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    Image of psybab psybab
    09/22/09

    In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
    A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Douchebaggery
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    09/23/09

    @psybab: +1
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    Image of PattiF PattiF
    09/22/09

    In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
    I hate it when people do things.
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    Image of Drunken Economist Drunken Economist
    09/22/09

    In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
    Re; The last two, I'm trying to remember the iPhone reading apps that used to do that before the devs 'fixed those bugs.'

    Stanza? Kindle? Oh well, you steal old stale or even sample code, you get what you pay for.
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    09/22/09

    In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
    App of the future: For $6, a the McSweeney's author of your choice will come to your kid's party and make balloon animals and/or blurb your unpublished novel.
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    Image of Julia Allison Julia Allison
    09/22/09

    @olafhumbert: HA
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    Image of NigelAstydameia NigelAstydameia
    09/22/09

    In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
    "a half year of surprises, delivered straight to your pocket."

    Personally, I'd rather be surprised by finding the six bucks in my pocket.
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    09/22/09

    In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
    I've always been impressed by the fact that McSweeney's manages to do so much with what must be a relatively meager indie-press income.

    Still, since they're now charging $12 a year for these subscriptions, you'd think they could start paying something to the website contributors who'll be providing much of the material.
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    09/22/09

    @TedSez: You obviously don’t know Dave Eggers beginnings and the sad source of the funding. As much as I want to be annoyed by him, he could be doing worse things with his resources. And his whole childhood reading/tutoring thing is quite great.
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    09/22/09

    @SpyMagician: True dat. I volunteered for a few years at Eggers' 826 tutorial hubs in LA, and I relished it. I had so much fun reading books to these disadvantaged, public school kiddos, and leading them on field trips. Not a fan of Eggers' writing, per se, but I love how he uses his powers for good.
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    09/22/09

    @SpyMagician: I don't know what Eggers' beginnings have to do with a publication paying its writers if it becomes profitable enough to do so.
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    Image of straightbuggin straightbuggin
    09/23/09

    @SpyMagician: Seconded. As one of the early products of The 826 in NYC(though pfft, like kids in Park Slope are 'disadvantaged'), his reach does a lot for many kids.
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    09/23/09

    @straightbuggin: Well, it's not like kids in Park Slope are disadvantaged, but it is a good central location for a children's program and ever since I was a kid, parents from all over the city come to Park Slope for children's programs.

    Will say that an 826 Coney Island would be interesting. Could be a good fit actually if you think about it.
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    09/23/09

    @SpyMagician: perhaps it is, but when you think about, kids like me who really needed that outlet(I'm from Brownsville, people can't even pick it out on a subway map) have little to no access to it. I had to go halfway across Brooklyn to a shitty high school in order to even find 826. So the location hurts a little more than it helps.
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    09/22/09

    In reply to Everything Annoying in the Universe in One iPhone App
    roast beef and molly won't have that app either.

    [achewood.com]
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    Image of Marc Bolaño Marc Bolaño
    05/21/09

    In reply to Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
    Comment thread translator: Fuck you for being young and successful, Eggers! Unpublished or not, I have a novel too! I HAVE A NOVEL TOO!!!!
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    05/21/09

    @Marc Bolaño:


    Not entirely true. I don't have a novel.

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    Image of Marc Bolaño Marc Bolaño
    05/21/09

    @Smitros: I'm not saying it's impossible to genuinely dislike Eggers, by any stretch. I'm not a big fan myself. It's just that I'd be willing to bet that 90% of the comment hate, either at the publishing industry or at specific individuals within it, is coming from frustrated writers.
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    05/21/09

    @Marc Bolaño:


    I was being kind of a wiseass there (and seriously, I don't have a novel)--though I'm no stranger to crushing sour grapes. You have paid me the compliment of giving my crack a better response than it deserved. And I agree with your point.

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    05/21/09

    In reply to Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
    If Eggers was truly serious about providing self-help for the sad print people, he'd be doing his fertilizing -- um, I mean counseling -- on Twitter, and I'm talking 24/7.
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/21/09

    In reply to Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
    Seriously, why all the negativity towards Eggers? He's obviously talented and actually helps people in a meaningful way. I don't really care if he's cool or uncool or does this or that party or scene. His work is worth talking about.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    05/21/09

    @Mama Penguino: Sorry, earnestness is not permitted in this space.
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    05/21/09

    @Mama Penguino: I'm with you, Mama.


    To me, hating on Eggers, and everything he's accomplished -- even if it's not all of equal quality -- is the litmus test that singles out People Whose Primary Entertainment Is Finding More Things To Hate.


    Seriously, save it for the real literary phonies. I don't think there's a shortage of those around.

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    05/21/09

    @skahammer:


    Name names, please. I need a prompt.

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    05/22/09

    @Smitros: I'll ante with Tom Robbins, because he's the phony I've read the most, on friends' passionate and ultimately misguided advice.


    Then there's the whole fraudster set represented currently by James Frey (whose books I actually like, though).

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    Image of GORDONGARTRELLE GORDONGARTRELLE
    05/21/09

    In reply to Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
    CUT TO: DAVID GERGEN
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    05/21/09

    @GORDONGARTRELLE:


    Old school and insiderey! I like it.

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    Image of subpar subpar
    05/21/09

    In reply to Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
    Am I the only person aged 18-35 living in New York who does not enjoy reading anything Dave Eggers has written? Including that e-mail?
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    05/21/09

    @subpar: I don't live in NY but I find his writing style so overly precious. I, also, could barely get through that paragraph.
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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/21/09

    @subpar: Wait a minute! I still love Dave Eggers, find him heartbreakingly sincere and enjoy his casually tousled pulchritude. Why the dis on Dave? He's darling!
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    05/21/09

    @Mama Penguino: He's talented, I just feel like I'm being punished when I pick up one of his novels. I also don't enjoy Bret Easton Ellis or David Sedaris. What makes me enjoy them less than the writing itself is that these authors are the go-to favorites of NYC twenty-somethings and how dare you not like them?


    I, however, enjoy my fair share of cliche authors, so to each his own. No hate, just love.

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    Image of Mama Penguino Mama Penguino
    05/21/09

    @subpar: I don't like Bret Easton Ellis either, or Tama or Jay or any of those jackasses that glorify a culture of indifference. David Sedaris I like because he truly makes me laugh. Not being anywhere near NYC, I have no idea who the go-to writers are so I think I can say my love is pure.
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    05/21/09

    @subpar:


    I am over 35, so I am free to loathe his work with a clear conscience and am never presented with a dogeared paperback and urged to give him another chance.

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    05/21/09

    In reply to Dave Eggers Makes Futile Gesture
    We're going to have to ask you to stop posting so frequently. You see, if we need to come back here every few minutes to keep up, we don't get much work done. Small output = shrinking income. Lack of funds = death of broadband connection to Gawker. No pageviews = no advertising.


    You people don't know thingfuckone about the economy, do you.

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