Archive for the 'Humor' Category

From McSweeney’s:
Take a look at my work: I’ve got a unique eye and I create a visual journal of personal moments, like your vows, during which, as a professional, I assure you I will not sigh heavily.


Iran’s not the only one who can photoshop a missile launch:

More hilarity here, and here.


an enduring source of hilarity.
Reading through The Economist from a few weeks back, I saw this snippet in their profile of the LP’s presidential candidate, Bob Barr:
His moralistic fervour faltered only when it came to his own conduct: twice divorced, he was once photographed licking whipped cream off the breasts of a particularly buxom woman. [...]


NPR pwned me

02Apr08

Every year I’m the butt of at least a dozen April Fool’s jokes.  The totally obvious ones I can figure out, but once a prank exhibits the slightest bit of subtlety, I’m a sucker.
Take this story from American Public Media’s Marketplace.  While driving home today I was listening to the show and started to hear [...]


I assume you’ve seen Idiocracy. If not, I’ll wait for you to catch up with the rest of society. Ready? OK.
So you also remember Brawndo. It’s got what plants crave, i.e. electrolytes… the drink which nearly causes humanity to be extinct? Well they’ve made it into an energy drink:

Seriously, [...]


From McSweeney’s:

Live in Constant, Irrational Fear of Muslims and Let Die
From Gitmo With Love but Not Legal Representation
The Spy Who Was Outed by the Administration as Political Payback Who Loved Me
The Man With the Golden Gun Who Used It to Shoot His Friend in the Face While Hunting

More here


Well you’re in luck:

I especially like the translation of the third principle of economics:
Rational people think at the margin == People are stupid


Considering the billions of dollars modern companies are supposedly spending marketing to the hip, tech-savvy youth demo, you think someone designing this flyer should have caught on to this:

Look closer:

Notice anything familiar about it?