09-03-2020, 10:03 AM
fair
Although I find the opposite to be so. When it's my own rabbit hole, I'm not as concerned about accuracy. It's less likely that I would get called out on my own memory, as deluded as it may be. Sometimes the delusions make better stories anyway. To recite my fav publishing quote ever "This is the West, sir. When legend becomes fact, print the legend."
When it's something like the history of Disney princesses, there are rabid fans that will call me out so I have to double/triple/quadruple check my sources. And when it's history, that gets tricky because the bulk of my research is web research nowadays. A lot of links come up dead. Things like the 'ScarJo will play Mulan' hoax have been scrubbed off the web.
I suppose someone might call me out on my memories - I've noticed that things like concert memories (which I've preserved here on DOOM mostly) are particularly muddy. Last year, I was retelling the story of the lightning strike at the Vegas Dead show to some young Rock medics at Shoreline, and one of them whipped out his phone to fact check me. Fortunately, my facts were on point. Kids today and their damn phones.
Although I find the opposite to be so. When it's my own rabbit hole, I'm not as concerned about accuracy. It's less likely that I would get called out on my own memory, as deluded as it may be. Sometimes the delusions make better stories anyway. To recite my fav publishing quote ever "This is the West, sir. When legend becomes fact, print the legend."
When it's something like the history of Disney princesses, there are rabid fans that will call me out so I have to double/triple/quadruple check my sources. And when it's history, that gets tricky because the bulk of my research is web research nowadays. A lot of links come up dead. Things like the 'ScarJo will play Mulan' hoax have been scrubbed off the web.
I suppose someone might call me out on my memories - I've noticed that things like concert memories (which I've preserved here on DOOM mostly) are particularly muddy. Last year, I was retelling the story of the lightning strike at the Vegas Dead show to some young Rock medics at Shoreline, and one of them whipped out his phone to fact check me. Fortunately, my facts were on point. Kids today and their damn phones.
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