A Satirical Guide to Giving Overly Localized Directions
By
Charles Stayton
Summary
A humorous piece from McSweeney's Internet Tendency that parodies how people give overly complicated, hyper-local directions based on landmarks and references only familiar to themselves. The article presents a fictional guide to giving directions like the author's dad, using absurdly specific local knowledge (e.g., "turn where the old Kmart used to be," "go past the house with the weird mailbox") that assumes the listener shares the same deep familiarity with the area. It satirizes the common communication gap between locals and outsiders when navigating.
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· 3 pulledAssume your audience has the same deep knowledge of local landmarks and geography as you.
Turn left where the old Kmart used to be — not the one that's now a Spirit Halloween, the one before that.
If they ask for clarification, just repeat the same directions but louder and slower.
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