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But this strategy of defense brings to mind the slogan Keep Austin Weird , which has since been repurposed for Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, and other formerly groovy towns. These calls are sad because they fail the second they are uttered. When you are forced to demand the preservation of the weird, the shark hath jumped.
Erik Davis • The Weird and the Banal
O’Connor’s “Good Country People,”
D. T. Max • Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
sardonically
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
schadenfreude.