Accolades & Blowback | Sunday Shit Show | Fortify Your Ride
michaelestrin.substack.com
Hello, situation normies! There are WAY more of you here than there were this time last week, so I’d like to extend a warm welcome to the newest situation normies. I’m sure you’re all magnificent human beings, and I want to assure you that subscribing to
I did want to share that I’m reading “Not Safe For Work” by the best Michael Estrin, not the software Michael Estrin. I’m finding it wildly funny and very enjoyable. I encourage everyone to go to your local bookstore to buy it. Or do like I did and get the Kindle edition.
Since they took the same amount of time, was there a moment when you got your overnight oats prep confused with your mattress salvaging effort? Just curious.
1. I love your dog’s name. Mortimer. Hell yes. I’m a dog walker on the side so this matters :)
2. Major congrats on being featured. That’s incredible. Also: 600???!!! Holy mackerel!!
3. I think it’s mostly ancient Boomers (sorry guys, I love ya but just sayin!) who were deeply offended. I love how so many on Substack say FREE SPEECH FREE SPEECH until it’s a topic they don’t appreciate and then it’s off with his head 😂😂
4. Love the honesty and the willingness to piss some people off for the sake of good writing and integrity 🙌👏
5. Immortality!! May porn live forever!!! No? Sorry: I thought that’s what you meant. Ok ok: May *WRITING* the truth live forever 🔥🔥🔥
"One guy asked how many subscribers my soul was worth! The answer, as of this writing, is approximately 600. But unlike Faust, I like to renegotiate as a go."
I just upgraded to paid because you wrote that response!
And I'm really glad Substack featured your porn convention article because I found it extremely fascinating and that's how I got introduced to your newsletter. So it's not all bad! I should add my comment to the mix to outweigh the shockers.
Loved this! Also some piece of advice on the Prius converter. I live in LA and it’s been a huge issue here, everyone drives Priuses and we all get our converters snagged (me included). Since they’re extremely expensive to replace, my hubby found a Corolla replacement which works as well but doesn’t have the titanium that the Prius converter contain (which is what the thieves are after!). Also this isn’t quick petty theft, it’s an organized crime ring. One of them recently got busted:
I love your writing. I love all your stories. But when you listed the people that have paid for Situation Normal, you left my name out.. Not a good thing to do to paying people. Also loved the comments from the lady who thinks you are evil.
If people were getting into snickety fits over your reportage on the porn biz then I guess they shouldn't poke around some of the darker corners of Substack that are filled with loony anti-vaxxers, conspiracy nutters, outright(alt-right) racists, and crypto-peddling charlatans (see Sam Bankman-Fried's substack.)
Such is the entree fee for free speech. But at least we don't have some rich robot car scam artist making decrees over what folks can toot.
As for Colin Farrell, personally I feel he's done too many decent roles to narrow down to one role...OK maybe "In Bruges" is an exception...although he really should stay away from remakes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Sarandon films.
Kudos to you for the badge of honor in Substack Reads and for surviving the crucible of Shitshow Sunday.
Here are my answers to your questions: 1) No, but hi anyway; 2) if I were immortal I'd take in a dual identity: invisible middle aged woman by day and assassin of evil autocratic villains by night; 3) the USFL barely grazed my consciousness; 4) In Bruges and 5) just finished "Sicilian Uncles" by Leonardo Sciascia, a collection of four novellas that I can't stop thinking about.
Congrats on the feature, Michael! Well deserved. I'm giving you a shout at the top of my Friday post as well.
2. All for living healthily into ripe old age, but as you may have read already not a huge fan of immortality.
4. Having never seen Tigerland I'll go with In Bruges. Didn't love it at first but it's one of those movies that sticks with you. And Ralph Fiennes is sensational.
5. I'm about halfway through LUSTER by Raven Leilani. A whip-smart writer friend said they were reading it in their book club and told me my fiction shared elements with Leilani's voice. I dig the novel so far: it's weird, vulnerable, and horny, with sharp critiques of contemporary culture.
What a crazy array of good and bad. First of all congratulations on being featured. Your Newsletter is funny, full of heart and creative! Well deserved. Hope you heal quickly and your mattress returns to neutral.
Congrats on the feature, Michael! It was awesome to see your work recognized like that. I’m definitely not at all jealous in the slightest about your shiny new badge.
Michael: I enjoy your stuff - the porn piece was my introduction to your writing, and I was hooked - well, not hooked enough to become a paid subscriber, but in time I’m sure I’ll climb aboard - I mean, I spent like two years researching new cars before buying a 2012 Fusion - it’s a process. I’d like to take you up on your kind and generous offer to cross-promote Substack columns: I’ll promote your work to my dozens of subscribers, if you’ll do the same for. . .https://ruleofthree.substack.com.
Michael! Ignore the fact that I’m oozing with envy at your skyrocketing success. Accolades! Accolades! Accolades! And congrats on your newly discovered immortality. That’s… kind of awesome.
On the subject of astute readers and robots, my AI generated stack, "Consequences Regular", is in Beta right now, whatever the F that means. My AI has even drafted my first post for me. It’s called “Sex Dungeons: Why your parents have one, and you should, too.”
I’ll need a few weeks after launch to reach your subscriber count, but after that I think we should talk collaboration, or at the very least talk tabloid level internet rivalry.
All astutely crafted jokes aside, your boost this week is WAY deserved.
And as the mother of a bed wetter, I need to tell you something.
You are two of the most accident-prone people I have ever virtually met.
Yes, I’ve been around for a few months.
