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Dan Hopper, writing for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency:
I’m done whining and handwringing about President-Elect Trump. It’s time to take ACTION to defeat him in 2020, by which I mean, doing the exact same stuff I’ve been doing for the last eighteen months, but, like, way more of it.
Yup.
I’d say about 75% of the genesis of my sense of humor can be traced directly back to obsessively reading C&H as a child.
Merry Christmas.
/via this isn’t happiness
Alanna Watson, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency:
The No Way José
Take both hands and shake them furiously in front of you to suggest, “No, I refuse to accept the reality which you have so callously presented to me.” Or, “That’s enough guacamole.”
I say it every time, but I’ll say it again: pitch perfect.
7. “This is a fragment of a holographic reality that a higher consciousness made.”
Even if you already read the article, I bet you still can’t get 100%.
However, my experience on the park was more than a simple voyage of academic discovery. It was also a complicated and profound transition into adulthood. I overcame copious obstacles such as surviving a Tyrannosaurus rex attack, escaping from a treed car, and being electrocuted by a high-voltage fence. Overcoming these obstacles required great courage and also newfound maturity. Indeed, the adult traits I acquired surviving dinosaurs will make me an enthusiastic and passionate member of a college community, whether I brave a Friday night dance or experiment in a new discipline, such as figure drawing.
Pretty, pretty—pretty—pretty good.
CANCELLED PLANS
“Hi, it’s [tenuous friend]! I know we were supposed to go to [horrible activity] at [terrible bar] in [Queens], but I’ve been reading between your tweets, and . . . I just think you deserve an evening eating Popeyes in your underwear. Do you want my HBO GO password?”
Just—yup.
“Massive block text to lend legitimacy to this sorry endeavor.”
— Legitimate-sounding Anglo Saxon name (year between 1859 and 1967)
You hear that? That’s the sound of every Freshman Comp/Academic Writing teacher in America nodding violently while reading this pitch-perfect piece.
Sometimes your title is also your hook.
/via Sploid
