“not long before i left my previous job writing reviews of video games, i got this little gem from someone involved in the production of a game i didn’t exactly care for,” alex says. “game-makers bitching about reviews is nothing new, but rarely do they do it with as much sarcastic flair as this one […]
Entries Tagged as 'sarcasm'
the fruitcake’s in the mail
April 15th, 2008 · 99 Comments
Tags: apostrophe abuse · e-mail · holiday spirit · sarcasm · thanks (but not really)
i used to be your biggest fan
December 3rd, 2007 · 69 Comments
derek and his bandmates in the grand rapids, mich. rock/metal band charles the osprey were in the middle of a post-set smoke when the club’s bartender came outside, grinning ear-to-ear, and handed them this note.
unlike the unwilling participants in improv everywhere’s “best gig ever,” charles the osprey seem to be taking the attention in stride. […]
Tags: grand rapids · michigan · music · sarcasm · thanks (but not really)
gossip boy
December 2nd, 2007 · 45 Comments
our anonymous submitter in san diego got this text message from a friend, explaining: “it’s in reference to him hooking up with one of my friends on my couch. he’s hooked up with three of my friends to date. it’s bound to get around, ya know?”
adds our submitter: “there’s no safe way to respond to […]
Tags: drunk & disorderly · san diego · sarcasm · text message
who are you calling ocd?
November 8th, 2007 · 145 Comments
this just in: starving unborn children aren’t the only casualties of office fridge lunch thievery. as one anonymous new yorker reports, now the sick and the infirm are being picked off, too!
(thank you kindly? best wishes? hungry on the 12th floor, you kill me.)
Tags: cleaning · exclamation-point happy! · food · guilt trip · ital overkill · new york · office fridge · questionable logic · rhetorical question · sarcasm · thanks but no thanks
no sarcasm left behind
September 27th, 2007 · 188 Comments
our anonymous contributor works part-time (through a non-profit) at a large, “troubled” high school in milwaukee. today, while making some copies, she found this anonymous wonder.
Tags: milwaukee · office · raging against the machine · sarcasm