December 3rd, 2008 / 9:32 pm
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HATE YOURSELF MORE THAN OTHERS

it is ok for someone to dislike you based on something of yours they have read.

it is ok to be called a dickhead or any other name by someone you don’t know on the internet.

it is ok to take someone’s work off your site because you believe that will make you feel better.

it is ok to accept someone who does not accept you.

it is ok to try to demean and refute someone in a comments section.

it is ok to write something that no one likes.

it is ok to get rejected.

it is ok to be offended by minor things.

it is ok to dislike something and then feel so insecure that you have to try to persuade other people to dislike it.

it is ok for everyone to hate you.

it is ok if magazines really like your work and accept it all the time.

it is ok if none of them ever care.

it is ok to say nothing in defense of anything else.

it is ok.

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46 Comments

  1. Justin Taylor

      No, it’s really not. That’s the whole thing.

  2. Justin Taylor

      No, it’s really not. That’s the whole thing.

  3. barry

      sam:

      YOU COMPLETE ME

  4. barry

      sam:

      YOU COMPLETE ME

  5. JW Veldhoen

      Fucking idiot.

  6. JW Veldhoen

      Fucking idiot.

  7. pr

      sam has such a delicacy to him. it’s like he reveals his angsty inner thing all the time. it’s touching.

  8. sam pink

      justin and jw, those things are already ok, i said that up above.

      barry and pr, it is ok.

  9. sam pink

      justin and jw, those things are already ok, i said that up above.

      barry and pr, it is ok.

  10. zachary german

      sam, i don’t think i ever liked anything you did before

      i like this

      i troll htmlgiant

  11. zachary german

      sam, i don’t think i ever liked anything you did before

      i like this

      i troll htmlgiant

  12. sam pink

      zachary german, it is ok.

  13. sam pink

      zachary german, it is ok.

  14. Justin Taylor

      thanks, sam. i feel ok now.

  15. Justin Taylor

      thanks, sam. i feel ok now.

  16. DiGang

      Sam,

      I mean it when I say your story in TJ is one of my top 20 favorite in the past year. I’m glad you took a few of my editorial suggestions on the story. I’m hoping that this post you wrote means that you’ll submit again sometime. If not, I hope to see you in my local indie bookstore someday.

      –DiGang

  17. DiGang

      Sam,

      I mean it when I say your story in TJ is one of my top 20 favorite in the past year. I’m glad you took a few of my editorial suggestions on the story. I’m hoping that this post you wrote means that you’ll submit again sometime. If not, I hope to see you in my local indie bookstore someday.

      –DiGang

  18. Blake Butler

      this is not a website

  19. Blake Butler

      this is not a website

  20. jereme

      everything is permitted.

      why does sam not have to go through the rigorous process of finding apropos pictures to accompany his posts?

      damn you sam.

  21. jereme

      everything is permitted.

      why does sam not have to go through the rigorous process of finding apropos pictures to accompany his posts?

      damn you sam.

  22. gtybh
  23. drew

      this made me feel good

  24. drew

      this made me feel good

  25. jimmy chen

      sam pink is profound

  26. jimmy chen

      sam pink is profound

  27. gena

      sam pink is god

  28. gena

      sam pink is god

  29. Brad D. Green

      “it is ok to write something that no one likes.”

      Whew…that’s a load off, for sure.

  30. Brad D. Green

      “it is ok to write something that no one likes.”

      Whew…that’s a load off, for sure.

  31. J

      *eats canned fish*

  32. J

      *eats canned fish*

  33. Ryan Call

      everyone

      this is a reminder

      sam pink is an asshole and lets not forget it

  34. Ryan Call

      everyone

      this is a reminder

      sam pink is an asshole and lets not forget it

  35. J
  36. daniel bailey

      it’s ok to offend people.

      it’s not ok to try to hurt people’s feelings.

  37. J
  38. daniel bailey

      it’s ok to offend people.

      it’s not ok to try to hurt people’s feelings.

  39. kfan

      this is good.

  40. kfan

      this is good.

  41. James

      this is more than ok. this is good. thank you.

  42. James

      this is more than ok. this is good. thank you.

  43. andré

      I especially like that bit about being so insecure you have to make other people hate something, that is a fantastic bit.

  44. andré

      I especially like that bit about being so insecure you have to make other people hate something, that is a fantastic bit.

  45. sam pink

      there are multiple meanings to this and they are all ok. being disliked is the best thing that can happen to you.

  46. sam pink

      there are multiple meanings to this and they are all ok. being disliked is the best thing that can happen to you.