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Indirect Praise

George Saunders defines comedy as "the indirect praise of perfection". This is a place for principled mockery of goings-on in politics and the arts, but hopefully always in the service of something better.

There will also be direct praise, as and when something deserves it.

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  • seoulbrother:


Six years ago Wikipedia started with a radical idea. That’s true. I ain’t promising you nothing extra. I’m just giving you life and you’re giving me life. And I’m saying that men can live together without butchering one another.
Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. ‘Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That’s just the way it is.
Dyin’ ain’t much of a living, boy.
Please consider a generous donation to the Wikimedia Foundation.

 UPDATE: Download the Safari extension by Troy Gaul that puts this on Wikipedia. After installing, see it in action here. (via Daring Fireball)

    seoulbrother:

    Six years ago Wikipedia started with a radical idea. That’s true. I ain’t promising you nothing extra. I’m just giving you life and you’re giving me life. And I’m saying that men can live together without butchering one another.

    Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. ‘Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That’s just the way it is.

    Dyin’ ain’t much of a living, boy.

    Please consider a generous donation to the Wikimedia Foundation.


    UPDATE: Download the Safari extension by Troy Gaul that puts this on Wikipedia. After installing, see it in action here. (via Daring Fireball)

    Posted on December 11, 2010 via SeoulBrother with 224 notes

    Source: seoulbrother

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