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0 pointseszed7mo ago0 comments

No comment on the rest of the list, but anything by H. L. Mencken is likely to be a banger.

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Yeah, it's probably more enjoyable than the rest of that list put together. Still, prefaces? Generally I try to avoid reading those.

eszedOP7mo ago

Heh. That's why I'm intrigued by it! My bet is that it's some kind of satire based on that (almost universal) avoidance. Regardless, Mencken's wicked clever, and less-known than I think he deserves to be.

kragen7mo ago

Comedy is often somewhat dependent on shared cultural assumptions, although that Sumerian fart joke is still kind of funny.

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kragen7mo ago

Yeah, it's probably more enjoyable than the rest of that list put together. Still, prefaces? Generally I try to avoid reading those.

eszedOP7mo ago

kragen7mo ago

Comedy is often somewhat dependent on shared cultural assumptions, although that Sumerian fart joke is still kind of funny.

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