Because the stupid burns like hydrochloric *acid*, man
Wednesday, 5 April 2006 16:42![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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From one of the most noxious and annoying interviews with an author I've yet seen:
"Before Harry Potter, no one was reading."
- Robyn Schneider
Yeah, because *before* Harry Potter, we were all just staring at the page wondering what the funny shapes were, but then Harry Potter said "accio literacy!" and suddenly, we understood written language!
I'm torn between being very annoyed at the supreme amount of teh_st00pid in this and laughing insanely.
In fact, if I were compiling a list of the stupidest quotes ever, this goes somewhere between Barbara Bush's "well, the hurricane worked out great for the homeless of New Orleans" comment and Al Gore's infamous "I invented the internet".
Yeah. This is Inventing the Internet Class Stupid.
I believe this calls for an icon of an angry turtle. And oh, look. I just happen to have one on hand.
"Before Harry Potter, no one was reading."
- Robyn Schneider
Yeah, because *before* Harry Potter, we were all just staring at the page wondering what the funny shapes were, but then Harry Potter said "accio literacy!" and suddenly, we understood written language!
I'm torn between being very annoyed at the supreme amount of teh_st00pid in this and laughing insanely.
In fact, if I were compiling a list of the stupidest quotes ever, this goes somewhere between Barbara Bush's "well, the hurricane worked out great for the homeless of New Orleans" comment and Al Gore's infamous "I invented the internet".
Yeah. This is Inventing the Internet Class Stupid.
I believe this calls for an icon of an angry turtle. And oh, look. I just happen to have one on hand.
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Date: 6 Apr 2006 02:21 (UTC)- Meg
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Date: 6 Apr 2006 05:39 (UTC)I took the initiative in creating...
I am so putting that on my resumé.
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Date: 6 Apr 2006 13:16 (UTC)"Took the initiative". That sounds so resume-y.
I think I'm gonna one up Al Gore here. I'm gonna put on my resume, "Took the initiative in inventing the wheel".
I figure Al Gore took the initiative to invent teh_intarweb and got to be Vice President, so if I take the initiative and invent the wheel, who knows?
- Meg