Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

I miss the days when I would randomly meet people (usually “academics” and “creatives”) who tried to impress me by telling me things they were doing that I had already done.

You might have had a more viral tweet or sold a book or whatever, but I’ve published for all the places, hooked many of you up with an agent, etc. Meatheads do the same thing to me, assuming I have zero physical capacity and need to be told of their feats of strength

As do the nerd trivia kingpins, who often seem irritated that my knowledge of their worlds is worked into stuff that crosses subject-matter boundaries. “Well *I* know that supercard listing better than he does!” Cool, bro, I’m just selling stories and living my life