International Society of Supervillains: The ISS Responds To Its Critics

We get a lot of feedback here at the ISS.

Some of it's good, but a decent-sized portion of it seems to come from a group that takes internet humor so seriously that they would like to see us brutally killed over a comedy piece that they didn't have to read in the first place. Which seems like an appropriate response.

Then, some are kind of angry about our world domination plot and our need to destroy all goodwill in the world.

Here, we answer those last two.

Mike wrote:

This article is literary diarrhea. Don't quit your day job - whatever it might be. Ernest Hemingway, you are not.

But my day job is Ernest Hemingway! Every day, from 9 to 5, I am Ernest Hemingway for Writer’s Carnival, a children’s literacy center based in South Florida.

So, you see, I'm kind of in a tight spot here.

ok wrote:

This could have been funny, but you're trying too hard.

Oh, well, that's fine, because...um...you're...a dumbface...guy.

Bill Vincent wrote:

You know, I've seen a dozen "articles" like this one (granted, the others were much better) and I just want to say...for chrissake...it's a GAME...let people play it with out making fun of them. Jealous because you suck at it or something?

First, we'd like to note that your use of the quotes around "articles" really skewers us there, implying that what we wrote isn't an article at all, but is instead perhaps an essay or even a missive.

But, yeah, you got us, Bill. Truth is we haven’t been able to beat the super-secret Rock God Expert level of Guitar Hero that the developers only told a very few people about and that can only be unlocked by playing a special series of notes at the beginning. And, well, we’re a little bitter about it. So we developed a secret plan to make everyone stop playing a highly popular video game through jokes.

Tim Russert wrote:

Looking at the high cost of occupation in Iraq and the needs we have in this country, would it not have been better to have smaller tax cuts in order to keep down the deficits?

Uh, yeah, listen Tim. First, the ISS doesn’t set taxes. We only collect them. And second, I think you’ve got us confused with another evil-doer.

Karyyk wrote:

Written like someone who'd never read an Iron Man comic until Civil War.

And that's written like someone who thinks Iron Man is real. Or whose name is apparently in Klingon.

Lops wrote:

This is more than weak--it fucking sucks. Nice job on making one of the worst Radiohead jokes ever, ISS. International Society of Suckers (of cock).

I think you've stumbled upon the wrong website while looking for cocksucking. It's a common mistake. You're looking for www.the-issoc.gov. We apologize!

Joseph McCarthy wrote:

Are you now, or have you ever been, a communist?

We’ve had our moments.

steve wrote:

quit. or get fired. whichever. this article is painfully un-funny.

Well, I just asked my boss (me) if I could either quit or be fired and he told me he couldn't spare the labor. Then, he told me I have to work 20-hour days on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, sweeping out the chimney with my face.

I hate this job.

J wrote:

Did a 12 year old write this?

Actually several did. Surprisingly, a room full of 12-year-olds is cheaper than a room full of monkeys. The fact that you mistakenly thought this came from one writer's voice proves what we suspected: We get great work out of the kids when we beat them.

TreeeLuva wrote:

You are evil, with your huge airship that guzzles literally thousands of gallons of fuel every second. What do you plan to do about global warming?

Buy more shorts and deodorant.

Jroe wrote:

I get why this was written, but honestly it isn't that funny. Also, you kind of bring on this onslaught of comments by ripping into radiohead fans in a way that shows that you do not know very much about them. I like radiohead, though I think they have been/can be rather pretentious. The OK Computer jokes are stupid, most radiohead fans love the album, but even more of them love other albums like Kid A or the Bends. Its obvious you either do not know what you are talking about, or didnt spend much time researching what you were writing

Thank you for this well-thought-out and highly researched comment! Your conclusive survey data about Radiohead fans will certainly get you published in numerous academic journals.

lolufail wrote:

rofl im no fan of radiohead but you fucking fail pretty bad hahaha... go play in the traffic

My mother had the same reaction, but let me tell you, she wasn't laughing.

Rudy Giuliani wrote:

UR soft on terrorism!

You have enough wives to choke Mitt Romney. And you’re bald. So eat it.

treachery@the-iss.com

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fuck the haters

Posted by: jmcfarl3 | November 16, 2007 6:01 AM

Commenters are the stupidest people on the face of the planet.

Wait...

Posted by: Mason Stormchild | November 16, 2007 1:10 PM

Keep with the funny.

Posted by: Old Iron | November 17, 2007 7:59 AM

Wow, what a scathing response to criticism! More tepid (at best) humor. I don't care if you rip on Radiohead or Guitar Hero and the people that keep defending the various topics need to get a life. I'm sure the members of Radiohead don't spend a ton of time scouring the internet looking for parodies involving the band. The simple fact is that the material on this site is poor. Really, really poor. The beautiful thing is that you don't have to care about my opinion.

Posted by: C | November 30, 2007 1:20 PM

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