October 28th, 2009 / 3:21 pm
Mean
Blake Butler
Mean
Mean Week is Your Week too, I guess
Things don’t feel mean enough for Mean Week. Things feel like they should be more mean.
Please use this thread as a place to say mean things you feel no one else is saying. If the only way you feel you can say exactly what you mean is to be anonymous, go for it. I promise not to look at or share IP addresses, and no one else can see them. Total privacy. I won’t blame you for not coming out of the gate. Just want to hear some real spit and shit from anybody. About anything, myself included. Only respect can be gained.
Go?
Tags: mean week
Blake Butler is a goosegobbling snot bubble. That guy is a washed up jam rag who wouldn’t know mean if it crawled up his anus and grew wings.
Blake Butler is a goosegobbling snot bubble. That guy is a washed up jam rag who wouldn’t know mean if it crawled up his anus and grew wings.
he typed jam rag….
he typed jam rag….
Reading this website makes ugly the soul & distorts the purpose of writing.
So nyah!
i hate myself.
i hate myself.
An ellipsis indicates an intentional omission. It is not a comma, period, or em-dash.
GOD DAMMIT I AM FIRED UP ABOUT THIS.
An ellipsis indicates an intentional omission. It is not a comma, period, or em-dash.
GOD DAMMIT I AM FIRED UP ABOUT THIS.
i hate daniel bailey, too.
“An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis) (apostrophe and elipsis mixed). The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech.”
i hate daniel bailey, too.
“An ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in speech, an unfinished thought, or, at the end of a sentence, a trailing off into silence (aposiopesis) (apostrophe and elipsis mixed). The ellipsis calls for a slight pause in speech.”
there are too many contributors to htmlgiant now. or at least too many posts everyday. it’s just too much when there are 10 posts in one day.
I wish people would stop falling over themselves in a rush to perform necrophiliac fellatio on the corpse of David Foster Wallace. It’s put me right off reading him.
there are too many contributors to htmlgiant now. or at least too many posts everyday. it’s just too much when there are 10 posts in one day.
I wish people would stop falling over themselves in a rush to perform necrophiliac fellatio on the corpse of David Foster Wallace. It’s put me right off reading him.
ditto that
ditto that
the brandon book crisis made me feel like an idiot for giving tao lin my money.
the brandon book crisis made me feel like an idiot for giving tao lin my money.
i am annoyed that blake & co. have not released the identities of the serial anons
at least you didn’t buy his myspace.
i am annoyed that blake & co. have not released the identities of the serial anons
at least you didn’t buy his myspace.
seriously what is it about people not having the ability to be mean?
being mean is easy if you have observational skills.
i think a lot of people are too pussy to be mean because they think it will incur mean karama towards them or something and they are scared others will vocalize their inadequacies.
wasn’t this how the last mean week went? i remember being severely disappointed then too.
i know part of me should feel pity and all that and support the ABA’s bitching and moaning to the government about the Walmart/Target/Amazon price wars, but I can’t bring myself to not agree with Jeff Jacoby’s recent column that in short tells them to shut the fuck up and start concentrating instead on why people should still spend a bit more money and buy books from them.
http://www.jeffjacoby.com/6493/the-war-against-affordable-books
Even though Jacoby looks like a more retarded version of Sasquatch and Jay Leno, his retort is pretty solid.
seriously what is it about people not having the ability to be mean?
being mean is easy if you have observational skills.
i think a lot of people are too pussy to be mean because they think it will incur mean karama towards them or something and they are scared others will vocalize their inadequacies.
wasn’t this how the last mean week went? i remember being severely disappointed then too.
i know part of me should feel pity and all that and support the ABA’s bitching and moaning to the government about the Walmart/Target/Amazon price wars, but I can’t bring myself to not agree with Jeff Jacoby’s recent column that in short tells them to shut the fuck up and start concentrating instead on why people should still spend a bit more money and buy books from them.
http://www.jeffjacoby.com/6493/the-war-against-affordable-books
Even though Jacoby looks like a more retarded version of Sasquatch and Jay Leno, his retort is pretty solid.
The day I use “impact” to mean “effect” is the day I use an ellipsis instead of an em-dash to indicate a pause in speech!
The day I use “impact” to mean “effect” is the day I use an ellipsis instead of an em-dash to indicate a pause in speech!
i wish people wrote books that were also video games
i wish people wrote books that were also video games
i guess that’s not really mean
i really just want to fight somebody.
i guess that’s not really mean
i really just want to fight somebody.
I got it free
All the authors and editors writing and publishing “flash fiction” have turned a once promising and innovative form into a massive crutch for people who are too lazy or talentless to write or read long fiction.
I got it free
All the authors and editors writing and publishing “flash fiction” have turned a once promising and innovative form into a massive crutch for people who are too lazy or talentless to write or read long fiction.
fuck this shit. you people don’t know mean
if people were truly mean (or said their real thoughts, which i’m sure are mean), it would cause massive drama. i don’t think people want to deal with that.
fuck this shit. you people don’t know mean
if people were truly mean (or said their real thoughts, which i’m sure are mean), it would cause massive drama. i don’t think people want to deal with that.
it was still overpriced
em dash really doesn’t denote a pause in speech, in denotes like a side comment.
oh get fucked
it was still overpriced
em dash really doesn’t denote a pause in speech, in denotes like a side comment.
oh get fucked
hahahahhahaha
Bitching about serial anons and assuming bad motives on their part shows a lack of imagination. Anonymity is one of the internet’s greatest attributes, and not all anonymous comments are from trolls. Some people just don’t feel like making their ass-born blog comments a part of their Google results. For those that do, bravo: it’s your public persona and it’s awesome to watch you do with it as you please.
If you don’t believe that you distinguish between public and private personas, you’re deluding yourself and probably acting bolder online than you would otherwise, bolder certainly than those that appreciate anonymity. Bolder than trolls. That, too, is awesome. But saying your openness is right and others anonymity is wrong is just today’s way of saying “the way I prefer things is better than the way you prefer things.” And it’s just that.
I see way too much flash fiction that just feels like a lazy draft of some random idea these days.
can there be a blog post about ‘the brandon book crisis’
seems like there is demand for a ‘the brandon book crisis’ shit-talking post
hahahahhahaha
Bitching about serial anons and assuming bad motives on their part shows a lack of imagination. Anonymity is one of the internet’s greatest attributes, and not all anonymous comments are from trolls. Some people just don’t feel like making their ass-born blog comments a part of their Google results. For those that do, bravo: it’s your public persona and it’s awesome to watch you do with it as you please.
If you don’t believe that you distinguish between public and private personas, you’re deluding yourself and probably acting bolder online than you would otherwise, bolder certainly than those that appreciate anonymity. Bolder than trolls. That, too, is awesome. But saying your openness is right and others anonymity is wrong is just today’s way of saying “the way I prefer things is better than the way you prefer things.” And it’s just that.
I see way too much flash fiction that just feels like a lazy draft of some random idea these days.
can there be a blog post about ‘the brandon book crisis’
seems like there is demand for a ‘the brandon book crisis’ shit-talking post
of course.
of course.
forreal. let’s get fucking ruthless.
forreal. let’s get fucking ruthless.
Fuck you, Jereme. Stop posing all hardass, I know there’s strawberry jam under all that ginger hair. Bitch.
Fuck you, Jereme. Stop posing all hardass, I know there’s strawberry jam under all that ginger hair. Bitch.
Like, it really isn’t supposed to be a pause, but a parenthetical thought. Either that or a cut-off (not a trailing off, but a cut-off)
Like, it really isn’t supposed to be a pause, but a parenthetical thought. Either that or a cut-off (not a trailing off, but a cut-off)
“all”?
i think that’s pretty true, but what will people read on their iphones?
“all”?
i think that’s pretty true, but what will people read on their iphones?
this.
this.
someone needs an attitude adjustment
Fuck you for not being mean about books that were also video games. Ass.
why do the people that post once every 3 months get to stay at htmlgiant? they don’t contribute shit. i’d rather have people overcontributing (even though it can be too much sometimes) than barely contributing at all.
someone needs an attitude adjustment
Fuck you for not being mean about books that were also video games. Ass.
why do the people that post once every 3 months get to stay at htmlgiant? they don’t contribute shit. i’d rather have people overcontributing (even though it can be too much sometimes) than barely contributing at all.
Yeah. ‘Flash fiction’ often reads like an idea, not a story…
Yeah. ‘Flash fiction’ often reads like an idea, not a story…
damn right
damn right
Yes, I’d really like a post about the Brandon Book Crisis. There hasn’t been nearly enough written about it in the internet. So far I’ve only been able to paper my entire 76-room mansion in leafy Surrey with print-outs of navel-gazing, self-referential shite about the Brandon Book Crisis. Please, give me more. More more more. Until I go to sleep at nights and see Brandon in my nightmares, having a Book Crisis while writing another book about having a Book Crisis about a Book Crisis about a Crisis about a Book about a Brandon oh god i think my fucking head is about to meta-explode with it all help me i’m dying.
Yes, I’d really like a post about the Brandon Book Crisis. There hasn’t been nearly enough written about it in the internet. So far I’ve only been able to paper my entire 76-room mansion in leafy Surrey with print-outs of navel-gazing, self-referential shite about the Brandon Book Crisis. Please, give me more. More more more. Until I go to sleep at nights and see Brandon in my nightmares, having a Book Crisis while writing another book about having a Book Crisis about a Book Crisis about a Crisis about a Book about a Brandon oh god i think my fucking head is about to meta-explode with it all help me i’m dying.
“All” meaning “the vast, undifferentiated mass of”
“All” meaning “the vast, undifferentiated mass of”
A good 60% of writers (this is made up but–I suspect–conservative) have crap political opinions. And by “crap” I mean “radically uninformed”. Reading other literary types comment on politics doesn’t count. See: almost everything published by N+1.
Do you read AdBusters? Then this applies to you.
The layout of decomP
A good 60% of writers (this is made up but–I suspect–conservative) have crap political opinions. And by “crap” I mean “radically uninformed”. Reading other literary types comment on politics doesn’t count. See: almost everything published by N+1.
Do you read AdBusters? Then this applies to you.
The layout of decomP
iphones are kind of sickening. so are macs. everyone has them, it seems like.
I want more fiction that’s actually about flashing. This flash fiction title is actually scandalous mis-selling. I want the hard-earned cash I spent buying shoddy chapbooks with oh-so-offensive-edgy-wooh-i’m-really dangerous titles BACK, y’hear?
iphones are kind of sickening. so are macs. everyone has them, it seems like.
I want more fiction that’s actually about flashing. This flash fiction title is actually scandalous mis-selling. I want the hard-earned cash I spent buying shoddy chapbooks with oh-so-offensive-edgy-wooh-i’m-really dangerous titles BACK, y’hear?
any political opinion is crap.
what, to you, distinguishes lazy flash fiction from strong, promise-fulfilling flash fiction?
any political opinion is crap.
what, to you, distinguishes lazy flash fiction from strong, promise-fulfilling flash fiction?
Amelia, I want you to post some of your insult thingies you read at Quickies.
Amelia, I want you to post some of your insult thingies you read at Quickies.
worst layout i think is dispatch litreview or whatever the fuck i’m annoyingly facebook friends with
We were just talking about this in the MFA office. I made blowjob sounds in my throat.
Nothing. It’s all totally amazing.
worst layout i think is dispatch litreview or whatever the fuck i’m annoyingly facebook friends with
We were just talking about this in the MFA office. I made blowjob sounds in my throat.
Nothing. It’s all totally amazing.
i think i could take Blake in a fist fight. maybe Sean, though he’d probably just shoot me with an arrow or whatever the shit he hunts with.
i don’t really want to fight anyone here, but i would fight someone for mean week–like Sam Pink or Roxane–because they seem like they could really hold their own when getting down with the get down, like they could really fuck my face up and get gravel under my skin.
maybe you Nathan, simply because you seem desparate at times, and i think you’d fight real horrorshow, like there’s nothing left.
i think i could take Blake in a fist fight. maybe Sean, though he’d probably just shoot me with an arrow or whatever the shit he hunts with.
i don’t really want to fight anyone here, but i would fight someone for mean week–like Sam Pink or Roxane–because they seem like they could really hold their own when getting down with the get down, like they could really fuck my face up and get gravel under my skin.
maybe you Nathan, simply because you seem desparate at times, and i think you’d fight real horrorshow, like there’s nothing left.
agreed, but jason knows this, and facelift is coming soon.
I pretty much hate flash fiction.
the “glamor shots” layout of htmlgiant…
the “glamor shots” layout of htmlgiant…
The layout of this issue of Lamination Colony. The content might have kicked ass, but I never found out, because trying to figure out which dumbass randomly colored square I should click on lost its charm in less than two seconds.
The layout of this issue of Lamination Colony. The content might have kicked ass, but I never found out, because trying to figure out which dumbass randomly colored square I should click on lost its charm in less than two seconds.
agreed, but jason knows this, and facelift is coming soon.
I pretty much hate flash fiction.
the “glamor shots” layout of htmlgiant…
The layout of this issue of Lamination Colony. The content might have kicked ass, but I never found out, because trying to figure out which dumbass randomly colored square I should click on lost its charm in less than two seconds.
anyone think there is a definite bias against poetry on htmlgiant?
i blame you, blake butler.
anyone think there is a definite bias against poetry on htmlgiant?
i blame you, blake butler.
dan bailey’s okay.
dan bailey’s okay.
anyone think there is a definite bias against poetry on htmlgiant?
i blame you, blake butler.
dan bailey’s okay.
yes, but it’s okay…i don’t come here for poetry news/gossip/information. and neither should anybody else…
yes, but it’s okay…i don’t come here for poetry news/gossip/information. and neither should anybody else…
yes, but it’s okay…i don’t come here for poetry news/gossip/information. and neither should anybody else…
@c.e.
hell yes. Lets go. I have my fists in oldschool boxing position right now
@c.e.
hell yes. Lets go. I have my fists in oldschool boxing position right now
where do you go?
where do you go?
@c.e.
hell yes. Lets go. I have my fists in oldschool boxing position right now
where do you go?
i agree. brandon always brings the shit talkers out. reading them makes the coffee run down my lips as I laugh.
i agree. brandon always brings the shit talkers out. reading them makes the coffee run down my lips as I laugh.
be careful, the guy who runs that might come here and insult you, then post a screen cap of it on his blog to show people that he is a “big boy”.
be careful, the guy who runs that might come here and insult you, then post a screen cap of it on his blog to show people that he is a “big boy”.
i agree. brandon always brings the shit talkers out. reading them makes the coffee run down my lips as I laugh.
be careful, the guy who runs that might come here and insult you, then post a screen cap of it on his blog to show people that he is a “big boy”.
I know em dashes can be used in an appositive phrase. But em dashes indicating aposiopesis are not indicating side comments. Using the ellipsis to trail off in the center of a sentence is just weak writing, even if somebody got their grubby hands on a usage book and claimed it was common usage. Structure that sentence with a semicolon or a colon or a period or a long dash! Ellipses, like emoticons, are for moms. Damn.
Ha Tim, you gotta wait until threats.txt is live.
I know em dashes can be used in an appositive phrase. But em dashes indicating aposiopesis are not indicating side comments. Using the ellipsis to trail off in the center of a sentence is just weak writing, even if somebody got their grubby hands on a usage book and claimed it was common usage. Structure that sentence with a semicolon or a colon or a period or a long dash! Ellipses, like emoticons, are for moms. Damn.
Ha Tim, you gotta wait until threats.txt is live.
bring it motherfucker
bring it motherfucker
I know em dashes can be used in an appositive phrase. But em dashes indicating aposiopesis are not indicating side comments. Using the ellipsis to trail off in the center of a sentence is just weak writing, even if somebody got their grubby hands on a usage book and claimed it was common usage. Structure that sentence with a semicolon or a colon or a period or a long dash! Ellipses, like emoticons, are for moms. Damn.
Ha Tim, you gotta wait until threats.txt is live.
bring it motherfucker
only because i feed you jam. if you would like some hardass instead let me know.
only because i feed you jam. if you would like some hardass instead let me know.
only because i feed you jam. if you would like some hardass instead let me know.
I think this is worded well, but fundamentally flawed.
I disagree that anonymity is “one of the internet’s greatest attributes.” In fact, I think it’s one of its worst.
If you’re only comfortable expressing yourself anonymously, or overly concerned with posterity and want to keep your genuine opinions separate from your google hits, then write an email to a friend, or, better yet, stay out of online forums–the purpose of which is to communicate and make some sort of progress with other, like-minded individuals.
Troll or not, it doesn’t really matter. Actions speak louder than intentions.
There’s nothing wrong with anonymity just like there’s nothing wrong with cowardice. Some would argue that both are inherent traits–not choices.
I think this is worded well, but fundamentally flawed.
I disagree that anonymity is “one of the internet’s greatest attributes.” In fact, I think it’s one of its worst.
If you’re only comfortable expressing yourself anonymously, or overly concerned with posterity and want to keep your genuine opinions separate from your google hits, then write an email to a friend, or, better yet, stay out of online forums–the purpose of which is to communicate and make some sort of progress with other, like-minded individuals.
Troll or not, it doesn’t really matter. Actions speak louder than intentions.
There’s nothing wrong with anonymity just like there’s nothing wrong with cowardice. Some would argue that both are inherent traits–not choices.
em dashes in the middle of a sentence indicate side comments, parentheticals. This is both grammatically what they mean and how they are read by people. Using an em dash to mean a pause or a trailing off will just get you misread.
em dashes in the middle of a sentence indicate side comments, parentheticals. This is both grammatically what they mean and how they are read by people. Using an em dash to mean a pause or a trailing off will just get you misread.
Yeah. That’s really fucking annoying. It’s like they think everything they write is interesting or something. Take a breath, geniuses.
Yeah. That’s really fucking annoying. It’s like they think everything they write is interesting or something. Take a breath, geniuses.
i fight brutal like the story you wish you could write and die complete.
i fight brutal like the story you wish you could write and die complete.
Seriously? Care to elaborate? If all opinions are equally crap then none of them are.
Seriously? Care to elaborate? If all opinions are equally crap then none of them are.
God.
He’s a bit of a bastard really, isn’t he?
God.
He’s a bit of a bastard really, isn’t he?
I think this is worded well, but fundamentally flawed.
I disagree that anonymity is “one of the internet’s greatest attributes.” In fact, I think it’s one of its worst.
If you’re only comfortable expressing yourself anonymously, or overly concerned with posterity and want to keep your genuine opinions separate from your google hits, then write an email to a friend, or, better yet, stay out of online forums–the purpose of which is to communicate and make some sort of progress with other, like-minded individuals.
Troll or not, it doesn’t really matter. Actions speak louder than intentions.
There’s nothing wrong with anonymity just like there’s nothing wrong with cowardice. Some would argue that both are inherent traits–not choices.
em dashes in the middle of a sentence indicate side comments, parentheticals. This is both grammatically what they mean and how they are read by people. Using an em dash to mean a pause or a trailing off will just get you misread.
Yeah. That’s really fucking annoying. It’s like they think everything they write is interesting or something. Take a breath, geniuses.
i fight brutal like the story you wish you could write and die complete.
Seriously? Care to elaborate? If all opinions are equally crap then none of them are.
God.
He’s a bit of a bastard really, isn’t he?
When did Blake Butler turn into Tao Lin? Has Blake Butler always been Tao Lin and everybody knew he was Tao Lin but me? Did Blake Butler always wonder if people think his dick is big, and did he always wonder that aloud and I just didn’t know because I didn’t follow his tweets?
When did Blake Butler turn into Tao Lin? Has Blake Butler always been Tao Lin and everybody knew he was Tao Lin but me? Did Blake Butler always wonder if people think his dick is big, and did he always wonder that aloud and I just didn’t know because I didn’t follow his tweets?
When did Blake Butler turn into Tao Lin? Has Blake Butler always been Tao Lin and everybody knew he was Tao Lin but me? Did Blake Butler always wonder if people think his dick is big, and did he always wonder that aloud and I just didn’t know because I didn’t follow his tweets?
Flash fiction is like punk rock. Anyone can do it, but not everyone should.
Flash fiction is like punk rock. Anyone can do it, but not everyone should.
Do you seriously read Francis Fukuyama?
Do you seriously read Francis Fukuyama?
Flash fiction is like punk rock. Anyone can do it, but not everyone should.
Do you seriously read Francis Fukuyama?
in this case, not brandon but the brandon book crisis. personally i think brandon’s poetry is some of the best, if not the best, out there. i just felt like a fool after buying that book.
in this case, not brandon but the brandon book crisis. personally i think brandon’s poetry is some of the best, if not the best, out there. i just felt like a fool after buying that book.
Idiot.
Idiot.
in this case, not brandon but the brandon book crisis. personally i think brandon’s poetry is some of the best, if not the best, out there. i just felt like a fool after buying that book.
Idiot.
No no me like the jam thank you!
[Damn, there go my mean week aspirations.]
No no me like the jam thank you!
[Damn, there go my mean week aspirations.]
the fact that if you take a break from the internet lit scene your chances of being completely forgotten are ridiculously high. by the time you come back there are 50 new writers copying tao lin, brandon, blake or someone else who has ‘made it big’ through a fiction piece on lamination colony or something.
also, Ken Bauman is a mystery. i respect him, don’t get me wrong. but how the hell can he go to europe with blake butler and dennis cooper? how do people afford this? i don’t understand him, and normally, when someone can’t understand someone or something they get angry at it.
ah, lastly, i HATE anybody who claims ‘Tractatus’ by Ludwig Wittgenstein. ‘Jesus’.
-my internet presence is usually associated with hate or anger
the fact that if you take a break from the internet lit scene your chances of being completely forgotten are ridiculously high. by the time you come back there are 50 new writers copying tao lin, brandon, blake or someone else who has ‘made it big’ through a fiction piece on lamination colony or something.
also, Ken Bauman is a mystery. i respect him, don’t get me wrong. but how the hell can he go to europe with blake butler and dennis cooper? how do people afford this? i don’t understand him, and normally, when someone can’t understand someone or something they get angry at it.
ah, lastly, i HATE anybody who claims ‘Tractatus’ by Ludwig Wittgenstein. ‘Jesus’.
-my internet presence is usually associated with hate or anger
I wish that I would stop getting invitations to become a fan of Fall edition of The Linnet’s Wings on Facebook. Also of Paul A. Toth. One invitation I ignored was sufficient, thank you.
I wish that I would stop getting invitations to become a fan of Fall edition of The Linnet’s Wings on Facebook. Also of Paul A. Toth. One invitation I ignored was sufficient, thank you.
Amelia
“Using the ellipsis to trail off in the center of a sentence is just weak writing, even if somebody got their grubby hands on a usage book and claimed it was common usage. Structure that sentence with a semicolon or a colon or a period or a long dash! Ellipses, like emoticons, are for moms. Damn.”
You tell Louis Ferdinand Celine that…
Amelia
“Using the ellipsis to trail off in the center of a sentence is just weak writing, even if somebody got their grubby hands on a usage book and claimed it was common usage. Structure that sentence with a semicolon or a colon or a period or a long dash! Ellipses, like emoticons, are for moms. Damn.”
You tell Louis Ferdinand Celine that…
People who write flash fiction and don’t read or respect poetry are idiots. Zero exceptions.
People who write flash fiction and don’t read or respect poetry are idiots. Zero exceptions.
i quickly wrote something mean about every contributor on htmlgiant (well i didn’t do the ones blake drove away but i did do the current ones)
this isn’t hard:
blake butler: growing up his mother coddled him into fat submission and now he thinks everything he does is special and brilliant. adult hood has led him to become a raging ego-maniac who thinks he can actually change things with his ambition and writing. Let me know how that goes when you’re 54 and pointing a loaded shotgun at your head because you lost it and the ambition was a false guise.
gene morgan: some texas fag that likes to come in and throw money around. thinks he is part of the “scene” by paying to be in the scene.
ken baumann: aka blake butler junior. i really didn’t like him in zombieland. it was nice to see a role where he wasn’t dick rubbing the butler guy.
ryan call: man i got nothing bad to say about ryan. i love that guy.
jimmy chen: just another asian writer. i usually dismiss everything he writes. jimmy thinks shaving his humongous head sets him apart from the other asian writers. waiting to read his existential egg roll tale. i’m sure it’s coming.
roxane gay: some angsty feminist chick. i try not to talk to feminists, well i try not to talk to any one who thinks equality is superiority over another. like most feminists, she is highly passive aggressive.
christopher higgs: ain’t this guy one fancy bitch? no one cares about your suite or your phd. stop being uppity and be normal.
catherine lacey: stinks of new york elite. has the personality and soul of a saltine. people tell me she’s hot (well for a lit chick).
chelsea martin: fuck, who is this? i wasn’t aware chelsea posted anything at this blog. she must have great tits or something. guys are stupid for great tits. it must be the tits.
amy mcdaniel: i don’t know much about amy. she seems crazy but that’s usually a plus. i’m guessing she has daddy issues and is a big fan of degrassi high.
sam pink: awww look at the tough guy who is too pussy to write anything during mean weak. aren’t you a beautiful fucking snowflake. stop being an asshole and participate with every one else. fuck your forced enigmatic nature.
adam robinson: adam seemed really scared of me at awp. he reminds me of one of the nerds from “dazed and confused” or “revenge of the nerds” or whatever decade’s nerd coming of age movie you want to pick. the key word here is “nerd”.
michael schaub: well hello pretty. who the fuck are you? no clue who this dude is. i’m guessing he’s another stepping stone connection for butler. his name reminds me of a tire chain in portland, oregon.
matthew simmons: some douche who thinks being nice is the key to success. i guess being a big pussy works when you’re with other pussies. likes to be clever and cute. i’m sure he’s minutes away from writing a “chickensoup for the hipster soul”.
justin taylor: something about justin reminds me of the rich kid in the neighborhood. no one really likes him because of his smarmy nature but fuck he lets me play with his g.i. joe air force carrier and i have to put up with his shit. justin is constantly pointing out why he’s superior to everything.
i quickly wrote something mean about every contributor on htmlgiant (well i didn’t do the ones blake drove away but i did do the current ones)
this isn’t hard:
blake butler: growing up his mother coddled him into fat submission and now he thinks everything he does is special and brilliant. adult hood has led him to become a raging ego-maniac who thinks he can actually change things with his ambition and writing. Let me know how that goes when you’re 54 and pointing a loaded shotgun at your head because you lost it and the ambition was a false guise.
gene morgan: some texas fag that likes to come in and throw money around. thinks he is part of the “scene” by paying to be in the scene.
ken baumann: aka blake butler junior. i really didn’t like him in zombieland. it was nice to see a role where he wasn’t dick rubbing the butler guy.
ryan call: man i got nothing bad to say about ryan. i love that guy.
jimmy chen: just another asian writer. i usually dismiss everything he writes. jimmy thinks shaving his humongous head sets him apart from the other asian writers. waiting to read his existential egg roll tale. i’m sure it’s coming.
roxane gay: some angsty feminist chick. i try not to talk to feminists, well i try not to talk to any one who thinks equality is superiority over another. like most feminists, she is highly passive aggressive.
christopher higgs: ain’t this guy one fancy bitch? no one cares about your suite or your phd. stop being uppity and be normal.
catherine lacey: stinks of new york elite. has the personality and soul of a saltine. people tell me she’s hot (well for a lit chick).
chelsea martin: fuck, who is this? i wasn’t aware chelsea posted anything at this blog. she must have great tits or something. guys are stupid for great tits. it must be the tits.
amy mcdaniel: i don’t know much about amy. she seems crazy but that’s usually a plus. i’m guessing she has daddy issues and is a big fan of degrassi high.
sam pink: awww look at the tough guy who is too pussy to write anything during mean weak. aren’t you a beautiful fucking snowflake. stop being an asshole and participate with every one else. fuck your forced enigmatic nature.
adam robinson: adam seemed really scared of me at awp. he reminds me of one of the nerds from “dazed and confused” or “revenge of the nerds” or whatever decade’s nerd coming of age movie you want to pick. the key word here is “nerd”.
michael schaub: well hello pretty. who the fuck are you? no clue who this dude is. i’m guessing he’s another stepping stone connection for butler. his name reminds me of a tire chain in portland, oregon.
matthew simmons: some douche who thinks being nice is the key to success. i guess being a big pussy works when you’re with other pussies. likes to be clever and cute. i’m sure he’s minutes away from writing a “chickensoup for the hipster soul”.
justin taylor: something about justin reminds me of the rich kid in the neighborhood. no one really likes him because of his smarmy nature but fuck he lets me play with his g.i. joe air force carrier and i have to put up with his shit. justin is constantly pointing out why he’s superior to everything.
Yeah, Chelsea Martin!
Yeah, Chelsea Martin!
No no me like the jam thank you!
[Damn, there go my mean week aspirations.]
the fact that if you take a break from the internet lit scene your chances of being completely forgotten are ridiculously high. by the time you come back there are 50 new writers copying tao lin, brandon, blake or someone else who has ‘made it big’ through a fiction piece on lamination colony or something.
also, Ken Bauman is a mystery. i respect him, don’t get me wrong. but how the hell can he go to europe with blake butler and dennis cooper? how do people afford this? i don’t understand him, and normally, when someone can’t understand someone or something they get angry at it.
ah, lastly, i HATE anybody who claims ‘Tractatus’ by Ludwig Wittgenstein. ‘Jesus’.
-my internet presence is usually associated with hate or anger
I wish that I would stop getting invitations to become a fan of Fall edition of The Linnet’s Wings on Facebook. Also of Paul A. Toth. One invitation I ignored was sufficient, thank you.
Amelia
“Using the ellipsis to trail off in the center of a sentence is just weak writing, even if somebody got their grubby hands on a usage book and claimed it was common usage. Structure that sentence with a semicolon or a colon or a period or a long dash! Ellipses, like emoticons, are for moms. Damn.”
You tell Louis Ferdinand Celine that…
People who write flash fiction and don’t read or respect poetry are idiots. Zero exceptions.
i quickly wrote something mean about every contributor on htmlgiant (well i didn’t do the ones blake drove away but i did do the current ones)
this isn’t hard:
blake butler: growing up his mother coddled him into fat submission and now he thinks everything he does is special and brilliant. adult hood has led him to become a raging ego-maniac who thinks he can actually change things with his ambition and writing. Let me know how that goes when you’re 54 and pointing a loaded shotgun at your head because you lost it and the ambition was a false guise.
gene morgan: some texas fag that likes to come in and throw money around. thinks he is part of the “scene” by paying to be in the scene.
ken baumann: aka blake butler junior. i really didn’t like him in zombieland. it was nice to see a role where he wasn’t dick rubbing the butler guy.
ryan call: man i got nothing bad to say about ryan. i love that guy.
jimmy chen: just another asian writer. i usually dismiss everything he writes. jimmy thinks shaving his humongous head sets him apart from the other asian writers. waiting to read his existential egg roll tale. i’m sure it’s coming.
roxane gay: some angsty feminist chick. i try not to talk to feminists, well i try not to talk to any one who thinks equality is superiority over another. like most feminists, she is highly passive aggressive.
christopher higgs: ain’t this guy one fancy bitch? no one cares about your suite or your phd. stop being uppity and be normal.
catherine lacey: stinks of new york elite. has the personality and soul of a saltine. people tell me she’s hot (well for a lit chick).
chelsea martin: fuck, who is this? i wasn’t aware chelsea posted anything at this blog. she must have great tits or something. guys are stupid for great tits. it must be the tits.
amy mcdaniel: i don’t know much about amy. she seems crazy but that’s usually a plus. i’m guessing she has daddy issues and is a big fan of degrassi high.
sam pink: awww look at the tough guy who is too pussy to write anything during mean weak. aren’t you a beautiful fucking snowflake. stop being an asshole and participate with every one else. fuck your forced enigmatic nature.
adam robinson: adam seemed really scared of me at awp. he reminds me of one of the nerds from “dazed and confused” or “revenge of the nerds” or whatever decade’s nerd coming of age movie you want to pick. the key word here is “nerd”.
michael schaub: well hello pretty. who the fuck are you? no clue who this dude is. i’m guessing he’s another stepping stone connection for butler. his name reminds me of a tire chain in portland, oregon.
matthew simmons: some douche who thinks being nice is the key to success. i guess being a big pussy works when you’re with other pussies. likes to be clever and cute. i’m sure he’s minutes away from writing a “chickensoup for the hipster soul”.
justin taylor: something about justin reminds me of the rich kid in the neighborhood. no one really likes him because of his smarmy nature but fuck he lets me play with his g.i. joe air force carrier and i have to put up with his shit. justin is constantly pointing out why he’s superior to everything.
Yeah, Chelsea Martin!
he’s pretty cool. remember when he was in the bathtub reading his own book. that was cool.
he’s pretty cool. remember when he was in the bathtub reading his own book. that was cool.
actually i don’t know much about politics and was just trying to be “mean” there.
actually i don’t know much about politics and was just trying to be “mean” there.
farmville.
farmville.
he’s pretty cool. remember when he was in the bathtub reading his own book. that was cool.
actually i don’t know much about politics and was just trying to be “mean” there.
farmville.
you are funny when you are bitchy
you are funny when you are bitchy
nah, he’ll probably just insult me and my age like he always does.
nah, he’ll probably just insult me and my age like he always does.
haha, jereme for the win.
haha, jereme for the win.
you are funny when you are bitchy
nah, he’ll probably just insult me and my age like he always does.
haha, jereme for the win.
Did anyone else read this and think, “Jesus. I hope the co-dependents don’t breed.”
Did anyone else read this and think, “Jesus. I hope the co-dependents don’t breed.”
Step away from the MEAN WEEK.
Step away from the MEAN WEEK.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1552976/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1552976/
Did anyone else read this and think, “Jesus. I hope the co-dependents don’t breed.”
Step away from the MEAN WEEK.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1552976/
“i really didn’t like him in zombieland.”
HAHAHAH OH MY GOD.
“i really didn’t like him in zombieland.”
HAHAHAH OH MY GOD.
Pausing and trailing off is no way for an adult with full control of their facilities to talk, think, or write.
Pausing and trailing off is no way for an adult with full control of their facilities to talk, think, or write.
a real fucking colostomy bag of a bastard
a real fucking colostomy bag of a bastard
“i really didn’t like him in zombieland.”
HAHAHAH OH MY GOD.
Pausing and trailing off is no way for an adult with full control of their facilities to talk, think, or write.
a real fucking colostomy bag of a bastard
I have. Not “The End of History,” but some other bits. Why?
I have. Not “The End of History,” but some other bits. Why?
I did and then I told him to eat me and now we’re going to get married
I did and then I told him to eat me and now we’re going to get married
I thought we were talking literature here. Are you complaining about emails your mom sends you?
I thought we were talking literature here. Are you complaining about emails your mom sends you?
I have. Not “The End of History,” but some other bits. Why?
I did and then I told him to eat me and now we’re going to get married
I thought we were talking literature here. Are you complaining about emails your mom sends you?
What a mean week you guys have here. Pretty scary.
What a mean week you guys have here. Pretty scary.
What a mean week you guys have here. Pretty scary.
I’m also getting fed up with writers trying to shock with the titles of their works. It’s like goofy teenagers trying desperately to show how reckless they are. “I’m more dangerous than you! I am I am I am!” Writing them all in uppercase doesn’t help.
Case in point: RAPE CHILDREN by Kendra Grant Malone. Wooh! Yeah! Rape children! (Is that an instruction, btw? In which case it’s in really dubious taste). Edgy! Dangerous! Rape children! Yeah! Go rape children! Phew, rock ‘n’ fucking roll!
My new chapbook – MOLESTING AMPUTEE DWARFS WITH A RED HOT POKER – will be out soon. Written in blood. On real human skin. With a single entrail as a bookmark. Buy it, or I’ll come round and verbally assault your grandmother.
I’m also getting fed up with writers trying to shock with the titles of their works. It’s like goofy teenagers trying desperately to show how reckless they are. “I’m more dangerous than you! I am I am I am!” Writing them all in uppercase doesn’t help.
Case in point: RAPE CHILDREN by Kendra Grant Malone. Wooh! Yeah! Rape children! (Is that an instruction, btw? In which case it’s in really dubious taste). Edgy! Dangerous! Rape children! Yeah! Go rape children! Phew, rock ‘n’ fucking roll!
My new chapbook – MOLESTING AMPUTEE DWARFS WITH A RED HOT POKER – will be out soon. Written in blood. On real human skin. With a single entrail as a bookmark. Buy it, or I’ll come round and verbally assault your grandmother.
It’s amazing how virus-loving retards are starting to claim minority status in the arts communities based on their poor computing choices. I haven’t bought an iPhone yet and I promise to shop around a bit, but get off it. Microsoft still rules the fucking world.
It’s amazing how virus-loving retards are starting to claim minority status in the arts communities based on their poor computing choices. I haven’t bought an iPhone yet and I promise to shop around a bit, but get off it. Microsoft still rules the fucking world.
Yeah, all this is true, but editors are just as at fault for the scourge of flash fiction, and for the laziness in general which has befallen independent publishing. Stop publishing every damn thing that crosses your desk! I don’t care if your friend wrote it, who you owe a favor. Stop making it okay for people to spend three minutes writing a 7 line prose poem and receive the same attention as someone who spends three months on a real short story.
Yeah, all this is true, but editors are just as at fault for the scourge of flash fiction, and for the laziness in general which has befallen independent publishing. Stop publishing every damn thing that crosses your desk! I don’t care if your friend wrote it, who you owe a favor. Stop making it okay for people to spend three minutes writing a 7 line prose poem and receive the same attention as someone who spends three months on a real short story.
man i already did some breeding. it was hard shit. i don’t want to go through that again.
i was thinking maybe i should take up the life of a latent homosexual indie-lit publisher but i’m trying to be less hateful towards myself.
i’ll let you know how it goes.
man i already did some breeding. it was hard shit. i don’t want to go through that again.
i was thinking maybe i should take up the life of a latent homosexual indie-lit publisher but i’m trying to be less hateful towards myself.
i’ll let you know how it goes.
I’m also getting fed up with writers trying to shock with the titles of their works. It’s like goofy teenagers trying desperately to show how reckless they are. “I’m more dangerous than you! I am I am I am!” Writing them all in uppercase doesn’t help.
Case in point: RAPE CHILDREN by Kendra Grant Malone. Wooh! Yeah! Rape children! (Is that an instruction, btw? In which case it’s in really dubious taste). Edgy! Dangerous! Rape children! Yeah! Go rape children! Phew, rock ‘n’ fucking roll!
My new chapbook – MOLESTING AMPUTEE DWARFS WITH A RED HOT POKER – will be out soon. Written in blood. On real human skin. With a single entrail as a bookmark. Buy it, or I’ll come round and verbally assault your grandmother.
It’s amazing how virus-loving retards are starting to claim minority status in the arts communities based on their poor computing choices. I haven’t bought an iPhone yet and I promise to shop around a bit, but get off it. Microsoft still rules the fucking world.
Yeah, all this is true, but editors are just as at fault for the scourge of flash fiction, and for the laziness in general which has befallen independent publishing. Stop publishing every damn thing that crosses your desk! I don’t care if your friend wrote it, who you owe a favor. Stop making it okay for people to spend three minutes writing a 7 line prose poem and receive the same attention as someone who spends three months on a real short story.
man i already did some breeding. it was hard shit. i don’t want to go through that again.
i was thinking maybe i should take up the life of a latent homosexual indie-lit publisher but i’m trying to be less hateful towards myself.
i’ll let you know how it goes.
oh, oh. i know. makes it worse.
oh, oh. i know. makes it worse.
I am complaining about emails Blake Butler’s mom sends me
I am complaining about emails Blake Butler’s mom sends me
oh, oh. i know. makes it worse.
I am complaining about emails Blake Butler’s mom sends me
I’ve been upstaged in meanness by Jereme. I am going to retire gracefully. He’s too good.
Besides which, my lawyers are on the phone.
I’ve been upstaged in meanness by Jereme. I am going to retire gracefully. He’s too good.
Besides which, my lawyers are on the phone.
I’ve been upstaged in meanness by Jereme. I am going to retire gracefully. He’s too good.
Besides which, my lawyers are on the phone.
myself. my writing is the exact sort of thing ‘high class writers who are well read in everything’ hate. especially after i’ve read tao, brandon, and noah for so long. mix that with bukowski, fante, camus, mailer, rhys, bartheleme, bret easton ellis, and im fucked.
myself. my writing is the exact sort of thing ‘high class writers who are well read in everything’ hate. especially after i’ve read tao, brandon, and noah for so long. mix that with bukowski, fante, camus, mailer, rhys, bartheleme, bret easton ellis, and im fucked.
Latent?
Latent?
myself. my writing is the exact sort of thing ‘high class writers who are well read in everything’ hate. especially after i’ve read tao, brandon, and noah for so long. mix that with bukowski, fante, camus, mailer, rhys, bartheleme, bret easton ellis, and im fucked.
Latent?
hahaha fuck yes
hahaha fuck yes
hahaha fuck yes
Everything that fucker designs is seriously garbage. I’ve ranted about that to I don’t know how many people. He’s got to be kidding.
Everything that fucker designs is seriously garbage. I’ve ranted about that to I don’t know how many people. He’s got to be kidding.
and jereme dean: hairy enough to produce 3 sasquatch costumes, but short enough to play a jawa in star wars. who the fuck is this guy? if he wasn’t so damn witty and keenly observative — not to mention brave enough to say shit like this — i’d say his parents must have been dirt farmers in the ozarks, otherwise his first name would end with a ‘y’ not an ‘e’ (homeschooling, anyone?) and his last name wouldn’t have been taken off a sausage box.
and jereme dean: hairy enough to produce 3 sasquatch costumes, but short enough to play a jawa in star wars. who the fuck is this guy? if he wasn’t so damn witty and keenly observative — not to mention brave enough to say shit like this — i’d say his parents must have been dirt farmers in the ozarks, otherwise his first name would end with a ‘y’ not an ‘e’ (homeschooling, anyone?) and his last name wouldn’t have been taken off a sausage box.
Everything that fucker designs is seriously garbage. I’ve ranted about that to I don’t know how many people. He’s got to be kidding.
and jereme dean: hairy enough to produce 3 sasquatch costumes, but short enough to play a jawa in star wars. who the fuck is this guy? if he wasn’t so damn witty and keenly observative — not to mention brave enough to say shit like this — i’d say his parents must have been dirt farmers in the ozarks, otherwise his first name would end with a ‘y’ not an ‘e’ (homeschooling, anyone?) and his last name wouldn’t have been taken off a sausage box.
No. I haven’t had my tablets. And I’m not going to. I can sense that in only a matter of hours the editor of HTMLGIANT will be on the phone wanting me to become the new contributor, saying things that only a one-legged, socially reclusive, don’t-give-a-shit Brit can say.
My rates are very reasonable.
No. I haven’t had my tablets. And I’m not going to. I can sense that in only a matter of hours the editor of HTMLGIANT will be on the phone wanting me to become the new contributor, saying things that only a one-legged, socially reclusive, don’t-give-a-shit Brit can say.
My rates are very reasonable.
People who buy apple products are like people who buy Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirts. They are willing to waste money to purchase hipness. Their identity is an amalgamation of corporate marketing messages they aspire to. These kinds of people will always exist.
The only thing funny about Macheads is how they are normally hipsters and hippies who at least pretend to be over corporate America, yet they would fucking slaughter their grandmother to get some corporations approval.
People who buy apple products are like people who buy Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirts. They are willing to waste money to purchase hipness. Their identity is an amalgamation of corporate marketing messages they aspire to. These kinds of people will always exist.
The only thing funny about Macheads is how they are normally hipsters and hippies who at least pretend to be over corporate America, yet they would fucking slaughter their grandmother to get some corporations approval.
exactly
exactly
No. I haven’t had my tablets. And I’m not going to. I can sense that in only a matter of hours the editor of HTMLGIANT will be on the phone wanting me to become the new contributor, saying things that only a one-legged, socially reclusive, don’t-give-a-shit Brit can say.
My rates are very reasonable.
People who buy apple products are like people who buy Abercrombie and Fitch t-shirts. They are willing to waste money to purchase hipness. Their identity is an amalgamation of corporate marketing messages they aspire to. These kinds of people will always exist.
The only thing funny about Macheads is how they are normally hipsters and hippies who at least pretend to be over corporate America, yet they would fucking slaughter their grandmother to get some corporations approval.
exactly
Quite a design critique there, sir. Really got to the core of the design, I felt. Made me reconsider everything, because, you know, as a shitty designer, I’m never looking for ways to improve.
Quite a design critique there, sir. Really got to the core of the design, I felt. Made me reconsider everything, because, you know, as a shitty designer, I’m never looking for ways to improve.
Quite a design critique there, sir. Really got to the core of the design, I felt. Made me reconsider everything, because, you know, as a shitty designer, I’m never looking for ways to improve.
I hate juggalos.
I hate juggalos.
I hate juggalos.
This blog is crazy. While I’m writing thirty posts set in. Jerome Dean cracked me up, even though I have nowhere near enough time here to know these people. Very funny.
