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No, this ain't it. It's not just the people who were there who were put at risk, it's all the people that they are in contact with after being part of that gathering. The whole thing was an ill-conceived mess, full stop.

Is that the same dude who posted her plate? When will people ever LEARN

It's December 10 or January 7 according to Lala, but she's the least trustworthy of them all when it comes to dates. Don't believe anything until the pre-order goes up with a date on the site, imo.

I think it's pretty clear that Lala won't do what anyone advises, including the US health department, so Chunk had no say in the matter and no choice but to try and put out the fire. Lala does whatever she wants ETA: Also Chunk's gf thinks everyone should be able to just do whatever they want with no restrictions, so to a certain extent Chunk must agree

Shut it doen now Sorry but she deserves What a terrible idea Just make people donate $10 to a charity to enter a raffle to win a signed copy. All online, safe, and helpful to a cause.

If true, it's because she was causing a crowd to congregate, I'm sure Mess

Yes, agreed, I just edited to point that out Like it's still just not a great idea because the "event" is encouraging a crowd of people to congregate in a small area with no social distancing

LMAO Chunk sounded so nervous So long as she doesn't go hugging people I SUPPOSE it's okay but she still needs a new mask There's still no social distancing being enforced in the queue, though.

There is clearly nothing under the mask; it's simply mesh Face reality ffs It's still useless if there's any kind of translucent material under the glittery mesh. Like if I go out with a semi-transparent stocking over my face it doesn't protect any bitch Bye

She said "I can't wait to see you all" I can't with her honestly I think I'm actually done and it's just take-the-music-and-go for me now

Honestly anyone who tries to defend this shit is simply delusional This is so irresponsible

The mesh mask ... It's exactly as useless as many of us thought it was Good Lord RIP

There's no point even highlighting what a disastrous idea an in-person book signing is in the middle of a pandemic because there absolutely are stans who would happily get rona (and potentially give it to others) just to get a signed book. As an Australian whose country has largely kept rona under control by implementing fairly tough restrictions, I'm smh Will withhold judgement 'til she announces how it'll actually be organised, though.

Someone please tell her to put Dealer on the album; idc about signed books but I care about that I bet this whole thing is a non-socially-distanced disaster, though

Mmhmm she will spend the entire event with the same 5 stans who are rich and stalkerish enough to show up everywhere she goes. Yawn.

Also are those tear stains on "Paradise is Very Fragile"? Maybe I am just depression but it made me feel sad

I was gonna write fake lyrics in mine so that when COCC comes out I can contrast and compare

I thought it might've been like a pun because that poem is about a child

Yes.

Re: Thanks to the Locals

I mean she's pretty clumsy but maybe it was a baby bird that fell out of a tree or something. I feel bad for her; I'd be devo

They don't have names; they're just in a section called "Haikus"

Yeah I have to agree I really enjoyed Thanks to the Locals, although I must admit I was apprehensive when I read the title I thought it was going to be about Twitter stans or something

Which one is awful? I can think of two candidates that are a bit cringe.

It's like NFR in that she strung it out for way too long and shared far too much. I really hope she refrains from doing the same thing with Iron Gates; it's much more exciting when you get a book and you haven't already read most of it. I would like to see original art and more handwritten content than there is in this one, in the next one. Also, I would absolutely love if she put some lyrics from COCC in Iron Gates, complete with handwritten corrections, etc. That'd be really interesting and give an insight into her songwriting process. As you say, it is what it is and it's nice to put on my shelf next to Florence's ETA: Also because I know she reads here, if she really does have any hand-bound copies from before she decided to use a publisher, she should have a raffle. Make everyone make a $10 donation to a cause to enter, and you can win a signed, hand-bound copy. I say raffle and not auction because we all know certain rich af stans would bid thousands of dollars and leave the rest of us out of the running.