An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"* - Gawker Comments

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

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An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

VenusCloacina — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:16:18 EDT

I'm all for assisted pseudicide in these cases.

VenusCloacina

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

DorothyMantooth — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:01:43 EDT

@BeRightBack: Indeed! I now know to rely solely on Nicomachus when parsing each epi.

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An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

Dickdogfood — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:34:43 EDT

These people's other regrets include having read Paul de Man before Wordsworth and Deleuze before Proust and having read Frederic Jameson instead of Perry Anderson.

There is no way they could regret this far more than we do.

Dickdogfood

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

BeRightBack — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:18:08 EDT

@DorothyMantooth: I used to think that Kant was a good primer for The Biggest Loser, but n+1 has shown me that the opposite is actually true.

BeRightBack

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Emily Gould — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:08:48 EDT

@lalalina: Yes.

Emily Gould

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

lawyergay — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:43:26 EDT

Some friends of mine and I tape recorded a series of discussions we had over the weekend while watching America's Psychic Challenge. Look for our pamphlet, "Psychically, I Totally Knew You Were Going To Say That!," coming soon. To be distributed by our volunteers free to residents of Co-op City who own two or more cats.

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An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

GayatriSpivak — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:38:46 EDT

Is there any way that we can goad these N+1 assholes into commenting? Like they did with James Wood

GayatriSpivak

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

lalalina — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:35:12 EDT

Is it fun that all the pseudo-intellectual boys totally know you're on to them?

lalalina

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

DorothyMantooth — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:33:21 EDT

@BeRightBack: I, on the other hand, am really glad I studied Kuhn before discovering America's Most Smartest Model.

DorothyMantooth

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PimpMyCouch — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:24:45 EDT

@collegecallgirl: Exactly. Or don't make out with two guys who are roommates. And the cute boy you have a crush on, who has a Kevin Bacon obsession and loves Madonna? In all likelihood, gay as a French horn.

PimpMyCouch

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

NYCF — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:22:18 EDT

Being good at being an intellectual (pseudo or otherwise) is precisely the same thing as being good at masturbating: You are the sole person who gives a fuck.

NYCF

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

moff — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:20:54 EDT

I'd have liked to have gone to that, for basically the same reason I read Indecision: It didn't take much time, and I wanted to validate my preconceived sense of enormous irritation.

moff

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

collegecallgirl — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:19:48 EDT

There are WAY more important things I should have known: for instance, don't fuck a guy who lives across the courtyard in your dorm or you'll awkwardly bump into him by the mailboxes approximately 6,000 times a day.

collegecallgirl

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

City_Dater — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:11:19 EDT

Before the n + 1 staffand contributors get too caught up in whinging about the limitations of academia, a thought: most temp agencies doesn't care if you read Deleuze before or after Proust, as long as you can type at least 65 wpm.

City_Dater

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

Queen of the Passive Aggressives — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:09:56 EDT

In a perfect world marketers could include an essay by a real intellectual with every OJ/trump/o'donnell book sold. Problem fixed.

Queen of the Passive Aggressives

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

KarenUhOh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:00:38 EDT

Right, this is the pamplet about which their esteemed website pitches,

"Pamphlet #2, 'What We Should Have Known,' is finally here! But it now!"

which sounds way o way too pistomological for moi. Plus I bet they say it "SWAY-do."

KarenUhOh

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

PimpMyCouch — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:58:11 EDT

I regret ever having read Wordsworth. Bore snore.

PimpMyCouch

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

CherriSpryte — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:57:38 EDT

Blumenkranz is my new favorite name for when i'm pretending to be Jewish.

CherriSpryte

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

collegecallgirl — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:55:16 EDT

Every time I see that "Shut up, College" tag I can't help but feel personally affronted.

collegecallgirl

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

BeRightBack — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:51:49 EDT

I've always been angry that I was exposed to Derrida before America's Next Top Model.

BeRightBack

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

TheHonJudgeSmails — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:51:09 EDT

Also, if this EA's article on Gawker reads anything like the hard-hitting expose you link to above, then... we can expect a cliche lede and a hastily-arrived-upon-but-neatly-packaged "message".

Can't wait! It'll be just like reading my high school newspaper!

TheHonJudgeSmails

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

relunctant entity — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:50:15 EDT

apparently, I had missed the point and failed to see that Ben was satirizing 28-year-old navel-gazing boys who've read too much literary theory.

I wish Mystery used that for a neg.

"You see, I'm boldly satirizing a lecherous and deceptive manchild. These aren't even my real goggles."

relunctant entity

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

hypocriteoath — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:50:12 EDT

smails is back. box of cookies?

hypocriteoath

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:46:17 EDT

This is a very impressive post.

TheHonJudgeSmails

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

obonobo — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:44:47 EDT

Everything I need to know I learned from "Common People."

obonobo

An 'n+1' Party: "It Turns Out That In Order To Become An Intellectual, You Must First Become A Pseudo-Intellectual"*

VenusCloacina — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:44:27 EDT

Oh, man, poor Carla Blumenkranz! She got scooped by Vanessa Grigoriadis!

VenusCloacina