Open Mic for the week of 07/15/2024

How was everyone’s weekend?

There is a phenomenon where someone writes an essay about this or that, but someone else wants to discuss something that has not yet made the headlines.

It’s unfair to everyone involved. It’s unfair to the guy who wrote the original essay because, presumably, he wants to talk about his original essay. It’s unfair to the guy who wants to talk about his link because it seems like he’s trying to change the subject. It’s unfair to the people who go into the comments to read the commenters’ thoughts on the original essay and now we’re talking about some other guy’s links.

SO!

The goal is to have a new one every week. If you want to talk about a link, post it here! Or, for goodness sake, use this as an open thread.

And if it works, we’ll make a new one, with a preamble like that.