Not just anybody... yelp!

The internets have spawned a particular type of humor which is essentially a gift of time. Someone with more time patience than the rest of us goes through a board or some other online community, and sift out nuggets of brilliant numbskullery from the more pedestrian dumb shit, so we don't have to. One of the earliest posts here took issue with Epicurious reviewers, but I simply lack the strength to excoriate everyone who uses non-dairy creamer in a bisque, and then gives the receipt a scant fork-and-a-half. But luckily, there are many, many, made of sterner stuff than the Cod. Gawker's  Blue States Lose, for instance, saves the trouble of wading through CobraSnake and Last Night's Party, and instead provides irrefutable evidence of the imminent collapse of our society with a few presifted images. If Nick Denton ever wins a humanitarian award, the time BSL has saved countless cube-dwellers will doubtless figure prominently.

To this comes, "This Week in Yelp," the heroic labor of Eater (relative) newcomer and this Week in Craig veteran Amanda. The recent summary of buffet reviews exemplifies the tendency of Yelp posters to put the "re-re" back in res publica. Viz the review (via Eater LA's Amy) of LAX quesadillas.* With that in mind, it is a bit chilling that there are rather cromulent establishments, including the vaunted All Star Sandwich Bar, (I think) which display stickers like the one at left. If I ran anything much more ambitious than a hot dog cart, I'd feel about getting one of these about the same way that J-Fanz felt about the Oprah Book Club.

I was reminded of these because of a new and different and self-adhesive way to evaluate restaurants. Via Turntablelab, it's the Hater Sticker Pack -- add these to the goodiebags at the next Beard Awards, and watch the fun begin.

*And 13(!) reviews of the Ruby Tuesday in the Arsenal Mall in Watertown. That's not retarded, that's actually insane. If you accept the definition of insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

Comments

[Marco]

13 reviews about a chain that can't produce a decent burger

[cinetrix]

I've decided to take it as a subtle Stevens homage. That way my brain won't break.

[New Orleans survivor]

Or a Maddox imitation - 13 ways of looking at a possum.

Yo, Cod, more music!

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