Sick of Sarcasm
I have grown tired of sarcastic humor. It’s a given in much of the blogosphere, but I wish authors would rely on other methods. They could even–gasp!–not try to be funny, and instead write in a straightforward manner. I’m not referring to the Onion/McSweeney’s et. al. but rather to the type of short, factual posts that I sometimes have to re-read in order to glean the information buried in the snark. Perhaps I’m impatient and befuddled from lack of sleep, but I’m increasingly annoyed by what I perceive as adolescent posturing. (Sorry, no links. The sites I’m thinking of are ones I like, in spite of the bitchiness.)
May 24th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Snark has jumped the shark.
May 24th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Yes, but so has Jumping the Shark, as witnessed by the remaindered book.
May 25th, 2006 at 12:07 am
I think at some point, time just becomes so precious that you just can’t physically stand the sarcasm. I was the biggest “SportsCenter” snark fad 10 to 12 years ago. But now? Can’t stand it.
Sadly, the conventional media is embracing it as well as coverage of bread and circuses such as “American Idol” rather than pulling back the curtain on power.