{"id":3615,"date":"2026-10-11T14:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T19:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2026-10-11T22:52:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T03:52:23","slug":"debaser-commentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/debaser-commentary\/","title":{"rendered":"Debaser Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s the long overdue author&#8217;s commentary on &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/b\/debaser\">Debaser<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 my personal favorite of the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/rl\/dutycalls\">Duty Calls<\/a><\/em> shorts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First up, the cover image. Since the story includes a wiki known as Cyclo, I mocked up a relatively faithful version of a mobile Wikipedia page.<sup data-fn=\"c3787117-a292-4613-8b10-8d5c72966fdc\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#c3787117-a292-4613-8b10-8d5c72966fdc\" id=\"c3787117-a292-4613-8b10-8d5c72966fdc-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> Liked it so much I dropped plans to have a designer punch it up and went with my original. Years later, it inspired building an actual <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclo.lb-dg.com\">Cyclo Wiki<\/a> chronicling the Duty Calls connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google&#8217;s AI mode does a decent job of summarizing before I go deeper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?resize=640%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?resize=1024%2C665&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?resize=768%2C499&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?resize=850%2C552&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?w=1404&amp;ssl=1 1404w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image-1.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tidbaser:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It&#8217;s debatable whether the official title is just &#8220;Debaser&#8221; or the longer &#8220;Debaser (Disambiguation)&#8221; in full. I like the disambiguation to tie to the wiki theme and to acknowledge it&#8217;s more than just pilfering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PVyS9JwtFoQ\">title of a Pixies song<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The opening was inspired by the real-life event of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/culture\/sprint-breaks-up-with-high-maintenance-customers\/\">mobile carrier Sprint firing its most high-maintenance customers<\/a>. I wrote it as a completely standalone short while on vacation, but later thought it was a fun lead-in to a Duty Calls story do drop the reader into the middle of a screenwriter&#8217;s pitch. In the full novel version of DC, I was going for a reaction of &#8220;Um, is this suddenly a different book?&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>333 is a recurring important number across the Duty Calls stories, so the actual real-world math of 40,000 phone calls divided by 1200 fired customers equals 3.33 was a fantastically fun coincidence. (As was 40,000 phone calls echoing back to the prank calls received by Shawn in <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/fester-commentary\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1477\">&#8220;Fester&#8221;<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sometimes I can&#8217;t quite shake TP narrator speaking in song lyrics voice since it&#8217;s something I do in real life too, hence &#8220;&#8230;these were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dYuQY4zKw70\">baddest of the bad<\/a>.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CPBBBDB has a bit of a CBGB&#8217;s vibe to my ear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When we transition into the main story, the setting shifts to Doug &#8216;N Donuts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/donuts-deadbolts-commentary\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3597\">&#8220;Donuts &amp; Deadbolts&#8221;<\/a> double feature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/-\/es\/Archibald-Spencer\/dp\/0966627164\">This book<\/a> already existed when I came up with the not-so-original &#8220;prosecutors will be violated&#8221; line. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Prosecutors-Will-Violated-Joe-Mudak-ebook\/dp\/B00FCYQFWQ\/\">This one<\/a> did not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I probably already mentioned this elsewhere, but here&#8217;s another good place to say <em>The Handoff<\/em> is an unfinished screenplay I wrote back in 2001 that found its way into the Duty Calls universe for Nate Pepper&#8217;s benefit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The line &#8220;You know Wikipedia, right?&#8221; hasn&#8217;t aged very well. Does anyone NOT know <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia\">Wikipedia<\/a> these days?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have a longstanding irrational pet peeve where seeing someone refer to &#8220;EST&#8221; during Daylight Savings Time makes my blood boil. &#8220;Origin of daylight savings time&#8221; as an editable Wiki thing is a tiny nod to that.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If memory serves<sup data-fn=\"7efefe93-ae22-4e6a-8355-271208389967\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#7efefe93-ae22-4e6a-8355-271208389967\" id=\"7efefe93-ae22-4e6a-8355-271208389967-link\">2<\/a><\/sup>, the opening section was written in 2007, the donut shop part in 2008\/9, and the last segment in 2018. Many of the Duty Calls shorts were written in two parts a decade apart; this might be the only one with three distinct writing eras.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The screenwriter&#8217;s name isn&#8217;t revealed<sup data-fn=\"f1e0ebb8-50ce-45b9-bfd0-b4f235a67fab\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#f1e0ebb8-50ce-45b9-bfd0-b4f235a67fab\" id=\"f1e0ebb8-50ce-45b9-bfd0-b4f235a67fab-link\">3<\/a><\/sup> until the third part, though in the full novel version a reader will know his full name and occupation before reaching this story. I started working on this while still deep in my &#8220;no character names&#8221; obsession, which later softened into &#8220;names when needed, but do not force the introduction.