Triggered!

“Lunch Angle: Tasty Taters and Delicious Dongs!”

Shut up Pete.

I get why the Braves manager was pissed about the stalling; a pitcher without the chance to warm up is a competitive advantage for the offense.

This article made no sense.

I’m curious why the hate for RPO and yet you’re shunned as an outsider if you dare criticize Stranger Things? I absolutely loathed that derivative tripe that somehow had turned “rehash” into “homage”, blatantly playing to childhood nerd memories and yet universally loved. RPO is just another entry into the same 80s…

I find it hilarious that possibly one of the most pseudo-pretentious pieces of op-ed journalism I’ve read this year chose one of the most un-pretentious enjoyable books I’ve read in my life as its topic. Can’t we just be entertained for a few hours by a simple plot and nod worthy references? Sometimes people need Tom…

I don’t see the point of this post. Are you mad that a “bad” book was published? Are you mad that people like something you think is bad? Are you mad a book you think is bad is being made into a movie by a director who you think is past his prime? Are you mad that in your eyes Ready Player One is a bad book that…

This diatribe is an unnecessarily verbose bashing of something which is simply meant to be a fun bit of fiction.

I enjoyed the audio book. It’s certainly not a masterpiece of writing, but the only people who seem to care are underemployed guys who have their own podcasts.

I’ve never read RP1, but after slogging through this review I want to rush out and read it and give it a five-star review at Amazon and every other on-line review site I can find just so I can hurt Jeb Lund like he hurt me.

I thought the book was fun, and while reading it I got the sense that the author had a whole bunch of fun writing it. And while I’ll never read the book again, I will see the movie in theaters. I just don’t get all the hate I see for this book all the time. It’s not a masterpiece by any stretch, but there is a whole…

I agree with you. I had fun with the book.

Is shitting all over this book, clearly meant for just some light mindless entertainment, the cool new thing? Sweet. I look forward to more ridiculous over analyzing of it like this silly article.

Your comment literally could have replaced this blog post. I’ve not seen this much hand wringing over a dopey but fun book in a long time. We’re about the same age (I was born when LBJ was prez) and I found the book enjoyable for a couple days that I knocked it out. Then I went on to read something else.

It’s like you’re saying there’s no place for popcorn books like there is for popcorn movies. The Fast/Furious movies don’t have anything important to say, and are basically just showcases for music, cars, and actors. People still love them because they’re not pretending to be anything else.

I agree. Is it going to be covered in a literature class? No. But I thought it was a fun, light read. It was SUPPOSED to be a list of everything 80's. If you don’t like that going in, you aren’t going to enjoy the book. As an 80's baby myself? Heaven is a place on Earth!

Yeah, it was an entertaining, light read (and I typically don’t enjoy reveling in nostalgia). I liked it too and my bookshelf is full of classic literature and more complex modern fiction because I like to be challenged. I’m not so jaded that I have to pretend to hate anything that isn’t highbrow though.

The angst this book produces in those that hate it is so baffling to me. As a child of the 80's I found it to be a fun, silly romp that allowed my mind to spin up memories of days gone by. Now the chic thing to do is tear it down like its Dostoyevsky.

I disagree, I think Ready Player One is awesome, and most people who read it agree. It is popular for a reason. It seems like Jeb was expecting an opera and got a stage play, and is judging it by the wrong standards.