A place to share and discuss stories from The Onion, Clickhole, and other satire.
Great Satire Writing:
First time I read Catcher in the Rye at 14 or 15: This kid is a whiny bitch. Wtf is his problem?
Second time I read Catcher in the Rye in my 20's: Oh, this kid is battling depression and is getting zero support from anyone. I'm in this book and I don't like it.
Fascinating. I read it at 14 and thought, “I get it, I feel this way too.”
And reread it in my 20s and thought, “Geez, this kid is a whiny misanthrope. Wtf is Salinger’s problem?”
I read it at 15 and it felt like an revelation to me. The emotional disconnect between me and my surroundings got as real as it could get. Looks like it hits a lot harder when you got depression and a personality disorder.
I haven't reread it since, because i tend to have a very good memory with any visual media - it feels like wasting my time, and a little bit of fear of spoiling it.
I think I felt that way reading it in 8th grade or whatever, but I didn't have the wherewithal to understand why the book made me so uncomfortable.
Holden has no rizz whatsoever
I'm unsure why I never had to read this in high school. Did my brain memory hole it? I think we were changing curriculum and it fell through the holes.