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Tuesday, August 14, 2007

Whitterer on Autism

Whitterer on Autism was another victim of "not really a humor blog" syndrome. Our reviewers were mostly positive about it, but gave it higher marks as a family blog or blog about autism rather than a humor blog.

CategoryScorePoints
Content4.2530/70
Writing5.753/5
Web Design4.382/5
Intangibles4.382/5
Read Regularly2.52/10
Frequency105/5
Total
44

Percentile Rank: 11

Some quotes from our reviewers:
Interesting blog, but doesn't really qualify as a "humor blog." The "[translation = whatever]" gimmick got EXTREMELY old after about the third time. By the sixteenth time it was like being poked in the eye with a sharp stick.

Although this blog is not "funny ha-ha", it is amazing in many ways. The woman shares her trials and travails of raising two autistic children and that she does so with humor, deserves major kudos in my book. I think this bucks the system of what funny is and I found myself nodding my head and smiling along.

The only quirk was her liberal use of "translation" to make a point. I think it could be funny and effective used a bit more sparingly. Otherwise, I found the blog author to be highly relatable and will be back to read more.

This blog is a pretty good read on a very heartfelt subject and it obviously expresses a meaningful aspect of the writer's life. However, I'm not sure how funny it is - it's endearing, clever and touching, but it never even came close to the territory of being funny.

It's an interesting look on a mom with an autistic kid, but is nowhere near funny.

While the blog is well written, it focuses so much on the family, to the point where it gets to be too much. Obviously it's tough having children with autism and I can appreciate what writing must do to help the writer and the family handle autism in a positive light and create an outlet for their feelings. It's a "feel good" blog for people who can identify with autism...but not sure if it's a traditional "humor blog." I wouldn't read again, but may recommend families with autistic children to read.

While interesting, I didn't really find anything to be funny.
Whitterer on Autism is, overall, a good read, and would probably be of particular interest to other families with autistic children. Rating it strictly as a "humor blog," however, it comes up a little short.

7 Comments:

Blogger Zoning Out Again said...

D'oh!
You should check out her other blog then, it's hilarious!
We should have reviewed that one.
Mcewen is a very funny writer. Give her another chance and check her out at http://alien-in-a-foreign-field.blogspot.com/

August 14, 2007 7:00 PM  
Blogger Zoning Out Again said...

Read
"Crabby Old Lady" July 16th
and
"Brace Yourself, Retained and Restrained".
July 19th


I laughed my Bum off!

August 14, 2007 7:09 PM  
Blogger Chris said...

My question is why do people submit their blogs to Humor-Blogs when they are not humor blogs at all? This is like the 10th blog to be reviewed that wasn't a humor blog.

August 15, 2007 6:45 AM  
Blogger Diesel said...

Zoning - I've read that blog and it's definitely more humor-oriented than this one. Not sure why this is the one that a review was requested for.

I really don't know why people keep doing that, Chris. Either (1) they just want some honest feedback on their blog, and don't really care that they are going to get skewered on the humor score, or (2) they think they are a lot funnier than they are. Your guess is as good as mine.

Maybe I'm not being mean enough in my reviews to scare people away?

August 15, 2007 8:30 AM  
Blogger Joel B. said...

Yes, you're being fine in your reviews. Much better than that last Ass-clown you had in here trying to write reviews.

August 15, 2007 11:18 AM  
Blogger Chris said...

I agree...humor is very subjective. A lot of times people think they're being funny and it may be funny to friends and family but in reality the rest of the world won't know that persons sense of humor and therefore won't really find the content funny.

I know that there are lots of talented and funny people out there and especially on this website...and it is one of the few sites where you can get honest feedback from fellow bloggers. But maybe it's just me, but I think people are missing the point about the humor angle to this site. I know I'm here to read talented, funny writers who manage to make me chuckle or laugh with their writings. And most do. However it seems like some are here just to get the "free press" even though their blogs aren't all that funny or even humor blogs at all.

When I think autism I don't think funny. Yes, it's lighthearted and touching. But besides the writer showing us the good natured side of autism, I found myself feeling badly for the children. That's not the result you want when you leave a "humor blog".

Also Diesel, this is just my opinion so take it for what it is, but I think there needs to be a more selective process about which blogs get reviewed. I know its a random draw, but for example, look at Lame Jokes Inc. It got terrible reviews and it hasn't been updated since July 5th! So obviously its not a blog that the owner is really keeping up with.

Maybe there's some qualifying factors a blog needs to meet to get reviewed. Like the blog needs to have been in existance for at least 6 months, a year, etc. And content needs to be updated fairly often. I know we have scores for frequency, but if you have a good blog and you're a good writer, you're gonna update often.

Sorry to rant...I love this forum and think its a great community of bloggers who are just plugging away. I just think if we keep getting sites to review that are not at the very least satisfactory, it's going to take away what you're trying to accomplish here - which unless I'm wrong - is the find the funniest, most humorous blogs out there.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to my upcoming "skewering". I hope I meet a better fate than some of the previous reviews.

August 16, 2007 6:57 AM  
Blogger elasticwaistbandlady said...

I've read it a few times because mcewen is a really sweet and faithful commenter. However.....the length of her posts makes my eyes cross and the translation schtick gets tiresome after the first sentence. What do we need a translation for? I think we've all watched our fair share of Mr. Bean and Monty Python to know ye jolly olde English humour.

"And then I went to the loo.[Translation=I dropped a big hairy crap on the pot.]"

She's nice but painfully unfunny.

August 27, 2007 4:03 AM  

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