Humor/Satire / lost in translation

im not going to punctuate im not going to indent im not going to revise i’m not going to edit can you please just critique the content for god’s sake (now im a heathen in more ways than one) how did it make you feel was it innovative in any way if youre going review please remember to be constructive i dont want to start a long battle of the comments concerning all the ways you misinterpreted my piece or how you personally werent amused it is fucking annoying (who wants to comment on the word that hints at coitus) for me to waste my credits with hopes that id be learning something new from an individual who wants to better my ability is this the end of my sentence i guess wheel never no we’ll we

STOP. [narrator steps into view and addresses audience] Would you mind just taking a step back for a moment? Do you see what we’ve come to? Look at this poor individual above and tell me where things went wrong? Are there any writing counselors in the house? None. Excuse me, son, would you mind getting this very fragile individual a glass of water. Thank you. You’re writing career will be fine, my boy. Just relax.

thank you sir i’m trying but itsnotworkingbecausetheintensefocusongrammarrulesandwritingstructure onthissiteiseclipsingmydesiretoinnovateandthinkoutsideoftheboxcoercingmeintoamindesetidont
caretofollowiknowforsurethisisamindsettheyrenotusedtomakingsenseof
BUTthereissensetobemadeinitandifthecentscantbecountedcorrectly
thenwemustbeondifferentwavelengthsminearenothigherthanyoursjust
inadifferentfrequency

I’m sorry, son. That makes absolutely no sense to me. You spoke too quickly and were in too much of a hurry. What were you trying to communicate? As you can see, this individual is incorrigible. Nothing can be done to save such a reckless free-spirit. Rules are rules, and as such, must be followed accordingly so as to satisfy basic requirements to be understood in a logical manner. No guidelines or structure: might as well be nonsense. There are perfectly acceptable ways of defying structure while simultaneously entering into the exact structure you are defying.

THE END.
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Comment #1:
Well it’s obvious we have one ignorant writer here. The first character must be some kind of young rebel without a cause. He won’t even use periods to end his sentences! Secondly, the voice of reason clearly gives us a look into the rational mind and where these two paths diverge. One obviously being correct and the other a waste of my time. Are you a college student? If so, then how did you ever get in? (in parentheses an ironic low blow that doesn’t add to the overall review, rather wasting precious credits that i have to earn to read them)

Comment #2:
This is overall an interesting commentary on how individuals lose their minds. Sadly, in the end, nothing can be done to save them. I will give you an 8 for effort. also, this was hard on my eyes.

Comment #3:
this was a waste of my time. words that must fill up the twenty five requisite to be considered an official review for my credits.

Comment #4:
Wow. this is incredible. I have never read anything like this. While I don’t actually have any plausible suggestions for such a piece, I would say keep writing because it’s new and original.

Comment #5:
Where’s the beef?

Comment #6:
Hey dude, I got the beef.

Comment #7: thispiecedidntproveanythingandfranklywasapoorattemptatasatiricalpiece.
I’m going to read a hundred more reviews and stay inside my home office and let the machine pick up all incoming messages. The phone has rang eight times now and I didn’t even flinch.
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(official commentary board)
Comment #1:
i agree with comment number three alright. words that must fill up the twenty five requisite to be considered an official review for my credits.

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EAnonymous avatar General Stranger

December 11, 2007

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thismademelaughaLOT :D
abittoourbisspecificforgeneralappreciation,
butrestassureditiswellappreciatedhereatleastbyme.
ithinkitcouldhaveusedlesspropperspalling.
thewritinginthereviewswasalsoabittooproperoverall.
alsoyouleftoutthisreview:
“I’m gonna quote your whole piece back to you and give you a play-by-play on my irrelevant reactions to every little detail, while simultaneously missing the big picture.  Prepare to fork over some credits!...”
:)  Thanksforpostingthis.

