satire

Notes on Satire

by Brian on 06-05-2010

in art,civics,creativity,culture

I worry I enjoy ambiguity, irony, “meta” and satire a little too much. I’m worried my last post about copyright laws might seem too resentful (it is somewhat resentful — regretfully) because I genuinely sympathize with all sides. In the case of copyright, I appreciate the economic [and social!] stability it enables, and I want [...]

We got this on Saturday: To the entire staff of brianfrank.ca, Folks, you’re doing a great job. We aren’t quite where we need to be yet but we’re getting there. You deserve a weekend off — not this one, and not the next either — maybe some time in August — definitely at least by [...]

  The cover came off London Ontario’s seedy social media underworld last weekend as key players met openly in what appears to be a brazen attempt to gain legitimacy and leverage into more lucrative rackets. Most interesting to authorities is the degree of collusion between these ambitious underground up-and-comers (whom some people have argued are [...]

[This post sucks.]

‘Tis a melancholy experience for anyone who browses through this great medium, to see so much content of low and dubious quality, so much wasted time and energy, so much gaming and spamming and jockeying for attention. A once powerful conduit of ideas and insight, a meeting place of the world’s sharpest minds tackling the [...]