Like, I get thinking, "I probably won't like this person's work very much," given such information, but you're framing it like, "This person must be a dreadful human being," which is just not indicated by the information at hand. A man write rather grim suspense fiction, then makes a joke about his own reputation as a writer, and apparently that's some negative reflection on his character?
Unless you're quasi-joking here, which seems plausible. But it managed to fly over my head, and most tonal humour should be dunce-proof unless it's explicitly meant not to be.
(For the record, half the irony of the quote is that Robert Bloch was apparently an unbelievably nice person; he just happened to have an exceedingly dark sense of humour—which, in my experience, is not uncommon with nice people, let alone incompatible.)
Like, I get thinking, "I probably won't like this person's work very much," given such information, but you're framing it like, "This person must be a dreadful human being," which is just not indicated by the information at hand. A man write rather grim suspense fiction, then makes a joke about his own reputation as a writer, and apparently that's some negative reflection on his character?
Unless you're quasi-joking here, which seems plausible. But it managed to fly over my head, and most tonal humour should be dunce-proof unless it's explicitly meant not to be.
I am really quite tired of you jumping down my throat for every statement (meant sincerely or not) I make that you disagree with.
Like, I get thinking, "I probably won't like this person's work very much," given such information, but you're framing it like, "This person must be a dreadful human being," which is just not indicated by the information at hand. A man write rather grim suspense fiction, then makes a joke about his own reputation as a writer, and apparently that's some negative reflection on his character?
Unless you're quasi-joking here, which seems plausible. But it managed to fly over my head, and most tonal humour should be dunce-proof unless it's explicitly meant not to be.
I am really quite tired of you jumping down my throat for every statement (meant sincerely or not) I make that you disagree with.
See, no.
You are well aware that I try to respond reasonably politely to things that bother or confuse me no matter who says them, and occasionally I flub that and wind up being intemperate or rude, usually because I let my frustration with other things seep into it. And yet it seems like you are dead set on taking this like some kind of personal offence and overreacting any time I say, "You stepped on my toes."
It's possible that you do receive these complaints slightly more often than most people here, but it's not because you're a terrible, annoying person or because I dislike you.
Like, I get thinking, "I probably won't like this person's work very much," given such information, but you're framing it like, "This person must be a dreadful human being," which is just not indicated by the information at hand. A man write rather grim suspense fiction, then makes a joke about his own reputation as a writer, and apparently that's some negative reflection on his character?
Unless you're quasi-joking here, which seems plausible. But it managed to fly over my head, and most tonal humour should be dunce-proof unless it's explicitly meant not to be.
I am really quite tired of you jumping down my throat for every statement (meant sincerely or not) I make that you disagree with.
See, no.
You are well aware that I try to respond reasonably politely to things that bother or confuse me no matter who says them, and occasionally I flub that and wind up being intemperate or rude, usually because I let my frustration with other things seep into it. And yet it seems like you are dead set on taking this like some kind of personal offence and overreacting any time I say, "You stepped on my toes."
It's possible that you do receive these complaints slightly more often than most people here, but it's not because you're a terrible, annoying person or because I dislike you.
See, yes, though.
I shouldn't have to explain at length a quip about an author whose work I've never actually read? It was obviously not serious. I'm never serious when I make those kinds of statements yet for some reason everyone takes them completely straight. It's honestly baffling.
Like, I get thinking, "I probably won't like this person's work very much," given such information, but you're framing it like, "This person must be a dreadful human being," which is just not indicated by the information at hand. A man write rather grim suspense fiction, then makes a joke about his own reputation as a writer, and apparently that's some negative reflection on his character?
Unless you're quasi-joking here, which seems plausible. But it managed to fly over my head, and most tonal humour should be dunce-proof unless it's explicitly meant not to be.
I am really quite tired of you jumping down my throat for every statement (meant sincerely or not) I make that you disagree with.
See, no.
You are well aware that I try to respond reasonably politely to things that bother or confuse me no matter who says them, and occasionally I flub that and wind up being intemperate or rude, usually because I let my frustration with other things seep into it. And yet it seems like you are dead set on taking this like some kind of personal offence and overreacting any time I say, "You stepped on my toes."
It's possible that you do receive these complaints slightly more often than most people here, but it's not because you're a terrible, annoying person or because I dislike you.
See, yes, though.
I shouldn't have to explain at length a quip about an author whose work I've never actually read? It was obviously not serious. I'm never serious when I make those kinds of statements yet for some reason everyone takes them completely straight. It's honestly baffling.
I'm sorry. I just get upset easily and am bad with tone if I can't hear someone saying something. ._.
Is it just me, or do dudes on the internet persistently confuse "Is a curmudgeonly writer who has good grammar and spelling and often uses profanity and analogies to describe how unpleasant or dumb a thing is" with "Is a god-tier writer sent from the heavens to save us from our sins"
Now, most of the link in question is just flaming and “he’s full of shit,” and I don’t care about that, because either you enjoy reading John Solomon and company’s rants or you don’t. It’s a taste. Presumably the people who don’t like reading John Solomon likewise have an intense dislike for the works of Joe Queenan or Ambrose Bierce or Lester Bangs, and this is, I believe, their loss.
(It’s certainly stupid, of course, to suggest, as some have, that John Solomon is a “bad writer.” I recognize the need to claim bullshit as gospel truth out of a sense of spite, but come on – either you recognize simple writerly skill at crafting inflammatory rhetoric, or you don’t. As Penny Arcade once said, paraphrased – which is it, are you stupid or a liar?)
