Whew, that was unfunny in a sort of novel way[0]. Not funny-unfunny like McSweeney's - aka "let's approach humor with a lab coat and pair of tweezers" - but an

Whew, that was unfunny in a sort of novel way[0]. Not funny-unfunny like McSweeney's - aka "let's approach humor with a lab coat and pair of tweezers" - but an experiment in how unfunny it would be to make a banality[1] that gets people furious at each other on the internet. [0] The effort itself not being novel, but the chutzpah in thinking their effort was notable. [0.a] New Yorker cartoon ed desk is notoriously nepotistic, gimmes to worthless nephews, well-connected old queens, and art-bum sexy young folks who, strangely, never seem to need to pay for anything in spite of having an apartment in Gramercy. I'm not accusing anyone of giving someone else a five G gig because they pose nude for your husband's VisArts prep eight times a month, I'm just pointing out the proximity of adjacent facts. [1] "It is funny that people do different things and are different. Also they have dongs!" PS: And, oh yeah, these comments will be amazing.