This blog is crazy. While I’m writing thirty posts set in. Jerome Dean cracked me up, even though I have nowhere near enough time here to know these people. Very funny.
i am hairy and short.
i do come from a fucked family. my father was in prison when i was born.
so this is very close.
i wish my name was existential eggroll
i am hairy and short.
i do come from a fucked family. my father was in prison when i was born.
so this is very close.
i wish my name was existential eggroll
This blog is crazy. While I’m writing thirty posts set in. Jerome Dean cracked me up, even though I have nowhere near enough time here to know these people. Very funny.
i am hairy and short.
i do come from a fucked family. my father was in prison when i was born.
so this is very close.
i wish my name was existential eggroll
I know several Republicans who own Macs. The last thing they want to be is hip. They just like using a better computer.
I know several Republicans who own Macs. The last thing they want to be is hip. They just like using a better computer.
the concept of “mean week” is asinine
the concept of “mean week” is asinine
I know several Republicans who own Macs. The last thing they want to be is hip. They just like using a better computer.
the concept of “mean week” is asinine
Totally with you on the breeding being hard shit, btw.
Totally with you on the breeding being hard shit, btw.
yeah. it couldn’t have anything to do with the shitty registry architecture of PC products causing more crashes and vulnerability to viruses/trojans/etc.
yeah. it couldn’t have anything to do with the shitty registry architecture of PC products causing more crashes and vulnerability to viruses/trojans/etc.
besides the aforementioned bad flash fiction, here’s something i hate: these fucking goddamn emails from narrative fucking magazine coming into my inbox 10 times a week and i can’t label them as spam! you submit to one little contest a few years back, and sleep with one crazy women in therapy who only wears black, and you (i) can’t stop these fucking narrative emails like “N30B Final Day” and “narrative backstage.” how about “narrative backdoor spam rocket,” which is what i wanna do to them with my computer.
group teabag time. thank you.
besides the aforementioned bad flash fiction, here’s something i hate: these fucking goddamn emails from narrative fucking magazine coming into my inbox 10 times a week and i can’t label them as spam! you submit to one little contest a few years back, and sleep with one crazy women in therapy who only wears black, and you (i) can’t stop these fucking narrative emails like “N30B Final Day” and “narrative backstage.” how about “narrative backdoor spam rocket,” which is what i wanna do to them with my computer.
group teabag time. thank you.
Totally with you on the breeding being hard shit, btw.
yeah. it couldn’t have anything to do with the shitty registry architecture of PC products causing more crashes and vulnerability to viruses/trojans/etc.
besides the aforementioned bad flash fiction, here’s something i hate: these fucking goddamn emails from narrative fucking magazine coming into my inbox 10 times a week and i can’t label them as spam! you submit to one little contest a few years back, and sleep with one crazy women in therapy who only wears black, and you (i) can’t stop these fucking narrative emails like “N30B Final Day” and “narrative backstage.” how about “narrative backdoor spam rocket,” which is what i wanna do to them with my computer.
group teabag time. thank you.
that sarcasm was directed at Lincoln.
that sarcasm was directed at Lincoln.
haha, of course rich republicans want to be hip.
Current macs are built with PC hardware, so all you are paying for is a kind of PlayMobil design sense and some minor differences in an OS. If that’s worth three times the money to you, so be it. I’m willing to bet for the vast majority of people it is merely marketing success.
haha, of course rich republicans want to be hip.
Current macs are built with PC hardware, so all you are paying for is a kind of PlayMobil design sense and some minor differences in an OS. If that’s worth three times the money to you, so be it. I’m willing to bet for the vast majority of people it is merely marketing success.
that sarcasm was directed at Lincoln.
haha, of course rich republicans want to be hip.
Current macs are built with PC hardware, so all you are paying for is a kind of PlayMobil design sense and some minor differences in an OS. If that’s worth three times the money to you, so be it. I’m willing to bet for the vast majority of people it is merely marketing success.
ken is a mystery to me, too.
feels like sometimes he is way too similar to blake, or that blake is his mentor or something.
ken is a mystery to me, too.
feels like sometimes he is way too similar to blake, or that blake is his mentor or something.
ken is a mystery to me, too.
feels like sometimes he is way too similar to blake, or that blake is his mentor or something.
just shut up and set up a filter to direct anything from Narrative to go directly to your trash can.
just shut up and set up a filter to direct anything from Narrative to go directly to your trash can.
just shut up and set up a filter to direct anything from Narrative to go directly to your trash can.
I bought an old one and tried it out first. Once you go Mac you never go back. They say this Windows 7 is so great and all, but I can’t get over the idea of paying $299 for an operating system that ALWAYS failed me when I used to use it, as opposed to paying $29 to upgrade (as I did this year). Leaving out the more comfortable design and such. I’m not strictly a Mac hardware user at all, but I am vehemently against Microsoft’s software, because it’s never NOT failed me. I’m interested in using Linux more, to include on my Mac. I have a netbook waiting on me back home. I paid less for it than people are paying for Windows. Long live the Microsoft tax, I guess, if you’re into that, but I like the idea of quality production.
I bought an old one and tried it out first. Once you go Mac you never go back. They say this Windows 7 is so great and all, but I can’t get over the idea of paying $299 for an operating system that ALWAYS failed me when I used to use it, as opposed to paying $29 to upgrade (as I did this year). Leaving out the more comfortable design and such. I’m not strictly a Mac hardware user at all, but I am vehemently against Microsoft’s software, because it’s never NOT failed me. I’m interested in using Linux more, to include on my Mac. I have a netbook waiting on me back home. I paid less for it than people are paying for Windows. Long live the Microsoft tax, I guess, if you’re into that, but I like the idea of quality production.
I bought an old one and tried it out first. Once you go Mac you never go back. They say this Windows 7 is so great and all, but I can’t get over the idea of paying $299 for an operating system that ALWAYS failed me when I used to use it, as opposed to paying $29 to upgrade (as I did this year). Leaving out the more comfortable design and such. I’m not strictly a Mac hardware user at all, but I am vehemently against Microsoft’s software, because it’s never NOT failed me. I’m interested in using Linux more, to include on my Mac. I have a netbook waiting on me back home. I paid less for it than people are paying for Windows. Long live the Microsoft tax, I guess, if you’re into that, but I like the idea of quality production.
the probem with you dickbrains that blast flash fiction is you somehow believe that longer fiction is any better. that there isn’t as much longer fiction that is souless, spineless bullshit. that people arent publishing their friends shitty stories and poems. really? are you this fucking stupid?
so for me, if a story is gonna suck, i rather read a ten line story and get it over with than a ten page story that it disgusts me even got published and the editor ought to be ashamed of themselves for doing so.
also, i run a flash site because its fun and people who send the flashes are having fun. if fun and having a good time isnt enough to publish a story and have someone read it then tough shit for you.
also, on some personal shit. TAO LIN. i didnt forget what you called me in that IM on facebook and if you ever have the balls to say that to me in real life you will live to regret it. not mean, just real shit.
the probem with you dickbrains that blast flash fiction is you somehow believe that longer fiction is any better. that there isn’t as much longer fiction that is souless, spineless bullshit. that people arent publishing their friends shitty stories and poems. really? are you this fucking stupid?
so for me, if a story is gonna suck, i rather read a ten line story and get it over with than a ten page story that it disgusts me even got published and the editor ought to be ashamed of themselves for doing so.
also, i run a flash site because its fun and people who send the flashes are having fun. if fun and having a good time isnt enough to publish a story and have someone read it then tough shit for you.
also, on some personal shit. TAO LIN. i didnt forget what you called me in that IM on facebook and if you ever have the balls to say that to me in real life you will live to regret it. not mean, just real shit.
the probem with you dickbrains that blast flash fiction is you somehow believe that longer fiction is any better. that there isn’t as much longer fiction that is souless, spineless bullshit. that people arent publishing their friends shitty stories and poems. really? are you this fucking stupid?
so for me, if a story is gonna suck, i rather read a ten line story and get it over with than a ten page story that it disgusts me even got published and the editor ought to be ashamed of themselves for doing so.
also, i run a flash site because its fun and people who send the flashes are having fun. if fun and having a good time isnt enough to publish a story and have someone read it then tough shit for you.
also, on some personal shit. TAO LIN. i didnt forget what you called me in that IM on facebook and if you ever have the balls to say that to me in real life you will live to regret it. not mean, just real shit.
Blake Blubber, you are full of shit.
Blake Blubber, you are full of shit.
I think my Mac was about 10-15% more expensive than a PC would have been, not 300%.
Btw, are all Republicans rich, or trying to be hip? The Republicans I’m thinking of shop at Macy’s, not American Apparel.
I think my Mac was about 10-15% more expensive than a PC would have been, not 300%.
Btw, are all Republicans rich, or trying to be hip? The Republicans I’m thinking of shop at Macy’s, not American Apparel.
Blake Blubber, you are full of shit.
I think my Mac was about 10-15% more expensive than a PC would have been, not 300%.
Btw, are all Republicans rich, or trying to be hip? The Republicans I’m thinking of shop at Macy’s, not American Apparel.
no one likes the F word barry. no one.
no one likes the F word barry. no one.
I pretty much use both Macs and PCs daily. I find PCs more intuitive, the Mac UI is too childlike. That is mostly personal preference though.
I’ll be dammed if I pay triple the price or more to get an equivalent powered computer though.
And Macs Os is the only good software. Most of their other shit like Safari or itunes sucks ass.
I pretty much use both Macs and PCs daily. I find PCs more intuitive, the Mac UI is too childlike. That is mostly personal preference though.
I’ll be dammed if I pay triple the price or more to get an equivalent powered computer though.
And Macs Os is the only good software. Most of their other shit like Safari or itunes sucks ass.
That is the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.
That is the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.
no one likes the F word barry. no one.
I pretty much use both Macs and PCs daily. I find PCs more intuitive, the Mac UI is too childlike. That is mostly personal preference though.
I’ll be dammed if I pay triple the price or more to get an equivalent powered computer though.
And Macs Os is the only good software. Most of their other shit like Safari or itunes sucks ass.
That is the stupidest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.
again, see Cozart’s response about markup.
but, yes, safari and itunes do suck. i’ll agree with you on that.
again, see Cozart’s response about markup.
but, yes, safari and itunes do suck. i’ll agree with you on that.
wouldn’t he be full of blubber? or is it like a hipster ironic thing or something?
wouldn’t he be full of blubber? or is it like a hipster ironic thing or something?
again, see Cozart’s response about markup.
but, yes, safari and itunes do suck. i’ll agree with you on that.
wouldn’t he be full of blubber? or is it like a hipster ironic thing or something?
i’m technologically retarded so wasn’t aware how to do this. thanks ce. now let me teabag you for your assistance.
i’m technologically retarded so wasn’t aware how to do this. thanks ce. now let me teabag you for your assistance.
“brandon’s poetry is some of the best, if not the best, out there”
come on david, i mean, brandon’s cool and all, but really?
“brandon’s poetry is some of the best, if not the best, out there”
come on david, i mean, brandon’s cool and all, but really?
I just bought a laptop for a little over 400 bucks that easily has better stats than the 12000 I see on bestbuy.com
I just bought a laptop for a little over 400 bucks that easily has better stats than the 12000 I see on bestbuy.com
Us old schoolers used to bitch about Lyn Lifshin. Anybody know about Lyn Lifshin?
Us old schoolers used to bitch about Lyn Lifshin. Anybody know about Lyn Lifshin?
ohhh shiiiit. burrrrn! you going to take that, blake?
ohhh shiiiit. burrrrn! you going to take that, blake?
i’m technologically retarded so wasn’t aware how to do this. thanks ce. now let me teabag you for your assistance.
“brandon’s poetry is some of the best, if not the best, out there”
come on david, i mean, brandon’s cool and all, but really?
I just bought a laptop for a little over 400 bucks that easily has better stats than the 12000 I see on bestbuy.com
Us old schoolers used to bitch about Lyn Lifshin. Anybody know about Lyn Lifshin?
ohhh shiiiit. burrrrn! you going to take that, blake?
farm town is where it’s at!
farm town is where it’s at!
farm town is where it’s at!
the 12000 macbook rather.
I imagine the prices start to converge as you go up in price though (ignoring building a computer)
the 12000 macbook rather.
I imagine the prices start to converge as you go up in price though (ignoring building a computer)
did you get that shit figured out? if so, i’ll consider myself properly teabagged.
did you get that shit figured out? if so, i’ll consider myself properly teabagged.
fuck you both. i like that shit.
fuck you both. i like that shit.
the 12000 macbook rather.
I imagine the prices start to converge as you go up in price though (ignoring building a computer)
did you get that shit figured out? if so, i’ll consider myself properly teabagged.
fuck you both. i like that shit.
if you read rape children you would understand that the title comes from a line in the book that one of the characters shouts when trying to purposefully say something shocking as to draw attention
i kind of want to know why everyone in the world is so pissed and thinks that everone else should know how pissed they are so that everyone just knows how pissed everyone is and if any brits are reading this, i dont mean drunk. what the hell is with british people using terms to mean wrong things. pissed means angry, not drunk. unless you’re jereme and you’re always just an angry drunk so you’re pissed in england and the states, everybody wins
if you read rape children you would understand that the title comes from a line in the book that one of the characters shouts when trying to purposefully say something shocking as to draw attention
i kind of want to know why everyone in the world is so pissed and thinks that everone else should know how pissed they are so that everyone just knows how pissed everyone is and if any brits are reading this, i dont mean drunk. what the hell is with british people using terms to mean wrong things. pissed means angry, not drunk. unless you’re jereme and you’re always just an angry drunk so you’re pissed in england and the states, everybody wins
I laughed really hard. Just so you know she is a good writer. I swear dude.
I laughed really hard. Just so you know she is a good writer. I swear dude.
if you read rape children you would understand that the title comes from a line in the book that one of the characters shouts when trying to purposefully say something shocking as to draw attention
i kind of want to know why everyone in the world is so pissed and thinks that everone else should know how pissed they are so that everyone just knows how pissed everyone is and if any brits are reading this, i dont mean drunk. what the hell is with british people using terms to mean wrong things. pissed means angry, not drunk. unless you’re jereme and you’re always just an angry drunk so you’re pissed in england and the states, everybody wins
I laughed really hard. Just so you know she is a good writer. I swear dude.
i don’t want to leave work because it’s a 30 minute bike ride home, and i don’t want to get home and have missed the growing hemorrhoid that is this thread. fuck you, htmlgiant.
i don’t want to leave work because it’s a 30 minute bike ride home, and i don’t want to get home and have missed the growing hemorrhoid that is this thread. fuck you, htmlgiant.
Just that it sounded like his last name, it rhymed.
Just that it sounded like his last name, it rhymed.
“i kind of want to know why everyone in the world is so pissed and thinks that everone else should know how pissed they are”
MEAN WEEK.
“i kind of want to know why everyone in the world is so pissed and thinks that everone else should know how pissed they are”
MEAN WEEK.
i don’t want to leave work because it’s a 30 minute bike ride home, and i don’t want to get home and have missed the growing hemorrhoid that is this thread. fuck you, htmlgiant.
Just that it sounded like his last name, it rhymed.
“i kind of want to know why everyone in the world is so pissed and thinks that everone else should know how pissed they are”
MEAN WEEK.
barry is a badass motherfucker.
barry is a badass motherfucker.
uh no dude. if everything is shit then everything is shit.
you don’t take 30 lbs of shit and make an equality pie.
uh no dude. if everything is shit then everything is shit.
you don’t take 30 lbs of shit and make an equality pie.
barry is a badass motherfucker.
uh no dude. if everything is shit then everything is shit.
you don’t take 30 lbs of shit and make an equality pie.
The Mac vs. PC argument is a stupid waste of time. Have it, and you’re already being mind-raped by big business by definition.
The Mac vs. PC argument is a stupid waste of time. Have it, and you’re already being mind-raped by big business by definition.
She’s crazy as fuck. That’s a whole different story, but she is psycho. She sent me more than ten pounds of poetry once. I’m not lying. This is veritable.
She’s crazy as fuck. That’s a whole different story, but she is psycho. She sent me more than ten pounds of poetry once. I’m not lying. This is veritable.
The Mac vs. PC argument is a stupid waste of time. Have it, and you’re already being mind-raped by big business by definition.
She’s crazy as fuck. That’s a whole different story, but she is psycho. She sent me more than ten pounds of poetry once. I’m not lying. This is veritable.
maybe i want to be mind-raped, shya.
maybe i want to be mind-raped, shya.
Yeah, but you see, it’s Mean Week. So my comment was just an unjustifiable and indefensible rant without the slightest concern for fact. So a bit like politics, then.
Yeah, but you see, it’s Mean Week. So my comment was just an unjustifiable and indefensible rant without the slightest concern for fact. So a bit like politics, then.
maybe i want to be mind-raped, shya.
Yeah, but you see, it’s Mean Week. So my comment was just an unjustifiable and indefensible rant without the slightest concern for fact. So a bit like politics, then.
I hate that PR is no longer a contributor here. Except for that heavy-metal stuff, I liked everything she posted.
I hate that PR is no longer a contributor here. Except for that heavy-metal stuff, I liked everything she posted.
I hate that PR is no longer a contributor here. Except for that heavy-metal stuff, I liked everything she posted.
Then it’s not rape, ce, it’s consensual mind-sex.
Then it’s not rape, ce, it’s consensual mind-sex.
Then it’s not rape, ce, it’s consensual mind-sex.
i understand the concept of mean week, but simply stating ‘mean week’ is not at all an answer to the overall question which is ‘why is there so much participation in mean week?’
i understand the concept of mean week, but simply stating ‘mean week’ is not at all an answer to the overall question which is ‘why is there so much participation in mean week?’
I just got home from dog kicking. I have tried to be mean this week, but all of you suck so bad. You don’t even join. You have all fucked up Mean Week. You can’t even do Mean Week right, which means I wouldn’t want to see your junk drawer or sonnet or whatever I need to drink some beer.
I just got home from dog kicking. I have tried to be mean this week, but all of you suck so bad. You don’t even join. You have all fucked up Mean Week. You can’t even do Mean Week right, which means I wouldn’t want to see your junk drawer or sonnet or whatever I need to drink some beer.
So, she still does it then? Ha ha…she has done it for years…let her be a lesson…published everywhere with the carpet bomb theory and never got her anywhere…
So, she still does it then? Ha ha…she has done it for years…let her be a lesson…published everywhere with the carpet bomb theory and never got her anywhere…
i understand the concept of mean week, but simply stating ‘mean week’ is not at all an answer to the overall question which is ‘why is there so much participation in mean week?’
I just got home from dog kicking. I have tried to be mean this week, but all of you suck so bad. You don’t even join. You have all fucked up Mean Week. You can’t even do Mean Week right, which means I wouldn’t want to see your junk drawer or sonnet or whatever I need to drink some beer.
So, she still does it then? Ha ha…she has done it for years…let her be a lesson…published everywhere with the carpet bomb theory and never got her anywhere…
Lyn Lifshin is still around? Jesus. I am SO SICK of her and who’s that dude Virgil Suarez (might be spelt wrong, I don’t give a shit.)
Wait I just thought of a caps post.
Lyn Lifshin is still around? Jesus. I am SO SICK of her and who’s that dude Virgil Suarez (might be spelt wrong, I don’t give a shit.)
Wait I just thought of a caps post.
Well, it got her somewhere, but it didn’t make her a good poet…
Well, it got her somewhere, but it didn’t make her a good poet…
I miss her too.
I miss her too.
Lyn Lifshin is still around? Jesus. I am SO SICK of her and who’s that dude Virgil Suarez (might be spelt wrong, I don’t give a shit.)
Wait I just thought of a caps post.
Well, it got her somewhere, but it didn’t make her a good poet…
I miss her too.
The vast majority of independent lit journals, writer’s blogs and websites are really beyond terrible. Crappy looking ‘design’ pointing fingers at other crappy looking ‘design’ is funny.
The vast majority of independent lit journals, writer’s blogs and websites are really beyond terrible. Crappy looking ‘design’ pointing fingers at other crappy looking ‘design’ is funny.
OK HOW MANY FUCKING LIT MAGS CAN YOU PUBLISH IN??? AFTER 100 PLEASE GET A BOOK. QUIT PUBLISHING IN EVERY LIT MAG ON EARTH.
You know who you are.
Ass.
OK HOW MANY FUCKING LIT MAGS CAN YOU PUBLISH IN??? AFTER 100 PLEASE GET A BOOK. QUIT PUBLISHING IN EVERY LIT MAG ON EARTH.
You know who you are.
Ass.
i hate you for being right, shya.
i hate you for being right, shya.
you don’t have to be a designer to make things not shitty, just like, keep it simple, don’t have distorted pictures, and probably don’t use red because it’s aggressive and annoying – unless that’s what you’re going for, of course
you don’t have to be a designer to make things not shitty, just like, keep it simple, don’t have distorted pictures, and probably don’t use red because it’s aggressive and annoying – unless that’s what you’re going for, of course
barry, that wasn’t me
my laptop was in the kitchen, there were a lot of people
barry, that wasn’t me
my laptop was in the kitchen, there were a lot of people
The vast majority of independent lit journals, writer’s blogs and websites are really beyond terrible. Crappy looking ‘design’ pointing fingers at other crappy looking ‘design’ is funny.
OK HOW MANY FUCKING LIT MAGS CAN YOU PUBLISH IN??? AFTER 100 PLEASE GET A BOOK. QUIT PUBLISHING IN EVERY LIT MAG ON EARTH.
You know who you are.
Ass.
i hate you for being right, shya.
you don’t have to be a designer to make things not shitty, just like, keep it simple, don’t have distorted pictures, and probably don’t use red because it’s aggressive and annoying – unless that’s what you’re going for, of course
barry, that wasn’t me
my laptop was in the kitchen, there were a lot of people
Can we talk about vegans now?
Can we talk about vegans now?
Simon Perchik goes through the Poet’s Market A-Z and sends to every one…
Simon Perchik goes through the Poet’s Market A-Z and sends to every one…
Can we talk about vegans now?
Simon Perchik goes through the Poet’s Market A-Z and sends to every one…
That jereme thing was strong. I wish Blake was still fat. I really do. But we can all just wait, right?
That jereme thing was strong. I wish Blake was still fat. I really do. But we can all just wait, right?
i’ve heard dan bailey in a bathroom and it is NOT OK when one is trying to watch bear grillz “escape” danger in a rain forest.
i’ve heard dan bailey in a bathroom and it is NOT OK when one is trying to watch bear grillz “escape” danger in a rain forest.
huh?
huh?
i’d believe you if facebook didnt require passwords.
i’d believe you if facebook didnt require passwords.
That jereme thing was strong. I wish Blake was still fat. I really do. But we can all just wait, right?
i’ve heard dan bailey in a bathroom and it is NOT OK when one is trying to watch bear grillz “escape” danger in a rain forest.
huh?
i’d believe you if facebook didnt require passwords.
