connection for the taps; and 1 1/2 ABS expansion joints are only $25 though you might need a couple depending on how much adjustment you want.
And there are commercial products available though they tend to be for the medical market and look it.
posted by Mitheral at 5:41 PM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
This would be pretty simple to do actually. I bet I could do it when installing a new vanity for less than a $500 upcharge. Costco for example sells this electric desk height adjuster for $200; most new builds are already using a flexible hose connection for the taps; and 1 1/2 ABS expansion joints are only $25 though you might need a couple depending on how much adjustment you want.
And there are commercial products available though they tend to be for the medical market and look it.
posted by Mitheral at 5:41 PM on December 17, 2018 [2 favorites]
Unless somebody has a really good reason for doing it, like their first and last names are the same as a close relative or someone else in their professional circle
Yeah this is my personal heck. The credit agencies get us (me and close relative with the same name but for a middle initial) mixed up all the time, which is...annoying. And of course no one KNOWS that's why I use the middle initial, so I just look like an ass.
You know, seeing my thoughts on the issue and the perspective of a real person who is affected by it written down in blue and white was a real eye-opener for me. I really don't like how petty and shallow I've been over something that I can't know other people's reasons for and isn't really my business in the first place. So, I'm sincerely sorry to anyone who uses their MI, for being such a curmudgeon about it.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:30 AM on December 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
Yeah this is my personal heck. The credit agencies get us (me and close relative with the same name but for a middle initial) mixed up all the time, which is...annoying. And of course no one KNOWS that's why I use the middle initial, so I just look like an ass.
You know, seeing my thoughts on the issue and the perspective of a real person who is affected by it written down in blue and white was a real eye-opener for me. I really don't like how petty and shallow I've been over something that I can't know other people's reasons for and isn't really my business in the first place. So, I'm sincerely sorry to anyone who uses their MI, for being such a curmudgeon about it.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 7:30 AM on December 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
There are worse things to be curmudgeonly about. :) Plus I think we all get a certain curmudgeon allowance on account of being human.
Or God I hope we do. We do, right? We totally do.
posted by schadenfrau at 9:11 AM on December 18, 2018 [1 favorite]
Or God I hope we do. We do, right? We totally do.
posted by schadenfrau at 9:11 AM on December 18, 2018 [1 favorite]
One of the ways I think I've grown somewhat over the years is I actively try to be less curmudgeonly over pointless things.
This is a work in progress, to be sure.
posted by Chrysostom at 9:18 AM on December 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
This is a work in progress, to be sure.
posted by Chrysostom at 9:18 AM on December 18, 2018 [2 favorites]
I learned that if you put a short story on your blog, which only has about 20 followers, then that still counts as being published and thus you can only submit it to publications as previously published work. Wish I had known that.
posted by A Bad Catholic at 3:57 PM on December 18, 2018
posted by A Bad Catholic at 3:57 PM on December 18, 2018
I concur, my middle initial here seems to do things for me
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 7:15 PM on December 18, 2018 [1 favorite]
posted by 922257033c4a0f3cecdbd819a46d626999d1af4a at 7:15 PM on December 18, 2018 [1 favorite]
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