Tortured genius

As we toil away in obscurity, it’s normal to fantasize about being a tortured genius who will be appreciated in the future, maybe even after their death, like so many great writers of yesteryear.

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As we toil away in obscurity, it’s normal to fantasize about being a tortured genius who will be appreciated in the future, maybe even after their death, like so many great writers of yesteryear.

Unfortunately, there is something people don’t get about “geniuses” who weren’t appreciated in their time.

Many of them were either unlikeable pricks or in s…