I am loving this blog more and more each time I check it. There haven't been any new posts since I checked it last, but the deeper I delve into the archives, the more I feel like I will die of laughter.
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html
Enjoy this post.
I've always detested bad grammar, and saying alot is just one of the many things that bugs me. Here, this wonderful blogger describes several of the mistakes or chat lingo she sees used. The one she focuses on is the Alot. Yes, he is a monster, but he's very cute. Her drawings of him are fabulous.
Now, because I'm supposed to be doing a rhetorical analysis of these blogs instead of just laughing myself to pieces about it, I did my best to determine exactly what it is that makes this blog so funny.
In this specific post about the Alot, firstly, there is her idea of what one looks like. She's making a creature for something that doesn't exist, even in normal English. The idea is, of course, outlandish, and as people we tend to think that outlandish things are funnier than non-outlandish things. The part that personally gave me a kick most was the section where she says "When people say 'I'm lonely alot' or 'I'm angry alot'..." which strikes me as funny because she attributes this to someone talking to the Alot with an emo haircut and the Alot is basically thinking "get away from me..." Funny enough. Why? Again, she's taking the strange creature and putting it with an almost childish idea. Yes, she's an adult, and in a way, making a fool of herself. But she's speaking in such diction that gives her a stable amount of credibility, even if what she's saying is ridiculous. She knows she sounds silly, though, which is what makes her sound not-stupid. She's doing what just about every comedian does- putting absurd ideas out on the table and expanding on them into detail, even though they're clearly wrong. Huzzah.
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