PJ Vogt

This is Search Engine.

I'm PJ Vogt.

No question too big, no question too small.

This week, a question that is very small.

Not a question of mine, someone else's, but a question I related to very deeply.

A question from an internet personality, an anonymous one, who writes a substack I enjoy.

I know you prefer to write online under the name Cartoons Hate Her.

Is there like a first name that we can use for the purposes of this story?

This was minute two of my interview with Claire.

Talking to her, for me, I experienced her like a fireworks factory that someone had accidentally dropped a lit match in.

A stunning show, that's also a lot, where I found myself entertained but not totally sure where to sit.

So, how do you describe what it is you do?

You really don't.

And recently, Claire wrote about this question she had that captivated me.

A blog post called A Full Investigation of Why Nobody Comes to My Parties.

The question was simple.

In the real world, Claire lives, by her description, an incredibly normie life as a mom somewhere, two kids, a husband.

But with this funny problem.

She wants to throw these big parties, nothing debaucherous, just a classy party with dressed-up adults and their children.

Except when she tries to do it, people don't want to come.