Books by Chris Monks
The Best of McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Back in 1998, the internet was young and wild and free. Along with listservs, pornography, and listservs dedicated to pornography, there was a website that ran all its articles in the same font and within abnormally narrow margins. This site was called McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, and many dozens of people read it. Now, fifteen years later, most of those readers have died, but the Tendency still exists, publishing, every day, quasi-humor writing in the same font within the same abnormally narrow margins. The site has no ads, and no revenue prospects, and thus, every year or so, we collect some of the site’s better material and attempt to trick readers into paying for a curated, glued-together version of what is available online for free. This collection is the best and most brazen of such attempts. Please enjoy it, after you have paid for it.
Featuring:
It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers!”
What I Would Be Thinking About if I Were Billy Joel Driving Toward a Holiday Party Where I Knew There Was Going to Be a Piano”
I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled”
Hamlet (Facebook News Feed Edition)”
In Which I Fix My Girlfriend’s
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Embrace the Merciless Joy: The McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Guide to Rearing Small, Medium, and Large Children
by Jennifer Traig, Chris Monks
Are you the world’s worst parent? Could be, but you won’t know for sure till your child starts writing confessional poetry, asks to speak to the manager at an Applebee’s, or launches a YouTube channel. In the meantime, let the humorists of McSweeney’s guide you through every step of parenthood, from IVF to empty nest. This practical anthology collects the most popular parenting humor writing from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, plus loads of brand-new quizzes, lists, musings, questionable advice, harangues, primal screams, and more. An essential handbook for aspiring helicopter moms, disaffected soccer dads, and hovercrafting basketballing aunts/uncles/cousins―or anyone else who needs something to read while holed up in the bathroom for some “me” time.
Includes: Nihilist Dad Jokes Are You the Worst Fucking Parent? Decoding Your Teenager’s Glares: A Comprehensive Guide “We're Pregnant,” Said a Man Romantic Tips to Help Spice Things Up for Couples With Four Children and Two Full-Time Jobs Hello, I’ll Be Your Toddler Tour Guide For This Trip Out The Front Door Our Daughter Isn’t a Selfish Brat; Your Son Just Hasn’t Read Atlas Shrugged Please Let Me Put My Disease-Riddled Hands All Over Your Baby! Why I Decided Not to Have an OBGYN and Let Wendy From Work Handle My Prenatal Care Instead In Retrospect, the Theme for Chad’s 4th Birthday Party Should Not Have Been “Stanford Prison Experiment” Hey, Mom and Dad, I Made a Delicate, Structurally Unsound Craft That You Get to Carry Home In the Rain Your School District's Reopening Survey I’m The World’s Best Dad Because Once I Watched My Kid When My Wife Wasn’t Around How to De-Feralize Your Children for Back-to-School I Don't Know What the Big Deal About Having a Baby Is
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Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something: 21 Years of Humor from McSweeney's Internet Tendency
by Sam Riley, Chris Monks
Featuring way too many forewords, including one by Jake Tapper
It's a great undertaking to raise a humor website from infancy to full-fledged adulthood, but with the right editors, impeccable taste, and a dire political landscape, your site will enjoy years of relevance and comic validation. Join us as we revisit the first twenty-one years of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, from our bright-eyed and bewildered early stages to our world-weary and bewildered recent days. Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something is a coming-of-age celebration of the pioneering website, featuring brand-new pieces and classics by some of today's best humor writers, like Ellie Kemper, Wendy Molyneux, Jesse Eisenberg, Tim Carvell, Karen Chee, Colin Nissan, Megan Amram, John Moe, and many more.
Including: I Don't Hate Women Candidates--I Just Hated Hillary and Coincidentally I'm Starting to Hate Elizabeth Warren
It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers
On the Implausibility of the Death Star's Trash Compactor
The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid is Your Liberal Arts Degree
If Women Wrote Men the Way Men Write Women
My Coming Out Story, Sponsored by Bank of America
I Regret to Inform You That My Wedding to Captain Von Trapp Has Been Canceled
Please Forgive Us at Blue Apron for This Week's Meals. We've Been Having a Tough Time Lately
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