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On the first of April this year, the Outsider turned one. In hindsight, launching an online satire magazine during a year of rising temperatures and shrinking attention spans was reckless and silly. Possibly both, but we love irony. In the era of infinite scrolling, long-form content is read less and less.
I failed to write an editorial on All Fools’ Day; instead I write one on International Labour Day. The delay was not due to neglect, but to editorial entanglement. Meursault and I have spent the better part of a year writing about the Evolution of Memes in Popular Culture—a task that began as a evening’s distracted musings and metastasized into a ten-thousand word rant. It’s now too long to be included here; Google Analytics doesn’t lie: the longest article on the Outsider is also its least read article.
The artwork on this page–Nietzsche making air quotes–was to accompany the completed piece as a meme. You, dear reader, are invited to use it in memes of your own.
We are pleased to introduce the musings of Albert to readers of the Outsider. Albert is the newest (and the oldest) member of our resident paradox, and has decided to become our resident film-critic. He is currently working on a review of Disney’s Snow White.
This magazine was never meant to be timely. It was meant to be true—in the way that satire can be: exaggerated, unhinged, and occasionally profound. I missed our anniversary, but we did not miss the point. We remain committed to publishing the kind of satire that makes readers laugh, wince, and occasionally Google obscure philosophers.
Also sprach,
—Der Editor
P.S.
- Albert has, since, written a second piece. Read his review of Disney’s fantastic television series Andor.