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"Cocksteak" is indeed hilarious and could have only been created by true genius. It starts out with a word that generates guffaws on its own and strengthens it
by menloparkbum 18y ago
"Cocksteak" is indeed hilarious and could have only been created by true genius. It starts out with a word that generates guffaws on its own and strengthens it with imagery of slabby meatiness. The composition of the two pierces the rational mind and draws out autonomic "laffs" from deep within the humor cavities of our reptilian brains.
I just hope his startup, a web page that lists links to other web pages, does not get in the way of his truer literary calling.
edit: </sarcasm>
- gruseom 18y agoI kind of agree. He can be a very good (though uneven) writer. You couldn't possibly take the vulgarity out of his best stuff without rendering it, uh, flaccid. Great satirists can be witty, vulgar, and highly personal all at the same time and yet come across as hilarious rather than offensive. But you'd better be saying something good or true. If you miss the mark, you're just an asshole. The trouble with this piece is not that it's vulgar but that it's mostly unfunny and drab. And the trouble with the swipe at Paul Graham is not that it's vulgar (or even that it's personal) but that it's gratuitous. Edit: incidentally, your last sentence strikes me as a shrewd observation.
- ojbyrne 18y ago"true genius" is a little much. Maybe appropriate for the guy who started the whole concept with "asshat."
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