Group therapy in a blog.
I Know Sense of Humor is Objective, But…
So, isn’t McSweeney’s supposed to be a journal of advanced thought and/or humor? Isn’t it supposed to be boundary-pushing and inventive?
Isn’t it?
Because seriously, I can’t even find one thing about this piece that’s even approaching any of those things. I wish I could.
Maybe I’ve just seen too much.
I always thought it dealt mainly with ephemera mostly, things that are not exactly smart enough to be either real ‘comedy’ or very thought provoking. Certainly not enough to warrant much of an essay. The easy poor man’s guide to not much. Perfect for the age ‘natch. But mostly innocuous mainly. Cheers & Good Luck! ‘VJ’ (BTW: Are you back yet??)
Dating thin gals dangerous to themselves & others! Newsflash from the CBC Science Unit:
[http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/06/27/mating-iguana.html]
if you are new to jdate i could see it being funny. like a softball comedy wise though — jdate is just too easy to make fun of
It WAS kind of stupid, will have to agree with you on this one.
Guilty as charged. In my defense, I should admit that I was new to JDate when I wrote the piece, and hadn’t really done much research into the vastly mined realm of Jewish dating humor. It was also meant more for an audience less familiar with JDate, and I agree it was an easy target and I took some easy shots. Hopefully some people laughed.
Sorry for tainting your McSweeney’s experience.
Eric, you know you’ve just fulfilled one of the things I live in fear of: being contacted by someone whose work I criticized. But i have to say, you were really gracious about it, and I appreciate that. Glad you were able to take my comments in stride–you haven’t so much tainted my McSweeney’s experience as you have made me envious for a time when I wasn’t so J-date Jaded.
Best of luck with JDate…and beyond!
To be honest, I’m glad you linked my piece, and that people read it, for better or for worse. I wish I had an entertaining story for how I found this blog/thread (in my mind, it’s a cocktail party, and I’m trying to impress a model when I learn of it), but I think the reality is that people just do a lot of searching through the interweb. Anyway, if you or anyone else is interested in how much I can compromise the McSweeney’s standard, feel free to go to the archives section and ctrl-f my name to find a bunch of other pieces, hopefully more humorous.
I, too, am humbled by my ability to plug my own work while simultaneously highlighting my current position in data entry. Thanks for reading!
In your cocktail party analogy, I’m going to imagine that I’m the model you’re trying to impress. Really, please let me believe this–it’s good for my ego. Also good for my ego is Googling my own name, so believe me I understand.
And if McSweeney’s pays you better than the Jewish non-profit world pays me, then I’m going to have to bow before you…