June 19, 2008
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Title
Ingenious, witty, colorful, lexiphanic, and simultaneously gripping introductory sentence laced with idioms and pseudo-interrogatory tones. Subtle or direct implication toward purpose of the preceding syntactical chain. Generalized and over-stereotyped thesis. Vague compilation of any points, accusations, statements of disdain, or hopelessly unfunny musings to be rendered in the remaining body. Random bullshit.
Formfitting personal or believed-to-be personal example reflecting initial thesis. Eloquent, mind-numbing “after-facts” soaked likely in boredom and misdirection resulting in indifference from intended audience. Random quip, satirical or otherwise, forged with the intent of recapturing lost audience and adding momentum to an allegedly important albeit pending goal. Stanza concluding statement drenched with complementary “I told you so” attitude, often completely over the heads of targeted individuals but worded so fluidly as to inspire doubt and guilt in aforementioned persons. Random bullshit.
Initial statement for an entirely superfluous paragraph purposed either for an indication of extreme hatred/anger, or solely entertainment. Continuation of unnecessary paragraph intended on emphasizing tone or foundation of entire body. Blatantly obscure reference to image either on the side, or below current text placed in order to make up for uncreativity or generally uninspired thought processes. Second reference to said photo re-hashed in a valiant attempt to milk any humorous themes from therein. Random bullshit.
Intro to third, final, and most “meaningful” of three main body paragraphs while still maintaining established theme of meandering thought trails and contradictory exaggerations. Another uninteresting example used to further add to the redundancy throughout body. Additional lackluster statement contrived primarily for the addition of length to entire feature mixed with intelligent sounding elaborations in a pathetic attempt to establish some degree of reputable credibility. Random bullshit.
Second visit of initial event or outline created in the piece’s introductory sentence. Quotes from commonly known sources that have been tagged as being “outside the box” and “of higher learning” thrown in to create the illusion of intellect or free thinking without any real care or understanding toward referenced materials. Reiteration of thesis with subtle syntactical alterations so as not to sound overly repetitive. Final, concluding independent clause bidding a call to action or sense of finality to entire piece (a.k.a. random bullshit).Next question.
Comments (54)
It’s like mad-libs but more fun!
whoa. thats one way of looking at it, but mine generally have more random bullshit, often intentionally. I assume thats what we’re getting at…but then i could be wrong.
So many words..
God, how do you come up with this stuff? This is amazingly funny and very true.
say it ten times fast!
hahaha
The sheer multitude of words is baffling, and yet so well-phrased that I cannot deny…this is brilliantly done.
Cheers,
Skylar
For lack of a better term: ROFL.
face plants are your expertise?
i did one that i remember, & ended up with a fun helicopter ride, but due to me only being semi-conscience don’t really remember most of it…
oh well, time for me to go be insane somewhere else…
take care & stay strong
One day, I’ll have to follow this “guideline” as to how to post.
Alright can you say it in plain lay-man’s terms?
awesome post! It was so clever. Nice job!
This is very funny, as long as it’s not about me.
Hah, I wrote the same post a long time back, actually..and I’d sort of ripped it off from a different xangan who’d done two entries in a similiar format
Though mine was a lot longer.
Maybe I’m just a verbose prick.
It’s a clever idea, but, it’s been done a lot..but then what on Xanga hasn’t?
Yep.
Drugs are good
holy shit
Exactly. I think.
If they had just taught it like this for those stupid reports back in grade 6 these last 7 years of school would have been so much easier! This should be the standard in all textbooks and programs across the country.
I read DMV’s version, but it cursed a lot more, haha.
Initial statement affirming cleverness and/or humor. Comment acknowledging pleasant reaction and own inferiority. Subtle attempt to match entertainment level of original post, ending in failure. Indication of post’s worth with promises of stars and/or recommends. Irrelevant personal details attempting to tie into subject matter of the body paragraphs. (Random bullshit.)
@Carolina17 - Gggrrr… You stole my comment! Haha. And for a millisecond I almost thought I was going to be clever…
Have you read Gertrude Stein’s “Tender Buttons”? Because this entry sounds just like it!!!!
thank you postmodernism aka english 231 at the UW.
my brain hurts
waitwut?
This was my entire year in AP English.
i’ve removed my moment.
like the title=)
bwahaha.
Genius.
*passes out*
heh~!
overload, overload…
hahahaha looks just like a high school paper…
“Title of the Song,” by Da Vinci’s Notebook.
Vain attempt at disguising vanity and desire to be noticed as genuine empathy, littered with typos and, of course, bs.
lolz
if that’s how you feel.
Lol, this is fantastic.
Props for this.
@the_greatest_pip - it worked, I guess
OM NOM NOM
Heck, that blows the lid off this scam known as “blogging”. They should just shut Xanga down right now.
eadie. <3
Cheerios. u win.
Yes, you’re smart. Now we can all die happy.
@Carolina17 - @nuanniel - goodness, me too.
Um, yeah. What he said.
This must be the algorithm for the Post-Modern Essay Generator.
taking his coffee away
I had just assumed that you were a member of the Xanga Team because of how professional your post was written.
Damn, even your boiler plates get much rotation. Good Gord.
@minnaow - ?
@eadie - I find it funny that your described template for blog entries still gets lots of conversation around it. Well done.
@minnaow - ah, 10x
there’s way too much blood in my alcohol system right now.