McSweeney's: A course outline that's probably closer than we think

McSweeney's offers notes on the "Internet-Age Writing Syllabus and Course Overview," for the Perez Hilton generation.

You can't just sign up for this imaginary course. You need some prerequisites:

Students must have completed at least two of the following.

ENG: 232WR—Advanced Tweeting: The Elements of Droll
LIT: 223—Early-21st-Century Literature: 140 Characters or Less
ENG: 102—Staring Blankly at Handheld Devices While Others Are Talking
ENG: 301—Advanced Blog and Book Skimming
ENG: 231WR—Facebook Wall Alliteration and Assonance
LIT: 202—The Literary Merits of Lolcats
LIT: 209—Internet-Age Surrealistic Narcissism and Self-Absorption

Ouch. The rest is here.