You are all a bunch of sticky spunk bubbles
You are all a bunch of sticky spunk bubbles
he got the book deal. that means it’s only a matter of time until he goes plump-ass again, right?
he got the book deal. that means it’s only a matter of time until he goes plump-ass again, right?
You are all a bunch of sticky spunk bubbles
he got the book deal. that means it’s only a matter of time until he goes plump-ass again, right?
Who is fucking with flash fiction? Now I am about to get mean.
It’s not the form, fuckwad. Poems can suck. Short stories can suck. Novels can suck. Jokes can suck. Dates can suck. Traffic lights can suck. Weddings can suck. Divorces can suck. A day at work can suck. Whatever. It is not the form.
Flash can be great, or not. Just like other genres. Its form does not make it default poor. Does not make it “just an idea” “a sketch” whatever.
Wait I’m just thinking of going off now.
Who is fucking with flash fiction? Now I am about to get mean.
It’s not the form, fuckwad. Poems can suck. Short stories can suck. Novels can suck. Jokes can suck. Dates can suck. Traffic lights can suck. Weddings can suck. Divorces can suck. A day at work can suck. Whatever. It is not the form.
Flash can be great, or not. Just like other genres. Its form does not make it default poor. Does not make it “just an idea” “a sketch” whatever.
Wait I’m just thinking of going off now.
I’m new here but Nathan, are you obligated to comment every three seconds?
I’m new here but Nathan, are you obligated to comment every three seconds?
I think Ken is one of the nicest and smartest people I have met on the Internet.
I think Ken is one of the nicest and smartest people I have met on the Internet.
I honestly didn’t think you had it in you, Amelia. But elipses deserve their own like devoted Fuck-You-Bin. We should make a category at dmoz.org called Anti-Elipsis.
I honestly didn’t think you had it in you, Amelia. But elipses deserve their own like devoted Fuck-You-Bin. We should make a category at dmoz.org called Anti-Elipsis.
Who is fucking with flash fiction? Now I am about to get mean.
It’s not the form, fuckwad. Poems can suck. Short stories can suck. Novels can suck. Jokes can suck. Dates can suck. Traffic lights can suck. Weddings can suck. Divorces can suck. A day at work can suck. Whatever. It is not the form.
Flash can be great, or not. Just like other genres. Its form does not make it default poor. Does not make it “just an idea” “a sketch” whatever.
Wait I’m just thinking of going off now.
I’m new here but Nathan, are you obligated to comment every three seconds?
I think Ken is one of the nicest and smartest people I have met on the Internet.
I honestly didn’t think you had it in you, Amelia. But elipses deserve their own like devoted Fuck-You-Bin. We should make a category at dmoz.org called Anti-Elipsis.
i agree.
i agree.
jesus
jesus
i agree.
jesus
A lonely pink sheep wandered onto htmlgiant’s farm.
A lonely pink sheep wandered onto htmlgiant’s farm.
adam, what is stupid about what i said:
the fact that i take offense to a book as product and not one of the people who created it?
or that I personally consider brandon’s poetry to be “some of the best?”
or that I felt like a fool?
adam, what is stupid about what i said:
the fact that i take offense to a book as product and not one of the people who created it?
or that I personally consider brandon’s poetry to be “some of the best?”
or that I felt like a fool?
I have difficulty not sexualizing their relationship inside my head.
I have difficulty not sexualizing their relationship inside my head.
there is so much participation in mean week because some people aren’t afraid to say what they’re thinking and don’t want to stay “neutral”. i know being “neutral” will get you places these days, but come on.
there is so much participation in mean week because some people aren’t afraid to say what they’re thinking and don’t want to stay “neutral”. i know being “neutral” will get you places these days, but come on.
A lonely pink sheep wandered onto htmlgiant’s farm.
adam, what is stupid about what i said:
the fact that i take offense to a book as product and not one of the people who created it?
or that I personally consider brandon’s poetry to be “some of the best?”
or that I felt like a fool?
I have difficulty not sexualizing their relationship inside my head.
there is so much participation in mean week because some people aren’t afraid to say what they’re thinking and don’t want to stay “neutral”. i know being “neutral” will get you places these days, but come on.
Please name names. It’s Mean Week. We’ll all have forgotten this by Saturday morning. (And if we haven’t, then my reputation is ruined for all fucking eternity).
Please name names. It’s Mean Week. We’ll all have forgotten this by Saturday morning. (And if we haven’t, then my reputation is ruined for all fucking eternity).
Short Story collections pretending to be novels that take place in some vaguely dystopian America written in overly descriptive prose lacking any sense of humor by writers who think rocking a beard endows them with some kind of authenticity.
Short Story collections pretending to be novels that take place in some vaguely dystopian America written in overly descriptive prose lacking any sense of humor by writers who think rocking a beard endows them with some kind of authenticity.
Poet’s Market is what we used before Duotrope…
Poet’s Market is what we used before Duotrope…
Please name names. It’s Mean Week. We’ll all have forgotten this by Saturday morning. (And if we haven’t, then my reputation is ruined for all fucking eternity).
Short Story collections pretending to be novels that take place in some vaguely dystopian America written in overly descriptive prose lacking any sense of humor by writers who think rocking a beard endows them with some kind of authenticity.
Poet’s Market is what we used before Duotrope…
yes!
yes!
yes!
them some big balls, anonafucker
although i have to agree i wasn’t a huge fan of that lamcolony layout. i thought it was cool at first but found the search for stories irritating.
but then it seems like the point was prolly to get people to read more of the stories, rather than just going to particular ones, which is probably what most people do.
regardless, i have to say, clapper: smokelong is due for a little nip/tuck action, dawg. i like yr stories but i don’t see how the hell you think you have room for shit talk with those alternating headers and all that blue and that background. oh man.
them some big balls, anonafucker
although i have to agree i wasn’t a huge fan of that lamcolony layout. i thought it was cool at first but found the search for stories irritating.
but then it seems like the point was prolly to get people to read more of the stories, rather than just going to particular ones, which is probably what most people do.
regardless, i have to say, clapper: smokelong is due for a little nip/tuck action, dawg. i like yr stories but i don’t see how the hell you think you have room for shit talk with those alternating headers and all that blue and that background. oh man.
them some big balls, anonafucker
although i have to agree i wasn’t a huge fan of that lamcolony layout. i thought it was cool at first but found the search for stories irritating.
but then it seems like the point was prolly to get people to read more of the stories, rather than just going to particular ones, which is probably what most people do.
regardless, i have to say, clapper: smokelong is due for a little nip/tuck action, dawg. i like yr stories but i don’t see how the hell you think you have room for shit talk with those alternating headers and all that blue and that background. oh man.
haha sid i like that, but in order for it to be mean you have to name the writers instead of making these vague, pussy, unqualified comments.
haha sid i like that, but in order for it to be mean you have to name the writers instead of making these vague, pussy, unqualified comments.
haha sid i like that, but in order for it to be mean you have to name the writers instead of making these vague, pussy, unqualified comments.
I don’t remember feeling afraid of you. I thought you were obnoxious and inconsiderate of other people, and I thought it was rude of you to wear a pilfered name badge with my name on it without really acknowledging me, but scared of you I was not.
The nerd thing I’ll take.
I don’t remember feeling afraid of you. I thought you were obnoxious and inconsiderate of other people, and I thought it was rude of you to wear a pilfered name badge with my name on it without really acknowledging me, but scared of you I was not.
The nerd thing I’ll take.
I don’t remember feeling afraid of you. I thought you were obnoxious and inconsiderate of other people, and I thought it was rude of you to wear a pilfered name badge with my name on it without really acknowledging me, but scared of you I was not.
The nerd thing I’ll take.
*other people who were interested in doing anything besides listen to you, I meant to say.
*other people who were interested in doing anything besides listen to you, I meant to say.
*other people who were interested in doing anything besides listen to you, I meant to say.
quite your bitching and saddle up
quite your bitching and saddle up
just make your site look not shitty and i’ll read it
just make your site look not shitty and i’ll read it
quite your bitching and saddle up
just make your site look not shitty and i’ll read it
Flash fiction can never be capital G great because the form itself restricts. Fiction achieves its greatness with elbow-room and large intent. For flash fiction to achieve Greatness, it’d have to go obscure like poetry and even then poets are generally considered Great Poets based on a body of work, not a single poem. Same for short story writers, but a novelist can be declared Great based on a single work. Joyce did it essentially with one novel for instance.
If Hemingway had never written a novel, would be be lauded now? Not in the same way. He wouldn’t. It’s why Alice Munroe won’t be read in 50 years. That and she’s boring.
Flash fiction can never be capital G great because the form itself restricts. Fiction achieves its greatness with elbow-room and large intent. For flash fiction to achieve Greatness, it’d have to go obscure like poetry and even then poets are generally considered Great Poets based on a body of work, not a single poem. Same for short story writers, but a novelist can be declared Great based on a single work. Joyce did it essentially with one novel for instance.
If Hemingway had never written a novel, would be be lauded now? Not in the same way. He wouldn’t. It’s why Alice Munroe won’t be read in 50 years. That and she’s boring.
agreed
agreed
Flash fiction can never be capital G great because the form itself restricts. Fiction achieves its greatness with elbow-room and large intent. For flash fiction to achieve Greatness, it’d have to go obscure like poetry and even then poets are generally considered Great Poets based on a body of work, not a single poem. Same for short story writers, but a novelist can be declared Great based on a single work. Joyce did it essentially with one novel for instance.
If Hemingway had never written a novel, would be be lauded now? Not in the same way. He wouldn’t. It’s why Alice Munroe won’t be read in 50 years. That and she’s boring.
agreed
yes. it is in my contract
yes. it is in my contract
Since when did baby-sitting retarded children get you a gig on the GIANT, Catherine Lacey?
(Mean Comment #1)
Since when did baby-sitting retarded children get you a gig on the GIANT, Catherine Lacey?
(Mean Comment #1)
yes. it is in my contract
Since when did baby-sitting retarded children get you a gig on the GIANT, Catherine Lacey?
(Mean Comment #1)
Who would you like me to start with, fuckbag? David Foster Wallace? Adam Johnson? Ben Marcus? Or do you want me to wait until you’re done drinking your fifth dixie cup-full o’ semen?
Who would you like me to start with, fuckbag? David Foster Wallace? Adam Johnson? Ben Marcus? Or do you want me to wait until you’re done drinking your fifth dixie cup-full o’ semen?
Pure nonsense in the first half.
[i]If Hemingway had never written a novel, would be be lauded now? Not in the same way. He wouldn’t. It’s why Alice Munroe won’t be read in 50 years. [/i]
Chekov? Isaac Babel? Kakfa (he had some half-completed novels, but his stories are far more famous and widley read)
Pure nonsense in the first half.
[i]If Hemingway had never written a novel, would be be lauded now? Not in the same way. He wouldn’t. It’s why Alice Munroe won’t be read in 50 years. [/i]
Chekov? Isaac Babel? Kakfa (he had some half-completed novels, but his stories are far more famous and widley read)
nice of you to finally say something to someone’s face.
nice of you to finally say something to someone’s face.
Who would you like me to start with, fuckbag? David Foster Wallace? Adam Johnson? Ben Marcus? Or do you want me to wait until you’re done drinking your fifth dixie cup-full o’ semen?
Pure nonsense in the first half.
[i]If Hemingway had never written a novel, would be be lauded now? Not in the same way. He wouldn’t. It’s why Alice Munroe won’t be read in 50 years. [/i]
Chekov? Isaac Babel? Kakfa (he had some half-completed novels, but his stories are far more famous and widley read)
nice of you to finally say something to someone’s face.
That’s funny, Tao. Brave enough to shoplift and brag about it, but not brave enough to fight a fag named BARRY?
(Mean Comments #2-3)
That’s funny, Tao. Brave enough to shoplift and brag about it, but not brave enough to fight a fag named BARRY?
(Mean Comments #2-3)
That’s funny, Tao. Brave enough to shoplift and brag about it, but not brave enough to fight a fag named BARRY?
(Mean Comments #2-3)
I’ve always been conflicted about the photographs, but have yet to come up with something that would occupy that space better. Some of them are distorted, yeah, but the one on the front page is actually just really old. I still like the design. I still think it’s smooth. And I don’t do this for you, really, I do it for me. I’m thinking of redesigning it next year and leaving the annals in tact. Or changing the color scheme. But anyway, I don’t like your tone, you prick with a retarded name, so feel free to fuck yourself with a starfish any time.
I’ve always been conflicted about the photographs, but have yet to come up with something that would occupy that space better. Some of them are distorted, yeah, but the one on the front page is actually just really old. I still like the design. I still think it’s smooth. And I don’t do this for you, really, I do it for me. I’m thinking of redesigning it next year and leaving the annals in tact. Or changing the color scheme. But anyway, I don’t like your tone, you prick with a retarded name, so feel free to fuck yourself with a starfish any time.
No, that’s nonsensical. Everyone is wrong? By what objective standard? Sure, in Platonic Playland maybe no opinions measure up, but in the non-ideal world that statement is meaningless.
No, that’s nonsensical. Everyone is wrong? By what objective standard? Sure, in Platonic Playland maybe no opinions measure up, but in the non-ideal world that statement is meaningless.
yes ce. i did. thanks. the teabagging is complete.
yes ce. i did. thanks. the teabagging is complete.
You tell me, fuckface. Or are you too busy drinking your third cup o’ semen?
You tell me, fuckface. Or are you too busy drinking your third cup o’ semen?
I’ve always been conflicted about the photographs, but have yet to come up with something that would occupy that space better. Some of them are distorted, yeah, but the one on the front page is actually just really old. I still like the design. I still think it’s smooth. And I don’t do this for you, really, I do it for me. I’m thinking of redesigning it next year and leaving the annals in tact. Or changing the color scheme. But anyway, I don’t like your tone, you prick with a retarded name, so feel free to fuck yourself with a starfish any time.
No, that’s nonsensical. Everyone is wrong? By what objective standard? Sure, in Platonic Playland maybe no opinions measure up, but in the non-ideal world that statement is meaningless.
yes ce. i did. thanks. the teabagging is complete.
You tell me, fuckface. Or are you too busy drinking your third cup o’ semen?
I agree that I was careless with the “greatest” claim. “Fundamental” might have been a better word. At this point, “internet” and “anonymity” are conjoined twins. Anonymity can be used for both good and bad purposes, and when it’s used for bad purposes, like sockpuppetry and stalking, I’m usually for unmasking and mocking.
I think most people who are selectively anonymous have a variety of reasons that aren’t necessarily “weak”. For some, it’s a professional thing: being associated with the blogs you read can have professional consequences, just as could having your library records made public. For others (and for me, this is the main one), online forums are only different from barroom conversations because of the technological mediation: just as I don’t want my barroom conversations recorded and indexed, I see no benefit to creating a trail of every opinion I ever spouted online.
If we want to get pop-psychological, posterity isn’t just the concern of the anonymous: those who would only comment publicly are just as concerned about it, but sit on a different end of the legacy continuum: the side that says “I was here, goddammit.” One of my favorite professors talked at length about writing under pseudonyms, and I think he made a good point: Just because you have something to say doesn’t mean it has to be you who says it. And I don’t think that’s a statement of cowardice; it’s a simple observation that some things matter more than others, and you can choose which of them makes your reputation. I might recommend a brand of camera to somebody in a forum: should my preference for Canon be a piece of my legacy? Would it be if I had suggested it to a guy at the camera shop?
If I came into HTMLGIANT and acted like an asshole, I’d expect an admin to boot me and forbid me re-entrance, just like a bartender would have me shoveled out for being an aggressive prick. But the bartender doesn’t need to know who I am for me to be able to talk. I’ve had great conversations with strangers in the offline world, and haven’t struck up an acquaintance with them. I’ve never felt a need to alter that expectation online.
As for cowardice and anonymity being inherent traits – no way. Cowardice, sure. But anonymity? It’s a privilege of writing and technology. Writers have always had the option, and many have used it. Technology expands that. It is inherently non-inherent.
Last, if “the purpose of [online forums] is to communicate and make some sort of progress with other, like-minded individuals”, how does some members being anonymous get in the way of that? Is an anonymous persuasive opinion less valid than one from a named person who is also a stranger to you? I understand the argument that putting your URL or real name with a comment reinforces the strength of the belief expressed, but it doesn’t say a thing about whether it’s right or wrong.
I agree that I was careless with the “greatest” claim. “Fundamental” might have been a better word. At this point, “internet” and “anonymity” are conjoined twins. Anonymity can be used for both good and bad purposes, and when it’s used for bad purposes, like sockpuppetry and stalking, I’m usually for unmasking and mocking.
I think most people who are selectively anonymous have a variety of reasons that aren’t necessarily “weak”. For some, it’s a professional thing: being associated with the blogs you read can have professional consequences, just as could having your library records made public. For others (and for me, this is the main one), online forums are only different from barroom conversations because of the technological mediation: just as I don’t want my barroom conversations recorded and indexed, I see no benefit to creating a trail of every opinion I ever spouted online.
If we want to get pop-psychological, posterity isn’t just the concern of the anonymous: those who would only comment publicly are just as concerned about it, but sit on a different end of the legacy continuum: the side that says “I was here, goddammit.” One of my favorite professors talked at length about writing under pseudonyms, and I think he made a good point: Just because you have something to say doesn’t mean it has to be you who says it. And I don’t think that’s a statement of cowardice; it’s a simple observation that some things matter more than others, and you can choose which of them makes your reputation. I might recommend a brand of camera to somebody in a forum: should my preference for Canon be a piece of my legacy? Would it be if I had suggested it to a guy at the camera shop?
If I came into HTMLGIANT and acted like an asshole, I’d expect an admin to boot me and forbid me re-entrance, just like a bartender would have me shoveled out for being an aggressive prick. But the bartender doesn’t need to know who I am for me to be able to talk. I’ve had great conversations with strangers in the offline world, and haven’t struck up an acquaintance with them. I’ve never felt a need to alter that expectation online.
As for cowardice and anonymity being inherent traits – no way. Cowardice, sure. But anonymity? It’s a privilege of writing and technology. Writers have always had the option, and many have used it. Technology expands that. It is inherently non-inherent.
Last, if “the purpose of [online forums] is to communicate and make some sort of progress with other, like-minded individuals”, how does some members being anonymous get in the way of that? Is an anonymous persuasive opinion less valid than one from a named person who is also a stranger to you? I understand the argument that putting your URL or real name with a comment reinforces the strength of the belief expressed, but it doesn’t say a thing about whether it’s right or wrong.
Our background sucks ass, yes. We’re overdue by about two years for a re-design.
Our background sucks ass, yes. We’re overdue by about two years for a re-design.
I agree that I was careless with the “greatest” claim. “Fundamental” might have been a better word. At this point, “internet” and “anonymity” are conjoined twins. Anonymity can be used for both good and bad purposes, and when it’s used for bad purposes, like sockpuppetry and stalking, I’m usually for unmasking and mocking.
I think most people who are selectively anonymous have a variety of reasons that aren’t necessarily “weak”. For some, it’s a professional thing: being associated with the blogs you read can have professional consequences, just as could having your library records made public. For others (and for me, this is the main one), online forums are only different from barroom conversations because of the technological mediation: just as I don’t want my barroom conversations recorded and indexed, I see no benefit to creating a trail of every opinion I ever spouted online.
If we want to get pop-psychological, posterity isn’t just the concern of the anonymous: those who would only comment publicly are just as concerned about it, but sit on a different end of the legacy continuum: the side that says “I was here, goddammit.” One of my favorite professors talked at length about writing under pseudonyms, and I think he made a good point: Just because you have something to say doesn’t mean it has to be you who says it. And I don’t think that’s a statement of cowardice; it’s a simple observation that some things matter more than others, and you can choose which of them makes your reputation. I might recommend a brand of camera to somebody in a forum: should my preference for Canon be a piece of my legacy? Would it be if I had suggested it to a guy at the camera shop?
If I came into HTMLGIANT and acted like an asshole, I’d expect an admin to boot me and forbid me re-entrance, just like a bartender would have me shoveled out for being an aggressive prick. But the bartender doesn’t need to know who I am for me to be able to talk. I’ve had great conversations with strangers in the offline world, and haven’t struck up an acquaintance with them. I’ve never felt a need to alter that expectation online.
As for cowardice and anonymity being inherent traits – no way. Cowardice, sure. But anonymity? It’s a privilege of writing and technology. Writers have always had the option, and many have used it. Technology expands that. It is inherently non-inherent.
Last, if “the purpose of [online forums] is to communicate and make some sort of progress with other, like-minded individuals”, how does some members being anonymous get in the way of that? Is an anonymous persuasive opinion less valid than one from a named person who is also a stranger to you? I understand the argument that putting your URL or real name with a comment reinforces the strength of the belief expressed, but it doesn’t say a thing about whether it’s right or wrong.
Our background sucks ass, yes. We’re overdue by about two years for a re-design.
my facebook, gmail, etc. are almost always open
my laptop was open, i was somewhere else in the kitchen
my facebook, gmail, etc. are almost always open
my laptop was open, i was somewhere else in the kitchen
Let’s go, fuckstick. Or are you still not done with your thermos full o’ semen?
Let’s go, fuckstick. Or are you still not done with your thermos full o’ semen?
Yes, but they’re all famous for a body of work, generally. Not a single story.
Yes, but they’re all famous for a body of work, generally. Not a single story.
It’s the glasses, bro, I told you!
It’s the glasses, bro, I told you!
my facebook, gmail, etc. are almost always open
my laptop was open, i was somewhere else in the kitchen
Let’s go, fuckstick. Or are you still not done with your thermos full o’ semen?
Yes, but they’re all famous for a body of work, generally. Not a single story.
It’s the glasses, bro, I told you!
I’ve seen every episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I watched it even before I knew about HTML Giant. Now I watch it and wonder if Ken Baumann was in his trailer typing up a comment before each of his scenes. I sit around and wonder how he reconciles his tween heartthrob image with his literary aspirations. Does he hang out with Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, and the kids from Degrassi?
I’m the one who used to post comments as “Ben Boykevich.”
I’ve seen every episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I watched it even before I knew about HTML Giant. Now I watch it and wonder if Ken Baumann was in his trailer typing up a comment before each of his scenes. I sit around and wonder how he reconciles his tween heartthrob image with his literary aspirations. Does he hang out with Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, and the kids from Degrassi?
I’m the one who used to post comments as “Ben Boykevich.”
Time’s up, fistfuck. Next time don’t write and gargle with your flask full o’ semen.
Time’s up, fistfuck. Next time don’t write and gargle with your flask full o’ semen.
