Cynical Nation

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed.

Through sheer force of habit, I still dutifully check out The Onion first thing every Wednesday morning. Before I'd read this post by Jim Treacher, I'd just made a mental note that today's Onion may well be the most horrifically un-funny thing I've ever read in my life. Christ, Margaret Cho's blog is even funnier than The Onion these days. That's how bad it is. If Joe Piscopo had a blog, there might be at least one item tucked away somewhere that might at least elicit a mild chuckle every once in a while.

Read today's Onion if you haven't already. Is there anything that provoked so much as a smile? Pay particular attention to the "Pope Remembered" photo essay. Since it's a special section, you'd think the writers must have had some inspiration for putting it in there. But no, clearly they didnt. I didn't see one photo in there that wasn't just abysmally, depressingly, mind-numbingly, unfunny. I wasn't offended, mind you, just incredibly bored.

Sad.