You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day: Amazon.ca: Scott Dikkers: Books

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Book Description

Takes a humorous look at inspirational self-help books by providing hundreds of depressing nuggets of wisdom.

About the Author

Cartoonist, filmmaker, and founder and former editor-in-chief of The Onion Scott Dikkers has written or co-written several New York Times bestsellers including Our Dumb World and The Onion's Our Dumb Century, which has sold more than a half-million copies and was awarded the Thurber Prize for American Humor. His other books include The Onion's Finest News Reporting, which topped 200,000 in sales, the self-help parody You Are Worthless, and the "unauthorized autobiography" of George W. Bush, Destined for Destiny.

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You are worthless. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book kept my family together...., Dec 2 2003

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I happened upon this book on a day I was to see my mother who was very ill. I decided to buy it for her in hopes it might keep her mind occupied. Needless to say my mother was enlightened by the book and decided not to join the circus (since her life has nearly been spent and would probably not amount to anything).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very funny book, July 23 2003

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This kind of humor isn't for everyone, but I do recommend this book for anyone with a sense of humor that's a little off-center. My 15-year-old son and I both laughed ourselves silly at various parts of the book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sick, sick, sick, but funny, funny, funny!, Mar 10 2003

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Ce commentaire est de: You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day (Paperback)

OK, this book screams out that tragedy is the basis for
comedy. The worse the insult, the funnier it gets.
Stinging humor with a 'get off your 'you know what' and
do something' attitude.

The pithy little missive that struck me was the one
that had a tombstone that said
"One day I'm going to open my own restaurant."

I mean, get a grip all you people who slammed this
book. Don't you get it? Get up and live now. Live now,
not tomorrow. Stop wallowing in your own sorrows and

go out and be productive!

All of us bitter people need to unite to make the world
a better place :)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sardonicism at it's finest
When out of sheer curiosity I picked this book up off of a friend's coffee table, I had no idea what lay ahead. 25 seconds later, I was in tears. Lisez davantage

Published on Feb 22 2003