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[montrealais]

felis_ultharus, harried English lit grad student, is having issues with postmodernism:

[some ludicrous lit theory article describes a performance artist as:]"...offering to passers-by an "exhibit" of postmodern man about his daily business."
...What is "postmodern man's" daily business? Deconstructing his groceries? Turning office memos into historiographic

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[etoilepb]

Oh, god, this metaquote just put me back in grad school! nooooo! I thught when they gave me the MFA I was free, freeeeeeeeee!

[seal7]

>_> Here I am following the traces of the above quoted and run into you O_O;

Weirded out.

[rsinik]

Well, you know, it was all WET, and his hairdryer was broken!

[robingal1]

*snort*

Your teachers must either cringe or jump for joy when you enter the classroom.
Clearly, you stand out amoung your bourgeois friends.

[anonymisty]

Not fair making me laugh when I'm supposed to be monitoring testing of seventh graders!

[agreenbunny]

I understood every word of that. *cackles maniacally* And my husband wonders why we English types are so good at spouting rivers of bullshit. If I were to show him this, he'd see that I'm merely a kitten in the jungle.

Or something.

[elettaria]

Lynx kitten or something? I don't there domestic cats end up in the jungle often. And lynx kittens are very cute.