Thursday, August 31, 2006
Toothpaste For Embracing Award Nominee's Muscles
For my mind, I think a more appropriate question would be - "What the fuck does everyone see in Toothpaste For Dinner?" No, to be fair, I kind of get it sometimes but it's more in an 'Ah yes' knowing nod of the head kind of way, not in a haha that's funny kind of way. By and large, it's just got that 'I'm so smart I'm eating my own arse' quality that people just seem to love. It's not that i begrudge them or even dislike them (to any great degree) but it does surprise me just how successful things like Toothpaste For Dinner, White Ninja and A Softer World actually are? I guess it's a bit like modern art, there's a certain smug superiority when you get it and other people don't. It's like the pseudo-intellectuals way of flexing their muscles.
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i like it a lot, but it's definitely a different type of humor--you're right, only rarely is it the laugh-out-loud sort. it's more the read-for-three-hours-and-realize-you've-been-wasting-the-whole-day variety...
That post comes across a lot harsher than I remember and you hit the nail on the head. It is really one of those sites you kind of gorge on.
And your own comic is half bad either.
I meant isn't half bad either
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