It’s because of the way journalism is taught in college-level courses a lot of the time. Who are we studying in these classes? Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, Tom Wolfe, Hunter Thompson — the great longform essayists. But all of them are personality-driven, whether they intended to be or not, who approach social…

As someone with no real opinion on Sanderson or Wired, I think there is the basic issue of an interview, like all news, is really filtered through the lens of the interviewer. Kehe seems to not like Sanderson much, but saying things like “I never got anything real from him” is pure pontificating that takes away from…

Ah, I know Brandon, he is “GOOD PEOPLE”, celebrity has done nothing to him. The Wired author couldn’t even find dirt on him because Brandon likes his family, his friends and his job and doesn’t have skeletons in his closet, so the article author has to make fun of his family, friends and job, what a tool. 

I just dont understand why this article was written. “Brandon Sanderson is boring” is such a lame ass topic for an article and wouldn’t seem to have any purpose other than generating rage clicks from his fans.

“Why is the article so mean-spirited? Why does he hate Hugh Jackman so much that he bursts into tears when hearing him sing? Is this guy okay?”      Not just that, but seeing Sanderson’s 15 year old son salt his Yakisoba makes him CRY. So either

This Wired article wasn’t criticism, it was a hit job. The dude basically hated Sanderson from the get go and in spite of all the evidence that he’s a nice guy decided “hey fuck this guy”

It’s tabloid journalism. Write something sensational, especially if it’s a personal attack, and reap the attention.

Sanderson is best known as the writer of The Stormlight Archive, The Reckoners, and Mistborn series

man that article is weirdly brutal. like it really seems like the author had some other stuff going on and vented into their writing.

I like Sanderson’s books, they’re definitely popular because they’re accessible and competently delivered as opposed to dazzling the reader with prose but there’s no shame in being the MCU of fantasy books.

It’s certainly brutal, not sure about magnificent.

Theres a reason when you go to a BBQ place you are given a wet nap.

And yet, if you got shit on your hands, you wouldn’t simply wipe it with some dry paper and call it good enough, would you? People don’t use bidets because they’re think they’re better than you, they use them because high-pressure water obviously cleans things better than a dry piece of paper.

Let’s say you go to McDonalds and both chefs makes burgers with their butt. One of the chef’s uses a bidet and the other just uses paper.

Which burger are you going to eat?

I rest my case.

I’ll never understand the people who see every conversation as an opportunity to list their property. Is it narcissism or aspergers?

If I put stickers on my car, I’d be strongly tempted to add one of these:

How to say "I missed the point" without actually saying it.

My freedom is more important than your health

Rugged individualism

Exactly the same reason I’ve decided not to pursue my motorcycle license despite having had one in Australia.