Ha, yes, this is most literary novels.

She also skewers YA novels pretty effectively, too.

But this is just hilarious.

“It’s complex because parties are where you’re supposed to have good times, but we never do,” I said.

“Yes,” he said.

“Uuuuuuughhhh,” I moaned, and then all of my bones fell out because of alienation, and I flopped to the floor like a fish, and I went “uuuuuuggghhghghghghgh again.”

“Bluuuuughhhhh,” he agreed, and he was so alienated that he disappeared and stopped existing. What even is the self.

You’re read 95% of all litfic right there. Now go write an essay.

Almost all novel and movie plots have to be unrealistic (even the “true” ones) because the world is far more complex than can be portrayed on screen or in text.

Much (most) must be distilled, elided, eliminated, or condensed.

I am far more forgiving of “plot holes” than most as they aren’t usually plot holes, really – I just assume something happened off screen or off page that the work didn’t have time to show.

That doesn’t excuse bad plotting, though.

Really, though, reality is full of “plot holes.” Why did WWI happen? Plot hole. Why did Germany invade Russia in WWII? Plot hole. Why did America elect George W. Bush twice? Plot hole. I could go on.

We are far more forgiving of the plot holes in reality than we are in fiction, for some reason. Perhaps because we have little choice.

Thinking about the Reddit changes, it’s almost certainly prepping for a sale. That’s the only reason to do something so destructive.

I predict Reddit will be acquired/sold within the next 6-9 months.

Reddit – whether you like it, hate it, or just don’t care about it at all, just had its Digg moment. More info on that here.

This will destroy most of the commenting communities there. I think this is being done to please advertisers, but it will just end up nuking the site.

So if you hate Reddit, rejoice! It doesn’t have that long left to live unless this is reversed.