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1
I'm so glad that Alison would never say any of these things.
2
REGARDLESS OF HOW FUNNY AND RELEVANT YOU THINK THIS MEME IS, IT WAS AWFUL FROM DAY ZERO.
3
"but these trifles are mere quibbles."

Seriously, it has to be really hard for anyone to churn out worthwhile criticism on a deadline week after week.

My column would be: "This [art] is about ____ . It's kinda like [artworks] x, y, and z. I [liked/did not like] [art]."

WHEREZ MY CHECK

4
Some of these were funny, albeit in that degraded "because it's true" sense, but this guy's delivery needs some work. By which I mean that I want to set him on fire.
5
I was too distracted by his resemblance to Kate Brown to pay much attention, but I laughed at the way he said "laaaapidary prooose."
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@ geyser "albeit in that degraded 'because it's true' sense"

EXPLAIN. what's degraded about humor based in real worldy observations?
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Nothing, just that there should be more to the joke than the observation. IMO, outstanding humor has truth in it, but it's not funny just because it's true. It should engage with a reaction more than just "oh, that's so true." Again, some of these were really funny, but I guess I just don't like this tack or meme or whatever it is. A great comic like George Carlin would start with an original observational joke and then build on it in a way that showed lots of insight and thought that makes it funnier. A mediocre comedian or comedy writer will just comfort people with observations about what is already familiar and safe to them. "Don't you hate it when you're buying something embarrassing at the store and they announce what you're buying loudly?" Ha ha, oh yeah, that's really embarrassing. etc.
Again, a lot of this was funny, and people who read lots of blurbs and reviews can relate to it.
8
I thought we'd moved on to that six-photos-of-what-various-people-think-I-do meme...
9
"real worldy"? Really Allison? Really? I personally would have preferred if it was "real worldley" which would perhaps impart more of a foreign flavor, which couldn't hurt
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@geyser i just composed a thousand word response to your comment before realizing it could be summarized as "agreed."

@tommy yeah that's the one I meant!
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Alison, I find you un-put-down-able.

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