Quality humor has become rare, increasingly rare. Of course, we have cat-and-dog movies that make up for that loss — and I’m not being ironic when I say that. However, here and there you still find samples and humor produced by humans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The discovery of the McSweeneys website was a real revelation. Naturally, I post the link in the comments (I don’t know exactly why I do this, but I see others with hundreds of likes doing it, so there must be some secret to success there).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I recommend starting with “Advice from Your Conservative Neighbor on How You, a Liberal, Can Hang an American Flag Without Looking Like a Trumper”, “The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations”, and “Don\u2019t Be Ridiculous, \u201cAlligator Alcatraz\u201d Is Not Another Example of History Repeating Itself”. Plus: “Who said that, Donald Trump or Regina George?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I admit, the selection is pretty anti-Trump. But you can find there a lot of other muses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Short teaser from The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations by Greg Mania:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWriters have been using me long before the advent of AI. I am the punctuation equivalent of a cardigan\u2014beloved by MFA grads, used by editors when it\u2019s actually cold, and worn year-round by screenwriters. I am not new here. I am not novel. I\u2019m the cigarette you keep saying you\u2019ll quit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You think I showed up with ChatGPT? Mary Shelley used me\u2026 gratuitously. Dickinson? Obsessed. David Foster Wallace built a temple of footnotes in my name. I am not some sleek, futuristic glyph. I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic\u2014the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s be honest: The real issue isn\u2019t me\u2014it\u2019s you. You simply don\u2019t read enough. If you did, you\u2019d know I\u2019ve been here for centuries. I\u2019m in Austen. I\u2019m in Baldwin. I\u2019ve appeared in Pulitzer-winning prose, viral op-eds, and the final paragraphs of breakup emails that needed \u201ca little more punch.\u201d I am wielded by novelists, bloggers, essayists, and that one friend who types exclusively in lowercase but still demands emotional range.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"