HAHAHA
HAHAHA
Vegans who refuse to eat honey are morally obtuse.
Vegans who refuse to eat honey are morally obtuse.
My comments seem to disappear.
Contrived “meanness” is fucking dull.
My comments seem to disappear.
Contrived “meanness” is fucking dull.
I’ve seen every episode of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I watched it even before I knew about HTML Giant. Now I watch it and wonder if Ken Baumann was in his trailer typing up a comment before each of his scenes. I sit around and wonder how he reconciles his tween heartthrob image with his literary aspirations. Does he hang out with Selena Gomez, Miley Cyrus, and the kids from Degrassi?
I’m the one who used to post comments as “Ben Boykevich.”
Time’s up, fistfuck. Next time don’t write and gargle with your flask full o’ semen.
HAHAHA
Vegans who refuse to eat honey are morally obtuse.
My comments seem to disappear.
Contrived “meanness” is fucking dull.
lmao
lmao
lmao
A collection of stories is different. A collection of flash fiction may someday be called Capital G great, but not a single flash. No way.
A collection of stories is different. A collection of flash fiction may someday be called Capital G great, but not a single flash. No way.
Is Carver lauded? Where is his great novel? Salinger wrote ONE novel. How did that work out? What is Chekhov known for?
Is Carver lauded? Where is his great novel? Salinger wrote ONE novel. How did that work out? What is Chekhov known for?
Don’t hog the cup o’ semen, fartstick!
Don’t hog the cup o’ semen, fartstick!
A collection of stories is different. A collection of flash fiction may someday be called Capital G great, but not a single flash. No way.
Is Carver lauded? Where is his great novel? Salinger wrote ONE novel. How did that work out? What is Chekhov known for?
Don’t hog the cup o’ semen, fartstick!
Leave that man alone.
Leave that man alone.
i’m also sick of my fucking canadian friends asking me how i don’t know any canadian novelists names beside three or four, or what’s going on in their indie lit world. why? because i live near the mexican border and that shit doesn’t trickle down that far is why. plus, if their literature is anything like their food (gravy and cheese curd on french fries; drinks like clamato) i don’t want it.
i do want their women, though.
i’m also sick of my fucking canadian friends asking me how i don’t know any canadian novelists names beside three or four, or what’s going on in their indie lit world. why? because i live near the mexican border and that shit doesn’t trickle down that far is why. plus, if their literature is anything like their food (gravy and cheese curd on french fries; drinks like clamato) i don’t want it.
i do want their women, though.
Good thing he can write a poem.
Good thing he can write a poem.
So, what exactly is your argument? individual pieces of flash fiction or poetry can’t be considered great because an artist isn’t considered great until he has a body of work?
You are making a pretty blatant logical leap there. The author =/= an individual piece. The first can be great and the latter suck or vice versa.
I would say yes, there are poems and pieces of short fiction that are Great.
So, what exactly is your argument? individual pieces of flash fiction or poetry can’t be considered great because an artist isn’t considered great until he has a body of work?
You are making a pretty blatant logical leap there. The author =/= an individual piece. The first can be great and the latter suck or vice versa.
I would say yes, there are poems and pieces of short fiction that are Great.
i think here the use of semen covered nachos would have been more appropriate.
i think here the use of semen covered nachos would have been more appropriate.
Reb Livingston can kiss my ass. Her poetry is psychogarble and her attitude is self righteous. She likes her men well groomed and supservient and she finds plenty of that type among the poets. Her zine is called “No Tell Motel” which calls to mind exactly the opposite world that Reb actually lives in and believes in. After saying that, however, I have to say I would love to see Reb in fish net stockings standing outside the No Tell Motel here in Tucson. Nice legs on that one…
Reb Livingston can kiss my ass. Her poetry is psychogarble and her attitude is self righteous. She likes her men well groomed and supservient and she finds plenty of that type among the poets. Her zine is called “No Tell Motel” which calls to mind exactly the opposite world that Reb actually lives in and believes in. After saying that, however, I have to say I would love to see Reb in fish net stockings standing outside the No Tell Motel here in Tucson. Nice legs on that one…
It’s not the tits, JEREME. Chelsea has a dick. That’s why Blake likes her. It’s the dick. Gays are stupid for great dicks, which is why Blake keeps making secret trips to Paris to “visit” Dennis Cooper.
(Mean Comments #4-5)
It’s not the tits, JEREME. Chelsea has a dick. That’s why Blake likes her. It’s the dick. Gays are stupid for great dicks, which is why Blake keeps making secret trips to Paris to “visit” Dennis Cooper.
(Mean Comments #4-5)
Leave that man alone.
i’m also sick of my fucking canadian friends asking me how i don’t know any canadian novelists names beside three or four, or what’s going on in their indie lit world. why? because i live near the mexican border and that shit doesn’t trickle down that far is why. plus, if their literature is anything like their food (gravy and cheese curd on french fries; drinks like clamato) i don’t want it.
i do want their women, though.
Good thing he can write a poem.
So, what exactly is your argument? individual pieces of flash fiction or poetry can’t be considered great because an artist isn’t considered great until he has a body of work?
You are making a pretty blatant logical leap there. The author =/= an individual piece. The first can be great and the latter suck or vice versa.
I would say yes, there are poems and pieces of short fiction that are Great.
i think here the use of semen covered nachos would have been more appropriate.
Reb Livingston can kiss my ass. Her poetry is psychogarble and her attitude is self righteous. She likes her men well groomed and supservient and she finds plenty of that type among the poets. Her zine is called “No Tell Motel” which calls to mind exactly the opposite world that Reb actually lives in and believes in. After saying that, however, I have to say I would love to see Reb in fish net stockings standing outside the No Tell Motel here in Tucson. Nice legs on that one…
It’s not the tits, JEREME. Chelsea has a dick. That’s why Blake likes her. It’s the dick. Gays are stupid for great dicks, which is why Blake keeps making secret trips to Paris to “visit” Dennis Cooper.
(Mean Comments #4-5)
Maybe when you’re done getting another jug o’ semen you can tell me who you would pick, you faggotfart.
Maybe when you’re done getting another jug o’ semen you can tell me who you would pick, you faggotfart.
hipster ironic? since we’re being mean here:
you say some stupid shit, jereme. you seem like a nice guy and thanks for the book (indirectly), but really, sometimes i’m like: is that supposed to be as obtuse as it appears to be? is this some kind of post-comedy shenanigans? am i just ‘not-thinking-ironically-enough’? or is this guy just thick in the head?
i often feel like you think people are stupid for using terms you don’t seem to understand or take the time to research. people who bash intellectualism because they don’t understand it aren’t blue-collar heroes; they’re lazy morons.
feel free to rip me open with your avoidatron beam.
hipster ironic? since we’re being mean here:
you say some stupid shit, jereme. you seem like a nice guy and thanks for the book (indirectly), but really, sometimes i’m like: is that supposed to be as obtuse as it appears to be? is this some kind of post-comedy shenanigans? am i just ‘not-thinking-ironically-enough’? or is this guy just thick in the head?
i often feel like you think people are stupid for using terms you don’t seem to understand or take the time to research. people who bash intellectualism because they don’t understand it aren’t blue-collar heroes; they’re lazy morons.
feel free to rip me open with your avoidatron beam.
change things up
change things up
i have to say that the ‘no regrets’ thing is really corny.
but the typewriter logo is pretty awesome.
i have to say that the ‘no regrets’ thing is really corny.
but the typewriter logo is pretty awesome.
Don’t joke. That shit is tastee.
Don’t joke. That shit is tastee.
Maybe when you’re done getting another jug o’ semen you can tell me who you would pick, you faggotfart.
hipster ironic? since we’re being mean here:
you say some stupid shit, jereme. you seem like a nice guy and thanks for the book (indirectly), but really, sometimes i’m like: is that supposed to be as obtuse as it appears to be? is this some kind of post-comedy shenanigans? am i just ‘not-thinking-ironically-enough’? or is this guy just thick in the head?
i often feel like you think people are stupid for using terms you don’t seem to understand or take the time to research. people who bash intellectualism because they don’t understand it aren’t blue-collar heroes; they’re lazy morons.
feel free to rip me open with your avoidatron beam.
change things up
i have to say that the ‘no regrets’ thing is really corny.
but the typewriter logo is pretty awesome.
Don’t joke. That shit is tastee.
Anyone want ten pounds of poetry? The nurses at the old folks home said they’d send it for me. Blake?
Anyone want ten pounds of poetry? The nurses at the old folks home said they’d send it for me. Blake?
wow fuck
wow fuck
Anyone want ten pounds of poetry? The nurses at the old folks home said they’d send it for me. Blake?
wow fuck
I don’t really like Mean Week. Mean is easy and it gets old, fast. Also, I hate people who complain about how no one is “real” as if they have a mystical understanding of authenticity and are somehow representative of all things real where real means aloof and judgmental.
I don’t really like Mean Week. Mean is easy and it gets old, fast. Also, I hate people who complain about how no one is “real” as if they have a mystical understanding of authenticity and are somehow representative of all things real where real means aloof and judgmental.
As opposed to spontaneous meanness? All meanness is contrived, you dummy.
As opposed to spontaneous meanness? All meanness is contrived, you dummy.
yeah, i mean, it’s a little hot in a weird way.
yeah, i mean, it’s a little hot in a weird way.
I don’t really like Mean Week. Mean is easy and it gets old, fast. Also, I hate people who complain about how no one is “real” as if they have a mystical understanding of authenticity and are somehow representative of all things real where real means aloof and judgmental.
As opposed to spontaneous meanness? All meanness is contrived, you dummy.
yeah, i mean, it’s a little hot in a weird way.
“fuckstick” and “o’semn”
who the fuck are you. popeye?
of course i was drinking semen, why wouldnt i be?
you do realize though, that you will never be as good at anything in your whole shitty miserable life, then DFW was at writing the worst line in any of his books.
“fuckstick” and “o’semn”
who the fuck are you. popeye?
of course i was drinking semen, why wouldnt i be?
you do realize though, that you will never be as good at anything in your whole shitty miserable life, then DFW was at writing the worst line in any of his books.
“fuckstick” and “o’semn”
who the fuck are you. popeye?
of course i was drinking semen, why wouldnt i be?
you do realize though, that you will never be as good at anything in your whole shitty miserable life, then DFW was at writing the worst line in any of his books.
too bad there’s still a few more days of mean.
too bad there’s still a few more days of mean.
Last sentence: word.
Last sentence: word.
too bad there’s still a few more days of mean.
Last sentence: word.
i bet you could take barry, tao.
barry is a big teddybear full of fire and death.
i bet you could take barry, tao.
barry is a big teddybear full of fire and death.
“All meanness is contrived, you dummy.”
So says the contrivance/ventriloquist’s dummy on the fucking comment roll.
Nice.
“All meanness is contrived, you dummy.”
So says the contrivance/ventriloquist’s dummy on the fucking comment roll.
Nice.
That’s okay. I don’t like you. Because you’re fat and ugly and a total fake. Lose the glasses, little girl. They don’t make you look smart.
That’s okay. I don’t like you. Because you’re fat and ugly and a total fake. Lose the glasses, little girl. They don’t make you look smart.
i bet you could take barry, tao.
barry is a big teddybear full of fire and death.
“All meanness is contrived, you dummy.”
So says the contrivance/ventriloquist’s dummy on the fucking comment roll.
Nice.
That’s okay. I don’t like you. Because you’re fat and ugly and a total fake. Lose the glasses, little girl. They don’t make you look smart.
Guys, I’m sick and tired of this. Stop it. Just wait for _Infinite Jest: The Video Game_ and you will all learn something about human kindness.
Guys, I’m sick and tired of this. Stop it. Just wait for _Infinite Jest: The Video Game_ and you will all learn something about human kindness.
agreed, i miss pr, although she posted an ass picture awhile ago that made me gag. i can’t think about the american flag without seeing that thing anymore.
agreed, i miss pr, although she posted an ass picture awhile ago that made me gag. i can’t think about the american flag without seeing that thing anymore.
yep
yep
Guys, I’m sick and tired of this. Stop it. Just wait for _Infinite Jest: The Video Game_ and you will all learn something about human kindness.
agreed, i miss pr, although she posted an ass picture awhile ago that made me gag. i can’t think about the american flag without seeing that thing anymore.
yep
Seriously. What happened to her?
Seriously. What happened to her?
Poems possibly. Fiction, no. A single piece of short fiction can never be Great because one can’t pack enough into it and still maintain readability. The large ideas found in lasting literature need room to breathe. If you compress such things too much, they whither and are thereby no longer Great. Good, very good, stunning even, but not Great.
Great is too easily bandied about, especially on the Internet. I just ate a great corn dog. That flash piece was great. I just had a great comment on my blog. Etc….none of it is Great.
Great should be reserved for those works that truly deserve it. To toss it about so often leeches the power from the word.
Seriously. What happened to her?
Poems possibly. Fiction, no. A single piece of short fiction can never be Great because one can’t pack enough into it and still maintain readability. The large ideas found in lasting literature need room to breathe. If you compress such things too much, they whither and are thereby no longer Great. Good, very good, stunning even, but not Great.
Great is too easily bandied about, especially on the Internet. I just ate a great corn dog. That flash piece was great. I just had a great comment on my blog. Etc….none of it is Great.
Great should be reserved for those works that truly deserve it. To toss it about so often leeches the power from the word.
fat from eating all that dough he’ll be making, right??
Now we’re getting somewhere. I won’t hold onto something that I thought of in fifty-three seconds just for the sake of spiting Reynard Fucktart. There’s a spot in the submissions for this. But then again, Drew, you could just send me a full letter on this. Anyone can. dispatch@litareview.com. I’m listening.
You a big Simon Perchik fan?
fat from eating all that dough he’ll be making, right??
Now we’re getting somewhere. I won’t hold onto something that I thought of in fifty-three seconds just for the sake of spiting Reynard Fucktart. There’s a spot in the submissions for this. But then again, Drew, you could just send me a full letter on this. Anyone can. dispatch@litareview.com. I’m listening.
You a big Simon Perchik fan?
total bullshit. you’re wrong.
Carver is lauded for a body of work, not a single story. A body of short stories is enough room to explore many things. Salinger wrote one great Novel. Novel, not story. I’m assuming these comments go with the discussion above.
Well impossible to argue with your personal prejudices. Your distinction between poetry and flash fiction’s ability at greatness seems arbitrary.
Different forms accomplish different things. There are things a poem or a flash can do that a short story can’t and vice versa.
You can publish in as many mags as you can, I guess. Why is a book better than magazine appearances? Ass.
total bullshit. you’re wrong.
Carver is lauded for a body of work, not a single story. A body of short stories is enough room to explore many things. Salinger wrote one great Novel. Novel, not story. I’m assuming these comments go with the discussion above.
Well impossible to argue with your personal prejudices. Your distinction between poetry and flash fiction’s ability at greatness seems arbitrary.
Different forms accomplish different things. There are things a poem or a flash can do that a short story can’t and vice versa.
You can publish in as many mags as you can, I guess. Why is a book better than magazine appearances? Ass.
Good thing I wear them to see.
Good thing I wear them to see.
Most novelists aren’t lauded for a single chapter either. They are lauded for a significant amount of work… What does that have to do with anything?
Once again, your comment illustrates quite clearly how you arrived at your lofty position within the internet literary community. So, plan on getting raped soon?
(Mean Comment #6)
Most novelists aren’t lauded for a single chapter either. They are lauded for a significant amount of work… What does that have to do with anything?
Once again, your comment illustrates quite clearly how you arrived at your lofty position within the internet literary community. So, plan on getting raped soon?
(Mean Comment #6)
do it!
i am only mean out of love.
Who then? Who wrote a single story that’s stood through time?
I’m pretty sure that’s not how rhyme works.
Sounds like you’ve been drinking some of that Vintage DFW Semen. You’re wrong, though. I’m better than DFW at a lot of things, like being a husband and a father. Because unlike that self-involved brat, I realize that there are a lot of things more important than myself, and I didn’t need to ace modal logic to figure that shit out. He was a great writer, but so what, that got him nothing except the undying love of twats like you. Go fuck a footnote, dork.
do it!
i am only mean out of love.
Who then? Who wrote a single story that’s stood through time?
I’m pretty sure that’s not how rhyme works.
Sounds like you’ve been drinking some of that Vintage DFW Semen. You’re wrong, though. I’m better than DFW at a lot of things, like being a husband and a father. Because unlike that self-involved brat, I realize that there are a lot of things more important than myself, and I didn’t need to ace modal logic to figure that shit out. He was a great writer, but so what, that got him nothing except the undying love of twats like you. Go fuck a footnote, dork.
Roxanne criticizes Mean Week? That’s not mean. Mean plus Mean = Not Mean.
Get some contacts.
brad:
seriously? you’re not that dumb in real life.
Roxanne criticizes Mean Week? That’s not mean. Mean plus Mean = Not Mean.
Get some contacts.
brad:
seriously? you’re not that dumb in real life.
there is way too much mean on this fucking thread to try to keep up. i’m bored, you’re all boring, shit.
Sure, different forms function on different planes. That’s why I can’t come out and say that a single poem can’t be great. Poetry works its shit weirdly. If flash were to do the same, it’d become poetry.
I’m not sure it’s a matter of personal prejudice. I’m not saying Flash fiction is bad. I’ve read some stunning flash fiction. I’ve just never read any Great flash fiction.
there is way too much mean on this fucking thread to try to keep up. i’m bored, you’re all boring, shit.
Sure, different forms function on different planes. That’s why I can’t come out and say that a single poem can’t be great. Poetry works its shit weirdly. If flash were to do the same, it’d become poetry.
I’m not sure it’s a matter of personal prejudice. I’m not saying Flash fiction is bad. I’ve read some stunning flash fiction. I’ve just never read any Great flash fiction.
Google XXXX XXXXX. Let’s not be serious about her here. There’s reasons not to be. Leave her alone. WTF.
Dude, I’m on the internet. It’s not real life.
Brad:
What does that argument have to do with anything?
A single short story can only be Great if that writer ONLY wrote one story ever?
Although if you mean what writer had only one story shine out, you could probably argue Kafka. I think he has better stories, but the Metamorphosis is the only one that has a big position in culture.
Google XXXX XXXXX. Let’s not be serious about her here. There’s reasons not to be. Leave her alone. WTF.
Dude, I’m on the internet. It’s not real life.
Brad:
What does that argument have to do with anything?
A single short story can only be Great if that writer ONLY wrote one story ever?
Although if you mean what writer had only one story shine out, you could probably argue Kafka. I think he has better stories, but the Metamorphosis is the only one that has a big position in culture.
Gosh, that was really mean Mather. I know Reb Livingston and she would definitely love to kiss your ass (I mean, that’s what she does)–that is, if your mom hadn’t infected it with, OOPS, the AIDS virus!
(Mean Comment #7-8)
This doesn’t even make sense.
I don’t know about standing through all time, but there a plenty of writers who are still banking on one good story they wrote years ago, like Daniel Orozco and his “Orientation” and Sharon Pomerantz and her “Ghost Knife.” They got into BASS and then seemed to just chill in their cushy tenured positions.
Gosh, that was really mean Mather. I know Reb Livingston and she would definitely love to kiss your ass (I mean, that’s what she does)–that is, if your mom hadn’t infected it with, OOPS, the AIDS virus!
(Mean Comment #7-8)
This doesn’t even make sense.
I don’t know about standing through all time, but there a plenty of writers who are still banking on one good story they wrote years ago, like Daniel Orozco and his “Orientation” and Sharon Pomerantz and her “Ghost Knife.” They got into BASS and then seemed to just chill in their cushy tenured positions.
I would like to be rather mean to everyone who tore me limb from limb on the previous page.
You are all jolly rude chaps, and I wish you a very unpleasant afternoon.
Oh, I’m kidding. I love you really!
Hey I am a betting man. I bet on the Phillies to win the series in six games. I did. So I bet “Sid” is Blake Butler his own damn self.
drama
brad:
jayne anne phillip’s collection, black tickets. is 90 percent what we would call today flash fiction. and it certainly stands the test of time. i.e. her nba award nomination.
I would like to be rather mean to everyone who tore me limb from limb on the previous page.
You are all jolly rude chaps, and I wish you a very unpleasant afternoon.
Oh, I’m kidding. I love you really!
Hey I am a betting man. I bet on the Phillies to win the series in six games. I did. So I bet “Sid” is Blake Butler his own damn self.
drama
brad:
jayne anne phillip’s collection, black tickets. is 90 percent what we would call today flash fiction. and it certainly stands the test of time. i.e. her nba award nomination.
I don’t like mean week anymore.
You know what I hate most? Sensitive people. It’s not Germany in 18-whatever and you’re not fucking Goethe. We are about to enter the age of the Post-human. Get your shit together and lose your compassion and empathy. It won’t wash in the 21rst century. If meanness bothers you, or doesn’t stimulate you, then you’re living during the wrong goddamned epoch.
The Metamorphosis might be close, indeed. That’s a good one. I wonder how long it was? It wasn’t flash for sure.
Do you think we’d still talk about Kafka if that was the only thing he wrote?
Once again, Brad and Sean couldn’t make it to the IZOD LACOSTE sale at Bloomingdale’s so they’ve decided to circle jerk on themselves by politely discussing the flashiness of their small penises.
(Mean Comments #8-9)
I don’t like mean week anymore.
You know what I hate most? Sensitive people. It’s not Germany in 18-whatever and you’re not fucking Goethe. We are about to enter the age of the Post-human. Get your shit together and lose your compassion and empathy. It won’t wash in the 21rst century. If meanness bothers you, or doesn’t stimulate you, then you’re living during the wrong goddamned epoch.
The Metamorphosis might be close, indeed. That’s a good one. I wonder how long it was? It wasn’t flash for sure.
Do you think we’d still talk about Kafka if that was the only thing he wrote?
Once again, Brad and Sean couldn’t make it to the IZOD LACOSTE sale at Bloomingdale’s so they’ve decided to circle jerk on themselves by politely discussing the flashiness of their small penises.
(Mean Comments #8-9)
really? where are your kids now fuckbag. go do something fun with your family and stop wasting their fucking life away while you’re jerking off online all day.
if not, let me at the wife, i’ll fuck her.
I still fail to see what kind of argument you are trying to make.
Would we talk about any poet if they had only written one poem?
really? where are your kids now fuckbag. go do something fun with your family and stop wasting their fucking life away while you’re jerking off online all day.
if not, let me at the wife, i’ll fuck her.
I still fail to see what kind of argument you are trying to make.
Would we talk about any poet if they had only written one poem?
dont do that drew. fuck man.
god janey, WHY do you have to be so insensitive towards rape?!?!?! are you secretly a man? because only men can be insensitive towards it.
