October 28th, 2009 / 11:48 am
Author Spotlight & Mean
Dan Nester Doubles Down on Mean: FUCK GERUNDS
Just fuck ‘em.
Or better yet, let’s fucking fuck gerunds.
That way, it–the fucking–will keep going into the eternal present.
That is all.
—D.N.
Tags: Dan Nester, gerunds
Yeah, also, fuck verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, articles, prepositions, and conjunctions. Let’s all just sit quietly.
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October 28th, 2009 / 12:22 pmTim Jones-Yelvington—
htmlgiant comment threads confuse me now b/c everybody is named Matt or David.
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October 28th, 2009 / 12:33 pmmimi—
Don’t worry about the names. Your favorites will start to pop out at you.
I’ve gotten really good at skimming comments threads (and not just on HTML g). It’s my newest hobby/brain exercise/waste of time.
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October 28th, 2009 / 1:48 pmTim Jones-Yelvington—
‘82 for me too
October 28th, 2009 / 12:54 pmMatt Cozart—
I hear you, and I apologize. In the early ’80s every fourth male baby was named Matt. Same for David and Ryan.
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October 28th, 2009 / 1:32 pmRyan Call—
1983 baby
October 28th, 2009 / 1:33 pmdavidpeak—
me too!
October 28th, 2009 / 1:36 pmMatt Cozart—
‘82 for me. (conceived in ‘81, for those of you keeping score at home.)
October 28th, 2009 / 1:37 pmRyan Call—
wonder how old ryan bradley is.
best post of mean week
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That’s the first thing that’s ever made me laugh on this site! Thanks Matt.
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y’all might want to read the third line again
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Jesus Christ, Justin. I’m your fucking Deep Throat. I could get to love this.
For the record: I feel much less ambivalent about fucking gerund that how lame the term lyric essay is.
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There should be two em-dashes before and after “the fucking.”
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whats a gerund?
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October 28th, 2009 / 3:11 pmMatthew Simmons—
beat me to it.
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this is a prose joke huh?
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October 28th, 2009 / 4:51 pmDaniel Nester—
Yeah. In non-prose, people calling gerunds a gerund is a way for non-prose writers’ keeping things in the fucking present tense all the time.
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you used a gerund in your post about how you hate gerunds
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October 28th, 2009 / 8:23 pmDaniel Nester—
Give the man a prize!
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May I join your noble swearing circle not beeing a native speaker?
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