Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Harold Bloom

This review isn't about Harold Bloom. It's about Harold Bloom's Ratemyprofessor page. I hope it makes many of you feel nice and tingly inside to know that the difference between you and Yalies like me and Lollies is twofold: (1) The ability to spell; (2) A massive, literally incredible sense of entitlement.





Rating: 4%

27 comments:

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

Talk about MAN unlimited. Where shall wisdom be found? Right here. I used to like T.S. Eliot, but then Dr. Bloom showed me how ignorant I was. But that's OK. His influence causes no anxiety here.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

its like yelp but for boring shit that doesnt matter to anyone

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

Ratemycock: 2 chili peppars

The Horror of Generation said...

Lacking Harold Bloom's critical subtlety, I may have missed the massive sense of entitlement. To what, exactly, are you referring?

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

*scoffs*

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

maybe if you managed not to be born to a illegal honduran and a banjo you could have afforded to go someplace other then outhouse state university where you would have learned life skills other then mixing long island ice teas for little jenny alpha house whore so you could understand this post The Horror of Generation live and learn i guess

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

im a vassar man myself (vassar county community college)

Viking Andrew said...

This might be a re-post, but I think what I meant by a sense of entitlement can be best described by Louis CK:

Here

and Here.

Viking Andrew said...

R3 reference at 6:30 of second link.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

i know exactly what u mean viking andrew its like when glen took down my scathing critique of youtube comment section racism in dentsts waiting room review instead of appreciateing how it subtly riffed offo f his own coment and apreciating it for the cultural treasure it was

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

the comment i mean

Viking Andrew said...

I knew somebody would understand. Nice new pic, btw.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

the moving gif image is better can yall enable those things on this blog

laurie said...

I am so confused. What the hell is going on here?

Viking Andrew said...

"What part confuses you?" Viking Andrew asks in his condescending, professorial tone.

Internet John said...

It's Harold Bloom, not fucking Confucius. What did you expect his Ratemyprofessor page to say?

Yale Brat said...

"Even though my dad is the the richest person in the Northwestern U.S., it was an absolute privilege to take a class with bestselling literary critic Harold Bloom, whose mastery of the entire Western canon as defined by Harold Bloom was able to bequeath unto me an intellectual, nay, spiritual authenticity that 5% of all the money in the American economy just couldn't buy. P.S. I just loved his sequel to David Lyndsey's Voyage to Arcturus, which was almost as well-written as the original."

Geography said...

NorthWESTERN U.S.? And you didn't go to Stanford? Ha!

Internet John said...

Sorry, David LyndsAy. Y'all should really read that. It's a moving exploration of rampant consumerism and the promise of rebirth through violence as seen through the eyes of a disillusioned suburban divorcée. He coined the term mennui.

Viking Andrew said...

Check this shit out.

DCP said...

I wonder who gets higher RMP scores, Harold Bloom or the first year creative writing student who talks with his students about teaching while stoned and has the class watch Bowling For Columbine in lieu of writing an essay? I mean, I "wonder."

Viking Andrew said...

@Glenn. gnr! Brilliant.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

inside jokes

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

well, this has been fun you guys lets do it again sometime

Viking Andrew said...

Remember that kid who was always high? And he told his class he'd give anybody an A if they could beat him at video games? Dear god.

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMygUGR5eQE&feature=related

Walter Benjamin and the Mechanical Reproductions (the band) said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMygUGR5eQE&feature=related