Barry:
Yes, those are collections. I fully expect collections of flash to persevere. I don’t expect that a single flash can leverage itself up to the Capital G platform. But a whole mob of them can pile upon each other and reach that rarefied air.
i just want someone to be mean to me, you’re all scumbags.
dont do that drew. fuck man.
god janey, WHY do you have to be so insensitive towards rape?!?!?! are you secretly a man? because only men can be insensitive towards it.
Barry:
Yes, those are collections. I fully expect collections of flash to persevere. I don’t expect that a single flash can leverage itself up to the Capital G platform. But a whole mob of them can pile upon each other and reach that rarefied air.
i just want someone to be mean to me, you’re all scumbags.
You pay attention to your name in the thread. I tried to, too. over 200 responses? Between you and me, this is crazy…
You pay attention to your name in the thread. I tried to, too. over 200 responses? Between you and me, this is crazy…
hahaha wow reynard. you pick my comment about “hipster irony” to go off on?
really? some one feels insecure i think.
as for the rest of what you said i agree with most of it.
i don’t really think any one is “stupid”. really i would lean more towards fake and egotistical.
i don’t even remember sending you a book. i have sent a few out. i am glad you liked the book but i didn’t do it to become your friend.
so if you feel that my personality is not for you then i’m cool with it.
no big deal.
i am glad you finally spoke the truth that has existed in your mind.
it’s a shame you had to do it under the guise of “mean weak” but baby steps.
Lincoln:
No, we likely wouldn’t talk about a poet that wrote only a single poem. That’s my point primarily about flash fiction. I just want people to stop calling this one particular story Great. Great has become the fucked-out whore description. It no longer means anything real.
i hope it gets evil. it’s important to have balance in life. this is good for you.
someone punch me in the face.
brad:
i think short stories didn’t either when they were new as a genre. im sure there was this same resistence. give flash time to be immortalized. it doesnt happen immediately. it didnt with any genre or new form. why would flash be different. give it time.
Damn. I think you made a lot of really good points here. I’m gonna have to bullet my notes here.
Paragraph 1: I agree with everything you say.
Paragraph 2: I agree with everything you say.
Paragraph 3: At this point, I’m starting to get why we’re disagreeing. We’re coming at this issue from different angles. Perhaps I should have been more clear from the get-go: I’m not talking about anonymity in general, or arguing with the validity of pseudonyms. I’m talking about those who use anonymity here, specifically on HTMLGIANT, to express negativity they would otherwise keep to themselves. You write, “And I don’t think that’s a statement of cowardice; it’s a simple observation that some things matter more than others, and you can choose which of them makes your reputation.” This is a very good point, but it’s also vague. If someone makes the choice to comment anonymously then they are, in a way, making that choice because they feel what they have to say is important. And if something is important to someone–important enough to enter into a dialogue with complete or relative strangers in an online forum–then shouldn’t there be some accountability? I don’t know. Maybe that’s not really important. Maybe that’s just my idea of accountability. But it seems important that people own up to how they are representing themselves–both “irl” and on the internet.
Paragraph 4: I agree with you.
Paragraph 5: You write, “Writers have always had the option, and many have used it. Technology expands that. It is inherently non-inherent.” This is also a good point. But it’s best not to abuse that sense of entitlement. Of course, we most likely have different concepts of when abuse has occurred.
Paragraph 6: This relates back to what I said w/r/t Paragraph 3–I’m only talking about negativity here. And of course unwarranted, unaccounted-for negative is going to get in the way of progressive dialogue. This really isn’t about right or wrong, it’s about owning up to our thoughts as individuals, choosing how best to express those thoughts, and having for respect for others while doing so.
But damn, man. You’re actually giving me some really great food for thought here.
thumbs fucking up.
hahaha wow reynard. you pick my comment about “hipster irony” to go off on?
really? some one feels insecure i think.
as for the rest of what you said i agree with most of it.
i don’t really think any one is “stupid”. really i would lean more towards fake and egotistical.
i don’t even remember sending you a book. i have sent a few out. i am glad you liked the book but i didn’t do it to become your friend.
so if you feel that my personality is not for you then i’m cool with it.
no big deal.
i am glad you finally spoke the truth that has existed in your mind.
it’s a shame you had to do it under the guise of “mean weak” but baby steps.
Lincoln:
No, we likely wouldn’t talk about a poet that wrote only a single poem. That’s my point primarily about flash fiction. I just want people to stop calling this one particular story Great. Great has become the fucked-out whore description. It no longer means anything real.
i hope it gets evil. it’s important to have balance in life. this is good for you.
someone punch me in the face.
brad:
i think short stories didn’t either when they were new as a genre. im sure there was this same resistence. give flash time to be immortalized. it doesnt happen immediately. it didnt with any genre or new form. why would flash be different. give it time.
Damn. I think you made a lot of really good points here. I’m gonna have to bullet my notes here.
Paragraph 1: I agree with everything you say.
Paragraph 2: I agree with everything you say.
Paragraph 3: At this point, I’m starting to get why we’re disagreeing. We’re coming at this issue from different angles. Perhaps I should have been more clear from the get-go: I’m not talking about anonymity in general, or arguing with the validity of pseudonyms. I’m talking about those who use anonymity here, specifically on HTMLGIANT, to express negativity they would otherwise keep to themselves. You write, “And I don’t think that’s a statement of cowardice; it’s a simple observation that some things matter more than others, and you can choose which of them makes your reputation.” This is a very good point, but it’s also vague. If someone makes the choice to comment anonymously then they are, in a way, making that choice because they feel what they have to say is important. And if something is important to someone–important enough to enter into a dialogue with complete or relative strangers in an online forum–then shouldn’t there be some accountability? I don’t know. Maybe that’s not really important. Maybe that’s just my idea of accountability. But it seems important that people own up to how they are representing themselves–both “irl” and on the internet.
Paragraph 4: I agree with you.
Paragraph 5: You write, “Writers have always had the option, and many have used it. Technology expands that. It is inherently non-inherent.” This is also a good point. But it’s best not to abuse that sense of entitlement. Of course, we most likely have different concepts of when abuse has occurred.
Paragraph 6: This relates back to what I said w/r/t Paragraph 3–I’m only talking about negativity here. And of course unwarranted, unaccounted-for negative is going to get in the way of progressive dialogue. This really isn’t about right or wrong, it’s about owning up to our thoughts as individuals, choosing how best to express those thoughts, and having for respect for others while doing so.
But damn, man. You’re actually giving me some really great food for thought here.
thumbs fucking up.
People who think that their sexism makes them edgy. People who use “pussy” to mean coward and “dick” to mean extroverted cruelwad. Possessing genitalia is difficult, confusing enough without everyone employing their names for an insult parade.
i say you punch him in the face so he remembers to not let people use his laptop or something.
People who think that their sexism makes them edgy. People who use “pussy” to mean coward and “dick” to mean extroverted cruelwad. Possessing genitalia is difficult, confusing enough without everyone employing their names for an insult parade.
i say you punch him in the face so he remembers to not let people use his laptop or something.
yeah, dont be a pussy sean. out with the names kiddo
Brad:
Seriously, you are making a blatant fallacious conflation here.
The fact that an individual author will not be immortalized for one piece of fiction does not mean that one piece of fiction cannot be great. It means that you aren’t immortalized for doing a little bit of greatness, you have to do a lot of it.
yeah, dont be a pussy sean. out with the names kiddo
Brad:
Seriously, you are making a blatant fallacious conflation here.
The fact that an individual author will not be immortalized for one piece of fiction does not mean that one piece of fiction cannot be great. It means that you aren’t immortalized for doing a little bit of greatness, you have to do a lot of it.
Sorry, Janey…you have nice legs too…
Sorry, Janey…you have nice legs too…
You can WTF me, but I didn’t know who PR was beyond the walls of HTMLGiant. I’ll google.
Lincoln:
I appreciate that last sentence quite a bit. Makes good sense, and it supports my statement that single, short works can’t be considered Great.
Alas, the bell has tolled at work and I’m off.
Thanks for the back and forth.
You can WTF me, but I didn’t know who PR was beyond the walls of HTMLGiant. I’ll google.
Lincoln:
I appreciate that last sentence quite a bit. Makes good sense, and it supports my statement that single, short works can’t be considered Great.
Alas, the bell has tolled at work and I’m off.
Thanks for the back and forth.
who made any comment about his “niceness” or his “smartness” ?
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on top of being sexist, you forgot to mention how immature i am.
who made any comment about his “niceness” or his “smartness” ?
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on top of being sexist, you forgot to mention how immature i am.
Yes, I agree. I’m waiting.
Go right ahead. Her pussy is a quitter, though.
No. It doesn’t support your statement.
A song can be great. Great Great. But an artist who only has one Great song is not a great artist, they just got lucky/caputred lightning in a bottle/etc.
Hell, a novelist who has one great novel and 20 shitty ones isn’t a great novelist either.
Yes, I agree. I’m waiting.
Go right ahead. Her pussy is a quitter, though.
No. It doesn’t support your statement.
A song can be great. Great Great. But an artist who only has one Great song is not a great artist, they just got lucky/caputred lightning in a bottle/etc.
Hell, a novelist who has one great novel and 20 shitty ones isn’t a great novelist either.
i was talking about blake’s contest for his book. that was you wasn’t it?
i’ve written something like that a few times but i’m usually not mean enough to pull the trigger without being provoked i guess. because maybe i do care how i am perceived to some extent. maybe that makes me a pussy. i don’t know.
i don’t think anyone is fake. i think everyone represents themselves as they choose. there is no fake because there is no real. i could get academic with that shit, but i’ll keep it low to the ground for you.
i don’t feel insecure at all. i don’t care if people call me a hipster if that’s what you’re saying. everyone is a cultural stereotype. it was just a really stupid thing to say and people say it all the time. seemed like a good enough thing to pick.
i don’t understand the purpose of HTMLgiant
is it supposed to be so lame?
fuck you guys
i mean it
seriously
it doesn’t even look like a giant
and i am down here in the comment box and looking at the /HTMLGIANT thing and it makes me think ‘fuck you guys’ and makes me want to send letter bombs and shit like that
i don’t even know why i bother
i am just going to ‘mark all as read’ and then ‘unsubscribe’
fuck you guys
i was talking about blake’s contest for his book. that was you wasn’t it?
i’ve written something like that a few times but i’m usually not mean enough to pull the trigger without being provoked i guess. because maybe i do care how i am perceived to some extent. maybe that makes me a pussy. i don’t know.
i don’t think anyone is fake. i think everyone represents themselves as they choose. there is no fake because there is no real. i could get academic with that shit, but i’ll keep it low to the ground for you.
i don’t feel insecure at all. i don’t care if people call me a hipster if that’s what you’re saying. everyone is a cultural stereotype. it was just a really stupid thing to say and people say it all the time. seemed like a good enough thing to pick.
i don’t understand the purpose of HTMLgiant
is it supposed to be so lame?
fuck you guys
i mean it
seriously
it doesn’t even look like a giant
and i am down here in the comment box and looking at the /HTMLGIANT thing and it makes me think ‘fuck you guys’ and makes me want to send letter bombs and shit like that
i don’t even know why i bother
i am just going to ‘mark all as read’ and then ‘unsubscribe’
fuck you guys
My kids don’t come to work with me. Today is Wednesday and it’s 315 PM. I have a job. I don’t take it very seriously, but at least I have one. Sounds like you don’t know what a job is, which is funny, because neither did David Foster Wallace.
My kids don’t come to work with me. Today is Wednesday and it’s 315 PM. I have a job. I don’t take it very seriously, but at least I have one. Sounds like you don’t know what a job is, which is funny, because neither did David Foster Wallace.
man, i thought htmlgiant was the lamest thing in existence, but then i read your comment.
janey. see what happened there. i took my dick out of your mouth for one minute and you start bad mouthing me.
alright tao. seriously. maybe im overreacting. but that was pretty fucked up man.
man, i thought htmlgiant was the lamest thing in existence, but then i read your comment.
janey. see what happened there. i took my dick out of your mouth for one minute and you start bad mouthing me.
alright tao. seriously. maybe im overreacting. but that was pretty fucked up man.
Leave that man alone. I bet when he eventually goes off it’s going to be amazing. Until such a time, leave that man alone. He’s really a good shit. I don’t know why everyone’s always itching to broil him. He does things the right way without all the negativity and everyone just builds up hate toward him. I think it’s unacceptable and far from being understandable. I don’t want people subtly dissing him anymore than I want them openly doing it. Seriously. He’s a good person. That’s more than we can say for most of us here.
Leave that man alone. I bet when he eventually goes off it’s going to be amazing. Until such a time, leave that man alone. He’s really a good shit. I don’t know why everyone’s always itching to broil him. He does things the right way without all the negativity and everyone just builds up hate toward him. I think it’s unacceptable and far from being understandable. I don’t want people subtly dissing him anymore than I want them openly doing it. Seriously. He’s a good person. That’s more than we can say for most of us here.
i like cruelwad. i think i’m going to start using that. it sounds like something mr. rogers would say if he were loaded on seagram’s seven.
i like cruelwad. i think i’m going to start using that. it sounds like something mr. rogers would say if he were loaded on seagram’s seven.
part of being mean is to use a universal fear and apply it towards a specific person. you do this because human beings are petty and insecure and will most likely invent something to feel bad about.
but yeah to me being obnoxious. that’s who i am.
i remember specifically acknowledging you when ryan introduced us.
i was taking opiates to deal with intense anxiety over meeting people. that probably added to my obnoxiousness and neglect.
i’m sorry i neglected you. you should have said something.
part of being mean is to use a universal fear and apply it towards a specific person. you do this because human beings are petty and insecure and will most likely invent something to feel bad about.
but yeah to me being obnoxious. that’s who i am.
i remember specifically acknowledging you when ryan introduced us.
i was taking opiates to deal with intense anxiety over meeting people. that probably added to my obnoxiousness and neglect.
i’m sorry i neglected you. you should have said something.
if it’s the person I think it is, I thought everyone loved him, and am very confused.
Is Barry the DOGZPLOT guy? If so, the one picture I’ve seen of him makes him look like a total fratboy loser. Like, he was the guy in the frat who wrote English class papers for his bros and so that became his “thing,” and it stuck. The couple stories I’ve read by him only reinforce this notion.
I’d be afraid to say this in person because he’d undoubtedly kick my ass, probably while slamming beers and calling me a queer.
if it’s the person I think it is, I thought everyone loved him, and am very confused.
Is Barry the DOGZPLOT guy? If so, the one picture I’ve seen of him makes him look like a total fratboy loser. Like, he was the guy in the frat who wrote English class papers for his bros and so that became his “thing,” and it stuck. The couple stories I’ve read by him only reinforce this notion.
I’d be afraid to say this in person because he’d undoubtedly kick my ass, probably while slamming beers and calling me a queer.
Are you outing someone who wished to remain anonymous?
but hey i wasn’t getting punched in the face at awp either.
Are you outing someone who wished to remain anonymous?
but hey i wasn’t getting punched in the face at awp either.
haha. sorry sid. i dont need to get a job. i found a university willing to pay me to teach writing.
she said a little less talk and a lot more action.
yeah, this is lame now. i don’t like being interviewed among strangers, nor being interviewed ever really, so i think i’ve had my fill. it was fun. but now it’s gotten a bit retarded. i’m sure some think it’s only just begun. i think the goal was to get more comments than a regular tao lin post or something.
haha. sorry sid. i dont need to get a job. i found a university willing to pay me to teach writing.
she said a little less talk and a lot more action.
yeah, this is lame now. i don’t like being interviewed among strangers, nor being interviewed ever really, so i think i’ve had my fill. it was fun. but now it’s gotten a bit retarded. i’m sure some think it’s only just begun. i think the goal was to get more comments than a regular tao lin post or something.
Aw, poor Chris East. Things don’t make sense at the GIANT so he decides to shut off his computer, storm out of his room and go help retarded people cross the street. Well, you see? Now, you have a purpose.
(Mean Comment #10)
I never sexualized their relationship. It just seemed like Kenny was the lonely rich kid who wasn’t quite cool enough that was being exploited for his money.
he’s just trying to get a trip to paris.
Aw, poor Chris East. Things don’t make sense at the GIANT so he decides to shut off his computer, storm out of his room and go help retarded people cross the street. Well, you see? Now, you have a purpose.
(Mean Comment #10)
I never sexualized their relationship. It just seemed like Kenny was the lonely rich kid who wasn’t quite cool enough that was being exploited for his money.
he’s just trying to get a trip to paris.
Um, anyone who’s read any Dennis Cooper knows his tongue in your ass (and not his dick) is more likely to be the main attraction.
So people like you are to blame for all the shitty writing? Good to know. Go hang yourself.
this entire tread is a work of art. good job people. i feel like somebody should publish this.
thread i mean
Um, anyone who’s read any Dennis Cooper knows his tongue in your ass (and not his dick) is more likely to be the main attraction.
So people like you are to blame for all the shitty writing? Good to know. Go hang yourself.
this entire tread is a work of art. good job people. i feel like somebody should publish this.
thread i mean
i really want to do that actually
at least you recognize you’re a queer. thats the main thing to get out of the way.
but you’re right, you pegged it. i was the goofy english nerd that got to hang out with the frat guys so i could do their homework and buy their food and beer and give them rides and they could fuck my sister and then me and i did all their laundry and stuff. you’re right.
thanks for confirming what other people already suspected.
you must be a winner.
i really want to do that actually
at least you recognize you’re a queer. thats the main thing to get out of the way.
but you’re right, you pegged it. i was the goofy english nerd that got to hang out with the frat guys so i could do their homework and buy their food and beer and give them rides and they could fuck my sister and then me and i did all their laundry and stuff. you’re right.
thanks for confirming what other people already suspected.
you must be a winner.
the goal has been reached. people love tao lin and being mean, apparently.
the goal has been reached. people love tao lin and being mean, apparently.
i intend to. right after i give that wife of yours another good fucking.
i intend to. right after i give that wife of yours another good fucking.
Let’s all get serious about rape, or whatever, during mean week. I mean, there are just some things that are off limits, right? (I’ll email you a photograph of my pussy when I get home. Okay, Gena? Post-rape, of course.)
here’s something to add to the mean weak pile: people who bitch about how lame HTMLGiant is and then keep showing up in the comments to say so.
Let’s all get serious about rape, or whatever, during mean week. I mean, there are just some things that are off limits, right? (I’ll email you a photograph of my pussy when I get home. Okay, Gena? Post-rape, of course.)
here’s something to add to the mean weak pile: people who bitch about how lame HTMLGiant is and then keep showing up in the comments to say so.
jebus
Ellen Frances should do it and charge $20 a copy.
jebus
Ellen Frances should do it and charge $20 a copy.
Sorry. I had to.
Sorry. I had to.
janey. can you cc that photo?
and blake, what the fuck? you started this thread..where the fuck are you?
janey. can you cc that photo?
and blake, what the fuck? you started this thread..where the fuck are you?
janey, i was being sarcastic and referencing something that roxane said. i found your comment really funny.
janey, i was being sarcastic and referencing something that roxane said. i found your comment really funny.
but maybe you knew that? sorry, i can’t tell. :-/
but maybe you knew that? sorry, i can’t tell. :-/
hehehehe.
im not sure i stopped laughing while reading all of the 365 comments
hehehehe.
im not sure i stopped laughing while reading all of the 365 comments
uhh…. 349. So on top of being incredibly good looking and a tomcat in the sack (all of which are a curse, this is mean week after all) i need glasses.
tomcat in the sack
uhh…. 349. So on top of being incredibly good looking and a tomcat in the sack (all of which are a curse, this is mean week after all) i need glasses.
tomcat in the sack
I could delete this comment if I wanted to, or maybe sell it for money since I legally own this site and everything on it.
Another fresh-off-the-boat opportunistic stab by the Buddha of stupidity. Hey, Jimmy? When you decide to stop living with your parents and move to Florida where you can live with Tao Lin’s parents, let me know. We’ll throw a party for you in SF, and beat you up so you look a little bit more swollen than Tao Lin does.
(Mean Comment #12)
cat sack
(which is why I comment on his blog, clearly)
“Sucking” Dennis Cooper’s cock on webcam.
I could delete this comment if I wanted to, or maybe sell it for money since I legally own this site and everything on it.
Another fresh-off-the-boat opportunistic stab by the Buddha of stupidity. Hey, Jimmy? When you decide to stop living with your parents and move to Florida where you can live with Tao Lin’s parents, let me know. We’ll throw a party for you in SF, and beat you up so you look a little bit more swollen than Tao Lin does.
(Mean Comment #12)
cat sack
(which is why I comment on his blog, clearly)
“Sucking” Dennis Cooper’s cock on webcam.
sack of cat dicks
sack of cat dicks
my money is on Tao. he knows kung fu, right?
my money is on Tao. he knows kung fu, right?
dead white dude loved by those who smoke weed but don’t listen to sublime
i see i’m gonna have to put my dick back in your mouth so you quiet down a bit.
dead white dude loved by those who smoke weed but don’t listen to sublime
i see i’m gonna have to put my dick back in your mouth so you quiet down a bit.
this is because video games are fucking stupid 99.99999% of the time
this is because video games are fucking stupid 99.99999% of the time
and besides. if it wasnt you how do you even know what im talking about?
and besides. if it wasnt you how do you even know what im talking about?
FUCK
It pisses me off that PR, the BEST HTMLGIANT poster of all time (even better than Roxane Gay (not really) or Ryan Call (again) ), fucking just disappeared and we have no idea where she went and anytime we ask it gets ignored by that fucking douchebag Blake Buttface (the worst HTMLGIANT contributor, by far—OK, that’s not true. He’s gotten better and he’s still infinitely better than say, Chelsea Martin).
Either bring PR back or tell us where she went.
FUCK
FUCK
It pisses me off that PR, the BEST HTMLGIANT poster of all time (even better than Roxane Gay (not really) or Ryan Call (again) ), fucking just disappeared and we have no idea where she went and anytime we ask it gets ignored by that fucking douchebag Blake Buttface (the worst HTMLGIANT contributor, by far—OK, that’s not true. He’s gotten better and he’s still infinitely better than say, Chelsea Martin).
Either bring PR back or tell us where she went.
FUCK
done, and i missed 200 comments in the transit. holy shit this thread rules.
My name says it all.
done, and i missed 200 comments in the transit. holy shit this thread rules.
My name says it all.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Photos of John amen leaning up against shit and wearing sunglasses even though his environment doesn’t seem sunny
@phantom
well my personal philosophy is that all politicians are evil and the political system is corrupt.
so any political statement is shit.
from a logical standpoint i don’t get what you are saying. if everything is shit how is it not anything but shit?
mean week, tim. sean is ruthless and indiscriminate.
