Author of The Appetite Factory (Turner). Words in @guardian, @SatEvePost & others. Writing instructor. Editor. Blindish. Tribeless. NYC. jon@jongingerich.com.
Joined October 2012
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May 13
I was today years old when I learned that if you’re billions in debt, and someone else bails you out, you can run to the podium and say “See kids, socialism works!” and a bunch of dumb rich kids will believe you.
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May 13
Mamdani didn't fix NYC's deficit. He got an $8B bailout from NY State & delayed payments to NYC pension funds, which city workers will have to repay. It’s easy to pay for something when someone else gives you the money for it. “I paid off all my debts after mom gave me $1M!” OK.
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May 12
Social media isn’t real. Don’t allow yourself to be emotionally manipulated by unemployed gooners who live with their parents. Not going to argue politics with someone who doesn't pay their own rent. Not going to debate with someone whose virginity status is “mint, still in box.”
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May 11
Half my feed is white girls who moved to NYC 5 minutes ago saying things about this city that are objectively untrue and I love it.
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May 11
Stumbled upon this while reading Don DeLillo's Mao II: “There’s always something you’re not supposed to see, but it is a condition of growing up that you will see it.”
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Michael Jackson is a serial child rapist, and the corny Hollywood biopic on his life is the result of a cynical cash grab and years-long reputation rehabilitation project carried out by the opportunists who manage his estate. It's weird seeing people defend this turd of a movie.
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Read a book at the park during lunch break today, AKA was being "performative," as some of you like to call it.
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Went to the unproblematic movie after eating an intersectional sandwich and now I am making space for my truth.
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At any given moment on this platform, there is a statistically good chance that you will encounter writing advice. These people are all experts with dizzying resumes of literary achievement, and you should listen uncritically to every word they say.
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Apr 30
• People stop paying for the news. • “Why doesn’t this editing job pay well?” • People stop reading books. • “Why is publishing dying?” • People stop buying albums. • “Why does music today suck so bad?” • People stop going out. • “Why did all the cool bars close?”
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Apr 30
Econ 101: If your dream job is in a dying industry characterized by nonexistent ad revenue & dwindling readership, don't be shocked that when a blue-moon opportunity comes along, it probably doesn't pay $$$. Whale-oil fishing & steam locomotive operators aren't $$$ in 2026 either
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Apr 29
As a magazine editor for 20 years, I am utterly *baffled* that these well-heeled, deep-pocketed legacy print media outlets that are absolutely brimming with cash won't pay executive salaries for editorial positions in 2026. I am posting this from a bathtub of money right now.
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Apr 29
My daughter asked me why R Kelly is in prison. I didn't want to get into the sordid details, so I demurred and told her that for years he'd lied and told everyone that he could fly. I don't think she believes me.
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Apr 27
I used to lean far left and can say with certainty that leftists are among the most insufferable people in the country. They don’t understand basic economics. History eludes them. It’s political astrology. They’re religious fanatics but somehow with a less coherent belief system.
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Apr 23
Is there a psychological term for someone who supports gerrymandering when it gives their political party an advantage in numerous state elections but then throws a childish tantrum of fucking cartoonish proportions when they discover the same will hurt them in another?
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Apr 22
The firehose of bullshit I'm hearing about the "benefits” of nicotine (including from our nutty HHS Secretary). Former smoker for 2 decades, addicted to nicotine products for years after. Quitting was hell. Nicotine isn't harmless (arteriosclerosis, heart disease). It's poison.
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Apr 20
When a prescription drug commercial says, “side effects include diarrhea, insomnia, irregular heartbeat, internal bleeding, sudden death, being abandoned by your family, living under a bridge, etc.” I think I’ll take my chances with the rash thanks.
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Apr 17
The writing discourse on here is trash. George Costanza-like legends-in their-own-minds shitting on novels they couldn't write. Self-published turd peddlers regaling us regarding why they don't need editors—and why they don't even read. Prolly gonna stop reading books now thanks.
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