Now, most of the link in question is just flaming and “he’s full of shit,” and I don’t care about that, because either you enjoy reading John Solomon and company’s rants or you don’t. It’s a taste. Presumably the people who don’t like reading John Solomon likewise have an intense dislike for the works of Joe Queenan or Ambrose Bierce or Lester Bangs, and this is, I believe, their loss.
(It’s certainly stupid, of course, to suggest, as some have, that John Solomon is a “bad writer.” I recognize the need to claim bullshit as gospel truth out of a sense of spite, but come on – either you recognize simple writerly skill at crafting inflammatory rhetoric, or you don’t. As Penny Arcade once said, paraphrased – which is it, are you stupid or a liar?)
That is the most bizarrely pretentious comparison I've ever seen, and kind of proves my point...
Meanwhile the dude's actual writing read like this
I could end my review right here, really. That kind of blatant laziness and formulaic lack of creativity is hard to top, and that's not even factoring in how insufferably smug that little shit is. But I want to talk about Steve-O's writing, if you want to call it that. First of all, Despite being 2 years old, the comic has running gags, or as I like to call them, cheap gimmicks. The first one is "rejected megaman villains" and the other is "video games I'm glad were never made". Now, despite not meeting the running gag requirement of being funny or getting funnier each time they're shown (not that the maker of Dueling Analogs knows thing one about comedy), I'm told these are the most popular strips, which leads me to wonder exactly what kind of man-apes Napkinski's audience is made up of. Also note that the second running gag is in the exact same formula as recurring photoshop contests from both Something Awful and Fark, but I'm sure that's just a coincidence, since you'd have to be a total fucking unoriginal hack and borderline retard to steal from such well-known sites.
Beyond his recurring gimmicks, Steve-O also loves using the Mario Brothers, but not as much as he loves reminding you that they're gayhomos who take it up the butt. With each other. LOL! Popular video game characters depicted as sexual deviants? That's totally fresh, edgy and in my face, man! I feel like I'm on Newgrounds circa 1998!
Last I checked he's retired to SA to talk about TRPGs he likes and Gunnerkrig Court and is really embarassed that people preserved his old webcomics blog and idolized a persona he detests now.
Now, most of the link in question is just flaming and “he’s full of shit,” and I don’t care about that, because either you enjoy reading John Solomon and company’s rants or you don’t. It’s a taste. Presumably the people who don’t like reading John Solomon likewise have an intense dislike for the works of Joe Queenan or Ambrose Bierce or Lester Bangs, and this is, I believe, their loss.
(It’s certainly stupid, of course, to suggest, as some have, that John Solomon is a “bad writer.” I recognize the need to claim bullshit as gospel truth out of a sense of spite, but come on – either you recognize simple writerly skill at crafting inflammatory rhetoric, or you don’t. As Penny Arcade once said, paraphrased – which is it, are you stupid or a liar?)
I'm honestly not sure why thou keepest harping on this almost decade-old post and presenting it as a modern example of what thou'rt talking about
I guess it is p embarrassing in hindsight, but still
It's just most of the "curmudgeonly writer who has good grammar and spelling and often uses profanity and analogies to describe how unpleasant or dumb a thing is" are outright reactionary and nobody wants to hear from their drooling fans, so I had to go back to a time when people were just weird about webcomics
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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Like, I get thinking, "I probably won't like this person's work very much," given such information, but you're framing it like, "This person must be a dreadful human being," which is just not indicated by the information at hand. A man write rather grim suspense fiction, then makes a joke about his own reputation as a writer, and apparently that's some negative reflection on his character?
Unless you're quasi-joking here, which seems plausible. But it managed to fly over my head, and most tonal humour should be dunce-proof unless it's explicitly meant not to be.
You are well aware that I try to respond reasonably politely to things that bother or confuse me no matter who says them, and occasionally I flub that and wind up being intemperate or rude, usually because I let my frustration with other things seep into it. And yet it seems like you are dead set on taking this like some kind of personal offence and overreacting any time I say, "You stepped on my toes."
It's possible that you do receive these complaints slightly more often than most people here, but it's not because you're a terrible, annoying person or because I dislike you.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Also I should probably go to bed. I was going to earlier but I wound up talking with my sister.
Urgently Thread.
and then nicalis reveal they haven't even uploaded the build yet
Now, most of the link in question is just flaming and “he’s full of shit,” and I don’t care about that, because either you enjoy reading John Solomon and company’s rants or you don’t. It’s a taste. Presumably the people who don’t like reading John Solomon likewise have an intense dislike for the works of Joe Queenan or Ambrose Bierce or Lester Bangs, and this is, I believe, their loss.
(It’s certainly stupid, of course, to suggest, as some have, that John Solomon is a “bad writer.” I recognize the need to claim bullshit as gospel truth out of a sense of spite, but come on – either you recognize simple writerly skill at crafting inflammatory rhetoric, or you don’t. As Penny Arcade once said, paraphrased – which is it, are you stupid or a liar?)
Beyond his recurring gimmicks, Steve-O also loves using the Mario Brothers, but not as much as he loves reminding you that they're gayhomos who take it up the butt. With each other. LOL! Popular video game characters depicted as sexual deviants? That's totally fresh, edgy and in my face, man! I feel like I'm on Newgrounds circa 1998!
The Tumblr/Twitter Left does love its mean-spirited hot takes.
So take that!!