I must admit when I saw this headline in the paper I thought the animals were starting to talk. Instead it was about all the angry keyboard critics. Comedian Patton Oswalt is talking about the ‘unsatisfied type of person who upon stories published online spews venom in the comments section.’Much of it is vindictive not thoughtful. Gilbert Gottfried suggests it is ‘basically ringing someone’s door bell and running away’. We used to call this ‘nicky nicky nine doors’……not sure why.
The other trend comedians have noticed is an abundance of ‘knee-jerk political correctness’. This has led to an ‘apology epidemic’.
As the article says, ‘The sad, angry online voice is the new heckler – a lonely, frustrated type seeking a stage.’