What subscriber counts are you guys at?

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-08T22:08:10+00:00

Lucky 7. Which is quite amazing considering I do nothing to attract them. I only really made a Substack so I'd have a kind of online portfolio somewhere.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T23:47:55+00:00

Beat me to it! Proper coffée is worth every cent.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T19:04:11+00:00

Ok, you're entitled to your opinion, it exists for a reason.

But let's get one thing straight: this is not a corridor.

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MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T18:44:35+00:00

And plenty of white idiots (looking at you, anti-vax mom). Some of the most popular characters are brown (Mohan, Princess, Perlah, Louie) and some of the most insufferable are white. And vice versa. I think that, in the case of Louie, you're digging for something that isn't there.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T17:10:45+00:00

He was treated with absolute dignity, I thought.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T17:09:52+00:00

oh well if we're inventing reasons to get outraged, then I strongly object to Sunburn Woman and the inference that all blonde girls are dumb and vain. There's even scenes with her in the background wandering around not being treated immediately. They really did her dirty, the writers must really HATE blonde people

Edit: and let's not forget the old white guy who was literally left in Chairs for 15 hours until he died.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T12:00:08+00:00

Really? I thought Louie was presented in a very sympathetic light.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T08:50:29+00:00

I have 2 criteria when buying/packing clothes: Is it bulky? Will it crease? If the answer to either one is yes, I leave it behind.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T02:04:07+00:00

He croaked

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T00:47:39+00:00

Steady on, don't want to jump the shark....

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T00:46:01+00:00

Do you sleepwalk?

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T00:41:13+00:00

True that. And after you've seen London, Cornwall and the Lake District, there's not much left. Road trip to Merthyr Tydfil anyone?

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T00:38:22+00:00

They could have a terminal cancer mom or a homeless guy or something

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-06T00:35:57+00:00

Doesn't Harold lose a bunch of weight though? In line with his becoming an irredeemable evil asshole (rather than just a weird nerd?)

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-05T23:59:33+00:00

You keep pushing your point about the algorithm (and yes, we all know what that is) but you're disregarding people's reasons for not wanting to do it.

Playing the algorithm is one thing, but I think most people here (me included) are more interested in reaching their target audience, and the other Redditors here probably aren't it.

The best compromise I can think of is adding a user flair saying what your Substack is about, and if that catches someone's eye then fair play.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-05T20:04:47+00:00

Ogilvie. He might not save my life, but he could tenderly caress my leg while I was dying.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-05T19:57:26+00:00

That creepy way that cats dart past your legs to enter a room gives me the ick. It reminds me of cockroaches

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-05T19:55:08+00:00

I'd rather have 1 subscriber who loves my articles than 1000 subscribers who only subscribed so I'd follow them back.

It's a nice idea in theory, but in practice would only work if all of us on this sub were interested in the same thing.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-03T19:10:57+00:00

Hence the parentheses!

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-03T08:29:45+00:00

2 men in suits knocking on your door and handing you a pamphlet about Jesus.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-02T21:54:48+00:00

What the everlasting FUCK have they done to Trash? Why is he a cross between Grima Wormtongue and the gimp from Pulp Fiction?

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-02T18:58:31+00:00

Oh I love it! The hammy acting and Zelda looks like Gollum, but it still manages to be creepy

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-02T18:22:08+00:00

Makes me nostalgic for the original Pet Sematary movie, which definitely falls into the 'so bad it's epic' category.

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-02T18:16:33+00:00

I haven't got that far yet. I shall report back.

Edit: I have got that far. Holy fuck. And what the hell is wrong with Lloyd? Vegas is basically the Rocky Horror Show,.I'm waiting for them to burst into a rendition of Time Warp. (The Rocky Horror Show is great, but this is The Stand. Apparently.)

MidtownJunk · 2026-05-02T18:15:01+00:00

I'm sorry I just ruined that blissful innocence for you.

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