I did want to share that I’m reading “Not Safe For Work” by the best Michael Estrin, not the software Michael Estrin. I’m finding it wildly funny and very enjoyable. I encourage everyone to go to your local bookstore to buy it. Or do like I did and get the Kindle edition.
Since they took the same amount of time, was there a moment when you got your overnight oats prep confused with your mattress salvaging effort? Just curious.
1. I love your dog’s name. Mortimer. Hell yes. I’m a dog walker on the side so this matters :)
2. Major congrats on being featured. That’s incredible. Also: 600???!!! Holy mackerel!!
3. I think it’s mostly ancient Boomers (sorry guys, I love ya but just sayin!) who were deeply offended. I love how so many on Substack say FREE SPEECH FREE SPEECH until it’s a topic they don’t appreciate and then it’s off with his head 😂😂
4. Love the honesty and the willingness to piss some people off for the sake of good writing and integrity 🙌👏
5. Immortality!! May porn live forever!!! No? Sorry: I thought that’s what you meant. Ok ok: May *WRITING* the truth live forever 🔥🔥🔥
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Michael Mohr
‘Sincere American Writing’
https://michaelmohr.substack.com/
"One guy asked how many subscribers my soul was worth! The answer, as of this writing, is approximately 600. But unlike Faust, I like to renegotiate as a go."
I just upgraded to paid because you wrote that response!
And I'm really glad Substack featured your porn convention article because I found it extremely fascinating and that's how I got introduced to your newsletter. So it's not all bad! I should add my comment to the mix to outweigh the shockers.
Loved this! Also some piece of advice on the Prius converter. I live in LA and it’s been a huge issue here, everyone drives Priuses and we all get our converters snagged (me included). Since they’re extremely expensive to replace, my hubby found a Corolla replacement which works as well but doesn’t have the titanium that the Prius converter contain (which is what the thieves are after!). Also this isn’t quick petty theft, it’s an organized crime ring. One of them recently got busted:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-11-02/national-catalytic-converter-theft-ring-busted-federal-investigation
I love your writing. I love all your stories. But when you listed the people that have paid for Situation Normal, you left my name out.. Not a good thing to do to paying people. Also loved the comments from the lady who thinks you are evil.
I am currently reading
The Borgias: The Rise and Fall of the Most Infamous Family in History
Mallett, Michael Edward
Congrats on the Substack shout out!
If people were getting into snickety fits over your reportage on the porn biz then I guess they shouldn't poke around some of the darker corners of Substack that are filled with loony anti-vaxxers, conspiracy nutters, outright(alt-right) racists, and crypto-peddling charlatans (see Sam Bankman-Fried's substack.)
Such is the entree fee for free speech. But at least we don't have some rich robot car scam artist making decrees over what folks can toot.
As for Colin Farrell, personally I feel he's done too many decent roles to narrow down to one role...OK maybe "In Bruges" is an exception...although he really should stay away from remakes of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Chris Sarandon films.
Kudos to you for the badge of honor in Substack Reads and for surviving the crucible of Shitshow Sunday.
Here are my answers to your questions: 1) No, but hi anyway; 2) if I were immortal I'd take in a dual identity: invisible middle aged woman by day and assassin of evil autocratic villains by night; 3) the USFL barely grazed my consciousness; 4) In Bruges and 5) just finished "Sicilian Uncles" by Leonardo Sciascia, a collection of four novellas that I can't stop thinking about.
Congrats on the feature, Michael! Well deserved. I'm giving you a shout at the top of my Friday post as well.
2. All for living healthily into ripe old age, but as you may have read already not a huge fan of immortality.
4. Having never seen Tigerland I'll go with In Bruges. Didn't love it at first but it's one of those movies that sticks with you. And Ralph Fiennes is sensational.
5. I'm about halfway through LUSTER by Raven Leilani. A whip-smart writer friend said they were reading it in their book club and told me my fiction shared elements with Leilani's voice. I dig the novel so far: it's weird, vulnerable, and horny, with sharp critiques of contemporary culture.
What a crazy array of good and bad. First of all congratulations on being featured. Your Newsletter is funny, full of heart and creative! Well deserved. Hope you heal quickly and your mattress returns to neutral.
Congrats on the feature, Michael! It was awesome to see your work recognized like that. I’m definitely not at all jealous in the slightest about your shiny new badge.
Michael: I enjoy your stuff - the porn piece was my introduction to your writing, and I was hooked - well, not hooked enough to become a paid subscriber, but in time I’m sure I’ll climb aboard - I mean, I spent like two years researching new cars before buying a 2012 Fusion - it’s a process. I’d like to take you up on your kind and generous offer to cross-promote Substack columns: I’ll promote your work to my dozens of subscribers, if you’ll do the same for. . .https://ruleofthree.substack.com.
Thanks, man. . .Bill Southern (Rule of Theee).
Michael! Ignore the fact that I’m oozing with envy at your skyrocketing success. Accolades! Accolades! Accolades! And congrats on your newly discovered immortality. That’s… kind of awesome.
On the subject of astute readers and robots, my AI generated stack, "Consequences Regular", is in Beta right now, whatever the F that means. My AI has even drafted my first post for me. It’s called “Sex Dungeons: Why your parents have one, and you should, too.”
I’ll need a few weeks after launch to reach your subscriber count, but after that I think we should talk collaboration, or at the very least talk tabloid level internet rivalry.
All astutely crafted jokes aside, your boost this week is WAY deserved.
And as the mother of a bed wetter, I need to tell you something.
Google doesn’t know shit about mattresses.