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I wrote a book called “Crap Towns”. It seemed funny at the time

(samj.substack.com)
395 points url | 1 comments | 26 Apr 25 00:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.405s | source
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thomassmith65 ◴[26 Apr 25 01:32 UTC] No.43800130[source]▶
The author writes well. Within a few paragraphs the reader entirely forgets that "I couldn't publish Crap Towns today" is a hypothetical.
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1. urbandw311er ◴[26 Apr 25 09:55 UTC] No.43802241[source]▶
I thought that too, it it quite hard to uncover the logical argument there. Appears to be sourced from conversations with journalists. I ended up just trusting that it was true in order to engage with the rest of the piece.