Emails From An Asshole: Real People Being Stupid (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I feel really mixed about this. I Loved reading it and laughed at almost every entry in it.But once I'd put it down and it would hit me that these were real people I felt bad. Some of the things he put people through.. well, as the title says he IS an asshole. The part of me that would feel uncomfortable after putting the book down kind of wishes that most of these are made up, even though I'm pretty sure they aren't. It was funny, yes, but I felt it kind of highlighted how the internet has made ALL of us assholes to some extent because I found myself thinking his behavior was okay because it was on the internet.Any way, it's funny. And it might make you feel a bit guilty for finding it so... but maybe that's a good thing? To be questioning what is okay in the medium that is pretty new to us? By the way, my half-assed American answer to the moral dilemma this book brought on: I felt okay because I bought the book used. This is one of those books that you'll pick up every once in a while and thumb through, no matter how many times you've read it cover-to-cover. John Lindsay is an amazing troll and flaming asshole whose ridiculous emails to unsuspecting internet-users never fail to make me grin and laugh.A perfect read for whenever you're bored or feeling down...or any other time, really. It's funny, witty, ridiculous...I could go on, really. But I won't; read it yourself!
What do You think about Emails From An Asshole: Real People Being Stupid (2010)?
Had to put it down, the author is too pathetic for words.
—Carly
This book was actually pretty hilarious most of the time.
—TheHungerGames
