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nerdshares:

there are many things that could be (and have been) said about John Carney’s “Annual Guide to Holiday Romance [For Dudes]” but I don’t have as much time as I’d like. So, in bullet form:

• Carney’s list is heavily ironic; the “author” (or authorial voice) is clearly meant to be a DudeBro douche of the highest order.
• Some people, not always women, will not get the irony. Some DudeBro douches of the highest order will laugh at the inherent “truth” in these bon mots.
• Those DudeBro douches think John Carney is on their side.
• Even people, not always men, who get and enjoy the irony, might be laughing at the inherent “truth” in these bon mots.
• Those people are Stealth DudeBro douches.
• They also think John Carney is on their side.
• He might be.
• It is possible to understand but not appreciate the irony, or the idea that irony is free from criticism even when it (and our enjoyment of it) is problematic.
• So: rah rah to freedom of speech and all that, and to holiday lists that are essentially an excuse to flex one’s comedic muscles and exhibit biting, up-to-the-minute insight into gender politics (except it’s ironic! so it’s not really saying that any of those 54 (?) points are true, except maybe a little bit).

That’s all.