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So you started writing at ClickHole right from the launch.
It was a parody of those people who take pictures of themselves every day for a year.
But it was fun to write.
Lets talk about Garbage Sons.
But they were sort of tapping the contributor pool as potential people to write for [ClickHole].
and it would be very clear that this was a disgruntled divorce who has been wronged by various ex-spouses.
Did you witness the response online in real time?I didnt, really.
I guess I was on Twitter a little bit more than I am now.
And then for some reason Dennys made a tweet about it that referenced the Dreaded Laramie.
I mean, thats what my memory is, but for you it seems to be much smaller.Yeah.
But thats as much as I experienced the feedback from it or knew that it resonated with people.
Wasnt ClickHole selling aDreaded Laramie shirtfor a little while?Yes.
I think that was something that was suggested by our old managing editor,Dan Davis.
I dont know how well those sold, but yeah.
Do you have any idea what kind of traffic the post got?No.
I dont have any idea what kind of traffic anything gets.
Ive never had access to the whole metrics.
Its a little embarrassing to go back to those older quizzes.
I think theres something to the fact that the quiz was published in 2014.
Sometimes I think the engine of those sillier posts is often about something.
I think even Garbage Sons I mean, I dont think its pure fluff.
No, its fun.Im glad it was fun.
The goal of the anonymity is definitely not to add any sort of mystique.
We are all just very normal people.
And the goal is not to create this artificial sense ofWhos behind this?or anything.
Its a creative decision, mostly.
other than its a fun thing to read, which hopefully people think it is.
Even with you going on the record, I will say you are hard to find online anyway.
I didnt set out to be completely anonymous, but I dont know.
And it does help that Im probably search result number 63 billion if you Google Adam Levine.
Even if you Google Adam Levine garbage, probably.
Im anxious about the state of basically individual websites as an entity, not just for comedy.
That being said, if you likeClickHoleorthe Onion, yo visit those websites theyre not dead yet.
This interview has been edited and condensed.