Photos of John amen leaning up against shit and wearing sunglasses even though his environment doesn’t seem sunny
@phantom
well my personal philosophy is that all politicians are evil and the political system is corrupt.
so any political statement is shit.
from a logical standpoint i don’t get what you are saying. if everything is shit how is it not anything but shit?
mean week, tim. sean is ruthless and indiscriminate.
ha ha ha
shit. that comment up there was supposed to go here. i’m a fucking idgit.
Oh, I know how to read Sean, but PH’s post made it sound like there were multiple and legit haters.
reynard, i totally agree with you about jereme. jereme, i totally agree with reynard about you. you sometimes seem sort of nice and stuff and i’m not speaking about ‘you’ in any total sense. you have a life beyond the comment box. but everyone has nice in them, sort of. and a life beyond the comment box, sort of. those facts don’t really ‘dimensionalise’ things when they act like assholes. and a lot to most of the time your comments here are to drop some kind of gnostic-ironic i-freely-admit-i-am-ignorant-but-not-above-the-absolute-obviousness-of-this-opinion-i’m-currently-having snarkiness aimed at deflating what you no doubt see as people’s ‘pretensions’ (although, in line with your act, you would deny that you see people as pretentious, or you would now deny that you don’t see them as pretentious, and in fact do, because i pre-empted the fact that you would deny it, and contrariness is king) even as you drift about on this cloud of sort of lower-capped zen non-commitment – which is in itself oozing with pretence – and then, after having had your essentially smart-alec say, disappear from your tail to your head leaving naught but a smile like the cheshire cat. well, good work or whatever, but i, for one, find it boring. and yes mean week has allowed me to come out and say this but i actually wouldn’t have bothered myself with saying anything at all because ‘the truth of you that exists in my mind’ is not at all important to me but the really irritating egotism of your ‘baby steps’ remark to reynard made me decide to say stuff after all. one day i hope i can be as honest and non-sheltered about everything as you.
ha ha ha
shit. that comment up there was supposed to go here. i’m a fucking idgit.
Oh, I know how to read Sean, but PH’s post made it sound like there were multiple and legit haters.
reynard, i totally agree with you about jereme. jereme, i totally agree with reynard about you. you sometimes seem sort of nice and stuff and i’m not speaking about ‘you’ in any total sense. you have a life beyond the comment box. but everyone has nice in them, sort of. and a life beyond the comment box, sort of. those facts don’t really ‘dimensionalise’ things when they act like assholes. and a lot to most of the time your comments here are to drop some kind of gnostic-ironic i-freely-admit-i-am-ignorant-but-not-above-the-absolute-obviousness-of-this-opinion-i’m-currently-having snarkiness aimed at deflating what you no doubt see as people’s ‘pretensions’ (although, in line with your act, you would deny that you see people as pretentious, or you would now deny that you don’t see them as pretentious, and in fact do, because i pre-empted the fact that you would deny it, and contrariness is king) even as you drift about on this cloud of sort of lower-capped zen non-commitment – which is in itself oozing with pretence – and then, after having had your essentially smart-alec say, disappear from your tail to your head leaving naught but a smile like the cheshire cat. well, good work or whatever, but i, for one, find it boring. and yes mean week has allowed me to come out and say this but i actually wouldn’t have bothered myself with saying anything at all because ‘the truth of you that exists in my mind’ is not at all important to me but the really irritating egotism of your ‘baby steps’ remark to reynard made me decide to say stuff after all. one day i hope i can be as honest and non-sheltered about everything as you.
It is my understanding that visualization techniques have a far better success rate than verbal repetition. In your case, you may want to keep jacking-off.
awesome. i actually googled “jimmy chen” “fucking douche” once but didn’t find anything. the times they are a’changin
It is my understanding that visualization techniques have a far better success rate than verbal repetition. In your case, you may want to keep jacking-off.
awesome. i actually googled “jimmy chen” “fucking douche” once but didn’t find anything. the times they are a’changin
fuck white male heterosexuals who are “over” talking about class race gender and sexuality
Seriously?
fuck white male heterosexuals who are “over” talking about class race gender and sexuality
Seriously?
And by seriously I mean, you are seriously going to go there?
if by crazy you mean the fucking awesome, then yes.
i do, but its getting so old. my wrists and my forearms ache. all my dirty shirts and towels are full of jiz i wiped off my stomach. what else is there? i mean. sid’s wife, but that was yesterday and he’s right. she is a quitter.
And by seriously I mean, you are seriously going to go there?
if by crazy you mean the fucking awesome, then yes.
i do, but its getting so old. my wrists and my forearms ache. all my dirty shirts and towels are full of jiz i wiped off my stomach. what else is there? i mean. sid’s wife, but that was yesterday and he’s right. she is a quitter.
That’s not what I said.
That’s not what I said.
that was some funny shit. especially the shot at higgs.
Aren’t you dead, yet?
that was some funny shit. especially the shot at higgs.
Aren’t you dead, yet?
Neither does your master’s degree. But, you’re posting here on the GIANT anyways. Figures.
Neither does your master’s degree. But, you’re posting here on the GIANT anyways. Figures.
who the hell is barry and what makes him so badass? fuck a bunch of barry.
yeah. Carver’s novel sucked holes. this is coming from a guy who cried at the end of Cathedral.
who the hell is barry and what makes him so badass? fuck a bunch of barry.
yeah. Carver’s novel sucked holes. this is coming from a guy who cried at the end of Cathedral.
somebody has got to tell us what this facebook shit said already… damn.
somebody has got to tell us what this facebook shit said already… damn.
reynard,
yeah i forgot you just got that one. to be honest, i don’t want my name attached to it but assface butler always puts my name on his fucking blog when he gives them out. i try not to mind where the books go just as long as they go.
i’m quite aware you have thought “mean” things. you are human. i personally feel to see the true nature of a person is to see them angry.
you’ll know what they really think about you or if they beat dogs or whatever. the true self. sometimes i do say shit to get a reaction out of them so i can judge them. see if i can trust them.
other times i say shit out of observation and it is viewed as mean. i think honesty and mean are confused too much.
yeah save the intellectual shit for some one else. i’m just going to roll my eyes.
i am very glad you don’t feel insecure. that feeling is what i want to be conveyed.
words are meaningless. they can’t hurt you.
stop hurting yourself with them.
i’m like andy kauffman and hopefully you’ll understand me after i die of cancer. he died of cancer right?
i think so.
reynard,
yeah i forgot you just got that one. to be honest, i don’t want my name attached to it but assface butler always puts my name on his fucking blog when he gives them out. i try not to mind where the books go just as long as they go.
i’m quite aware you have thought “mean” things. you are human. i personally feel to see the true nature of a person is to see them angry.
you’ll know what they really think about you or if they beat dogs or whatever. the true self. sometimes i do say shit to get a reaction out of them so i can judge them. see if i can trust them.
other times i say shit out of observation and it is viewed as mean. i think honesty and mean are confused too much.
yeah save the intellectual shit for some one else. i’m just going to roll my eyes.
i am very glad you don’t feel insecure. that feeling is what i want to be conveyed.
words are meaningless. they can’t hurt you.
stop hurting yourself with them.
i’m like andy kauffman and hopefully you’ll understand me after i die of cancer. he died of cancer right?
i think so.
its the way he bends over and sticks it in your ass.
since you seem interested you can be next.
its the way he bends over and sticks it in your ass.
since you seem interested you can be next.
katsak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChjMRfi40c
katsak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rChjMRfi40c
that’s a cat that’s having fun!
that’s a cat that’s having fun!
and why, may i ask, lincoln, did you have to get a new computer? certainly not because your PC got a virus from downloading all that porn, right? ;)
best series of replies ever
and why, may i ask, lincoln, did you have to get a new computer? certainly not because your PC got a virus from downloading all that porn, right? ;)
best series of replies ever
hahahaha
i dislike the britney spears’ of the poetry world.
hahahaha
i dislike the britney spears’ of the poetry world.
the ones who keep getting published, and people like them more, when really they’re kind of shallow. and kind of bitches (even if you’re male, sorry!), and they’re hailed as something to be hailed.
In addition to shitty flash fiction, I hate people who can’t get their shit together for 60 second to pay the $10 they owe people.
the ones who keep getting published, and people like them more, when really they’re kind of shallow. and kind of bitches (even if you’re male, sorry!), and they’re hailed as something to be hailed.
In addition to shitty flash fiction, I hate people who can’t get their shit together for 60 second to pay the $10 they owe people.
HA!
be specific. it’s mean week.
HA!
be specific. it’s mean week.
I second that. And fuck Blake Buttface.
word
wow. that was incredibly funny. like, its terribly insulting, which makes me wince and laugh at the same time.
I second that. And fuck Blake Buttface.
word
wow. that was incredibly funny. like, its terribly insulting, which makes me wince and laugh at the same time.
yes, agreed
“The political system is corrupt” is a political statement, and therefore also shit. But I think we’re talking about different conceptions of “political statements”.
If you think all political statements are shit because no person or political system lives up to your ideal theory (i.e. “This isn’t utopia!” or “We’ll all be free in the closed, ethnically and culturally homogeneous dictatorship of the proletariat.”) then you have an objective standard to measure against, just not one that would actually exist, making it worthless. If you think all opinions are shit because they’re not like some other system that exists somewhere else, then not *all* opinions are shit.
yes, agreed
“The political system is corrupt” is a political statement, and therefore also shit. But I think we’re talking about different conceptions of “political statements”.
If you think all political statements are shit because no person or political system lives up to your ideal theory (i.e. “This isn’t utopia!” or “We’ll all be free in the closed, ethnically and culturally homogeneous dictatorship of the proletariat.”) then you have an objective standard to measure against, just not one that would actually exist, making it worthless. If you think all opinions are shit because they’re not like some other system that exists somewhere else, then not *all* opinions are shit.
chen ftw
chen ftw
i know its mean week, but dont do that shya. then id have to say…
i hate hypocrites who claim to hate flash fictions sites but use them to promote and publish their own shitty novel. they get flash fiction sites to serialize it in little pieces because it just aint that fucking good to get published in print…
but you know. only cuz its mean week.
i know its mean week, but dont do that shya. then id have to say…
i hate hypocrites who claim to hate flash fictions sites but use them to promote and publish their own shitty novel. they get flash fiction sites to serialize it in little pieces because it just aint that fucking good to get published in print…
but you know. only cuz its mean week.
getcher game up, pussies.
getcher game up, pussies.
chelsea’s hot. mike’s hot.
chelsea’s hot. mike’s hot.
your mom sucks cat.
your mom sucks cat.
Ha! Blake Buttface! Good one. We need to make sure that one spreads. LONG LIVE BLAKE BUTTFACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
true
no such thing as poetry
oh, you mean the novel that’s coming out next year in print? you’re right: it sux. seriously, barry, pay me the damn $10 and be done with it.
Ha! Blake Buttface! Good one. We need to make sure that one spreads. LONG LIVE BLAKE BUTTFACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
true
no such thing as poetry
oh, you mean the novel that’s coming out next year in print? you’re right: it sux. seriously, barry, pay me the damn $10 and be done with it.
ken is actually my mentor
ken is actually my mentor
haha. im glad i finally have a real life example to make my point. just as much shitty longer fiction getting published as flash.
i’ll send the money in a few man. fuck. sweatin someone over ten bucks like a fucking crackhead.
haha. im glad i finally have a real life example to make my point. just as much shitty longer fiction getting published as flash.
i’ll send the money in a few man. fuck. sweatin someone over ten bucks like a fucking crackhead.
david, i liked what you said.
i would agree with most of it. i am a flawed human.
the baby steps remark was meant to evoke a negative emotion (well of course if you let it).
david, i liked what you said.
i would agree with most of it. i am a flawed human.
the baby steps remark was meant to evoke a negative emotion (well of course if you let it).
who gives a fuck
who gives a fuck
holding out like you’re fucking homeless
holding out like you’re fucking homeless
i make my own comments
i make my own comments
Or sometimes Ken does for him. When he’s in the tub.
in middle school it was big buttler, that hurt more
Uh, Mike. If you want to fuck white male heterosexuals who are like JImmy Chen you should probably visit Dennis Cooper’s blog. It was made for conflicted homosexuals like yourself.
Or sometimes Ken does for him. When he’s in the tub.
in middle school it was big buttler, that hurt more
Uh, Mike. If you want to fuck white male heterosexuals who are like JImmy Chen you should probably visit Dennis Cooper’s blog. It was made for conflicted homosexuals like yourself.
this could have been so much better. dang.
this could have been so much better. dang.
ha ha ha ha
ha ha ha ha
Blake, have you ever watched the show? I’m serious. I really want to know, nothing mean about it.
Blake, have you ever watched the show? I’m serious. I really want to know, nothing mean about it.
i’ve seen it
i’ve seen it
you were kind of hard to talk to in person because you mostly copped the same attitude that you use online. online i like it. in person i just wanted to hang out. you were aggressive. it made me feel weird. i wish you had relaxed more. etc.
Hey, I thought I was dead but here I am, posting. The nurses just loaded 200 pounds of my poetry onto palletes then a truck, so who ever wants to publish everything I’ve written on the crapper in the last 3 months can have at it. Editors, just print it all, as that dickbrain in the earlier post suggested editors do. DFW: don’t take it too hard. At least you weren’t wearing an adult diaper when you wrote your best work, as I am.
you were kind of hard to talk to in person because you mostly copped the same attitude that you use online. online i like it. in person i just wanted to hang out. you were aggressive. it made me feel weird. i wish you had relaxed more. etc.
Hey, I thought I was dead but here I am, posting. The nurses just loaded 200 pounds of my poetry onto palletes then a truck, so who ever wants to publish everything I’ve written on the crapper in the last 3 months can have at it. Editors, just print it all, as that dickbrain in the earlier post suggested editors do. DFW: don’t take it too hard. At least you weren’t wearing an adult diaper when you wrote your best work, as I am.
i’d say that the site is a trap for pussy you are trying to trap. stop stalking women on the internet.
what’s a better name for a band? “Fucking White Male Heterosexuals” or just “White Male Heterosexuals”
i feel like the latter is more subtle.
Drew, you’re ugly and no matter what your mommy told you, you have no talent and will die alone. How’s that?
i’d say that the site is a trap for pussy you are trying to trap. stop stalking women on the internet.
what’s a better name for a band? “Fucking White Male Heterosexuals” or just “White Male Heterosexuals”
i feel like the latter is more subtle.
Drew, you’re ugly and no matter what your mommy told you, you have no talent and will die alone. How’s that?
Come here Reynard, I’ve got a fistfull for you. And what’s your name, anyway, etomylogically speaking? It seems a mix of “retard” and something French.
Come here Reynard, I’ve got a fistfull for you. And what’s your name, anyway, etomylogically speaking? It seems a mix of “retard” and something French.
You expected this to be better? Clearly you haven’t been paying attention to your readership.
ZING!
You expected this to be better? Clearly you haven’t been paying attention to your readership.
ZING!
hahaha
next week should be matt simmons week. posts about cats and old video games. i’m gonna go sit in a rocking chair. this comment is not disingenuously toned.
hahaha
next week should be matt simmons week. posts about cats and old video games. i’m gonna go sit in a rocking chair. this comment is not disingenuously toned.
Word. What the hell is poetry?
Every week is Matthew Simmons week.
Word. What the hell is poetry?
Every week is Matthew Simmons week.
Nurse?
Nurse?
Blake, it’s not that you were once fat. Even Catherine Lacey was once fat before her ongoing struggles with anorexia. And it’s not that you have become a total buttface who doesn’t know how to run a business like Tao Lin’s parents. It’s that you are really, truly a boring fucking douchebag. I mean, not even your own sense of self-importance is that interesting.
By the way, I think you gave me chlamydia.
i actually wouldn’t mind a matt simmons week. he should do a photo essay on the bookstore he works at, maybe talk more about jello horse, and a self-done word spaces, maybe post his metal music. also his weird youtube lessons. i feel matt simmons is enigmatic man and need to know more.
Blake, it’s not that you were once fat. Even Catherine Lacey was once fat before her ongoing struggles with anorexia. And it’s not that you have become a total buttface who doesn’t know how to run a business like Tao Lin’s parents. It’s that you are really, truly a boring fucking douchebag. I mean, not even your own sense of self-importance is that interesting.
By the way, I think you gave me chlamydia.
i actually wouldn’t mind a matt simmons week. he should do a photo essay on the bookstore he works at, maybe talk more about jello horse, and a self-done word spaces, maybe post his metal music. also his weird youtube lessons. i feel matt simmons is enigmatic man and need to know more.
omg
omg
thank you lyn, whoever you are, just the kind of abuse i need to get me through the day!
58 shy of 500 and you fuckers run out of steam?
thank you lyn, whoever you are, just the kind of abuse i need to get me through the day!
58 shy of 500 and you fuckers run out of steam?
It may well be out of hand. But still, I’m digging it
second best comment of the night, right after jereme’s.
drew needs beat up every couple of days to feel special.
phillies are playing now you asshole, go be normal for once.
It may well be out of hand. But still, I’m digging it
second best comment of the night, right after jereme’s.
drew needs beat up every couple of days to feel special.
phillies are playing now you asshole, go be normal for once.
im watching it man. go phils.
you gonna rip the fucking city up again this year when its over? i hope so.
hopefully this time i’ll start a dumpster fire instead of just throwing bottles at one.
it means fox in german (renard in french). you know, robin hood before there was a robin hood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynard_cycle
i hope this really is lyn lifshin because a 67 yr-old calling me a retard might be the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me.
im watching it man. go phils.
you gonna rip the fucking city up again this year when its over? i hope so.
hopefully this time i’ll start a dumpster fire instead of just throwing bottles at one.
it means fox in german (renard in french). you know, robin hood before there was a robin hood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynard_cycle
i hope this really is lyn lifshin because a 67 yr-old calling me a retard might be the coolest thing that’s ever happened to me.
Ignore him, everybody. Barry is starring in his own bukkake film.
Ignore him, everybody. Barry is starring in his own bukkake film.
we dont use that word in america.
whats with you fucks from the uk polluting our literature and our language. do your own thing.
Nicely done, sir
we dont use that word in america.
whats with you fucks from the uk polluting our literature and our language. do your own thing.
Nicely done, sir
Tao, I would like to comment about that book. Send me a free copy like you send free copies of everything to everyone who comments. I just want my book before I comment on my blog. Send it to Anonymous, c/o General Delivery, New York, NY 10011. Thank you for your assistance.
Tao, I would like to comment about that book. Send me a free copy like you send free copies of everything to everyone who comments. I just want my book before I comment on my blog. Send it to Anonymous, c/o General Delivery, New York, NY 10011. Thank you for your assistance.
Dick’s cat sack
Dick’s cat sack
Blake-
You need some spin-offs.
HTML midget
HTML meanies
HTML pussies
I see a whole empire in the making.
Then make it better. get mean, jam rag!
Blake-
You need some spin-offs.
HTML midget
HTML meanies
HTML pussies
I see a whole empire in the making.
Then make it better. get mean, jam rag!
I would like to know more about those people before I can comment. Can you tell me something about them?
I would like to know more about those people before I can comment. Can you tell me something about them?
this is the best one yet
Except for Miley Cyrus and Degrassi, I don’t know who any of these people are. Can’t you have some sort of chart that explains who is who.
I think we’re violating the spirit of Mean Week, because I’m about to state a lot of agreement.
I think we’re in complete agreement about where anonymity really is a clear negative. While we may define “abuse” differently, I doubt that it’s that wide a difference, based on your comments.
There’s an element that you almost raise, in getting to the specific case of HTMLGIANT: for better or worse, the norms in this community are for non-anonymity, so those choosing to post anonymously do so with a degree of assumed bad intent. And often, that is the case. People who are just here to throw shitbags at people, cackle and leave reinforce the local preference for accountability. If Blake were to change his policy, as is his right, I don’t think it would actually interfere much with the type or nature of conversation on the site, but a handful of non-troll voices might vanish. And it would get the nonproductive shit-throwers to either slink away or man up (I think there is a category of “productive shit-throwers”, but that’s probably a topic for another discussion).
Here’s where I think you’ve got a heck of an argument: “If someone makes the choice to comment anonymously then they are, in a way, making that choice because they feel what they have to say is important. And if something is important to someone–important enough to enter into a dialogue with complete or relative strangers in an online forum–then shouldn’t there be some accountability?” My instinct has always been to say that first-degree accountability comes in the form of the IP ban and the fact that Blake or his other site counterpart has my email address, but I also have seen enough flame wars to know that unchecked, unaccountable forum warriors can destroy communities, even ones that do ban offenders. Leaving the trolls aside, though, there is a different type of accountability and “presence” that I think you’re describing that is a notable difference between “itl” and the internet: when the going gets rough in an online debate, the anonymous can vanish without making a case or taking a blow to their dignity. That’s a real shortcoming, and my use of “man up” above (I think) indicates that I basically share your opinion.
I guess I have just enough of a libertarian steak in me to hope that people’s better natures prevail, and that they stay in the fight or admit they’re wrong. This runs counter to the evidence, so in practical terms, you’ve got me. Ideally, anonymity should be absolutely unremarkable, but abuses and weakness of some who use it does make the practice suspect. I’m not convinced that revoking it doesn’t stifle more than it opens up.
this is the best one yet
Except for Miley Cyrus and Degrassi, I don’t know who any of these people are. Can’t you have some sort of chart that explains who is who.
I think we’re violating the spirit of Mean Week, because I’m about to state a lot of agreement.
I think we’re in complete agreement about where anonymity really is a clear negative. While we may define “abuse” differently, I doubt that it’s that wide a difference, based on your comments.
There’s an element that you almost raise, in getting to the specific case of HTMLGIANT: for better or worse, the norms in this community are for non-anonymity, so those choosing to post anonymously do so with a degree of assumed bad intent. And often, that is the case. People who are just here to throw shitbags at people, cackle and leave reinforce the local preference for accountability. If Blake were to change his policy, as is his right, I don’t think it would actually interfere much with the type or nature of conversation on the site, but a handful of non-troll voices might vanish. And it would get the nonproductive shit-throwers to either slink away or man up (I think there is a category of “productive shit-throwers”, but that’s probably a topic for another discussion).
Here’s where I think you’ve got a heck of an argument: “If someone makes the choice to comment anonymously then they are, in a way, making that choice because they feel what they have to say is important. And if something is important to someone–important enough to enter into a dialogue with complete or relative strangers in an online forum–then shouldn’t there be some accountability?” My instinct has always been to say that first-degree accountability comes in the form of the IP ban and the fact that Blake or his other site counterpart has my email address, but I also have seen enough flame wars to know that unchecked, unaccountable forum warriors can destroy communities, even ones that do ban offenders. Leaving the trolls aside, though, there is a different type of accountability and “presence” that I think you’re describing that is a notable difference between “itl” and the internet: when the going gets rough in an online debate, the anonymous can vanish without making a case or taking a blow to their dignity. That’s a real shortcoming, and my use of “man up” above (I think) indicates that I basically share your opinion.
