So we want people to share well-written personal stories about their most vulnerable experiences so readers can potentially connect with them and feel less alone, but we’re going to bully them relentlessly the moment they hit publish………..ok
Marital distress is common. Mental illness is common. Being victimized by scammers is common. You may have an aversion to the personal essay industry and that is valid, but what are we telling people when we brutalize those who are ballsy enough to share these experiences
@ejdickson Unless the story had a title of "How I found out I'm a fucking moron" she really didn't actually learn anything from the experience. The bullying is for her own good.
@ejdickson You’re a journalist - not a real person and thus deserve scorn and contempt.
@ejdickson This isn’t what this is about, and I suspect you know it. But I’ll play along. The real issues: (1) She’s a money columnist. (2) Journalists have burned through a lot of goodwill treating ordinary people far worse than this over far more serious things. Let’s talk about (2).
@ejdickson But when you’re a financial advice expert…you deserve roasting!
@ejdickson I know, the victim blaming around that cut article is gross. People are so self-righteous and don't want to think it can happen to them. Scammers are experts at distorting your sense of reality so you stop making rational decisions.
@ejdickson Respectfully, this only applies to one of the “big” stories today. Because how do you put 50k in a shoebox and hand it over to a guy in a car? Like how does it get to that?
@ejdickson No, we really don't want the media to waste time with these "stories" that are rooted in pure narcissism