The Weird Soul of Placeless America I can’t remember how I found “American Diner Gothic” but anything with a tagli...

The Weird Soul of Placeless America I can’t remember how I found “American Diner Gothic” but anything with a tagline like “In the 2020s, the weird soul of placeless America is being born on Discord servers” will at least tickle my attention, and this piece, which folds alternately into anxious sociology and a kind of copped-out insider pov, turned out to be a wonderful read.