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Jul 19, 2022Liked by Craig Burgess

"We’re all addicted to those tossers, on insta that’s telling us we just need to work harder and be harder and do more harder and make more and do longer like someone’s audio describing a porno."

Got a good chuckle. And the usernames 😂 Reads like an Ivan piece.

Welcome to fiction, Craig!

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Haha, thanks David!

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Finally figured it out -was an ahah moment I think, perhaps,or did I? Footnotes were brilliant. User names perfect. I enjoyed the read. Twas fun.

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Thanks. I've had mixed feedback. Some people didn't get it, some people did. I enjoyed writing it and trying something new. Maybe I'm too influenced by Chuck Palahnuik right now. Either way, twas fun for all.

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This would make a good comparative study with Kafka's "The Hunger Artist" for a high school literature class.

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I endorse this.

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The footnotes!! I mean, I dig the whole piece, but the footnotes really hogtie it all up.

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A last-second random idea. I’d had a single footnote in my original piece with the idea that they’d be interrupting like YouTube ads. Worked on it a little more and realised it fit perfectly!

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