For the love of whatever prime mover you ascribe the universe to I implore you from the bottom of my heart that the very first time you email someone, don't write them a several thousand word essay, you will mark yourself as someone without a sense of boundaries and your email will not be read
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“Could you just fckn not?”
Best,
Me.
As my reading content needs to updated once a week for a change up
If not just write a short note thanks for everything and have a question?
Or what number of words or okay then
Just ASK!
It made me smile. 🤭
No context, no images just one word
More threatening than uncomfortable that way
Most people don’t make it through the Federalist Papers but it’s their loss.
I bet you now wish it was that type of "dear John" letter after that.
#PurpleProse
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So ... Somewhere in between.
"Jane, you ignorant slut"?
No. They want sequins and a shimmy. You want Shakespeare? I’ll be gd Shakespeare but it will be a lie. That’s what you want? Lies?!?
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Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is 271 words. Help, by the Beatles, is 235 words, a very typical number for a song. If you expect someone to read 5000 words, there had better be a good reason.
His first was longer but also called on those witnessing to remove him if he screwed up
[Two different flavors of "kind of" there.]
But it was also kind of you to share your heart! Just because someone isn't famous doesn't mean that-
What I mean is-your heart & time is precious 2!
Imagine writing to someone who'd never had a msg saying "your work changed me"-how lifechanging that would be.
I understand that those in the public eye get a lot of attention from interested onlookers. As Scalzi intimates, no one wants to be intruded upon. People should definitely respect that.
The person I wrote is an academic who'd given a talk. He was very gracious in his reply.
My admiration is sincere.
I agree, no one wants to be intruded upon & boundaries should be respected!
What is tricky: not everyone has the same expectations around boundaries. They need to be communicated! Doing that work is hard & annoying but a real kindness.
They asked for my opinion
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I try to rant only about things I absolutely know he is interested in like music: my last long rant was on the enshittification of music player tech.
…isn't there a car manufacturer putting ads on their media console at stoplights?
(sixty two characters left.)
I’ve read cereal boxes, the dictionary, and the Bible, just to satisfy the craving.
Also, please identify yourself first. A person may not know you by name initially, but may remember where you interacted. Or if someone recommend you to get in contact. If not, it may come off as a cold sales email pitch, and those get deleted.
The vet says my 150 pound dog needs to eat 12 cups of tilapia, pasta, & sweet potatoes per day.
Please send a freezer full of tilapia asap.
Warmest wishes,
The royal chef
It all boils down to “Bumper Sticker” mentality.
“Re:”
or
“BREAKING!”
It was the shortest email I've written.
It was the first email to get a quick response.
Wisdom hurts.
[they aren’t taking new patients right now]
Breaking things up makes them more digestible.
I think?