Rolling Fatties “Word Buzz” continues Thursday, March 22 from 6:30-8:00 with Seth Macy, creator of New Maine News, a satirical news website (think Maine’s version of The Onion). Word Buzz is a community event to chat about books or other word related topics. Rolling Fatties donates 10% of sales during the event to Webster Library here in Kingfield.
No matter what you read on New Maine News, Governor LePage’s dramatic weight loss was probably not caused by gypsy woman he hit with his car. Seth Macy’s new satirical news source labels itself as “Maine’s only trusted source for local real breaking news,” but you shouldn’t believe everything you read on the internet.
Macy has kept us in stitches with “local breaking news” articles like “Over 80% of Maine Fathers’ Affection is Directed at Their Wood Piles” and “Stoner comes to Startling Realization ‘TOS’ stands for Top of Sugarloaf.” Focusing on classic Maine idiosyncrasies, Macy has a unique life perspective that draws humor from the everyday quirks that most of us overlook, making observations that almost all Mainers will delight in, having experienced for themselves many of the things he pokes fun at. “The best satire …exposes the readers to a truth that they knew was there but maybe didn’t realize that they understood it,” Macy said to the Bangor Daily News, “I think that’s what I’m trying to do.”
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