The amusingly bad
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gordonzolaThe Amusingly Bad
Most Annoying Trend: Raw foodies. Admit it people, it makes NO SENSE. And you look terrible. Well, I guess people will always find a way to individually sublimate the anxiety that capitalism provokes in all of us. Come the revolution we won’t need to graze on all fours like common beasts!
Worst Lapdog Journalism in Book Form: It didn’t come out this year, but I read it this year. Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers explains what every song he ever recorded meant to him To quote Emilio Estevez in "Repo Man", "I can’t believe I used to like these guys."
Phrase That May Not Resonate with You, but Which Makes Me Want to Kill "If XXXXXX didn’t exist they’d have to invent it" It was the first sentence in a NY Times Book Review last week and I just snapped. How can they think that’s good writing? There is no interest, energy, or meaning left in that phrase and all it does is mark the writer/speaker as a lazy, predictible waste of time. Or a mass market thriller author.
Worst Slogan of the Year: Give Them Hope! Don’t Grope!" at SF Gay Pride. I had forgotten all about it until I re-read this entry. Unfortunately the original link is dead.
Personal Scapegoat of the Year: The Olympia Food Co-op. I just can’t help myself. Did I tell you that customers started a hunger strike when the workers tried to institute a new cash register system with scanners? "You can’t get scanners! The workers should all get carpal tunnel and be unable to control the inventory because we’re making a useless and idiotic statement against Something Really Evil!" I offered to send a co-op labor guard up from the Bay Area to help out with the situation but they declined. Yes, I’m exaggerating, but I already told you I can’t help myself.
Most Annoying Trend: Raw foodies. Admit it people, it makes NO SENSE. And you look terrible. Well, I guess people will always find a way to individually sublimate the anxiety that capitalism provokes in all of us. Come the revolution we won’t need to graze on all fours like common beasts!
Worst Lapdog Journalism in Book Form: It didn’t come out this year, but I read it this year. Hugh Cornwell of the Stranglers explains what every song he ever recorded meant to him To quote Emilio Estevez in "Repo Man", "I can’t believe I used to like these guys."
Phrase That May Not Resonate with You, but Which Makes Me Want to Kill "If XXXXXX didn’t exist they’d have to invent it" It was the first sentence in a NY Times Book Review last week and I just snapped. How can they think that’s good writing? There is no interest, energy, or meaning left in that phrase and all it does is mark the writer/speaker as a lazy, predictible waste of time. Or a mass market thriller author.
Worst Slogan of the Year: Give Them Hope! Don’t Grope!" at SF Gay Pride. I had forgotten all about it until I re-read this entry. Unfortunately the original link is dead.
Personal Scapegoat of the Year: The Olympia Food Co-op. I just can’t help myself. Did I tell you that customers started a hunger strike when the workers tried to institute a new cash register system with scanners? "You can’t get scanners! The workers should all get carpal tunnel and be unable to control the inventory because we’re making a useless and idiotic statement against Something Really Evil!" I offered to send a co-op labor guard up from the Bay Area to help out with the situation but they declined. Yes, I’m exaggerating, but I already told you I can’t help myself.
