#literaryhumor — Public Fediverse posts

Ah yes, "Metatextual Literacy"—where we dive deep into the sophisticated art of overanalyzing a children's book about a kid who can't even tie his own shoelaces. 📚🤡 Apparently, the real mystery is how Kinney's doodles expose the "ground truth." Who knew graphic novels held such profound secrets? 🙄🔍
https://www.jenn.site/metatextual-literacy/ #MetatextualLiteracy #GraphicNovels #Overanalysis #LiteraryHumor #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the joys of producing an "instant" concordance for over 1,200 public domain #classics that no one asked for! 🚀 Because who doesn't want to spend their Saturday night finding out how many times "thou" appears in books no one reads anymore? 📚🤦‍♂️
https://iafisher.com/concordance/ #instantconcordance #publicdomain #booknerd #literaryhumor #dataanalysis #HackerNews #ngated

In this riveting tale of profound #verbosity, Ursula K. Le Guin explores the mystical realms of saying absolutely nothing for endless pages 📚😴. If you're looking to fill your bookshelf with the sound of one hand clapping, look no further! 🙌✨
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/blog/3-the-absent-silence #UrsulaKLeGuin #BookRecommendations #LiteraryHumor #MysticalRealms #HackerNews #ngated

https://eldritch.cafe/@EllisArcwolf/115559015085772139

I dunno why I went with those names. 🤔

My gay fathers were Charles Dickens and Jonathan Swift on one night of sublimely angry sex, so I can't help it. Chuck carried me, of course. Poor guy thought he had gout for years...

#Humor #GayHumor #Literature #LiteraryHumor #CharlesDickens #JonathanSwift #Satire #SurrealHumor #Shitposting #Writing #WritingCommunity #LGBTQ #ALittleSorry

Bud Smith's "My Truck Desk" is the latest addition to the long list of things that sound way more interesting than they actually are. 🚚✏️ With more plugs than a leaky boat, it's hard to tell if it's a literary piece or a full-page ad for The Paris Review. 📰💸
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10/29/truck-desk/ #BudSmith #MyTruckDesk #HackerNews #LiteraryHumor #TheParisReview #HackerNews #ngated

Oh joy, someone took the relentless tedium of Moby-Dick and multiplied it by eight million—literally! 📚✌️ It's like they said, "Who needs words when you've got grayscale textures?" 🤦‍♂️🎨
https://thevoltablog.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/nicolas-mugaveros-eight-million-copies-of-moby-dick-or-the-whale/ #MobyDick #MobyDickChallenge #GrayscaleArt #LiteraryHumor #Textures #HackerNews #ngated

On the anniversary of #EmilyBronte 's birth, I thought this would be appropriate! (Cartoon by #KateBeaton)

#BronteSisters #Brontes #CharlotteBronte #AnneBronte #LiteraryHumor

🤔 "Aesop in Words of One Syllable" proudly presents: 🐢 *Look at us, we took tales older than your grandma’s dentures and made them simple enough for a brain-dead amoeba!* 🧠 Meanwhile, everyone else is wondering if Aesop is rolling over in his non-existent grave. ⚰️
https://blog.pgdp.net/2025/07/01/aesop-in-words-of-one-syllable/ #AesopRetold #SimpleStories #LiteraryHumor #ClassicTales #BrainDeadAmoeba #HackerNews #ngated

🚪📚 So it seems the *Guardian* has discovered the hitherto unknown fact that Henry James had a family—who knew? Maybe next they'll uncover that books have pages. 🙄 #GroundbreakingJournalism
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/colm-toibin-how-henry-james-family-tried-to-keep-him-in-the-closet #GroundbreakingJournalism #HenryJames #FamilyDiscovery #LiteraryHumor #MediaCritique #BookNews #HackerNews #ngated