You started out with the same humble origins as everyone else, but then right around 2004, something changed: you hit the big time. And don’t get me wrong, everyone is really happy for you. We’re just…we’re just not really sure if we can trust you anymore, you know? Power corrupts, after all. You’re still popular and probably will be for years to come, but that, quirky, offbeat cred you were capitalizing on for so many years? Yeah, it’s time to let go of that.
We found Justin Hall through his hand-drawn rage comics on Reddit. Now he’s drawing webcomics about webcomics for Slacktory.
He’s planning a webcomic about his own webcomic.
Channel 101 is just a bunch of filmmakers in L.A. who make 5-minute TV episodes for each other. Each month they hold a screening and vote which shows get to make more episodes.
They just released the second episode of Gumbel, about a British soccer fan named Bryant Gumbel (“yeah, like the fucking newscaster”) dealing with a breakup ugh ugh ugh that description doesn’t tell you a single thing about how fresh and fun this show is.
Written after scrolling through these.
Amy from Slough says, “I can’t afford pricey sand! So I filled my sandbox with water. It’s fun and thrifty!”
Picture 1: Waterlogged sandbox. It looks MISERABLE.
Starburst quote: “Carly says: ‘What fun! This is a tip that I will do.’”
Picture 2: Carly smiles impossibly while sitting cross-legged in a sandbox full of muddy water.
Discussion question: Does the United Kingdom only have fifty pence?
Has your phone started receiving text messages containing fun, informative cat facts from an unknown number? Have you found yourself unable to unsubscribe, and the cat facts just keep on coming? Then you may be someone’s dumb friend or relative in the latest prank to hit the internet.
The prank got popular last week when someone posted a series of phone screenshots to Reddit with the title, “So my little cousin posted on FB that he was bored and gave everyone his new phone number…”
Enter in red leather tuxedo to orchestral medley of “Axel F” by Harold Faltermeyer and “Party All The Time.”
(Wait 10-20 minutes for standing ovation to die down.)
Parody ideas:
The Fartist
Digitally insert me—as The Klump family—into The Artist.
Subtitle: “Black and white just got blacker.” Rip farts. Silent but deadly!
War Donkey
Put Donkey from Shrek into footage from War Horse.
Sample dialogue:
Donkey: Run into Nazi territory? Aw, hell naw! Do I look like a dumb horse? I’m a donkey, honky!
Fat Albert Nobbs
Bill Cosby will be PISSED. That alone makes it worth it.
The Help 2: Trading Places
“Where’s my grits, Emma Stone?”
Got tangled earbuds? Just double-pump them and you’re done! Slacktory’s Nate Smith shows you how!
See the instant trick the headphone industry doesn’t want you to know! »
Tumblr’s still like a cool guy that won’t bitch about watching romantic comedies with you [straight guys: substitute "girl" and "playing video games". Demographic humor]. A comedian says there should be more posts tagged “robots with boners” so Tumblr’s editorial director reblogs it and by the next morning there are lots of robots with boners (NSFW duh).
Matt Jurns studied library science at Kent State University. We made him read blogs for the first time. Today he reads Gawker.
Nick,
What is Gawker’s deal? I know what Gawker Media does, and I know what each of the blogs in its extended family do; but Gawker itself is baffling. Is it just all the stuff that doesn’t fit into the niches of the other sites? Is it Nick Denton’s Tumblr?
I know it says ‘gossip’; but that seems so vague as to be meaningless. Even the ‘about’ page doesn’t describe it, it just has a supercut of people on the news saying ‘Gawker.com’. It reads like an everything bagel tastes, there are so many things that I can’t pick out what’s going on. This isn’t my write-up, I’m genuinely confused.
Cheers,
Matt
Discussion question: When did you stop reading Gawker, and how many times has its readership doubled since?
Reddit’s certainly no stranger to bizarro subreddits. There’s one for Team Fortress 2 fashion advice, and another that appears to be about nothing but the letter G. They’re specific to the point of being absurd. That’s how these things work.
Then today I found the one that’s all about Matt Damon + My Little Pony. »
I hope you’re ready to waste the next two hours by repeatedly refreshing the profile page of an acquaintance from college or distant relative! Are you absolutely positive that this is the path you want your life to take? There are so many other things you could do with that time, and it doesn’t have to be grand or ambitious. You don’t even have to go outside or anything. You could just rewatch Party Down or something. But if you’re truly determined, here are a few tips that may prove helpful:
9. Remember to compare your opponent’s God(s) to any one of the following: Santa Claus, elves, “sky fairies,” Hitler (when is a comparison to Hitler notnecessary?), the current leader of your least favorite political party, pedophiles, Satan.
But DO NOT follow that rule without following the other 8! »
Lifehacks! They make your life more things! Do the places! Be yes!
https://twitter.com/mat/status/162300437838577665
https://twitter.com/#!/jwherrman/status/162256662382653440
https://twitter.com/#!/robotmachine/status/162297623183753216
https://twitter.com/#!/jwherrman/status/162225740123881473
There’s this running joke on the internet about an acne-scarred C.H.U.D. (or Butthurt Dweller) finding fault with any and all images of women in order to alleviate the self-hatred and loneliness that goes along with being a neckbearded netizen — “I can’t find a decent woman, not because I’m just awful in every way, but because all the women in my town have such big foreheads and stubby toes. Disgusting!”
This mindset has borne a new meme, “2/10 Would Not Bang,” in which 4chan users post images of flawless women and compete against each other to find fault in increasingly creative ways, and then dismiss them with the Comic Book Guy-channeling verdict: 2/10, Would Not Bang.
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