One of these days, I'm going to finish the essay for 101 Reasons to Stop Writing on why most critics of any stripe would do us all a favor by feeding themselves feet-first into a wood chipper. The problem with this variety of twit is (a) they all think that their interpretations are Important, and (b) they'll take any criticism, no matter how justified, as confirmation that they're even more Important than before. I seem to remember that this was the MO of that homesick abortion Riddell who was infesting the zines a decade ago.
That said, I can't tell you to ignore the commentary, but I will say that fast, short, and witty usually causes them to implode in a blast of pure huff. If they're smart, they generally don't bother to respond: in my case, I responded to one such wanker who referred to me as "a Hunter Thompson wannabe of sorts" with "Better a Thompson wannabe than a Tina Brown wannabe, fat boy." I haven't heard anything from him since.
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Date: 2008-04-24 12:41 am (UTC)That said, I can't tell you to ignore the commentary, but I will say that fast, short, and witty usually causes them to implode in a blast of pure huff. If they're smart, they generally don't bother to respond: in my case, I responded to one such wanker who referred to me as "a Hunter Thompson wannabe of sorts" with "Better a Thompson wannabe than a Tina Brown wannabe, fat boy." I haven't heard anything from him since.