radio article - talk radio is for stupid people
cruise ship article - cruise ships are for fat people
Maine state fair article - tourism is for boring people
How much of his appeal was due to flattering the vanity of his readers?
"Taxonomically speaking, a lobster is a marine crustacean of the family Homaridae, characterized by five pairs of jointed legs, the first pair terminating in large pincerish claws used for subduing prey. Like many other species of benthic carnivore, lobsters are both hunters and scavengers. They have stalked eyes, gills on their legs, and antennae. There are dozens of different kinds worldwide, of which the relevant species here is the Maine lobster, Homarus americanus. The name “lobster” comes from the Old English loppestre, which is thought to be a corrupt form of the Latin word for locust combined with the Old English loppe, which meant spider."
This goes on for pages.
Also:
>David Foster Wallace, “Shipping Out: On the (Nearly Lethal) Comforts of a Luxury Cruise.” Harper’s Magazine, January 1996
I much prefer the title he gave it when published in book form:
"A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again."
0. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8CrOL-ydFMI
1. http://www.econtalk.org/arthur-brooks-on-love-your-enemies/