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I think they are funny. Most if not all of them are meant to be a humorous mirror that reflects the comical instances of petty elitism in the average New Yorker reader's life. It's always good to be able to laugh at yourself.
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:40 am Posts: 25451 Location: 111 Archer Ave.
That's not to say that I consider myself a member of the same social strata that the average New Yorker reader occupies, but I can appreciate most of the cartoons and articles in that magazine all the same.
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washing machine wrote:
I think they are funny. Most if not all of them are meant to be a humorous mirror that reflects the comical instances of petty elitism in the average New Yorker reader's life. It's always good to be able to laugh at yourself.
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
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Doug RR wrote:
washing machine wrote:
I think they are funny. Most if not all of them are meant to be a humorous mirror that reflects the comical instances of petty elitism in the average New Yorker reader's life. It's always good to be able to laugh at yourself.
Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim.
_________________ stop light plays its part, so I would say you've got a part
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