Rylan avatar General Stranger

December 10, 2007

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haha well this was a very interesting piece you wrote.  I read it.  All of it.  More than once.  In all honesty, I have no idea what happened here.  But, I’m sure it has meaning…I may just be overlooking it.  Very good choice for the genre you put it in though, keep up the good work!

—Thanks for posting

Rylan

arualsuga avatar General Stranger

December 09, 2007

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Yes, it was new. And original. And congratulations, keep writing. But please can you stop whining about wasting credits?
Also you get a 5 for your writing…

thebiblio avatar General Stranger

December 09, 2007

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Hey dude.. i did my best to go through your work.. though i could not get much of this gibberish, but it was a really a mental exercise to figure out where should be a comma, space or full stop..

regmusty avatar General Stranger

December 09, 2007

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Fucking brilliant, what a great swipe at all the tossers on here who think that they are a cross between Mark Twain and Ernest Hemingway, well done and by the way i think you have talent.

phaso avatar General Stranger

December 08, 2007

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I agree that it is a funny observation; however, I don’t think you pulled it off with this particular piece;  you are actually trying too hard to make it satirical
just go with mocking the humor in the scenario and you’ll be fine

richburroughs avatar General Stranger

December 08, 2007

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I’m not sure what to say. I figured that you’re a bit ticked off about the quality of the critques and the focus on things besides the entertainment value of the work. I would like to read some of your other writing besides this. You’re funny though. Put some humor into the angry rant!

Ratbas avatar General Stranger

December 07, 2007

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Oddly enough, “thinking outside the box” is a cliche (yeah, I read that part). The anti-period period actually goes back at least to Kerouac and probably even before him. ee cummings comes to mind.

Nani avatar General Stranger

December 07, 2007

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Sorry, I bet this costs you a bunch of credits, can’t be helped.

This is hilarious.  I’ve seen others try to present in the Humor or Nonfiction categories what was essentially just whining, but you do an excellent job of capturing both a writer’s frustration with convention and some very accurate representations of the type of reviews we all must pay to read.  

All that said, I have two observations.  First, I’ve never read anything else of yours, but here, you are definitely pushing outside the box, defying structure, and in a way that is understandable, intelligent, thought-provoking, and of course, funny.

Observation number two:  If you’re really, really good, you can transcend any punctuation and grammar issues and grab an audience with your content—that is if you can be patient enough to wade through many, many expensive and unhelpful reviews.  But if you’re not unusually talented, then people like me are going to get thoroughly annoyed and distracted by consistent and/or frequent punctuation and grammar issues.  If your other stuff is this good, I could care less about your adherence to the rules of English.  Is it this good?

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December 07, 2007

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You mispelled the following word: “itsnotworkingbecausetheintensefocusongrammarrulesandwritingstructure onthissiteiseclipsingmydesiretoinnovateandthinkoutsideoftheboxcoercingmeintoamindesetidont
caretofollowiknowforsurethisisamindsettheyrenotusedtomakingsenseof
BUTthereissensetobemadeinitandifthecentscantbecountedcorrectly
thenwemustbeondifferentwavelengthsminearenothigherthanyoursjust
inadifferentfrequency” around about the amindesetidontcaretofollow section.

Just kidding. Great piece.
You know, just keep following your own thing and keep on developing and doing whatever the heck you wanna do with your writing. The key for me is when a writer writes something so well that I am kind of not really aware that I am even reading. It becomes, during those fantastic moments or minutes or hours or days, something other than reading. It is like the whole thing exists inside your brain and as you read, or what feels like reading, the thing is revealed, the words are revealed, the story is revealed, somehow. It happens on some other level that reading itself only points towards and can never actually be.
The writing is elevated to a point beyond the physical act. And that, my freind, is what you have in your writing.
Give those writing muscles a mother of a freaking work out every freaking day and then give them a  cigarette and a cup of coffee and a good lie down. And yeah, you know, you just gotta ignore the grammar and punctuation police. If you write you will pick up what you need to get your message across. Here endeth the sermon. Good luck.

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