Introducing ASSME, The American Society of Shitcanned Media Elites. (Aha! So you do think you’re elite! Sarah Palin is coming!) Started by a unnamed group of people, but suspiciously emailed to me by ex-Radar executive editor Aaron Gell (full-disclosure: he’s my former ed there), under “Our Mission, it says: “Through time-tested methods (alcohol, social interaction), we seek to sustain and inspire this beleaguered professional subclass.”
Under events, they implore: “One of the most challenging aspects of the often painful transition from gainful employment to sitting home watching The View is social isolation, with the attendant lethargy, poor grooming and weight gain (the so-called “Freelance Fifteenâ€). Don’t be a victim.”
New Yorkers can join ASSME by showing up to their party December 17 (the flyer says: “Still employed? You’re buying the first round!”
Besides, as they say: “Drinking was all we had left.”
