Metro Breaks Stereotypes, And Plays Into Them

Yuk, yuk. But wait. Isn’t Metro supposed to be the lame, all-wire-and-just-a-lil’-local newspaper? (They actually have more staffers here than you’d think. But that doesn’t mean that’s not how people see it.) It’s small, it’s generic, it’s not going to surprise you, right?

Could you imagine the Inquirer writing something like that? Probably not. Daily News, maybe, but they’re too obsessed with getting the word ‘balls’ in the paper.

And remember, last year, Metro wrote “We hate to even think about how many people are going to get laid this weekend at Philcon, the annual science-fiction and fantasy convention being held this weekend. But we bet tons,” and ended up running the weirdest apology/correction I’ve ever seen. What does this all mean?

Basically, all we need to do is wait for the hippies to get pissed, and we’ll get another fun correction. Unless, of course, Metro means hemp necklaces.

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