&#8221;<sup data-fn=\"80f39c4b-1cc7-4693-bd60-b12671c2e059\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#80f39c4b-1cc7-4693-bd60-b12671c2e059\" id=\"80f39c4b-1cc7-4693-bd60-b12671c2e059-link\">4<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The whole third section isn&#8217;t exactly a play by play of how I brainstorm &amp; research, but it&#8217;s pretty close.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Psychics are referenced to cross into another yet to be released Duty Calls story, which will also tie into the business of TTM, INC, LLC.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Seventeen&#8230;.something about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yellowpigs.net\/yellowpigs\/YP_seventeen.html\">yellow pig<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;How a math major became a screenwriter&#8221; was one of those &#8220;solely for Jon Mack&#8221; jokes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My wife used to incorrectly use &#8220;offstandish&#8221; when she meant &#8220;standoffish,&#8221; which became handoffish + offhandish here.<sup data-fn=\"6a47b96f-1cdd-4b41-88e6-830b1975bc91\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#6a47b96f-1cdd-4b41-88e6-830b1975bc91\" id=\"6a47b96f-1cdd-4b41-88e6-830b1975bc91-link\">5<\/a><\/sup><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The film <em>Not An Ordinary House<\/em> is referenced in the story &#8220;Copper on Parchment.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;He needed some meth&#8221; was the line that made me want to finish this one.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jury_duty\">wiki entry for jury duty<\/a> was so poorly written and organized he considered rewriting it himself.&#8221; Again, sometimes these stories write themselves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The ePub file I&#8217;m reading along with while composing this commentary has a random single red word &#8220;repeat&#8221; in it I can&#8217;t recall if I put there on purpose or by accident, but I like it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png?resize=640%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3735\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2.463343108504399;width:382px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png?w=872&amp;ssl=1 872w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png?resize=768%2C312&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.timelypersuasion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png?resize=850%2C345&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Google has since stopped showing the very high number of results at the top of the page while actually only having a few hundred available (perhaps due to this short story calling them out?), but that is how it worked while I was writing this and for several years thereafter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generative AI and its potential to eradicate society was purely a sci-fi concept when &#8220;Debaser&#8221; was written and released, but feels way more real today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The least realistic part of this story might be a screenwriter using a web-based program to write in circa the time this story was written.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The meta twist at the end has Allan type the opening to a screenplay that would mirror the opening line of the full novel collecting the Duty Calls stories while framing an additional courthouse adventure around them. Now I just have to get around to finishing it&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/b\/debaser\">Debaser<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>FOOTNOTES<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes\"><li id=\"c3787117-a292-4613-8b10-8d5c72966fdc\">I might&#8217;ve had a little inspiration from The Black Keys and their album cover for <em>Brothers<\/em>.   <a href=\"#c3787117-a292-4613-8b10-8d5c72966fdc-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"7efefe93-ae22-4e6a-8355-271208389967\">Which it probably doesn&#8217;t&#8230; <a href=\"#7efefe93-ae22-4e6a-8355-271208389967-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 2\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"f1e0ebb8-50ce-45b9-bfd0-b4f235a67fab\">His name is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Smithee\">Allan Smithee,<\/a> so perhaps it&#8217;s never revealed&#8230; <a href=\"#f1e0ebb8-50ce-45b9-bfd0-b4f235a67fab-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 3\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"80f39c4b-1cc7-4693-bd60-b12671c2e059\">Duty Calls helped force me out of the &#8220;no names&#8221; stunt, as managing a cast of 12+ without names would prove more difficult than the smaller, mostly familial cast in TP\/DG. Jury duty does allow for touch of anonymity, but not really. <a href=\"#80f39c4b-1cc7-4693-bd60-b12671c2e059-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 4\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><li id=\"6a47b96f-1cdd-4b41-88e6-830b1975bc91\">In her defense, <em>offstandish<\/em> is better. <a href=\"#6a47b96f-1cdd-4b41-88e6-830b1975bc91-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 5\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s the long overdue author&#8217;s commentary on &#8220;Debaser&#8221; \u2014 my personal favorite of the Duty Calls shorts! First up, the cover image. Since the story includes a wiki known as Cyclo, I mocked up a relatively faithful version of a mobile Wikipedia page. Liked it so much I dropped plans to have a designer punch&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"[{\"content\":\"I might've had a little inspiration from The Black Keys and their album cover for <em>Brothers<\/em>.  \",\"id\":\"c3787117-a292-4613-8b10-8d5c72966fdc\"},{\"content\":\"Which it probably doesn't...\",\"id\":\"7efefe93-ae22-4e6a-8355-271208389967\"},{\"content\":\"His name is <a href=\\\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alan_Smithee\\\">Allan Smithee,<\/a> so perhaps it's never revealed...\",\"id\":\"f1e0ebb8-50ce-45b9-bfd0-b4f235a67fab\"},{\"content\":\"Duty Calls helped force me out of the \\\"no names\\\" stunt, as managing a cast of 12+ without names would prove more difficult than the smaller, mostly familial cast in TP\/DG. 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