Thursday, August 07, 2008

It's really not that clever

While I'm no internet curmudgeon like my brother :), I think sometimes people get a little carried away. I don't mind a little bit of clever wordplay if it's actually clever, but this election season, I'm seeing a lot of things that get old. For example, I've seen various permutations of McCain's name, used in every single comment the author makes - McSame, McLame, McInsane, JSMcC*nt, and others that escape me at the moment. There are also various other forms such as fRightwing, and Reichtwing I see fairly often. Enough already!

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John Howard said...

I don't mind a little bit of clever wordplay if it's actually clever

Neither do I. However, the problem with these kinds of things is that they're rarely ever clever at all, even to begin with. And even the few that are, quickly lose it through overuse.