The Decline of Things That I Like
God knows I have no particular brief for paranormal romance (Hannah reads it so I don’t have to) or even for contemporary fantasy, but I can’t help but laugh whenever I read a “critical” piece like this one.
Just because you’ve transposed it into a different key, folks, don’t think we can’t still tell you stole that riff from Alan.
(Via Jeremy T.)
April 16th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
What’s the line between “Stop writing things I don’t like” and “UR Doin’ It Wrong” ?
April 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Tempest:
There isn’t one. All telling people what you don’t like does is upset the people who do like what you like.
On Metafilter, we call it “Your Favorite Band Sucks.”
April 16th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Er, who do like what you don’t like.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Aw, you’re awesome.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:03 pm
(though maybe I should say Alan is awesome, but whatever, I laughed.)
April 16th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I’d like to think there’s room in this town for both of us.
The difference between “Stop writing things I don’t like” and “UR Doin’ It Wrong” is: is it captioning a humorous kitten picture?
(Which kind of gets to what Jeremy said: does it engage with real texts?)
April 16th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
no way, man, one of you comes to town, one of you gots ta leave.
And obviously today should have been a kitten picture! Though I have to say I’m ultimately pleased with the result.
does it engage with real texts?
I can get behind that.
April 16th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
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April 17th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Books have been on a downhill trend ever since the invention of the printing press. You can never *truly* love the written work unless you’ve copied it by hand, painstakingly over months.
April 17th, 2008 at 4:13 am
I’m with Socrates on this one. The mistake was writing shit down in the first place.
April 17th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I’m with [unnamed hominid]. The mistake was speaki… uh, I mean
OO OO WAA OO OO HEHEH OO!
April 18th, 2008 at 11:45 am
Did someone call for a kitten picture?
April 18th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Much obliged!
April 18th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
>(Hannah reads it so I don’t have to)
Never let it be said that I don’t do charity.
April 19th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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