Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Vimeo: Where the Hell is Matt? (2008)

http://www.vimeo.com/1211060
"14 months in the making, 42 countries, and a cast of thousands. Thanks to everyone who danced with me."

Fail Blog

http://failblog.org/
"A collection of FAIL images"

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

garfield minus garfield

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/
"Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?

Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb."

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Psychology Today: Field Guide: Sarcastic Masters

http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20070625-000002.html
"If there's such a thing as a congenital smart aleck, Rachel Mosteller is it. The 27-year-old Houston journalist has been ready with a well-timed barb since her elementary-school years. "I made my first quip when I was about 10. My parents were getting divorced right around my birthday, and I said, 'Well, isn't that a great present,'" she recalls. "That made my mom pretty mad."

Mosteller has continued to hone her sensibility ever since. "I tend to use it when I think people are taking themselves too seriously," she says.

Certified wisecrackers may see their snarky remarks as clever diversions, but because the distinction between a joke and an insult can be nebulous, they can easily damage relationships and careers with their one-liners. Frustrated by her company's practice of feting model employees with Hallmark-style gifts, Mosteller posted a send-up of the policy on her blog, The Sarcastic Journalist, in 2005. "You go and do something spectacular (most likely, you're doing your JOB) and someone says, 'Why golly, that was spectacular.' Then they bring you chocolate and some balloons," she wrote. Though she never disclosed her real name or the company's, higher-ups got wind of the post and she was promptly fired.

So why do wisecrackers keep their bons mots coming at the risk of alienating others? Though they may not be aware of it, sarcasm is their means of indirectly expressing aggression toward others and insecurity about themselves. Wrapping their thoughts in a joke shields them from the vulnerability that comes with directly putting one's opinions out there. "Sarcastic people protect themselves by only letting the world see a superficial part of who they are," says Steven Stosny, a Washington, D.C.-based therapist and anger specialist. "They're very into impression management."

Because humor and hostility often come mixed together, it can be difficult to pinpoint a wisecracker's primary intent. "Sometimes sarcasm is humor—purely a Don Rickles kind of joking—and sometimes it's just innocently insensitive," Stosny says. "But other times, it's devaluing." Everyone benefits from a wisecracker's comic relief, but if you are the target of regular swipes, it's best to assertively call the joker out. His hilariousness doesn't give him the right to belittle you."

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Esquire: The Five Most Pwned Newscasters

http://www.esquire.com/the-side/video/newscaster-bloopers-videos
"The Germans have a word for it: Schadenfreude, which literally translates to “Fuck you,” the etymology stemming from a nasty feud between the German bourgeoisie and the peasantry over whether or not Goethe’s Faustus was a comedy or a dramatic memoir. Anyway, what it means is that people love to see bad things happen to other people. It’s a relatively simple platitude of human nature: Watching others suffer means you’re not suffering. It’s the reason Tom Brady always has that smile on his face that says, “Yeah, yeah, I’m sure your life is pretty cool, too.”

Throw in the element of surprise, and it’s a surefire recipe for success. Newscasts are a medium tailor-made for real-time hilarity. Men and women so composed, so intent on pursuing the noble goal of reporting the events of the world, convincing themselves every night that it is important for the public to know about the upcoming apple-picking season, and it does matter that delicious fiber-rich desserts can have half the calories and fat of traditional cookies and cakes, so in the zone that the smallest derivation from the script is magnified tenfold. These videos? Try one thousand fold."

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Collection of all Calvin and Hobbes strips, in chronological order

http://www.marcellosendos.ch/comics/ch/index.html
"Calvin & Hobbes was published from Nov 18th, 1985 to Dec 31st, 1995. Here's the collection."

Friday, June 22, 2007

Monday, May 28, 2007

The tale of Firefly and the reverse culture shock

http://firefly.yourjapan.jp/post/2/358
"I had spent one full year living in Japan. I had battled with cultural shocks, I had battled my own pre-conceived ideas about life and culture. I had sat on a crowded train carriage, to look around and notice I was the only foreigner around. I had 1 year of ups and downs and sideways curves. 1 year of struggling with the language, and just plain struggling to fit in. 1 year of stress and problems at work caused by Bill and Shane. I wasn’t yet ready to leave Japan, but god was I ready to go back home for a holiday."

Saturday, May 5, 2007

Al's Dilbert Page -- a whole career of Dilbert

http://pag.csail.mit.edu/~adonovan/dilbert/
"This page is automatically updated every morning by a cron-job which has been running since summer 1996, i.e. the beginning of my professional career. You may need to click refresh on the page or on the latest image. Click on the image below to go to the real Dilbert web site, or on the links below to see local copies of archived strips. Sunday strips are in full color and marked with [S]."

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

The Trouble With Katie Rogers (online comic)

http://www.katierogers.co.uk/
"Who... or What is Katie Rogers?
Katie is a 26 year old Fashion Editor for the respected and adored New York based "GLOBO Magazine" . Born in the UK, our little English girl up and left to pursue her dreams of working in publishing in New York, which is where she resides today.

Friday, April 13, 2007

Department of Airbag Security can create an Airbag Security Advisory System

http://www.airbagindustries.com/archives/airbag/law.php#21914
"Department of Airbag Security can create an Airbag Security Advisory System with a color-coded Asshat Levels to keep us all informed of the potential threats from commenting Evil Doers?"

Saturday, March 31, 2007

productdose: April Fool's Day Office Pranks

http://www.productdose.com/article.php?article_id=5553
"April Fool's Day may be on a Sunday this year, but these gadgets and pranks will have you annoying your peers in the office all year long. More…"

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Come In/Go Away Doormat

http://haha.nu/creative/universal-doormat/
Brilliantly devised reversible (same side) wording on a doormat for multiple uses...