Of Imaginary Editors

Is there any writer's joke more consistently unfunny and obnoxious than the wacky fake editorial interjection? [ed. We checked, and no! There really isn't!] Does anyone actually think that this seems irreverent? It's even worse because of the internet: with blogs and webzines and various forums for people to write into, the actual need for editors is much smaller, and yet because of that same lack of editorial oversight, these damn editorial interjections are free to proliferate. People who obviously don't have an actual editor can still use the wacky fake editor to... show what crazy rebels they are? Reinforce their own points in an assumed other voice? I don't know about you, but I've never seen a wacky editorial interjection that didn't either faux-reject the writer's point by way of referring to him like he's some irrepressible truth teller or enthusiastically boost it with its own fake authority [ed. stop ruining this gag I've got going, man!].