I guess I have just enough of a libertarian steak in me to hope that people’s better natures prevail, and that they stay in the fight or admit they’re wrong. This runs counter to the evidence, so in practical terms, you’ve got me. Ideally, anonymity should be absolutely unremarkable, but abuses and weakness of some who use it does make the practice suspect. I’m not convinced that revoking it doesn’t stifle more than it opens up.
beautiful
beautiful
This helps a little but I think it will take me a while to figure out the differences between all these people. Are they really important? Am I missing something by not exactly knowing who is who? Please help me. I want to be a writer.
Meanwhile, Barry and Drew are living up to their more than slightly queer reputations by engaging in a little game of mutual masturbation in which they switch jacking each other off between innings.
This helps a little but I think it will take me a while to figure out the differences between all these people. Are they really important? Am I missing something by not exactly knowing who is who? Please help me. I want to be a writer.
Meanwhile, Barry and Drew are living up to their more than slightly queer reputations by engaging in a little game of mutual masturbation in which they switch jacking each other off between innings.
Sorry David, looks like I posted my response above yours. Not sure how to respond to a right-tier comment without doing that. Anyhow, scroll up.
Sorry David, looks like I posted my response above yours. Not sure how to respond to a right-tier comment without doing that. Anyhow, scroll up.
i never denied my fagness and enjoyment of mutual homo masturbation. whats your point?
i never denied my fagness and enjoyment of mutual homo masturbation. whats your point?
Hey, I know you, I thiink. You were the old Tao Lin, weren’t you?
Hey, some of us don’t have anything better to do with our time than stare like drugged-up housecats at whatever shiny bullshit the giant dangles onscreen, so leave ’em alone.
Hey, I know you, I thiink. You were the old Tao Lin, weren’t you?
Hey, some of us don’t have anything better to do with our time than stare like drugged-up housecats at whatever shiny bullshit the giant dangles onscreen, so leave ’em alone.
I scrolled down a lot as I couldn’t follow most of it. I have to get back to work. How do you people have so much time to make these comments?
I scrolled down a lot as I couldn’t follow most of it. I have to get back to work. How do you people have so much time to make these comments?
Are those two guys the same person? Seems like it.
Are those two guys the same person? Seems like it.
You’re a fag.
You’re a fag.
Fucking internet. For a print journal, every included author costs money. Somebody submitting a 3-minute prose poem is basically telling me, “look, now I deserve a free copy! Send it here.” If I’m going to give away a contributor’s copy for a one-page story it better be phenofuckingomenal.
Blake, I wanted to read your book, but I went to the bookstore and found the design (concept) so cheesy / obvious / literal / that I lost trust in your authorship + could not buy it.
Fucking internet. For a print journal, every included author costs money. Somebody submitting a 3-minute prose poem is basically telling me, “look, now I deserve a free copy! Send it here.” If I’m going to give away a contributor’s copy for a one-page story it better be phenofuckingomenal.
Blake, I wanted to read your book, but I went to the bookstore and found the design (concept) so cheesy / obvious / literal / that I lost trust in your authorship + could not buy it.
The em dash is parethetical
The em dash is parethetical
Adam Humphreys displays his critical acumen by refusing to evaluate the merits of a text by analyzing it’s packaging. Fag.
Adam Humphreys displays his critical acumen by refusing to evaluate the merits of a text by analyzing it’s packaging. Fag.
It’s what people who can’t write fiction write.
It’s what people who can’t write fiction write.
at a reading this older dad-aged guy with a foot brace and a collar shirt came up and sat real close to me with his face and asked why i’d made the book black and that instead it should have been bright yellow because he likes irony and that if the book is reprinted it should be bright yellow and then he stood up and went to get a cup of wine
at a reading this older dad-aged guy with a foot brace and a collar shirt came up and sat real close to me with his face and asked why i’d made the book black and that instead it should have been bright yellow because he likes irony and that if the book is reprinted it should be bright yellow and then he stood up and went to get a cup of wine
“It’s what people who can’t write fiction write.”
i thought this was mean week. not stupid week.
No shit. I live nearby and thought about leading a lynch mob. I don’t know how many mobbers you can fit into a 96 Camry, though.
“It’s what people who can’t write fiction write.”
i thought this was mean week. not stupid week.
No shit. I live nearby and thought about leading a lynch mob. I don’t know how many mobbers you can fit into a 96 Camry, though.
the reprint should also be retitled “subtler design atlas”
the reprint should also be retitled “subtler design atlas”
“It’s that you are really, truly a boring fucking douchebag. I mean, not even your own sense of self-importance is that interesting.”
Actually, Blake, I think you got me pregnant. Don’t worry. I’ll abort it. Retarded children help make the flowers grow.
“It’s that you are really, truly a boring fucking douchebag. I mean, not even your own sense of self-importance is that interesting.”
Actually, Blake, I think you got me pregnant. Don’t worry. I’ll abort it. Retarded children help make the flowers grow.
not sure if this is good or bad, I don’t wear contact lenses though
“it doesn’t look like a giant.”
get a bigger screen, moron.
not sure if this is good or bad, I don’t wear contact lenses though
“it doesn’t look like a giant.”
get a bigger screen, moron.
Get it? Because it’s an insult *and* ironically politically incorrect!
Get it? Because it’s an insult *and* ironically politically incorrect!
fuck “marginalized” people who can’t talk about anything else.
fuck “marginalized” people who can’t talk about anything else.
For Blake Butler, “mean” means not saying thank you after asking mom to pass the butter. (I hear she’s now using birth control. Better late than never.)
For Blake Butler, “mean” means not saying thank you after asking mom to pass the butter. (I hear she’s now using birth control. Better late than never.)
I think ambition usually is a false guise. Most people I know who actually have talent aren’t the ones breaking their backs to “make it” or “get respect” or show how clever they are. And I think the 6 million threads about grammar “no-no’s” would be understandable if this were like… you know… a fuckin’ teachers meeting. These people are supposed to be writers. Writers write, teachers teach.
I think ambition usually is a false guise. Most people I know who actually have talent aren’t the ones breaking their backs to “make it” or “get respect” or show how clever they are. And I think the 6 million threads about grammar “no-no’s” would be understandable if this were like… you know… a fuckin’ teachers meeting. These people are supposed to be writers. Writers write, teachers teach.
Fuck mean week, man. As always, well-said. I’m glad we hashed this out. I look forward to the next time we have a disagreement/miscommunication.
Fuck mean week, man. As always, well-said. I’m glad we hashed this out. I look forward to the next time we have a disagreement/miscommunication.
Really? You guys don’t like my “suite”?
Really? You guys don’t like my “suite”?
blowjobs, janey. i could give myself a handjob if i wanted one.
blowjobs, janey. i could give myself a handjob if i wanted one.
The funniest part about those “edgy” titles is that the story within is usually boring as fuck. Just more shit where each sentence begins with the same name or pronoun. And you can hear the voice dragging in monotone in the back of your head, and you just want to go out back and shoot yourself in head to get it to stop. To put it out of your fucking misery.
Why do people CHOOSE to be so boring?
The funniest part about those “edgy” titles is that the story within is usually boring as fuck. Just more shit where each sentence begins with the same name or pronoun. And you can hear the voice dragging in monotone in the back of your head, and you just want to go out back and shoot yourself in head to get it to stop. To put it out of your fucking misery.
Why do people CHOOSE to be so boring?
man you are one funny bitch tonight janey, i mean seriously. i would almost find it attractive if frumpy cat-lady twats were my kind of thing.
man you are one funny bitch tonight janey, i mean seriously. i would almost find it attractive if frumpy cat-lady twats were my kind of thing.
Sorry. I was at work all day.
Sorry. I was at work all day.
dude. 1 and 0.
fuck yes.
That’s because all white males look the same.
dude. 1 and 0.
fuck yes.
That’s because all white males look the same.
I just ate nachos, Level 18.
I just ate nachos, Level 18.
specificity will only cause them to become more popular negating the purpose of mean week which is supposed to demean people in a fragile state of uncertainty, and make them shave their heads (or genital areas, or eyebrows) and then have them disappear completely. but it’ll go how that fiasco did in real life. hair will be shaven (or rather, prose/poetry deleted and/or revamped) and then they’ll score a multi-million book deal and email me shit-stained hundred dollar bills.
yes, i said email, because thats how fucking lame they are.
specificity will only cause them to become more popular negating the purpose of mean week which is supposed to demean people in a fragile state of uncertainty, and make them shave their heads (or genital areas, or eyebrows) and then have them disappear completely. but it’ll go how that fiasco did in real life. hair will be shaven (or rather, prose/poetry deleted and/or revamped) and then they’ll score a multi-million book deal and email me shit-stained hundred dollar bills.
yes, i said email, because thats how fucking lame they are.
Too many fucking comments on this post. Aren’t y’all supposed to be writing?
Too many fucking comments on this post. Aren’t y’all supposed to be writing?
dennis’s is my first home, htmlgiant is where i go at work when the male slaves can’t pop up on my screen
dennis’s is my first home, htmlgiant is where i go at work when the male slaves can’t pop up on my screen
500!!!
500!!!
fuck htmlgiant for only loading 9% of the time on my home computer
I hate mean week. Thank you PHM and Matthew.
fuck htmlgiant for only loading 9% of the time on my home computer
I hate mean week. Thank you PHM and Matthew.
i can’t believe i read all this shit. i kept on reading, hoping for humor or meanness or fucking entertainment. instead: shit.
entertain me, fuckers.
(please)
i can’t believe i read all this shit. i kept on reading, hoping for humor or meanness or fucking entertainment. instead: shit.
entertain me, fuckers.
(please)
WHERE THE FUCK IS PR YOU DIRTY ROTTEN FUCKING HTMLCUNTS?????????????????????????????????????
holy fuck people.
WHERE THE FUCK IS PR YOU DIRTY ROTTEN FUCKING HTMLCUNTS?????????????????????????????????????
holy fuck people.
Blake Buttface and
Blake Buttface and
Blake Buttface and the HTMLCUNTS, great name for a punk rock band.
Blake Buttface and the HTMLCUNTS, great name for a punk rock band.
fuck “non-marginalized” people who think that talking about marginalization means you have nothing else to talk about
fuck “non-marginalized” people who think that talking about marginalization means you have nothing else to talk about
Shut the fuck up. I don’t give a fuck you fucking buttface motherfucker.
Shut the fuck up. I don’t give a fuck you fucking buttface motherfucker.
Fuck Amersand Review. Respond to my motherfucking submission.
Fuck Amersand Review. Respond to my motherfucking submission.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Also the decomP ad literally looks like poop.
From a butt.
Also the decomP ad literally looks like poop.
From a butt.
fuck sean and his incessant nacho ratings
fuck sean and his incessant nacho ratings
i just saw that Blake had already said fuck sean’s nacho talk. i guess i should actually read this blog sometimes.
truck nuts are pretty funny. i want to put some on my volvo. swedish nuts.
i just saw that Blake had already said fuck sean’s nacho talk. i guess i should actually read this blog sometimes.
truck nuts are pretty funny. i want to put some on my volvo. swedish nuts.
“or at least too many posts everyday”
I hate when people use “everyday” when they mean “every day.”
It’s dumb and it gets that song “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone stuck in my head.
“or at least too many posts everyday”
I hate when people use “everyday” when they mean “every day.”
It’s dumb and it gets that song “Everyday People” by Sly and the Family Stone stuck in my head.
so pedantic.
so pedantic.
“mean” is a such a gay word
“mean” is a such a gay word
i’m glad i read this exchange.
i’m glad i read this exchange.
and here I thought bukkake always had a nice ring to it.
and here I thought bukkake always had a nice ring to it.
And Cathedral is a fucking rip-off of a much better story, D.H. Lawrence’s “The Blind Man.”
And Cathedral is a fucking rip-off of a much better story, D.H. Lawrence’s “The Blind Man.”
Next time I come to this sandbox I’m going to bring a metal-detector, because when I dig with my hands all I usually come up with is cat shit.
Next time I come to this sandbox I’m going to bring a metal-detector, because when I dig with my hands all I usually come up with is cat shit.
The Mac vs. PC tiredness and the lame “can flash fiction be great?” debate being the worst of the time-suck.
The Mac vs. PC tiredness and the lame “can flash fiction be great?” debate being the worst of the time-suck.
try harder
try harder
this thread has made “fuck” lose all its meaning.
this thread has made “fuck” lose all its meaning.
I like it.
I like it.
fuck’s meaning?
Thank god you’re here.
fuck’s meaning?
Thank god you’re here.
ah, jezuz. fucking stab yourself in the throat with some scissors.
ah, jezuz. fucking stab yourself in the throat with some scissors.
Shit. Love this. “it doesn’t even look like a giant.” It doesn’t!
Shit. Love this. “it doesn’t even look like a giant.” It doesn’t!
anonymous, that’s just stupid. this is mean weak, not “weak ass shit comment” week. no name, no brain.
anonymous, that’s just stupid. this is mean weak, not “weak ass shit comment” week. no name, no brain.
it’s really me you fox-tard. come to my nursing home and let’s go one round before i’m on life-support. i’ll write a pound of poetry about you and the experience. really, kid, i love ya. all in jest. but do do me, would ya?
it’s really me you fox-tard. come to my nursing home and let’s go one round before i’m on life-support. i’ll write a pound of poetry about you and the experience. really, kid, i love ya. all in jest. but do do me, would ya?
yep, he’s a frat boy all right.
frat boy frat boy frat boy frat boy fra — ahh hell, my joints are swollen. frat boy or not, i can’t type as quick as you. good on ya barry, you tub of lard.
yep, he’s a frat boy all right.
frat boy frat boy frat boy frat boy fra — ahh hell, my joints are swollen. frat boy or not, i can’t type as quick as you. good on ya barry, you tub of lard.
frat boy
frat boy
god my corns are killing me.
god my corns are killing me.
Sid’s wife’s pussy is a quitter only when his dick gets near it. For everyone else, it’s good to go.
Sid’s wife’s pussy is a quitter only when his dick gets near it. For everyone else, it’s good to go.
This is why you are Ellen Sparker #oneletteroffeditors
This is why you are Ellen Sparker #oneletteroffeditors
if you paypal $10k to candcmagazine{at}gmail.com i will think about it, long and hard
if you paypal $10k to candcmagazine{at}gmail.com i will think about it, long and hard
Blogging is the incestuous wife of writing.
alternately. . .
Blogging is the field nigger of writing.
– –
Okay,
Father Luke
Blogging is the incestuous wife of writing.
alternately. . .
Blogging is the field nigger of writing.
– –
Okay,
Father Luke
Or the people it takes three months to write a real prose poem. Most flash is fail.
Or the people it takes three months to write a real prose poem. Most flash is fail.
I KNOW i could take Blake Butler in a fight. Therefore I challenge him to a boxing match at AWP. I’ll bring the gloves if we’re on…
I KNOW i could take Blake Butler in a fight. Therefore I challenge him to a boxing match at AWP. I’ll bring the gloves if we’re on…
O those people who write poetry because they can’t write fiction: you mean Ondaatje, Bolano, Hemingway… The best fiction writers are just writing fiction because they can’t make money as a poet…
O those people who write poetry because they can’t write fiction: you mean Ondaatje, Bolano, Hemingway… The best fiction writers are just writing fiction because they can’t make money as a poet…
Five people I would punch in the face repeatedly and not stop until someone pulled me off of their bloody neck whole:
Gilbert Godfrey
Tyra Banks
Nancy Grace
Glen Beck
Any of the Jonas or Madden Bros
Honorable Mention:
Billy Ray Cyrus
Man I have problems, violent problems today.
Five people I would punch in the face repeatedly and not stop until someone pulled me off of their bloody neck whole:
Gilbert Godfrey
Tyra Banks
Nancy Grace
Glen Beck
Any of the Jonas or Madden Bros
Honorable Mention:
Billy Ray Cyrus
Man I have problems, violent problems today.
I seriously would box any contributor to HTML at AWP
I seriously would box any contributor to HTML at AWP
I love you Lyn. No wait. It’s hate week so I’ll hate you for being four thousand more times prolific than I’ll ever be. I will also hate you for spelling “through” as “thru’ in some of your poems. While I’m at it, I’ll hate Billy Collins, Poetry Fucking Magazine, and anyone who has had a pic in APR.
I love you Lyn. No wait. It’s hate week so I’ll hate you for being four thousand more times prolific than I’ll ever be. I will also hate you for spelling “through” as “thru’ in some of your poems. While I’m at it, I’ll hate Billy Collins, Poetry Fucking Magazine, and anyone who has had a pic in APR.
I just went to the little Mexican dive down the road last night and ate nachos.
I just went to the little Mexican dive down the road last night and ate nachos.
except me. although size kinda doesnt matter in a fight i’m 6’4 205lbs.
and like getting into fights…
except me. although size kinda doesnt matter in a fight i’m 6’4 205lbs.
and like getting into fights…
Well, what do you think I found in my stool today? GUESS!! GUESS YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!!
Well, what do you think I found in my stool today? GUESS!! GUESS YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!!
I need a palate cleanser.
Think I’ll go hang out at Cake Wrecks.
I need a palate cleanser.
Think I’ll go hang out at Cake Wrecks.
just boot him and get somebody else, there was a waiting list, yes?
just boot him and get somebody else, there was a waiting list, yes?
Great stuff guys. I mean, you all suck. Fuck. Pussy.
Great stuff guys. I mean, you all suck. Fuck. Pussy.
Amelia. Yes.
Also, I hate it when people say they hate all modernist poets. Really? Because I’m pretty sure the way you write was at least an eensy bit influenced by them. And that if you were alive back in the day, T.S. Eliot would have been your DFW. But thanks for playing.
Amelia. Yes.
Also, I hate it when people say they hate all modernist poets. Really? Because I’m pretty sure the way you write was at least an eensy bit influenced by them. And that if you were alive back in the day, T.S. Eliot would have been your DFW. But thanks for playing.
fuck you and your goddam meanings.
fuck you and your goddam meanings.
A for effort
A for effort
You people are fucking mean, and you fucking suck. Go fuck your collected selves!
You people are fucking mean, and you fucking suck. Go fuck your collected selves!
Seth Abramson is a weenie
Seth Abramson is a weenie
these are boring and obvious
these are boring and obvious
the slaves are my favorite. I dont like it as well when it’s escorts instead of slaves.
the slaves are my favorite. I dont like it as well when it’s escorts instead of slaves.
Barry I hope someone bites off your stupid dick. Do you have a girlfriend? Who would put up with your shit
Barry I hope someone bites off your stupid dick. Do you have a girlfriend? Who would put up with your shit
You’re right — I found a dog turd.
You’re right — I found a dog turd.
This thread feels like the end of “Reservoir Dogs.”
This thread feels like the end of “Reservoir Dogs.”
is that motherfucking comic sans on your website?
oh, and i see you have a mission statement, about how you are a writer, in typewriter font. oh.
anyway, see you in hell, father luke. i assume you’ll be one of the bros in the white hoods?
is that motherfucking comic sans on your website?
oh, and i see you have a mission statement, about how you are a writer, in typewriter font. oh.
anyway, see you in hell, father luke. i assume you’ll be one of the bros in the white hoods?
yep he did make them in his throat and on my …
yep he did make them in his throat and on my …
yeah, I was drunk… but lets do it. we could charge people at the door of my room to watch…
yeah, I was drunk… but lets do it. we could charge people at the door of my room to watch…
F. Luke, I’m still waiting to hear what evidence you have of my plaigarism, since you accused me of it on Zygote messageboard and then promptly disappeared.
F. Luke, I’m still waiting to hear what evidence you have of my plaigarism, since you accused me of it on Zygote messageboard and then promptly disappeared.
Oh yeah:
And Mather Schneider is a plagiarist!
We got your mean right here bubbah!
Oh yeah:
And Mather Schneider is a plagiarist!
We got your mean right here bubbah!
This thread is about as mean as my grandmother’s freshly laundered handkerchiefs.
This thread is about as mean as my grandmother’s freshly laundered handkerchiefs.
How’s that stretched out Wills pussy treating you?
How’s that stretched out Wills pussy treating you?
Mather Schneider steals people’s work and claims it as his own.
Mather Schneider steals people’s work and claims it as his own.
Pssssst! Mather Schneider steals other people’s work and claims it as his own. PASS IT ON!
Pssssst! Mather Schneider steals other people’s work and claims it as his own. PASS IT ON!
Matt, love is all we need. I love you, but the Beatles not so much.
Matt, love is all we need. I love you, but the Beatles not so much.
Father Schneider feels other people’s junk and makes them moan. pass it on.
Father Schneider feels other people’s junk and makes them moan. pass it on.
This thread, and whipped cream, make for about as mean as the internet gets.
Imagination.
Words.
Lame.
This thread, and whipped cream, make for about as mean as the internet gets.
Imagination.
Words.
Lame.
let’s talk about this
let’s talk about this
physician, heal thyself!
physician, heal thyself!
Rock on, Mike. I feel that.
Class is the one issue that unites all races and people. I can’t stand these comfortable choads who think that because they’ve spent their lives in amniotic cocoons that the world is an okay place for people who don’t have things handed to them. Reality contradicts them every time they drive through the gentrified districts of Atlanta or Baltimore or anywhere else, yet still they deny the decay that needless poverty breeds. I’d be more comfortable with people who were at least willing to be honest about their neo-capitalist/aristocratic ideals. Instead, since they have no ground to stand on, and can’t or won’t pretend they’re one of us, they just pretend the issue doesn’t exist.
Rock on, Mike. I feel that.
Class is the one issue that unites all races and people. I can’t stand these comfortable choads who think that because they’ve spent their lives in amniotic cocoons that the world is an okay place for people who don’t have things handed to them. Reality contradicts them every time they drive through the gentrified districts of Atlanta or Baltimore or anywhere else, yet still they deny the decay that needless poverty breeds. I’d be more comfortable with people who were at least willing to be honest about their neo-capitalist/aristocratic ideals. Instead, since they have no ground to stand on, and can’t or won’t pretend they’re one of us, they just pretend the issue doesn’t exist.
marry me
I just made a noise at that. It was my expression of amazement.
marry me
I just made a noise at that. It was my expression of amazement.
nice
nice
You’ll have to fight me for it.
You’ll have to fight me for it.
I’m Father Luke, too!
I’m Father Luke, too!
disregard that. i suck cocks.
disregard that. i suck cocks.
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