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http://www.somethingawful.com/news/don-rickles-thinkpiece/ This is something like the 400th time I read a front page article and without looking at the name I went "the premise is funny, it's Zack Parsons". Thanks for always capturing stuff that is funny, writing it down with words that are funny.
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Whenever I see something like this article that seems to be mocking the same absurdities that I'm tired of seeing run free, I worry that it's actually getting meta and really trying to make fun of me, instead of things that I think are ridiculous. I enjoyed the joke the article appeared to be making, so I would also like to thank you for it. I think...
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Oct 24, 2015 03:47
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It was really funny.
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Oct 24, 2015 21:49
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I just read that one and it's hilarious. It's all about perspective, and our writer has it.
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Oct 29, 2015 10:20
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Zack's writing is definitely one of the main reasons I've kept reading SA's front page all these years. Thanks, Zack!
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Oct 29, 2015 23:09
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This is one of the stupidest jokes ever and I love it.
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Oct 30, 2015 14:27
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I see that Mr. Parsons is a Clickhole fan.
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Oct 30, 2015 22:15
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I would allow my wife to cuckold me if it were with Zack Parsons. Just sayain......
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Nov 6, 2015 06:45
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Zach Parsons is also writing for his own site, where he's also started doing WTF D&D again.
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BiggerJ posted:Zach Parsons is also writing for his own site, where he's also started doing WTF D&D again. Oh well maybe my $100/month would be better served buying my breakfast
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Nov 9, 2015 08:15
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I'm forwarding the new article to all my conservative pals on the facebook. They are sure to enjoy it!
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Astrochicken posted:I'm forwarding the new article to all my conservative pals on the facebook. They are sure to enjoy it! They'll write back asking why such an informative article would be featured on a comedy site.
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Dec 4, 2015 21:22
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to this day the CONEX: Convict Connections series remains one of the best things I've ever read -- https://www.somethingawful.com/series/conex-convict-connections/
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A misanthrope posted:to this day the CONEX: Convict Connections series remains one of the best things I've ever read -- https://www.somethingawful.com/series/conex-convict-connections/ seriously, those are amazing works of horror meta fiction
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Dec 9, 2015 06:45
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That's some good Don Rickles material.
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what happened to that outer echelon series it stopped after book three and there hasn't been any news in ages
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Dec 15, 2015 08:25
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I liked Liminal States.
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Obligatory Handle posted:I liked Liminal States. Same. He really lost me in some of those "alien worlds" parts but the dialogue was always good and it moved along nicely.
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Poison womb
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If there was ever a time for Levi Johnston to Check In again, I think it is now. I'm not sure that's a thing that can happen here anymore though. Oh well.
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Anyone remember Dance Dance Karnov? I think it is one of the most glorious things I have ever seen and it made me start to lurk on SA back in 2001.  and volume warning (old school flash) http://www.somethingawful.com/feature-articles/flash-game-dance/
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Zack does not get enough respect around here. Those "instruction for a help" articles are also some of the best things I've ever read on the internet. https://www.somethingawful.com/series/instruction-for-a-help/ a misanthrope fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Feb 4, 2016 |
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Obligatory Handle posted:I liked Liminal States.
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Did he do the Food Critic from 1910ish? I liked that one
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I just got liminal states how good is it genuinely?
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Twerkteam Pizza posted:I just got liminal states how good is it genuinely? I thought it was quite excellent.
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This is still one of my favorite Zack Parsons things: http://www.somethingawful.com/news/europa/
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This Jared Leto Joker thing is his best in a while.
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The "Instruction for ..." series and that stuff about angels and unravelers was p. cool I agree. I also like the guy who does the dog classifieds.
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Cry Havoc posted:what happened to that outer echelon series anyone have any info haven't been able to find anything on this
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http://www.somethingawful.com/news/xfiles-screaming-mulder/ I laughed at Mulder being used for religious belief and Scully being the Doubting Thomas.
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Cry Havoc posted:anyone have any info At one point he posted on his Facebook that he was gonna release the last (or second to last?) volume in November 2014 and then it just never appeared and I don't think he mentioned it again unless he's said something in the past like 4 months. I've asked him about it on Twitter a couple of times and he never responded. Maybe if we hound him enough he'll tell us. Also Liminal States was really good.
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I don't know if we're supposed to talk about this here or not, but some time in late 2014 the Front Page sort of half-reinvented itself and Zack Parsons also cut down his involvement without actually leaving. There are fewer articles posted to the Front Page each week, and some of the older mainstays are just gone. He still writes for Fridays now, but he also writes on that other site. I never noticed any changes like this being announced; it just sort of happened or got rolled out without mention. SA articles seems to be getting shorter, more to-the-point, and, as far as I can tell, a bit more like what people on the Internet seem to want these days. I don't feel like I browse widely enough on today's web to say it more definitively. Parsons' longer, more involved stuff has either stopped, been moved off-site, or gone into the normal publishing world. I'm not trying to pry here, but I've decided to stop withholding this observation.
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Your poison womb is making heaven too loving crowded. - Zack
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I'm always relieved when I see a new article from Zack Parsons, because I know the front page is still carrying on even if it's in a state of change. I miss the early days under Garbageday sometimes too but there's still good stuff coming out. I think the front page can still rally. Every Parsons article keeps that hope alive for me, at least. Also sometimes they make me pee myself laughing or become afraid of grasshopper aliens, those things too.
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BoldFrankensteinMir posted:Also sometimes they make me pee myself laughing or become afraid of grasshopper aliens, those things too. The grasshopper alien at the end of Liminal States seemed kind of friendly.
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Onomarchus posted:I don't know if we're supposed to talk about this here or not, but some time in late 2014 the Front Page sort of half-reinvented itself and Zack Parsons also cut down his involvement without actually leaving. There are fewer articles posted to the Front Page each week, and some of the older mainstays are just gone. He still writes for Fridays now, but he also writes on that other site. We never received any mandate from Lowtax or anything like that. I just write the stuff I think is funny, as I've been doing for the past ten years.
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bobservo posted:We never received any mandate from Lowtax or anything like that. I just write the stuff I think is funny, as I've been doing for the past ten years. Keep up the good work, Bobservo! And on topic, today's seatbelt PSA (http://www.somethingawful.com/news/buckle-your-seatbelts/) is well-done, Zack!
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Today's is a killer entry too. Nobody else captures the zeitgeist quite like Parsons, even when (or especially when) "timeliness" becomes a complicated idea. Edit- Okay, so today (The 23rd now) marks the third article by Zack this year that I have fooled my coworkers with. Today's Unfortunate Corporate Social Media Reactions to Prince's Death, and previously Who Said It: Donald Trump or Al Pacino as Big Boy Caprice From Dick Tracy? and 2016's Resolutions You've Probably Already Broken all start off reading like such perfect clones of the endlessly derivative micro-articles flowing out of every pore of the web now. But then there's this wonderful moment in each when they cross a threshhold and you realize what's really going on, and it's hilarious and meaningful at the same time. Good stuff. BoldFrankensteinMir fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Apr 23, 2016 |
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