Eugine_Nier comments on Things you are supposed to like - Less Wrong

68 Post author: PhilGoetz 22 October 2011 02:04AM

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 22 October 2011 12:31:56AM 4 points [-]

I read Catcher in the Rye is high-school, at the time I found it reasonably mediocre and certainly nothing memorable. Later, when I was in grad school, I found out that apparently it was a huge deal when it was released. I can only assume that this is some combination of Seinfeld is Unfunny and possibly that I don't remember it very well.

Comment author: Prismattic 22 October 2011 01:05:05AM 2 points [-]

Off-topic, but I think a better name for the Seinfeld is Unfunny trope would be Actually, You Can Do That on Television