{"id":492,"date":"2005-11-23T13:55:34","date_gmt":"2005-11-23T21:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2005\/11\/snarkity_snark-snark-snark.html"},"modified":"2008-01-25T12:53:39","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T17:53:39","slug":"snarkity_snarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/11\/snarkity_snarks.html","title":{"rendered":"Snarkity Snark-Snark-Snark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My idea of hell is willingly surrounding myself with people who <em>self-identify<\/em> as &#8220;snarky.&#8221; But that was before I considered the possibility of interviewing the applicants who answer the Craigslist ad <a href=\"http:\/\/newyork.craigslist.org\/mnh\/wri\/113112161.html\">&#8220;Snarky Writers Wanted to Cover Nightlife&#8221;<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A local publisher is looking for <strong>snarky<\/strong>, talented &#038; responsible writers to contribute a MINIMUM of 100 nightlife reviews over a 4-month period (Dec. thru April) for a new nightlife guide. Experience with nightlife writing and\/or professional publications is a big plus. Must be able to write in a clever, <strong>snarky<\/strong>, informative way. We are looking for writers who can commit to a large workload and work with our style. Ideal for a freelancer living in Manhattan. Think Gawker, not City Search.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, please send a resume (no attachments!) and a short review (50 words) of your favorite bar&#8230;impress us with your <strong>snark<\/strong> and style!<\/em> [Emphasis added . . . duh!]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Impresarios everywhere ought to be shaking in their boots, &#8220;Oh no! Please don&#8217;t skewer me with your acid tongue and that poison, poison pen on your <em>mildly influential weblog<\/em>! I&#8217;m so scared!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bonus Points: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literature.org\/authors\/carroll-lewis\/the-hunting-of-the-snark\/\">Other Snark<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yankeepotroast.org\/archives\/2003\/11\/requiem_for_sna.html\">Snark . . . <em>So<\/em> 2003<\/a> (&#8220;Plucky and sharp upon first arrival, poor Snark skyrocketed to ubiquity and, predictably, soon became overused, overexposed, and had its meaning completely (and ironically) overhauled; the very use of the word (oftentimes uttered with the same petulant tone and pointing finger as one would use to bark, &#8216;J&#8217;accuse!&#8217;) became a demonstration of its definition. To call snark was to commit it, thereby rendering it as a word a self-fulfilling self-parody, and as a concept a paradoxical meta-oxymoron&#8221;).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My idea of hell is willingly surrounding myself with people who self-identify as &#8220;snarky.&#8221; But that was before I considered the possibility of interviewing the applicants who answer the Craigslist ad &#8220;Snarky Writers Wanted to Cover Nightlife&#8221;: A local publisher is looking for snarky, talented &#038; responsible writers to contribute a MINIMUM of 100 nightlife [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tragicomic_ironic_obnoxious_or_absurd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}