June 2012
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“My ultra-nerdy bio of Jeff Mangum written in the style of David Foster Wallace...”
– This is a tweet so I have no tab to close. What do I do?
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Well, internet, I was hoping we would skip the part of someone’s death when we get mad at people for the Way They Mourn but I guess we’re still on that phase. I do have faith that one day, we’ll all collectively stop giving a shit and just learn to ignore it rather than post some caps-filled rant. We got over fashion policing (except for the occasional OMG UGGS tweet that...
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"Among these exes [is] filmmaker Paul Thomas... →
Way to bury the lede, V Magazine.
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Last night, I watched a local comedian do a set that offended me personally in a way that I haven’t felt in a long time (and it wasn’t Gavin McInnes!). From the moment he got onstage, it was bad news. Wearing “Asian eyebrows” and a traditional cheongsam dress (maybe it was a changshan, not like it matters), he proceeded to play a character whose entire bit revolved around...
“It’s that chirping mirth against a backdrop of despair, that juxtaposition...”
– Reading The Sugar Frosted Nutsack by Mark Leyner. This quote, for real.
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"Yes, I am someone who doesn't know how to learn... →
Seriously, who is this for?
I’m watching Hip Hop Squares on MTV2. It’s hosted by one Peter Rosenberg, of you know what his story is fame. Anyway, of the nine participants in the squares, four of them have questionable hip-hop cred, at least when it comes to his rigorous standards. There’s Vinny of Jersey Shore which, yeah, I’m done talking about him. There’s Damien Lemon, a comedian who’s...
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Today’s pet peeve is the patronizing welcome mat of sorts that is pulled out every single time a male rapper shows himself to not be sexist/homophobic/etc. Do white people throw a party every time Bon Iver respects the people around him? Do you really think that it’s a novelty that a black man is not the caricature that you make him out to be? Who do you think the default is? Knock it...
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Have you ever had a moment when you were listening to one thing and someone mentioned something that made you want to listen to that thing but you didn’t want to shut off the former so you decided to queue up Spotify/Pandora/Grooveshark/etc. in addition to whatever’s playing on iTunes? Anyway, I’m going to cut this short and give all of you a tip for the day, Fiona Apple’s...
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This is why I don't talk about stuff I like more...
me: new Biebs is my summer album
friend: ok I get it
you keep saying that
me: i haven't even talked to you about his album since i got it
so shut it, foo'
friend: you talk about him a lot in general
You like him
me: would you rather i talk about stuff i hate
cause i do that a lot too
gotta balance it out ya know
friend: u rite u rite
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It's 2012 and there are still "waaah, my child... →
Like, if you feel emasculated listening to ABBA with YOUR DAUGHTER, then you should have handed over to me the keys to parenthood that you were given before you became a father so I could’ve thrown said keys into the ocean.
I don't want to give you all any ideas but...
I was talking to Christian about the Oatmeal, realized that the site is basically Thought Catalog for straight white male geeks, then realized that a Thought Catalog for white male geeks that’s more Thought Catalog-ier can’t be too far behind. The Oatmeal, but less oriented on diagrams, more oriented on “thinkpieces”, every other one of them will be about how forlorn the...
While you guys not doing anything to stop the release of Rock of Ages gets you all the gasface, I’m still thankful that I had to find out from Twitter (you guys know what not to talk about!) that the guy from the Oatmeal and FunnyJunk are in a bit of a feud with the latter suing the former for $20 000 in damages because of some copyright infringement accusations. I’m not going to...
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Because I've never witnessed a Klosterman pile-on...
I’ve noticed that none of you have used the occasion of Klosterman’s appointment to his latest role as the Ethicist to revisit two of his shittier works (of recent, because I’m not going to use precious longterm memory on this guy).
Hey, remember when Grantland published his love letter to Louis CK?
What’s so distinctly compelling about this season of Louie is...
