I'm well under forty and enjoyed the article immensely. While that normally would disprove your observation, it's probably just the dubious honor of falling wi

I'm well under forty and enjoyed the article immensely. While that normally would disprove your observation, it's probably just the dubious honor of falling within one of the article's "well-known fucked-up life scripts" (I'm going with 40 < 40). You're right though, there is a lot of negative sentiment towards the article—some of it bordering on pure vitriol. Those people would do well to not take it so seriously. It's basically gallows humor, as you said.