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I hadn't thought of this but I utterly understand it from past lives: - General photography fatigue, cycling photos is just a flavor of this, and photography for work is way way less fun than photography for fun - Motorcycle group rides where smokers had to stop seemingly every 30 minutes to smoke. Inevitably one of them would be Mr. Macho and the stories were amusing at first and then got tiring. - Cycling group rides where you start questioning why the overwhelmingly kid-free group wants to stop for a 3rd-ish coffee and pastry on a century-ish ride when you've gotta get home cause you have a family. Anything can get old when you turn it into your job! |
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With the exception of James outbidding me ebay years ago on a dekerf ti stem, I have enjoyed his work and will be looking at his substack over the coming month or so and deciding if I am going to subscribe.
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There's a time and place for cynicism in product reviews, but I would say let the works speak for itself and save that for the ones that definitely deserve it - like whatever empty shell Outside turned into. |
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Outside is kind of that perfect example of "I know it when I see it".
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Since James is now participating, I just want to give a shout out to the high quality of his writing! It's concise, elegant, and fun to read. In contrast (as an example), I can rarely get through a Cyclingnews piece because of the wordiness, grammatical errors, sloppy diction, purple prose, etc. That's a place in very bad need of a good editor. Full disclosure: I'm an English professor....
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As a high school English teacher myself, I give this comment two thumbs up!
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Just to be clear, n-1 is my only gig: no behind-the-curtain projects, no consulting work, no side hustles. At least not for any sort of compensation, anyway. Brands ask my opinions and advice on stuff all the time, but I (perhaps foolishly?) give that out for free. |
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