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Dear Joel -

I read your January 2nd article, wherein you claim to be uninterested in the feedback of your readership. Its title, “Have something to say? I don’t care” was quite catchy; it was catchy enough that it ended up on MetaFilter, and subsequently found its way into my RSS reader.

Congratulations. Your article’s a hit. I mean, it’s not a hit with me, but it’s a hit. I’m sure there are leftists across the nation toasting your good favor because you’ve thrown quips like

Sending an e-mail to that address is about as useful as sending your study group report about Iraq to the president.

into the mix.

Given that you don’t care for e-mail, I’ll just outline my perceptions here.

• You’ve got an impressive vocabulary, and your prose-styled editorial is, more or less, grammatically accurate.
• You have a tendency to write an awful lot of words, without having actually said anything of substance (see: Jewish rant articles, Sean Hannity jabs, etc.).
• You’re more or less a loser, who’s got an admirable writing ability.
• You compensate for said loserdome through an over-the-top “I don’t give a fuck” facade.
• Your Photoshop skills are wanting.
• The sum of your horseshit is greater than its individual parts: you’re pretty entertaining.

Recognizing that this entry will show up in your RSS reader, but that you won’t waste your time on “some blog,” this post is my stripped down version of a PhD dissertation about you (PS – speaking about one’s self in the third person is a privilege reserved for Snoop Dogg).

Thanks for the entertaining rant, Senor Stein. I think you’ve probably found your niche – writing op-ed articles for the LA Times.

After all, Princeton (the University) probably prefers that their instructors didn’t graduate from Stanford; I’m guessing they also expect their “humor writing class” instructors to have an ability to write with humor. That being said, if you find yourself able to adopt some conservative political views, the LA Times would probably find THEM humorous and give you a desk.

If there’s one message that I think the youth of today need, it came from one of your interviews:

I watched an endless amount of TV growing up, but I also read a lot. The trick is to be very unpopular and not waste your time on “friends.”

Keep ‘em coming.

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