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Michael Estrin

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writer | wednesday & sunday: slice of life #humor @ Situation Normal. semi-regularly: dispatches from #porn valley | Novel: Not Safe for Work
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MILFmobile

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By Michael Estrin Verified
| Situation Normal
One of my neighbors has a MILFmobile. It’s a black SUV, maybe ten years old, usually dusty. What makes it a MILFmobile is the bumper sticker. In hot pink letters it says: M.I.L.F. — Man, I love fishin’. Last Sunday, on the way to get bagels, Christina and I saw another MILFmobile. I changed lanes to get behind the MILFmobile, and hoped for a red light. As we drove, we debated who the driver, a loud and proud MILF lover, might be. Christina guessed creeper. I thought it was a geek of the McLovin variety.
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Communist tires

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By Michael Estrin Verified
| Situation Normal
When I learned to drive, my father insisted that I learn how to change a tire. This came in handy a couple of times, but honestly, I haven’t changed a tire in decades, and at this point I’m a little foggy on the process. If I found myself by the side of the road with a flat, I’d probably ask ChatGPT for instructions and hope to hell that the AI’s answer wasn’t a hallucination. Or, maybe I’d just wing(nut) it. Christina, on the other hand, still remembers how to change a tire.
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(dis)content

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By Michael Estrin Verified
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Photo by Egor Komarov on Unsplash “The whole corruption of aesthetic language is the application of financial jargon to artistic creativity. This is why instead of calling a work of art by its real name, we call it content.” — Ted Gioia “When I grow up, I wanna be a content creator.” — Words never uttered by a single person in the 20th century When people tell me my content is great, I try to say thank you.
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