Who the eff are you? Given the low quality of the sarcasm here–in turn the lowest form of commentary–you are in no position to judge either Munro or the New Yorker.

I gotta say, I was pretty turned off by this comment, too. The elitist sarcasm on this blog has really become very tiresome.

Oh come on, he’s poking fun at a stodgy institution for being elitist. Good article Nathan, people need to chill the ‘eff’ out.

The ‘stodgy elitist institution’ argument is a horse that has been flogged to death. This snarky commentary serves no purpose other than to amuse the author of the post, and I suppose the various readers who snigger at its clever nastiness.

I have noticed an increasing level of meanness in this blog recently, which I think is sad, and does a great disservice to Q&Q.

Oh, and congratulations to Ms. Munro.

Can you point out to me exactly what portion of this blog post is mean? Alice Munro’s prose style can be a little dry? Is that the clever nastiness you’re speaking of?
This piece is nothing more than a short article on a funny reaction to literary news. It’s okay, both Ms. Munro and The New Yorker can take a little ribbing now and again. They’re grown ups.

Hey, this is CanLit dagnabit, no humour allowed!

What’s mean and nasty, you ask? I’ll tell you . . . limply offering “well-deserved” where only “monumentally deserved” or “enormously merited” will suffice. This is an outrage, Whitlock.