Shouting at No One
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What your favorite blog says about you…

legit. from Nick Douglas of SLACKTORY 

Gawker: You tell your friends jokes about their ethnicities and sexual orientations. They grin and say “Bitch!” and pretend to smack you.

Huffington Post: Most of your pleasures are guilty pleasures.

Daily Kos: You own a “Disappearing Civil Liberties” mug.

Laughing SquidYou own an unconventional bicycle.

BuzzFeed: Your giggle is too high-pitched.

Gizmodo: You correct people in conversations that you overhear in public.

LifehackerYou know where your pens are. 

Kotaku: Your girlfriend says, “At least when you read a book, you come away having learned something.”

Mashable: Your Facebook feed is all “likes” of news articles you’ve read.

TechCrunch: You “network”.

Jezebel: You convinced your mom to leave your dad, and she’s never been happier.

The Awl: You aren’t snotty about keeping books in good condition, you acknowledge that dogears and scribbled notes are healthy, but you have a few special editions you’d only lend out to a very close friend.

Deadspin: You’re going to kickpunch the next asshole who says “I only watch it for the commercials” as if this is some mark of intelligence.

Boing Boing: You’ve voted for a satirical political candidate.

Kottke.org: You read all the liner notes, even if you bought the album as mp3s.

Daring Fireball: You know three ways to tell Helvetica from Arial.

The Hairpin: You got Maira Kalman to draw a cartoon in your book at a reading.

Think Progress: You can communicate multiple levels of disgust with your snorts.

Perez Hilton: You were bullied in high school.

The Gloss: You have a purse dog.

PopSugar: You feel comforted by laughtracks.

Neatorama: You’ve bought food from ThinkGeek.

Serious Eats: You’ve debated about Five Guys vs. In ‘n’ Out.

TreeHugger: You feel bad about how long you take in the shower.

Roger Ebert: You like discovering cheese-and-fruit pairings.

Geekosystem: You used to steal Reddit jokes for your Facebook feed, but your friends caught you.

Autoblog: You use pomade.

Vulture: You have theater tickets.

Stereogum: You have a working definition of “authentic”.

Brooklyn Vegan: You have a working definition of “facon”.

VideogumYou’ve openly scoffed at a celebrity in person.

Hipster Runoff: Your friends squint at you a lot after you say things.

Consumerist: You have some sort of fact sheet, like the Bill of Rights or some measurement conversions, in your wallet.

Cinematical: You refuse to acknowledge that AOL shut this blog down. Jesus, live in the present.

TubeFilter: You’re surprised how much you say “content”.

ReadWriteWeb: You are the only person who actually called your representative about SOPA.

Art Fag City: You’ve fantasized about throwing poop onto something expensive that you actually like, just for the filthy thrill and the knowledge that this will make it worth more to someone foolish.

PostSecret: You try so hard to act mysterious that everyone knows this about you.

I’m Remembering: You own a stuffed animal.

The Frogman: You can’t listen to a Muppets song without singing along.

The Daily WhatYou like to borrow your friends’ pets.

Slacktory: You keep tripping over your own feet.


  1. xenex said: I do know three ways to tell Helvetica from Arial!
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