Critique of pure BS

Short Critique of an Article I Didn’t Read

TL;DR — I didn’t read it and didn’t like it.

Yet again an article came to my feed uninvited.

I wish the Algo would LISTEN to my prayers and fill my feed (and everybody else’s) with ONLY my articles, but so far, the Algo’s pretending to be deaf.

Age of Empathy generously agreed to publish the article in question.

I don’t have anything against the publication in general, but when I woke up this Sunday at 5:16 AM because my neighbor decided it was a good time to mow his lawn, I didn’t feel empathetic.

I felt like writing a rant instead, and the article I will reveal in a few lines was perfect for that purpose.

I hear you and even agree that confronting my neighbor would be a better option. However, since he was mowing grass hidden under one foot of snow and wearing nothing but his boxers, I thought it would be better for my health to stay inside and rant about something as innocuous as an article written by Philip Ogley.

The title of his article triggered me.

“Short History of a Novel No One Will Ever Read.”

If no one will ever read the novel, why would anyone want to read the corresponding short history?

Backstories are interesting insofar as the original story is. Since I didn’t read Philip’s article, I can’t say if his title was a mistake or a clever (but failed) attempt at reverse manipulating humor.

Having published another of Philip’s stories recently, I would argue for the latter, but can’t be sure since — to be 100% clear — I didn’t read his article.

To his credit, Philip used the tag “killing time” to describe his story, indicating it was likely to be more of the droning boredom he became famous for on Medium and Twitter.

Instead of killing my time with his drivel, I decided to kill his drivel with my time. It sounded much more constructive and was, in any case, more aligned with my mood so early in the morning.

I feel better now and will leave you in a few lines to drink coffee and eat a scone.

Thank you for your attention, and see you later.

If you would like me to write a short critique of one of your articles, drop a link in the comments.

In the meantime, you might enjoy more droning boredom that I didn’t write nor read (Philip did).

And if you want to keep the boring spirit alive, read this: