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Admittedly, I've not (yet) done much exploration into the wide world of blogs; my experience with them has mostly been reading the very casual blogs or web diaries (I am guessing we will be discussing the distinction between the two in class; if not, I'll come back to it here at some later date) of real-life friends. A couple of nights ago, however, I trolled around "Stuff White People Like," specifically the "Diversity" post ( http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/7-diversity/). What I found especially interesting about the post was not its content, but the responses to it by readers. I can't make sense of the author's agenda or intent, and, it seems, neither can the readers. Some seem confused, some outraged, some amused, some in sincere agreement, and many maintaining the mock-sincere, provocative, and smug tone of the author. I am not sure what the sub-genre of this blog is (Satire, maybe?), or if it even fits into the genre of blog; I make the latter statement because it seems so far removed from an author. It is almost the product of someone's ultra-sarcastic (?) team of split personalities.