A former student contacted me on Facebook to see if I would help him with his homework. Isn't that sweet? Here's our email interchange. I almost wanted to write a beautiful paper for him, but figured this went far enough. I feel like I made it so simple that he might actually learn something.

Between You and Edin Bektasevic

Edin Bektasevic 30 April at 13:21

can you do me a favor please and help me with this english homoework i got?

Brandon Payne 30 April at 13:21

Of course!

Edin Bektasevic 30 April at 13:28

thanks! can you look up the video "I threw it on the ground" on youtube and see if you can identify the humors in it... falicies or humors, i'm not sure if thats the same thing

Edin Bektasevic 30 April at 14:53

Sorry I meant to say Humor and Satire not Humor and fallacy

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Brandon Payne 30 April at 23:26

Are you looking for all the humor, or just the satire? To find the satire, look for things that make fun of something. I probably shouldn't just do it for you--depending on who your English teacher is--but any time that Andy Samberg is pretending to be a real musician, or doing anything that other musicians do, he is satirizing them. It could be the beats he uses, the way it's mixed, the way they shoot the video, filters they use on his voice--just look for stuff that you see in other music or music videos. What makes it satire is that he stretches that stuff out so far it becomes ridiculous, and fits it all into a ridiculous lyric.

Brandon Payne 30 April at 23:26

And I didn't do it for you, right?


And I just noticed in pasting that that he wrote homoework. LOL. This kid is super sharp, and that's exactly the sort of joke he would make. I hope it was on purpose, cause that's hilarious.