Quick Q&A with PATRICK S. TOMLINSON

[UnPRePared]

Even gifted writers can have difficulty eliciting an actual laugh out loud reaction through text. A smile or chuckle is pretty doable but the medium isn't the perfect vehicle for humor. I do remember dying at the Jim Norton in Iraq slamming chapter in one of Colin Quinns books. I can read Ricks stuff completely stone faced. It's like an AI interpretation of humor using a formula with all the beats and references of your average marvel trailer.

If you want to genuinely laugh from a book, read anything by John Swartzwelder, he was and still is the best Simpsons writer they ever had.

"The Time Machine Did It" would be a great place to start.

 

[guest]

Xeeter, lolcow, beard, debtor, massive ass.

 

[Guest]

Patty doesn't know...

I’m 90% sure someone wrote parody lyrics for that on da old forms

 

[EraGodless]

I’m 90% sure someone wrote parody lyrics for that on da old forms

It would be too easy...

 

[Torque’sHeadBump]

"Instead of throwing it in the bin"

I’m not a fog nigger but don’t they say “chuck in it the bin”?

He can’t even pretend to be a retarded Brit.

 

[JebJoh]

"I'm a bit of a provocateur"

"for no reason whatsoever they picked me, it could happen to anyone!"

Odd that in the last 5 years it hasn’t happened to anyone. As a matter of fact, since 1988 I have never seen nor heard of anyone using the internet to provocateur themselves into debt/ jail/ long running lawsuit / etc solely through internet interactions. There is no anchor to the real world that makes his behavior make sense to me.