Comments on: Incredible Imbeciles

By: Joseyph

Joseyph — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:52:47 +0000

LMFAO! i laughed so much at the “i loved him in scrubs”

By: EducatedGuess

EducatedGuess — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:55:19 +0000

@MetalUpYourAss

Well at primary school, our teacher informed us it was incorrect to link two Os together.

By: jelly

jelly — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:33:23 +0000

Kellie’s desperate attempt to convince herself that she’s attractive. Postscripted with a half hearted “ouch” to give the impression that she finds it an insult, rather than the only compliment she received all week.

By: snapplebottle

snapplebottle — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:55:00 +0000

Oh, “Kellie”, “your” not pretty, either.

By: Edderzz

Edderzz — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:17:19 +0000

I’m 13 and I think Catcher in the Rye is great, but as far as I know, I’m not filled with teenage angst, or angst of any sort. I just enjoyed the book and have found more and more to enjoy about it the more times I read it.

By: swverausc214

swverausc214 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:24:16 +0000

Abbey Road is the best Beatles album. And I’ve no interest in reading a book about a teenage boy, especially if it involves angst. I hate teenagers and their angst. I also lost any interest in reading it when I found out Mark David Chapman had it with him when he assassinated John Lennon. Illogical, I know, but I’m sticking with it.

By: I am not here

I am not here — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:13:09 +0000

@orinincandenza

The White Album is the best Beatles album; Sgt. Pepper oscillates between third and fourth in my rankings. I guess that was kind of your point, but just saying.

By: JacksSmirkingRevenge

JacksSmirkingRevenge — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 07:59:07 +0000

barry is hilarious!!

By: kg324

kg324 — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:12:04 +0000

Excuse me, I meant to say Salinger wrote one NOVEL. The rest are just a collection of short stories (or novellas, like Franny & Zooey) for example.

By: nashntth

nashntth — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:59:50 +0000

So, if Kelly is ever disfigured in a fire or car wreck, she’s screwed. Look both ways, hon.

By: Meyanna

Meyanna — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:23:41 +0000

Her lack of grammatical regard proves she isn’t smart.

By: The_Third_One

The_Third_One — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:23:56 +0000

I don’t see anything amusing about Kellie’s post other than lack of capitalization, mis-punctuation, and general disregard for your/you’re.

By: MetalUpYourAss

MetalUpYourAss — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:03:01 +0000

Merci, we went over that in english and were told the ducks had no meaning

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:11:44 +0000

Holden IS what teenage boys sounded like in 1951.

By: totalpixie

totalpixie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:43:40 +0000

I hated Catcher in the Rye. The symbolism was far too obvious and repetitious, the colloquialisms made me wince and Salinger’s attempt to sound like a teenage boy was appalling.

However I did see a status worse than the animal farm one. Someone’s boyfriend had asked if Salinger had written 1984, and then corrected himself with “no no I mean one flew over the cuckoo’s nest”.

By: eenerbl

eenerbl — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:33:13 +0000

Oh David, Oh Barry, Oh Kellie… nuf said.

By: BilboBaggins

BilboBaggins — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:28:17 +0000

That second one was almost as amazing as the good folk on twitter killing off zach braff a few months ago.

By: orinincandenza

orinincandenza — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:26:32 +0000

re: Salinger and “Catcher,” the most popular work is often not the best one. I suppose everyone here thinks sgt. pepper is the best beatles album, as well. “Catcher” is so popular because almost everybody identifies with Holden at some point, usually around age 15. Those much older than fifteen tend to find the book whiny, because it is–it’s an accurate view into a teenager’s mentality, and there is no one whinier than a 15/16 year old, except maybe a baby.

Try reading nine stories and franny and zoeey. These are mature books. Though you have to REALLY like dialogue.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:19:04 +0000

#17 The significance of the ducks:
The ducks are important to Holden because he is straddling youth and adulthood and he doesn’t want to make the leap. He likes the things that he can count on to always stay the same: the museum, the park, the merry-go-round, the lion statues, and the ducks that return year after year. Change (ie a change from a boy to a man) makes him nervous and he is drawn to innocence, and that which he can depend on to always stay the same.

By: smartcookie

smartcookie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:12:07 +0000

@11 The only thing worse than people liking it to show “how brooding and deep” they are is the people who refuse to read it to show how they TRULY are brooding and deep. Hmm…

(Salinger’s always been one of my favorite authors, more for “Nine Stories” and “Franny & Zooey.”)

By: MetalUpYourAss

MetalUpYourAss — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:03:16 +0000

Catcher in the rye is mandatory grade 10 literature here, and it was terrible to get through. What is the significance of the ducks?

By: The Doctor

The Doctor — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:02:01 +0000

Barry definitely wins there.

By: SomeRandomChick

SomeRandomChick — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:56:55 +0000

Haha, he only wrote the one book……………riiiiiiiight.

By: worst_episode_ever

worst_episode_ever — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:56:16 +0000

i hate girls like kellie who bleach their hair but let their greasy black roots grow an inch or more… she’s nasty

By: envirex

envirex — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:56:03 +0000

i read catcher and the rye and i gotta say i couldn’t get past the first page before saying “hmmm boring book”.

By: AlanLaing

AlanLaing — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:45:08 +0000

I reckon Barry was being funny and not lame.
However, if you’ve ever read Catcher in the Rye….now that’s a lame book. It’s like reading a miserablist goth’s diary..
Man the fuck up Holden Caulfield.

By: Rob Wyld

Rob Wyld — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:43:55 +0000

I haven’t read that book yet, but going by the kind of people who go on about it, it seems to be the number one choice of book for letting people know how brooding and deep you are. Kinda hard to want to read a book favoured by pretentious dickheads. But that’s not Sallinger’s fault.

Now there are going to be groups all over the place with roughly the exact same message and nearly the same posts. Who would want to be remembered that way?

By: BringYourOwnSun

BringYourOwnSun — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:42:42 +0000

The scary/ironic thing that’s happening is that the “Incredible Imbeciles” comments will live forever here *facepalm*

By: Lulz

Lulz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:37:39 +0000

lulz @ Barry. And even if JD Salinger only wrote one book, I don’t think it’s that hard to realize that it definitely wasn’t Animal Farm.

By: autumnrupkey

autumnrupkey — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:31:50 +0000

he’s written at least four books. and lots of short stories. maybe you should make a more intelligent comment before you bash someone else’s intelligence.