In the same spirit is John Barnes's I Hate Snark [1] blog post. An excerpt: > Snark is the universal solvent of cultural conversation. Someone mentions Hemin

In the same spirit is John Barnes's I Hate Snark [1] blog post. An excerpt: > Snark is the universal solvent of cultural conversation. Someone mentions Hemingway; you mention cross-dressing, drinking, and short choppy sentences. Not only did you not have to read Hemingway, you have one-upped the other person by not having read it; you know more about it than they do because you know the important thing, that Hemingway doesn't need to be read. [1] http://thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-hate-snark.html http://thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-hate-snark.html