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Gun o' the Pants ([info]gun) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-02-11 09:45:00


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alan sokal would turn in his grave if he were dead
Some jackass COMEDIC GENIUS writes a "satirical" piece about how ZOMGAWESOME rape is for everyone.

Nobody else gets the humour.

The college newspaper it was printed in has a bit of a whinge:

Our editorial staff was unaware that only “official” journalists benefit from the right of freedom of the press—we happen to believe that all citizens of this country enjoy that right—but even if only “official” journalists are entitled, who gets to decide what makes a journalist “official” in the first place? Must they be published in a regular, hard-copy newspaper, or should a devoted blogger who follows journalistic procedure be considered “official” as well?

We are of the opinion that all journalists are “official,” regardless of if they are published in the Hartford Courant, The Recorder or slate.com. There is not, after all, any magical “journalist certificate” that is required by law for someone to carry a tape recorder.

As such, all journalists should be treated with an equal amount of respect. It is absolutely inexcusable for some journalists to be censored or imprisoned while others roam free, and it is certainly in contradiction to everything this nation supposedly values.


LOL SENSITIVE.

Feministe.Us points out, in a most FTW fashion:

Predictably, the mouth-breathing editors at the Central Connecticut State University newspaper claim that it’s “satire,” and that Petroski is a “gifted satirist” (no, seriously) and his brilliance simply “fell on deaf ears.”

It’s a shame that, for all his satirical brilliance, he couldn’t find an equally brilliant copy editor to correct his repeated use of the word “benifits.”


They find even more excerpts of his genius, where he manages to break Snacky's Law by bitching about the mean girls at school who won't sleep with him. Funny, that, you'd think they'd be lining up around the block to bang such a worthy piece of cock:

They seem to still think that they’re invincible, or that their good looks and charm will see them through life. While that might work for a while, there are some harsh realities to face. Ladies, your breasts will sag and there will always be a younger model right around the corner, anyway.

I'm wanking it because it's caused a fair bit of stir over the internets the past few days and at any rate, some of the smackdowns in the comments are just beautiful:

Is there any chance this thing may be full-blown satire, what with the spelling mistakes and all? I mean, “flidgling nation”?


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[info]hallidae
2007-02-11 01:14 am UTC (link)
::reads the "satire":: Wait... The newspaper staff was actually expecting people to find that funny? And then whining when they didn't? Wow. Now that is some Pure Fail.

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[info]caffeine_fairy
2007-02-11 01:15 am UTC (link)
We need a seal.

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[info]oar
2007-02-11 01:16 am UTC (link)
I think we need a new seal, because that article has reached whole new levels of Fail.

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[info]caffeine_fairy
2007-02-11 01:18 am UTC (link)
[info]tez, where are you? Your people need you!

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-11 04:14 am UTC (link)
That makes me think of the Bat Signal. Maybe we need one of those for times of great fail

-Sage (who has lurked and loves the seal of fail)

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[info]cinnamonical
2007-02-11 05:29 am UTC (link)
When someone fails like mad, who ya gonna call? :D

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[info]seiberwing
2007-02-11 06:39 am UTC (link)

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[info]kahteh
2007-02-11 05:32 pm UTC (link)
asgfds OMG awesome. *saves*

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[info]seiberwing
2007-02-11 05:35 pm UTC (link)
I found it yesterday. *hugs it*

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[info]southerngaelic
2007-02-11 10:39 pm UTC (link)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*LOVES*

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pastri_archy
2007-02-11 11:53 pm UTC (link)
O_O

...That's awesome beyond words.

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[info]seiberwing
2007-02-12 12:13 am UTC (link)
I like finding such things.

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[info]cinnamonical
2007-02-14 11:59 am UTC (link)
You wouldn't happen to have room in your pad for more internets, would you? 'Cause I'd like to give you a few.

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[info]rimrunner
2007-02-13 06:46 am UTC (link)
You know, to be honest, I'm not sure that satire actually has to be funny.

It must, however, be witty, and that editorial clearly is not.

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(Anonymous)
2007-02-14 02:04 pm UTC (link)
I found it funny. Plenty of people(mostly /b/tards) have really twisted senses of humor.

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[info]amyheartssiroc
2007-02-15 06:51 am UTC (link)
I think it would have been funny if it had been well-written. But then I tend to forgive writers for all kinds of things when the writing is good.

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