Welcome to the sixth issue of The Shit List, the premium newsletter from the writers of Shit Towns of Australia and Shit Holidays. This week it’s a dinosaur special as we profile the prehistoric pricks, reveal what your potential mate’s favourite dinosaur says about them, and review the brand new Jurassic movie without watching it.
The Shit List: Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs are awful, just like all reptiles (snakes, Reptile from Mortal Kombat, the British royal family).
A staple of popular fiction and entertainment, dinosaurs are generally portrayed as arseholes. Godzilla randomly woke up and decided to destroy a Japanese city, like the dinosaur version of an American atomic bomb. There was Barney, the purple dinosaur with the purple punchable face, the Jimmy Savile of thunderlizards. The creepy family from the ‘90s sitcom Dinosaurs (especially the baby) were enough to make any viewer pray for an imminent asteroid.
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