Forgive me for my long leave of absence in posting, I've been busy. I must say that I had no idea that my site was attracting such... emphatic people and I want to thank you for many amusing moments spent reading your extremely interesting comments.
To provide some background, a very strong opinion I had in the 11th or 12th grade was that the novel The Handmaid's Tale was, to put it mildly, a steaming sack of shit. I stand by that opinion. I think that for technical reasons reading The Handmaid's Tale is slightly less stimulating than stringing spaghetti from one nostril into the other and pretending to floss. The plot is nonexistent until over halfway through the novel, The characters are dull and often cookie-cutter stereotypes, and the writing style is abrasive to anyone who doesn't grade SAT's for a living. That being said, I don't hate Margaret Atwood, I don't believe she's a misandrist, and I'm pretty ambivalent about the ethical or feminist content of The Handmaid's Tale. What I hadn't anticipated (having written the article in 2015) was Trump's rise to power and America's subsequent decline into the kind of insanity usually only experienced after a number of years of dedicated PCP abuse. This has led to some absolute gems of comments. Some of my favourites are below:
I'm not sure why a Muslim maid wouldn't just be a maid but what do I know?
Apparently Mike Pompeo with the aid of Saudi Arabian oil rules the world. Huh, who would've thunk.
Somebody powerfully disliked Shrek.
To provide some background, a very strong opinion I had in the 11th or 12th grade was that the novel The Handmaid's Tale was, to put it mildly, a steaming sack of shit. I stand by that opinion. I think that for technical reasons reading The Handmaid's Tale is slightly less stimulating than stringing spaghetti from one nostril into the other and pretending to floss. The plot is nonexistent until over halfway through the novel, The characters are dull and often cookie-cutter stereotypes, and the writing style is abrasive to anyone who doesn't grade SAT's for a living. That being said, I don't hate Margaret Atwood, I don't believe she's a misandrist, and I'm pretty ambivalent about the ethical or feminist content of The Handmaid's Tale. What I hadn't anticipated (having written the article in 2015) was Trump's rise to power and America's subsequent decline into the kind of insanity usually only experienced after a number of years of dedicated PCP abuse. This has led to some absolute gems of comments. Some of my favourites are below:
I'm not sure why a Muslim maid wouldn't just be a maid but what do I know?
Apparently Mike Pompeo with the aid of Saudi Arabian oil rules the world. Huh, who would've thunk.
The progression of nonsense in this piece is really beautiful. It's makes me think of a sparrow, flying around happily, opening its beak, and screaming loudly in the voice of a black man.
Thank you, a true bro.
I deeply hope this is not a typo, and last but not least
This concludes my quick jaunt into American lunacy. There are many more examples of truly inspired shit on the comments section of the Handmaid's Tale article and I would recommend you check them out for yourself. I'm thinking a drinking game where every time you read: cunt, narcissist, "I didn't read the book/ I only watched the series," or any of the comments shown here take a shot and prepare for alcohol poisoning. A real post is coming soon.
Not sure why you're acting as if you're better than these people when your ineloquent ramblings were filled with the same irrational hatred: comparing the fictional character of the book to Hitler, persisting that the author had contempt for the reader and that the book shouldn't be read except for those terminally dying who have no access to euthanasia.
ReplyDeleteI have never read the book or watched the show to determine whether it's well written or not, I was led to this blog from a post elsewhere on how not to review literature. All I can say is: you should probably work on your own writing first before criticising others especially since your own writing still hasn't improved and reads like the rants of an "edgy" pretentious Redditor.
You're too loquacious, you unnecessaraily use swear words and make too many inane points before getting to what you truly want to say. I simply skimmed through that poor excuse of a review before coming here and it seems your writing hasn't changed much.
You've simply stopped swearing and calling people cunts, probably because you looked in the mirror and realised an insufferable cunt was staring back.
And having had a look at your newer posts about your "amusing" anecdotes, they're as "amusing" as the idea of being sodomized while suffering from a rectal prolapse and hemorrhoids which I'm sure you're personally acquainted with.
Perhaps stop trying to emulate the boring and dull writing style and "personal" stories you read on Quora written by boomers. That type of writing will never get you anywhere.
https://totallybakedbeans.blogspot.com/2025/05/
DeletePlease link the post about bad reviews, I'd love to read it.