Jonathan Franzen did us all a favor, really. What else were we all going to do this morning if not read about his plan to adopt a war orphan asa plan to better understand young people? And thanks to the Twitter that he so loathes, we can also get front row seats to a whole universe of very, very funny people discussing just how crazy that plan was. The only sad part is that because he’s on Twitter, he won’t see all of these great jokes. We’ll just have to hope that someone in his life can show him how to search for a hashtag on Twitter so he can take a look. RELATED: Jonathan Franzen thought adopting a war orphan would help him understand young people
Just another day at work for Jonathan Franzen. pic.twitter.com/12P4hsper4
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 21, 2015
Considering adopting Jonathan Franzen to figure out what not to say in interviews.
— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 21, 2015
There aren’t many occasions where “Just google ‘millennials'” would be advice I’d give but well done Franzen for finding one.
— Tom Ewing (@tomewing) August 21, 2015
Offered for J. Franzen’s edification, slightly-used 5-y-o to help you understand young sociopaths. Free to bad home. pic.twitter.com/PJz7xkCiue
— Laura Lippman (@LauraMLippman) August 21, 2015
so sad I’ve used up all my franzen jokes throughout his history of being like he is
— Bec Shaw (@Brocklesnitch) August 21, 2015
he “was persuaded against it by his editor”
see, never underestimate the importance of editors
— Nicole Chung (@nicole_soojung) August 21, 2015
Are you saying Iraqi war orphans don’t exist solely for the education, moral edification of white men? https://t.co/DxGDg84HgX
— Jennifer Weiner (@jenniferweiner) August 21, 2015
My editor had to talk me out of eating a whole bunch of bees because I wanted to experience Buzzfeed.
— Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnson) August 21, 2015
