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You're not going to change anyone's mind. Especially online.

Joel Stein

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Joel Stein
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 23
Journalist
Screenwriter
Edison Township
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Online
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I never thought to look at the New York Times one, even though I knew people were pissed off. I've seen YouTube videos from people who are pissed off at me about that and that takes a lot of effort to go find.
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I don't like to be in the forest. It's a weird thing. I've learned to have a general appreciation for nature, which has taken a while. But the forest, I still don't really love.
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You don't get anywhere without saying yes.
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I think the local food movement has been taken to idiotic extremes. And so I wrote about that and people got pissed.
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I don't read letters sections of magazines, but I'll read anyone's blog post about me.
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You can get away with stuff in a one-page story that you can't get away with in a book.
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Online reaction is very different than real-world reaction.
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It's hard to discipline yourself not to explain yourself or apologize.
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