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Las Vegas Man Sues Over Alleged Douchebaggery

The Smoking Gun is reporting that a 27-year-old club promoter from Vegas is suing publishing giant Simon & Schuster and author Jay Louis for being included in Louis’s book Hot Chicks With Douchebags. As a result of his appearance in the book, Michael Minelli claims he has been exposed to “hatred, contempt, and humiliation”, which has led to “friends, acquaintances, coworkers, employees, and strangers alike” calling him a “douchebag”.

Hot Chicks With Douchebags was published in July of this year, a byproduct of Louis’s popular website of the same name. On page 202 of the book, he describes Minelli as ”so far beyond regular douche, so far beyond uberdouche, he could spontaneously create a new element on the periodic tables–Douche Nine.” Minelli is suing for unspecified damages and legal fees.

This isn’t the first time the douchebag bible has come into some big-time legal ruh-roh!. Last month, three New Jersey women also sued over their inclusion in the book, which they said was “vulgar” and showed them as ”females who date dubious men”.

You can learn more about both stories, as well as see the photos in question and the whole pile of legal documents, by going here and here.

Now, I’ve been a longtime fan of the Hot Chicks With Douchebags website. To be honest, I think it’s friggin’ hilarious, and I check in over there quite frequently to get a gander at the latest round of douche-scrotes invading humankind. While on one hand I can certainly respect someone’s objection to being an unwitting part of such scrutiny, I think all the offense and legal maneuvers taken are perfect examples of how modern society has completely lost touch with something called Satire (yes, that deserves a capital ‘S’). The website and book are satirical, poking fun at the ridiculousness of our very human foibles, which is what Good Satire does. For instance, I wrote a post a few months ago on another blog, a piece satirizing a local magazine, and I got a whole slew of hate mail and “I hope you get shot in the face” kinds of comments. Some people got that it was Satire, of course, but most did not. The world today has not only forgotten how to laugh at itself, but also stares uncomprehendingly at a staple of literature known as Satire.

What’s even more interesting is that the vast majority of Satire (my own misunderstood piece included) is written by authors who are satirizing and making fun of themselves just as much as — if not more than — they are satirizing and making fun of their subjects. Even Jay Louis’s handle on the Hot Chicks With Doucebags site is “Douchebag1″. But all of this is lost on those who just don’t get Satire.

Oh well, at the end of the day, let’s not forget what Bette Midler says: “Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke.”

Story Source The Smoking Gun

November 24, 2008 | Filed Under Newsies

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