July 11, 2000

10:52 AM

he's fabulous.i read this guy' journal from beginning to end in an obsessive fit yesterday. enjoy.
posted by patricking (19 comments total)

That was effing great! I effing loved this effing effness! Eff! You're an effing effer with effervescence Patrick for effing this effing to my effing. Eff you! You eff! I'm gonna go eff my effers I feel so effed up now! I could eff an eff! Eff! Eff! Eff!

[this eff has been effed to you effers by the effing effer society of eff. Please effing vote effrocraplican.]
posted by ZachsMind at 12:53 PM on July 11, 2000

That page only says the "F" word (or variations of it) 19 times. And its 9 paragraphs, so thats only an average of about 2 times per paragraph. Better than most rap.
posted by deckard at 1:27 PM on July 11, 2000

I was put off by the effing effness of the current entry at first, but figured it wasn't necessarily typical, so I kept reading-- back through May. Yes, he's good! I especially enjoyed this, from July 1:

Oh, by the way, I think I'd love to work for a magazine - those people are such flufferbunnies. It's ten parties a week and two martini lunches to produce something just as surfacy as their existence. I think there is something really cool about working hard for something that is a benefit to nobody, especially when you act like it's meaningful. "I single handedly engineered the backlash against utilitarian chic."

posted by syrynx at 2:11 PM on July 11, 2000

it's nice to see that, although we live in a country rife with a veritable candy sack of horrors, we still have time to be offended at the word "fuck." very reassuring.
posted by patricking at 2:56 PM on July 11, 2000

That guy just makes himself sound like an uneducated idiot by swearing like that.
posted by FAB4GIRL at 5:11 PM on July 11, 2000

either that, or that's what he wants you to think :>
posted by Sapphireblue at 5:28 PM on July 11, 2000

Oh I wasn't offended. I just thought it was funny. I thought about using the word 'fuck' instead of 'eff' but I didn't want to call you a fucking fucker, Patrick. Maybe it woulda been funny too but that wasn't my intent. Eff doesn't have the negative connotations that fuck sometimes inadvertently indicates. Eff can mean "rock" or it can mean "toadstool" or "shrub." Eff's a great fucking word. Fuck is a good word too, but sometimes one is looking for a word that just has a bit more eff to it.
posted by ZachsMind at 8:58 PM on July 11, 2000

kinda like "misanthropic?" >:)
posted by patricking at 9:46 PM on July 11, 2000

New world. New economy. All this, and still these old ideas and judgemental attitudes. Where is the love? HUH? LOVE! oops, wrong thread...
posted by Jeremy at 10:20 PM on July 11, 2000

Oh, eff you, Zach.
posted by baylink at 8:25 AM on July 12, 2000

Educated people don't cuss? You gotta be fucking kidding me.
posted by rcade at 9:51 AM on July 12, 2000

"That guy just makes himself sound like an uneducated idiot by swearing like that."

Could you please explain this to me? I don't know what you are trying to get at. Really.

Sarah - I frequently get the idea that you are just using this alias to say really silly things. I suspect that you are some other poster having a bit of fun with us. If that is the case, then I find it all rather clever. But if this isn't a spoof then I would like to understand why you think swearing is related to either education or intelligence.
posted by y6y6y6 at 10:28 AM on July 12, 2000

It's unusual, but I'm going to have to back Sarah on this one.

It's because when I'm reading something that's absolutely littered with profanity, I can't help but think "Wow, this author seriously needs to find a better way to stress the point."

It's the same with starting every paragraph with the same sentance, or making huge sentances held together with "and" or "however."

It's really not fair, and I try to see past grammatical "Don'ts," but it can become difficult.

It's becomming apparent to me what I mean...
posted by cCranium at 11:54 AM on July 12, 2000

Well....i think he's fucking hot.
posted by milhous at 12:19 PM on July 12, 2000

he's using his language to poke fun at/celebrate the vapid (-ity? -ness?) of his world.

besides, if you're reading something titled "fucking fuck," it's fucking obvious that it's a rant, oui?
posted by patricking at 2:02 PM on July 12, 2000

like, hi! i think the correct word is vapidityness. it makes your mouth smile when you say it!
posted by camper at 3:20 PM on July 12, 2000

scrumptious.
posted by patricking at 3:41 PM on July 12, 2000

"Fuck" is just the best word, ever, period. There should be an official day for it.
posted by jason at 10:00 AM on July 13, 2000

"misanthropic" is a very good word. =)

posted by ZachsMind at 2:03 AM on July 14, 2000