tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post5783908493868937606..comments2023-05-05T06:35:54.350-04:00Comments on The Best Way to Have a Good Idea is to Have Lots: Stuff _______ Like(s)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07540465146418344229noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-41589216330600967442008-04-16T23:26:00.000-04:002008-04-16T23:26:00.000-04:00I just left this comment over at Stamford Talk... ...I just left this comment over at Stamford Talk... and figured it belonged here too:<BR/><BR/>How wonderful that this is on our minds simultaneously, and I think it's fun and fascinating to look at the different ways SWPL resonates. I’ve got some thoughts I’ll try to brief with.<BR/><BR/>Let me start with some identity admissions: I'm a mid-twenties white kid from the suburbs of Philly. My family never had tons of cash to throw around (my mom is a minister, my dad worked for the navy), but I also don't think I lacked for opportunities. I went to good public schools, attended a private college, where I was the punk kid on campus (dyed my hair every color you can imagine, studied math, then when math got boring switched to philosophy). I have worked in nonprofits and the like my whole professional career. I think I'm a pretty creative guy, and I would like to think I've got an interesting take on the world around me. I would claim to be far from a yuppie, but I could be really wrong on that one... I dunno.<BR/><BR/>What I do know, is that when I started reading SWPL I was struck by how often they hit things I like. That said, I also take it completely as a joke and something to be taken fairly lightly, so looking at some of the media coverage, I would tend to agree that the media angle on SWPL is pretty bizarre. <BR/><BR/>What I enjoy most about the site is the tongue-in-cheek tone when they get to saying, “now here’s how you can use this new knowledge to get in with white people.” This air of advice is actually what I most often find really hilarious about the site. <BR/><BR/>In your post today you briefly mentioned a comparison to shows like Best Week Ever, and I think that comparison could be a good one. I enjoy reading other blogs like Wonkette, where they take news about politicians and DC happenings and toss them up in sarcastic and completely scathing ways. Just today they took a video camera to the National Portrait Gallery in DC and posed the question, “is Steven Colbert well hung?” to various people. I think there’s a brand of humor that often is described as snarky, where the bread-and-butter is sarcastic observation. Sometimes it rings true, others hollow, but overall it works when it comes through as somewhat detached, yet accurate.<BR/><BR/>Back to SWPL, I think they hit the mark sometimes and at others they don’t. I typically scan entries and skip a good few. When I am drawn to one by the title they are fairly good about 2/3 of the time. I think one positive of Stuff Nobody Likes is that it has no demographic, hence it isn’t open to people overanalyzing it as a tool for understanding some group. All in all, I think the whole realm is aimed at good fun, if at any time it isn’t enjoyable, it’s a complete waste of your time. Hence, if you don’t like it, I could see how you would quickly become frustrated by it.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540465146418344229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-78867115862683212122008-04-16T20:52:00.000-04:002008-04-16T20:52:00.000-04:00Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr John! I am trying to forget ...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr John! I am trying to forget SWPL! Stuff Nobody Likes better be better than SWPL, which I hate. <BR/>I actually posted about it at my blog this morning before I saw your post. <BR/>Again: Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.Stamford Talkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16628338751045041012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-10057116506620822602008-04-16T10:07:00.000-04:002008-04-16T10:07:00.000-04:00I always thought White People would be a little le...I always thought <I>White People</I> would be a little less disingenuous if the phrase "white people" were replaced by "my parents" or "the people at college who I wasn't really friends with" or even "my bitch ex girlfriend." The humor is often sharp, but it sometimes seems like an ax is being ground somewhere between the lines.narthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188755601317863403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-19481093077420690352008-04-16T06:34:00.000-04:002008-04-16T06:34:00.000-04:00I'm just amazed that there are that many people sk...I'm just amazed that there are that many people skilled in Photoshop or whatever that can put so many cats in peril...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-80461106705376754252008-04-15T21:31:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:31:00.000-04:00Oh, don't get me wrong her, I loves me some lolcat...Oh, don't get me wrong her, I loves me some lolcats, lolruses, etc. I just think I've maybe seen some sad derivatives lately. The lolspeak is an art.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540465146418344229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-26953380645749895982008-04-15T21:03:00.000-04:002008-04-15T21:03:00.000-04:00i know you're not trying to mess with LOLcats... t...i know you're not trying to mess with LOLcats... those are some funny cats, dude.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263145104998738483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34286346.post-16025254090490498172008-04-15T18:42:00.000-04:002008-04-15T18:42:00.000-04:00I LOVE that what the woman is eating in the pictur...I LOVE that what the woman is eating in the picture in this article from on stuff nobody likes. I'll go ahead and admit that it made me lol. <BR/><BR/>http://www.stuffnobodylikes.com/?p=136Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07204837796513081351noreply@blogger.com