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Short-form Humor from the mind of Michael R. Mennenga. Editorial on daily life and the human condition.

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By: Lisa
I though it would be interesting, but it only made me want to bang my head against a wall.

By: chesh
Meh. Some episodes I really liked, some I didn't care for in the slightest. I really love Christiana's Shallow Thoughts, so I was originally confused about why I didn't care for Deep Thoughts. I think the main difference is that while Christiana's "people are stupid" humor is almost always self-deprecating, Michael's "people are stupid" humor often has the subtext of "and aren't I clever!" Two other (smallish) strikes against Deep Thoughts are the excess of packaging such that only 25-50% of any given podcast is content and the banality of some of the thoughts. Some went to a wonderfully strange and unexpected place, but many of them went to a totally expected and common conclusion, at least in my view. Perhaps a longer form would allow for Michael's sharp wit to shine without making him sound like a jerk.

By: Nathan
POS, I think you missed the critical aspect of this work. It's satire.

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