Want to have a laugh? Then please get yourself over to Garrett Murray’s That’s Not Art, a scathing indictment of angsty pseudo-art posted on Tumblr blogs (I refuse to say “Tumblogs” as that’s a pseudo-word). Yes, we’re laughing AT these people, but come on, this is ridiculous:
Murray’s commentary:
You are in love with a ghost? How did you meet? I’ve been trying to meet someone new for a while now, but these speed dating events are total crap. Every one of the women I’ve talked to seems to find me repulsive. A ghost, though, might be really into me.
I used to tell my wife she was so good at not paying attention that most times it seemed like she wasn’t even in the room. I’m thinking this is pretty much exactly how dating a ghost would feel. Except the ghost wouldn’t randomly jump back into the conversation to bitch and moan about how you refuse to take the recycling out.
A few more favorites after the jump.
This just seems pointless on every level, not to mention the insanely low quality of the image used. “I love love” is about as useful as writing, “I enjoy enjoyment” or “Fun is fun.” Nice handwriting, too. Perhaps instead of wasting time loving love, you should start trying to love penmanship.
Actually, of all the things about being a human, this is the one thing you never have to worry about. Your brain is amazingly adept at keeping you breathing, even after being stabbed, shot, or smashed to the head. It also keeps you breathing through long, boring office meetings, that romantic comedy your wife forced you to go to even though you would have rather seen District 9 and why does she always get to pick the movie anyway? I’m so tired of all these stupid Hugh Grant movies when we could be watching G.I. Joe or at least football or something. And don’t get me started on how annoying it is when her sister visits.
So yeah, if you’re feeling sarcastic today, here’s a whole bunch more.
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You won’t say Tumblogs, but you’ll say blog? Isn’t that also a pseudo word? I refuse to say the word blog out loud, in fact I’m a little angry that I’m even typing it. I put blog up with there with saying “za” instead of “pizza”.
posted by JitterBugs on 2-4-2010 at 3:35 pm
@JitterBugs – you make a good point. I guess I just gave up on “blog” after so many years in common usage. I mean, I write for a blog, what else can I really call it? A daily non-news website?
I do refuse to say “blogosphere” or “cyber-” anything. See, I have principles. Sort of.
posted by Chris Higgins on 2-4-2010 at 3:37 pm
My favorite one so far: Sand is VERY COMPLICATED.
Heehee. Nice post :)
posted by kimmy on 2-4-2010 at 4:13 pm
JitterBugs – so do you send people “electronic mail” from your “smart telephone”? Sometimes it’s not so bad to shorten a few words. Blog sounds much more natural than web-log. And with the amount of use it gets, it’s definitely a word now.
I can’t argue with Chris on his principles though. Sometimes it makes sense, sometimes it don’t.
posted by Bert on 2-4-2010 at 5:10 pm
You’ve got a problem with “tumblogs” but not “Tumblr”? How is it any different than the word “blog” for that matter?
posted by ronbailey on 2-4-2010 at 5:45 pm
I didn’t feel that the scathing indictments were much better than the angsty pseudo-art. Is that supposed to be some type of post-modern/meta-joke/irony type of thing, or is this just Internet Tough-Guy picks on Emo Kids? I’m not sure. Either way:
2 out of 10 – Would not visit again.
posted by PopeJamal on 2-4-2010 at 5:53 pm
blog is short for weblog, so you can just call it that?
posted by mcnuggets on 2-4-2010 at 6:16 pm
that hanging comma was making me crazy too
posted by LT on 2-4-2010 at 6:25 pm
Wow, people! Relax! It’s a funny little site. I didn’t realize this would turn into a ethical debate about the use of web words. By the way, blog is in the dictionary.
posted by Looloo on 2-4-2010 at 7:15 pm
Wait – does anyone really say “ZA” for PIZZA?!
posted by Josh on 2-5-2010 at 9:45 am