NPR: nope.

Seriously, NPR is just something I cannot do. I'm sure it's a valuable news source and all, and it's way the fuck better than something like right-wing nutjob talk radio, but jeez. All I can think of is that old SNL skit about the two women whose whole NPR show is about, like, making squash recipes and knitting and stuff. Those soft, well-modulated voices, the mildness of it all -- it's just infuriating. And plus also, people who listen to it are often the same douchebags that talk about how they "really don't watch much TV" (implying -- and not very artfully -- that you are a Slack-Jawed Consumerist Lowbrow, whereas they themselves are simply of higher-minded stock). Dudes with professor beards, people who carry PBS fund-drive tote bags, frequent playgoers -- gah.