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deletedMar 1Liked by Michael Estrin
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Mar 1·edited Mar 1Liked by Michael Estrin

Hi Michael, loved the snow in LA story!

Now I don't mean to be picky. Actually, maybe I do, since swear word grammar is of particular interest to me.

When you said 'While my fellow Angelenos shit their pants and took to social media to sound apocalyptic alarms' ... sure it should not have been 'While my fellow Angelenos SHAT their pants and took to social media to sound apocalyptic alarms'?

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Mar 1·edited Mar 1Liked by Michael Estrin

1. It’s Los Angeles, pal. I lived there when they were shooting the Alien Nation movie and all the storefronts around Western and Hollywood had signs in a language that looked like EKGs. Who knows?

2. Yes.

3. Put your hand on your forehead. Is there a horn? If so, then yes. Or the Jewish husband answer: if your wife says you’re a unicorn, start prancing and farting rainbows.

4. The other two original Wailers.

5. Ask why goyim get their own paint color.

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Snow in LA is pretty wild, but global warming is teaching us to expect the unexpected. My hometown of Buffalo is said to become a climate refuge - and soon after, a tropical paradise, I can only assume.

Ask ChatGPT for the best ways to “Home Alone” a catalytic converter thief.

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that shit about the one snowball hysterical thnx whole piece of a piece

im curious to know which EXACT "rivers" of the "MANY" Bob was preparing to cross......aslo who was Mick referring to in "Sweet Virginia" ?

i could go on and on but no doubt you already suspect (half correctly) im a BOT

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1 and 2. I've lived in New Hampshire my entire life, so don't talk to me about snow. 🙄 For us the sign of the apocalypse is the freak heat waves we experience (60 degrees max) in January and February that have people walking around in shorts and tank tops like it's freaking Spring Break.

3. You are most definitely a unicorn, Michael. But you'd be one anywhere. I hope you take that as a compliment. 😊

4. Deputy is a weird looking word.

5. You know very well what I want you to ask ChatGTP. https://open.spotify.com/track/1KONmY3enP3r3nIPQidWAy?si=148faeb3616040bb

You might also ask it: "Where do you get off making traditional publishing even more of a shit show than it was before? How do you sleep at night? And what the actual fuck is your problem anyway?"

6. You didn't ask a question about paint colors, but I recently was thumbing through a BHG magazine at my mom's house and was introduced to a shade called "Mayonnaise". WHY???😦

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Mar 1Liked by Michael Estrin

Hi Michael- loved this issue ! Loved that the snowball fight was over the one snowball ! You might be a unicorn - you are certainly unique in this world but I fear without the horn and the rainbow aura you’re just one heckuva good guy ! Although I concur with CL Steiner above, that if your wife says you’re a unicorn, carpe’ diem and start prancing around, rainbows overhead.

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As someone who has a similar history, but only back to both sets of grandparents in O.C. I think you're a unicorn for going back one extra generation. What brought your great-grandparents to L.A. originally? My maternal grandpa was stationed at the El Toro military based, which apparently was one of the biggest starts to suburbanization in O.C. back when, and my paternal grandpa literally came to O.C. on the flip of a dime (if the coin had flipped the other way he would have moved to NYC and I would definitely not exist).

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Mar 1Liked by Michael Estrin

I realize this is off topic, but I need to visit that Pasadena arcade!! How did I not know this existed??

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Mar 1Liked by Michael Estrin

Who put the ram in the Rama Lama Ding Dong?

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Mar 1Liked by Michael Estrin

I grew up in Northridge. I remember the snow. Not that big a deal.... it happens once in awhile cuz weather is famously unpredictable. You still get to be a unicorn :-)

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I love meeting fellow LA originals. My parents moved there in 1959, raising their three girls in Encino. I'm one of the first "valley girls." My step ma who is 84 grew up in Hollywood. I don't remember 1983 snow. Maybe my sis will comment. She's a recent normie too and still resides in LA. Love that your gramps played football with a leather helmet. Any pics?

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Originally from nowhere near LA so I'm used to snow. Great story writing and timing.

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Mar 1Liked by Michael Estrin

“Ive been messing around with ChatGTP, a predictive text AI that makes every human who uses it seem a lot less cool.” Oh man, it’s true!!!

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That snowball fight story is an elite dad joke. Glad the Leone profile has momentum, it has a great insider/outsider blend in perspective. You don't have a stake in portraying the industry in any particular light, but know the landscape personally. I hope that the puritan siege you were dealing with has abated a little.

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Mar 3Liked by Michael Estrin

Do you think the snowstorm that hit Los Angeles is a sign of the coming apocalypse or was this whole thing an elaborate special effect shot for a new Roland Emmerich film?

I think an apocalypse is inevitable; watch the evening news.

OK, but for real, snow in Los Angeles is bonkers, and we've messed up this planet, right?

Yes, we've messed up this planet.

3. Given my family's long-ish, but really in the grand scheme of things, not very long-at-all history in Los Angeles, is Christina right? Am I a unicorn?

I refuse to answer that on the fifth amendment.

Seriously, who shot the deputy? Leave your tips and unhinged conspiracy theories in the comments.

I think the depute was a victim of crossfire between the Sheriff and the narrator.

What else should I ask ChatGTP?

What is the answer to 3x + 1?

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