Could use a run through a spell-checker, a decent copy-editor, and an awareness that quotes require attribution.

If the writing style is supposed to be imitative of newspaper prose, the author(s) would do well to study one or two major dailies. (Years ago, the WSJ was considered the gold standard in clarity. I don't know if that's the case nowadays.)

Other than that, not funny at all, downright sloppy in places.

("Rockefellar"? Really?)

Apparently, you meant to post this in reply to some other OP.
There's no mention of any "rockefellar" in my OP or the linked piece of satire.

This is clearly satire - so why get your blood pressure up over unattributed quotes?

In the future, be careful to avoid any humor out of the Burgh. Yinz'll stroke out 'nat.

The Rockefellar (sic) citation is from another piece on the site you linked to. I never said it was in the OP.

I assume you posted this to solicit some feedback. At least that's how I read your "Move over, Onion" intro.

As to avoiding any humor out of the Burgh: it's easy to avoid what's not there.

Interesting that you're not only hostile to the OP, but to Pittsburgh as well. Does that extend to the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania? You have a lot of hostility and anger. I hope you are able to enjoy humor in some aspect of your life.

"Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything." Kurt Vonnegut

"It is impossible for you to be angry and laugh at the same time. Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive and you have the power to choose either." Wayne Dyer

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." e. e. cummings

"Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life." Joan Lunden

"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed." Khalil Gibran

As to your claim there's no humor in the Burgh, I refer you to the political cartoons of Rob Rogers:

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist/profile.cfm/RogerR/
Editorial Cartoonist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist/profile.cfm/RogerR/

Pittsburth is also the home of Toonseum:
http://www.toonseum.org/

What is the ToonSeum?

The ToonSeum is a small boutique style museum dedicated to the comic and cartoon arts. While the museum itself is quite small there are on average over 100 pieces of art exhibited at any given time. Exhibits rotate every few months.

It is a art museum for fans of the comic and cartoon arts. While there are often exhibits, and a limited number of activities for children it is not a children's museum. Like any art museum very young children may be a bit bored by looking at art on the walls. However the ToonSeum is a great introduction to an art museum setting by introducing them to the arts through characters they know and love. We often have family events, but it is best to call ahead or check our site for schedules.

The ToonSeum is an independent non-profit museum. We are 90 percent volunteer run. We are one of the very few completely independent arts venues in downtown Pittsburgh and one of only a handful of cartoon oriented museums in all of the United States. We are a museum for those who love comics and cartoons.
ToonSeum Mission Statement

The mission of the ToonSeum is to celebrate the art of cartooning. Our goal is to promote a deeper appreciation of the cartoonists and their work through hands-on workshops, community outreach, cartoon-oriented educational programming, and exhibitions of original cartoon art.

ToonSeum is one of three museums dedicated to cartoon art in the United States. ToonSeum moved to its own gallery space on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh's downtown Cultural District on November 8, 2009, aided by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.

In 2009, the ToonSeum established its NEMO Award, given to notable individuals "for excellence in the cartoon arts". Recipients to date include veteran comic-book artist Ron Frenz,[3] editorial and comic-strip artist Dick Locher,[4] and comics artist, editorial cartoonist and artists' rights advocate Jerry Robinson.[5] In May 2013, ToonSeum hosted the two day North American Conference of the National Cartoonists Society.[6] In that same month, plans for expansion of the museum were announced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ToonSeum

Hell, half my family hails from within 30 miles of Pittsburgh. And if I weren't such a humor fan, I would have hardly bothered to follow the link, would I?

If you start a post with, "Move over, Onion," you're certainly setting expectations high, and setting up the reader for a huge letdown if you (or your target) doesn't deliver.

My response, which you still seem to have trouble understanding, was to suggest a number of ways the blog could be improved. It could start by being funny.

You do understand that satire involves ridicule, right? It's doesn't arise from "wouldn't it be funny if...?" musings that mindlessly combine incongruous elements; e.g. KFC bucket / moon, hot dog eatery / world heritage site, the pope saying the word "shit," etc.

FWIW, Vonnegut is a favorite of mine.

Finally, "Pittsburth"? There's another problem right there.

My post referred to a single article, not an entire blog. Talk about going through life, looking for things to be upset about, you win! Seriously, consider trying a positive outlook for a change.

A typo's one thing. Going off on a tear in defense of a place, only to fat-finger the place's name itself is another, and funnier by far than anything at your original link.

Not looking to "win" anything here, but, to restate my original point: the blog just isn't amusing by any stretch. Nor can it be correctly called satiric.

P.S.

I do have a positive outlook. I was merely disappointed to read a promise of a site in the same league as The Onion, only to be assaulted by schlock. Talk about feeling cheated!

Go ahead--have the last word if you like.

https://www.youtube.com/user/pittsburghdad

-- Mal

So, no reason why a hot dog shop in Pittsburgh shouldn't make it.

-- Mal

In the schools up and down the Mon Valley (area basically to the south of Pittsburgh through which the Monongahela River ran) the kids would buy their tickets to be used at Kennywood. Then on the appointed day we would go down to the railroad station to wait for the train that would stop at every little town picking up more and more excited kids. The train would pull into a Kennywood station (bit fuzzy on this part) and we would walk into that glorious park. The lines in front of the Jackrabbit coaster was too long so I headed for the arcade- walls and walls of games. Later headed for the huge pool they had (closed down when Kennywood reluctantly was forced into integrating it). Ended the day with hot dogs, soft ice cream and frosties and the long trip back home.

Sadly, the trains stopped running , Kennywood did away with the ticket system and that era came to an end. The last time we visited Pa. we drove to Kennywood and while the park still was an enjoyable trip, it seemed to be missing something - my wide eyed youth of new experiences, I guess.

They still have them, they were a fixture in my early 4ths of July.

My brother loved the coasters, I never went on them. Too small, at first, and I never got the appeal. He was crazy about the Thunderbolt, though -- that was always his first ride.

I liked Noah's Ark, what can I say? And the boats on the lake, which they had to discontinue when it was contaminated by local coal mines.

I was working for the Philadelphia Historical Commission when they placed Kennywood on the register. It was mostly because the carousel there is one of the finest specimens of vintage carousel design still extant. Loved that, too.

-- Mal

Noah's Ark - as I recall, the animals peeking thru those portholes and the shaky walkways around the boat. The boats on the lake, of course - didn't know about the coal mines. The Jackrabbit - a wooden roller coaster that threatened to do all sorts of scary things as it pitched and swayed on those wooden rails.

Like my dear old Mom says, you can find anything on the Internet.

-- Mal

This was fun to watch. Thanks!

He is terrific!

-- Mal