Prof. Indy Jones - at least he keeps the college co-eds attentive and in their seats.
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This post was deleted for the following reason: this is the second single link mcsweeney's post from 2006 and I think we have to draw the line at one. I might prefer to draw the line at zero, but so it goes. -- jessamyn
Well, it was better than the next Indiana Jones movie is going to be.
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:40 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:40 PM on May 7, 2008
I read "tenure" as "torture". That was intriguing.
This, not as much.
posted by rooftop secrets at 2:41 PM on May 7, 2008
This, not as much.
posted by rooftop secrets at 2:41 PM on May 7, 2008
Me too! Let's have more of both!
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:41 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by Pope Guilty at 2:41 PM on May 7, 2008
I thought the headline was funny. I was hoping it was an Onion link.
posted by absalom at 2:45 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by absalom at 2:45 PM on May 7, 2008
Um. "IRL" means "in real life", right?
The irony is too subtle for the likes of me, really. (It is irony, right? The OP didn't really think it was real, did he?)
Also, why is there so much McSweeney's today? It makes me sad.
posted by WalterMitty at 2:46 PM on May 7, 2008
The irony is too subtle for the likes of me, really. (It is irony, right? The OP didn't really think it was real, did he?)
Also, why is there so much McSweeney's today? It makes me sad.
posted by WalterMitty at 2:46 PM on May 7, 2008
I read tenure as 'treasure'. Very weird. Maybe the last word of the post is some kind of Rorschachian omni-word.
posted by RokkitNite at 2:47 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by RokkitNite at 2:47 PM on May 7, 2008
As an academic, this is hilarious.
posted by procrastination at 2:48 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by procrastination at 2:48 PM on May 7, 2008
I also misread that as "torture".
WTF is wrong with us, America?
posted by rokusan at 2:52 PM on May 7, 2008
WTF is wrong with us, America?
posted by rokusan at 2:52 PM on May 7, 2008
I saw "tenure" just fine, but now I'm feeling left out.
Maybe I oughta go back and comically misread it a few times.
posted by nebulawindphone at 3:04 PM on May 7, 2008
Maybe I oughta go back and comically misread it a few times.
posted by nebulawindphone at 3:04 PM on May 7, 2008
Is McSweeney's the new Cracked?
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:04 PM on May 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 3:04 PM on May 7, 2008 [1 favorite]
A PREVIEW
OF UPCOMING
MCSWEENEYS-RELATED CONTENT,
DEEMED MOST LIKELY
TO BE EARMARKED
FOR SUBMISSION
TO METAFILTER.
By Smart Dalek.
--
Rejected Motown Song Titles
Charlie Brown's Lament
An Undelivered Letter from the Maiden Voyage of the Ambuscade
A Spreadsheet Analysis of Randomly-Selected Jellybeans from a Paper Bag
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:05 PM on May 7, 2008 [6 favorites]
OF UPCOMING
MCSWEENEYS-RELATED CONTENT,
DEEMED MOST LIKELY
TO BE EARMARKED
FOR SUBMISSION
TO METAFILTER.
By Smart Dalek.
--
Rejected Motown Song Titles
Charlie Brown's Lament
An Undelivered Letter from the Maiden Voyage of the Ambuscade
A Spreadsheet Analysis of Randomly-Selected Jellybeans from a Paper Bag
posted by Smart Dalek at 3:05 PM on May 7, 2008 [6 favorites]
Thanks---that was really funny, and I would have missed it, otherwise! (Maybe you have to be involved in the tenure process, though, for the true funny to come through...)
posted by leahwrenn at 3:11 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by leahwrenn at 3:11 PM on May 7, 2008
I'm chuckling through it as we speak. erhm type. whatever.
posted by mwhybark at 3:18 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by mwhybark at 3:18 PM on May 7, 2008
Similar thoughts on the subject.
Still only somewhat amusing.
posted by CheshireCat at 3:19 PM on May 7, 2008
Still only somewhat amusing.
posted by CheshireCat at 3:19 PM on May 7, 2008
Whoah my, this has been a learning experience. Thanks bunches, gang!
[The OP understands irony and she was being ironic.]
posted by rokabiri at 3:20 PM on May 7, 2008
[The OP understands irony and she was being ironic.]
posted by rokabiri at 3:20 PM on May 7, 2008
WTF is wrong with us, America?
Sounds like somebody's never had to earn tenure before.
posted by boo_radley at 3:21 PM on May 7, 2008
Marshall College? What the shit is a Marshall College? Dude taught at the University of Chicago AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT.
posted by The Straightener at 3:36 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by The Straightener at 3:36 PM on May 7, 2008
McSweeneys, Wholphin and The Believer are all super. Two years ago, I added McSweeney's to my "dailies" tabs because their lists and reviews of new food are standby lulz. I read this and THE OTHER single link McSweeney's FPP back then. I would not be carping if it weren't pitifully nostalgic for their funnier days, but I'm carping! I'm carping, I'm carping! Oldmeme widely-read magazine clippings aren't the best of the the web.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:36 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 3:36 PM on May 7, 2008
The OP understands irony and she was being ironic.
Oh, good.
I must admit: When push comes to shove, McSweeney's is better than Cracked. Or a SLYT. Or most single links really.
posted by WalterMitty at 3:45 PM on May 7, 2008
Oh, good.
I must admit: When push comes to shove, McSweeney's is better than Cracked. Or a SLYT. Or most single links really.
posted by WalterMitty at 3:45 PM on May 7, 2008
I had a Believer subscription for some time. It IS a fantastic periodical.
posted by absalom at 4:14 PM on May 7, 2008
posted by absalom at 4:14 PM on May 7, 2008
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