Joshua Gross’s Reviews > The Land and Its People > Status Update

Third story was just an old man bitching about stuff

Omg caused his friend to get COVID for shaming her for wearing her mask too long

The irony of him suspecting someone else is autistic...

So yes, so far I feel like we're supposed to find the fact that he's an asshole charming

This second story seems to be about his frustration not being able to control other people. It's a losing battle, man, read some Marcus Aurelius

"OK, but unlike you, I am actually not an asshole," um I've got bad news for you sir... Also he's talking about this weird European thing where you can sit anywhere on the train unless someone specifically reserved their seat and then you have to move but you have no idea which seats are reserved or not and you just get to be surprised and inconvenienced

Are we supposed to find it charming how self-involved Sedaris is?

It's Port Angeles!

I could tell by the way Sedaris says Hugh's brother lived in Washington State that he must not live in any likely places like Seattle and sure enough, three hour drive from Seattle