Reviewing reviewers of reviewed reviews
Last night I had good sushi. It was a place called Zushi Puzzle on Lombard St. and San Francisco. I knew it would be good ahead of time. Know how? Yelp.com told me. It's a site that can guide you to the right restaurants and insult you in the process. I like the user profiles because it allows me to psychologically analyze all the reviewers and decide how much I care about what they think.
For example, look at the third review on this page. Why did he write so much? Makes me think he’s just some bored old dude. His profile confirms my suspicions:
- He has no blogs that wouldn’t bore me to death? Strike 1.
- He is an old curmudgeon? Strike 2.
- He never drinks beer and coffee at the same time? Strike 3, he’s out! (I do that every morning on 101S.)
There. We don’t connect--he takes in the scenery and savors life. I have the attention span of an over-caffeinated terrier in heat and ignore the details in my foolish youth. I’ll just go ahead and discount his opinions on this and any other matter. Although, I’ll give it 19 years and I may have to revisit some of these cinematic musings over weak Earl Grey and salty tuna subs.