I am reading George Trow’s “No Context” and it’s uncanny. I got a few spooky chills last night, finishing the “Collapsing Dominant” intro he wrote for the ‘97 reprint.
He seems to have become embittered and heavily disillusioned by that time, but man, he really got some things right…
world historic levels of cringe, tbh
05.03.2026 17:34 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0good god what have we become, this man should be cleaning septic tanks
05.03.2026 15:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0there’s just something about a person so comfortably smug and yet effortlessly ignorant
04.03.2026 17:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0holy hell
03.03.2026 22:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0aha!
03.03.2026 01:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0hot dam I love never learning a got dam thing
02.03.2026 16:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I mean they’re the best buttery olives.
02.03.2026 00:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0saw that in a Chapel Hill art house spot near campus, many years ago, whole theater full of college kids weeping
01.03.2026 04:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0jesus christ they were so good
01.03.2026 00:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0wisdom for the ages
28.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0absofuckinglutely
28.02.2026 00:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0hard to get excited about handing over literally everything of value to a handful of charlatans, tbh
28.02.2026 00:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0such a profoundly gifted and joyous man
27.02.2026 23:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0what a VOICE
27.02.2026 23:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0that dude wrote some SONGS
27.02.2026 23:40 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0holy hell, yes
27.02.2026 20:43 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I remember that being fun.
27.02.2026 20:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0this feels like my new motto, tbh
27.02.2026 19:54 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0noooooooooo
24.02.2026 18:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0you in danger
24.02.2026 16:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0you’re in good hands, I think
24.02.2026 16:17 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0someone here called it the attention-seeking economy
20.02.2026 01:09 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0as a grinder, I have informed opinions, and my top tooth opinion is go for the gold, it will never break and it looks cool as hell
20.02.2026 00:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0witchcraft
20.02.2026 00:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0*sounds of random sobs and screams from down the hall*
18.02.2026 22:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0man, saw him do a free concert in Piedmont Park, 20 years ago, with a drummer and a bass player, one of the most joyous experiences of my life, what a glorious time
18.02.2026 17:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0oh no not pinkish
17.02.2026 20:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0absolutely
17.02.2026 18:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0this whole computer thing is out of control, weeder, I say we nuke it from space, etc.
17.02.2026 18:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0