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There was a bit of tongue-in-cheek tone to the article, as common in the New Yorker. I wouldn't read the first-rate brain bit as you did. It was a joke.
by xapata 9y ago
There was a bit of tongue-in-cheek tone to the article, as common in the New Yorker. I wouldn't read the first-rate brain bit as you did. It was a joke.
- umanwizard 9y agoIf you assume the New Yorker is joking every time they engage in smug class signaling, it does become much easier to stomach. But I'm not the person you're responding to and it really didn't sound like a joke to me either.
- xapata 9y agoUsually, describing oneself as being second-rate is an attempt at self-deprecating humor.