douchebags

February 13, 2005 1:53 AM

brickwallers and douchebags.It's incredibly cruel but oh so clever. Exposing the band promo photo. You might think you look good but this guy will identify your weak point and skewer you with a bon mot - which is a hell of a lot more painful than anything else you can be skewered with. Even sharp things. A couple of favourites are this one and this one, which almost killed me. If you get it you'll know what I mean.
posted by milkwood (43 comments total)

Dude, I don't know who this Jeremy guy is, but his life must suck. I'm glad I'm not in a band.
posted by saysthis at 2:15 AM on February 13, 2005

Oh and I forgot these guys, and
, and them, and
, and this especially cruel one, and here, and here, look just work your own way through ok.
posted by milkwood at 2:19 AM on February 13, 2005

Look I don't care what anyone thinks. Some of these are inspired.
posted by milkwood at 2:31 AM on February 13, 2005

Damn you, I just laughed so loud at the last one I woke up my girlfriend in the other room.
posted by loquacious at 2:53 AM on February 13, 2005

Ok so I am a sad lonely bloke who comments on his own posts more that other people but look this cannot be allowed to pass without notice.
posted by milkwood at 2:59 AM on February 13, 2005

Some wiseacre put Ecstasy in the soy milk.
posted by loquacious at 3:00 AM on February 13, 2005

Ahhh - some of those hurt my sides, other hurt my eyes!

/scrubscrubscrub
posted by Chunder at 3:03 AM on February 13, 2005

Heh
This one can be heard here.
posted by Tenuki at 3:04 AM on February 13, 2005

this is the last one. I promise!
posted by milkwood at 3:05 AM on February 13, 2005

The Evolution of Pants
posted by loquacious at 3:15 AM on February 13, 2005

Yeah, this is all pretty lame.
posted by Simon! at 3:31 AM on February 13, 2005

I disagree. The enormous quantity of unremarkable photos bearing not-even-remotely funny captions sends this over to very lame.
posted by Kirth Gerson at 4:34 AM on February 13, 2005

A pal sent me this, he could not stop laughing. This was the only funny one that I found: "At this point, the elevator inexplicably went sideways."
posted by dabitch at 5:43 AM on February 13, 2005

"Hi, we just took a break from running the Tilt-A-Whirl to rock the fuck out of you!"

...man, I laughed.
posted by clever sheep at 6:07 AM on February 13, 2005

the lame band pics are funnier than the little captions. I'm going to keep checking, I'm bound to laugh at one of these.
posted by j.p. Hung at 6:17 AM on February 13, 2005

Eee, I didn't even get so far as the one Simon! linked, but still, the large run of "This band appears as though they could be homosexual!" jokes didn't really do it for me either.

Some of the photos, though, are great.
posted by ITheCosmos at 6:40 AM on February 13, 2005

An oldie but a goodie.
posted by gwint at 6:47 AM on February 13, 2005

Ya, I remember contributing to that site what, maybe 5 years ago.
posted by Item at 6:52 AM on February 13, 2005

Some of 'em are funny, but after a while, I have this urge to ask the guy "So, what is cool enough for you, you snarky little bastard?!"
posted by jonmc at 7:30 AM on February 13, 2005

I don't get it (the pre-9/11 bit).. Can anyone explain?
posted by davey_darling at 7:31 AM on February 13, 2005

I'll live a long and happy life if I never hear the term, "buttplug cozy", again.
posted by FormlessOne at 7:34 AM on February 13, 2005

my favourite
posted by quantumonkey at 7:59 AM on February 13, 2005

davey_darling: I remember that there was a brief window right after 9/11 when any kind of fictional gore or reference to killing was considered to be deeply disrespectful by many people.

It took a long time to get to the "I (plane) NY" T-shirt level.
posted by catachresoid at 8:25 AM on February 13, 2005

Yeah, it's just as well this was posted again, since none of the links on the old post work anymore. Plus, if you compare the two, you can watch Metafilter's sense of humor evaporate, like time-lapse photography.

Okay, okay, a lot of the U.R. gay jokes are getting a little tired, but still.
posted by furiousthought at 8:53 AM on February 13, 2005

I don't get it

davey_darling: I remember that there was a brief window right after 9/11 when any kind of fictional gore or reference to killing was considered to be deeply disrespectful by many people.

I still don't get it.
posted by purplemonkie at 10:10 AM on February 13, 2005

Good catch furiousthought. I noticed the same thing.

There was also a German site that did the same thing but that links to a porn site now. I did manage to snag a couple of pics though.


posted by KevinSkomsvold at 10:12 AM on February 13, 2005

davey_darling: I think the 9/11 thing is because the guy looks like Bin Laden. If you ask me, I'm getting more of a Saruman vibe off of him though...
posted by tatnasty at 10:47 AM on February 13, 2005

Ya know, despite the over-reliance on "Hey, this band is totally gay!" jokes, there were some real gems in there. I'm with loquacious and clever sheep, those two were two of my favorites.
posted by Swervo at 10:55 AM on February 13, 2005

There's art in Dorks + Dippity Doo = Punk Rockers!

The caption, not the band.
posted by tommasz at 11:07 AM on February 13, 2005

ROFFLE
posted by keswick at 11:36 AM on February 13, 2005

My favorite so far.
posted by saysthis at 12:38 PM on February 13, 2005

Passengers, me may experience some slight turbulance....
posted by elwoodwiles at 1:15 PM on February 13, 2005

Funny on so many levels
posted by 5MeoCMP at 1:34 PM on February 13, 2005

Why not? It worked for Hootie.

What's Gallagher doing in the woods?
posted by Frank Grimes at 1:46 PM on February 13, 2005

Don't miss the comics.
posted by keswick at 3:12 PM on February 13, 2005

Gotta love this one.
posted by dawiz at 3:31 PM on February 13, 2005

reminds me of the great Cliff Yablonski.
posted by snsranch at 5:00 PM on February 13, 2005

It might be a childish reference to buttplugs, but it made me laugh.
posted by mowglisambo at 6:37 PM on February 13, 2005

Kirth - if you're still reading this thread thanks for the attempt on the bolt thread, I really appreciate it! :)
posted by thedevildancedlightly at 7:09 PM on February 13, 2005

The last thing a Domino's pizza sees.
posted by Zurishaddai at 8:09 PM on February 13, 2005

EL OH FUCKING EL!
posted by trinarian at 10:08 PM on February 13, 2005

don't miss this one: did I leave the iron on?
posted by vaportrail at 11:32 PM on February 13, 2005

This has been around forever, but my personal fave is still:

Manpanties of EEEEVIL
posted by dejah420 at 9:43 AM on February 14, 2005