The Mezunian

Die Positivität ist das Opium des Volkes, aber der Spott ist das Opium der Verrückten

CNN: Imperialism will be solved with memes

From CNN: #NAFO has its critics, even among opponents of Russia’s war against Ukraine, who accuse the fellas of sometimes going too far in trolling Russia, pointing to recent posts mocking a young Russian tourist who was killed by a shark in Egypt. But #NAFO has no editors or censors. It’s young and brash, self-aware, […]

Posted in No News Is Good News, Politics, Yuppy Tripe

I Can’t Believe It’s Not the Onion: “EXTRA, EXTRA: Youth Poverty a Burden for Rich People ’Cause Young People Aren’t Buying ’Nough Useless, Outright Fake Junk”

It’s that time ’gain: time for ’nother example that proves we live in a postparody world where the most ridiculous satire is, in fact, reality. Yes, in our hypercapitalist dystopian world, this is real headline I read from Reuters, a news organization people keep telling me is s’posedly 1 o’ the best sources for information: […]

Posted in No News Is Good News, Politics, Yuppy Tripe

Shocking News: New York Times Readers Have Terrible Taste in Literature

The New York Times is a perennial target o’ mockery for the same reason as mainstream economics: as per my Nobel-Prize-winning Satirical Function for Determining Mockery for Particular Participants, a key component o’ Mezunian economics, as set forth in the face-melting Economicon, people with high opinions o’ their intelligence but low actual intelligence are the […]

Posted in Literature Commentary, No News Is Good News, Politics, Reviewing Reviews, Yuppy Tripe

Nintendo Stockholm Syndrome, Part I

<Doctor, it hurts when I lift my arms>. <Then stop lifting your arms>. – An ol’ joke. Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. – ¡Rrrring! ¡Bing! Carlos Marukusu There’s an old saying […]

Posted in Video Games, Yuppy Tripe

Opinion: I eat cheese, but don’t need this $15 container

While trying to look up a weird Tyler, the Creator lyric involving eating all the cheese @ the store, I stumbled ’pon this gem. If You Eat Cheese (Ever), You Need This $15 Container I hard disagree. Beyond all expectations, I continue to survive while still eating the occasional cheddar without this ( exorbidant ) […]

Posted in Yuppy Tripe