Here, a bit amateurish but readable. posted by mischief at 8:14 PM on February 18, 2006
Rumor has it, the snark is entertaining in the comments section of metafilter.. posted by drpynchon at 8:15 PM on February 18, 2006
I also recommend Metatalk, where people get savaged on a nearly daily basis. posted by graventy at 8:20 PM on February 18, 2006
Thg green is probably a better place to ask questions like this. posted by bigmusic at 8:22 PM on February 18, 2006
bigmusic; Adamchik seems to be mostly providing links, and asking a question as a secondary. posted by odinsdream at 8:25 PM on February 18, 2006
Try Opinions You Should Have, at http://www.tomburka.com/. They manage to skewer not only politics, but blogging in general. posted by birdhaus at 8:25 PM on February 18, 2006
For satire, I recommend the daily White House briefings. posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:28 PM on February 18, 2006
Me likey him and her (for political snarkitude). posted by rob511 at 8:39 PM on February 18, 2006
fark is always a good way to get current events with a bit of a twist. and cruel site of the day is just funny. Alot like mefi but racier at times. posted by cdavidc at 9:13 PM on February 18, 2006
what mcd and newfers said posted by keswick at 9:24 PM on February 18, 2006
You want funny? You want the Huffington Post. It is nearly impossible to read a word of it without collapsing in spasmodic laughter. And to think that some people actually take this crap seriously just adds to the humor! posted by davidmsc at 9:30 PM on February 18, 2006
Also they seem to throw the "Hero" tag on just about any Bush post. Which, given that there seems to be a lot of conservatives on fark, invariably starts up quite the toasty forum conversation.
You forgot to mention that Duke sucks. posted by soyjoy at 10:53 PM on February 18, 2006
Really, though, what's the point of looking for "satire" when this is considered a serious news headline? posted by soyjoy at 10:56 PM on February 18, 2006
Semi-self-link, but Dateline: Hollywood isn't a bad place to get your entertainment industry satire, if you're in the market for that sort of thing. posted by the jam at 11:05 PM on February 18, 2006
soyjoy,
I actually kind of like the "Duke Sucks" meme. Most Duke students/graduates I know are well pampered/whiny rich kids. There is clearly the odd man out example, however a lot seem to have coasted through with high GPA's courtesy of grade inflation.
If you are a top 10 school you can't graduate your class with low grades, would look bad, might imply your students couldn't hack it.
also their novel curriculum is pretty humorous, such as this example, from the FAQ:
"Will it be difficult for me to complete the General Education requirements and those for my major and still graduate in four years? (Back to Questions)
No, it will not be difficult... There is no need for you to be concerned that you cannot complete all graduation requirements in eight semesters."
This is a relevant question because you must graduate in 4 years from Duke. The funny part is that they don't offer course credits in the same way that 99% of other universities do. There are no credit hours persay, which means that a student at my lowly state school who must take 130+ hours for an engineering degree, would actually need far fewer classes for the same degree from duke.
130/8 = 16.25 hours a semester, while plenty of duke students can get by with taking only 4 - 5 classes a semester or the equivalent of 12 - 15 credit hours at most other universities... so if there is anything i like about fark its their "duke sucks" meme. posted by sourbrew at 11:11 PM on February 18, 2006
btw, that's not to say that the Duke graduate program doesn't do a lot of fine research, it's mostly the undergraduate program that i have the hate for. posted by sourbrew at 11:17 PM on February 18, 2006
Yeah, Fafblog has its ups and downs, but when its good, its positively breathtaking (my favorite line, from the beginning of an interview with James Dobson: "Hey, Dr. Dobson, how's the family?"). posted by gsteff at 11:22 PM on February 18, 2006
Fark jumped the shark a long time ago...it's still a pretty good source for breaking news, but the paid link thing sucks. posted by lobstah at 6:42 AM on February 19, 2006
One half-amusing cartoon once, and then a shitload of tedious wank that everyone and his wife feels they really have to share. posted by PeterMcDermott at 8:46 AM on February 19, 2006
sourbrew: Also they seem to throw the "Hero" tag on just about any Bush post.
Yeah, its pretty pathetic. Not to mention, a lot of their political content links are supposedly paid links. The editorial bias has turned a silly cheap gag site into another PR arm for the Bush administration. It wasn't always this , and they seem to get more LGF-like every day.
I'm sure someone could say the same about metafilter's bias, but its not top down from nameless editors, usually scouting for paid links. And this site has always been about the web, social issues, politics, and general weirdness. Fark has always been Something Awful-lite. The handful of conservative links and general democrat bashing takes away from site and I and a few people I know have stopped visiting it as often. I'll scan for a good photoshop contest now and again. Silly headlines can be found via any odd news site.
All and all, this pro-Bush pro-conservative thing they have going puts them in a niche that no one else really does - safe harbors for conservatives to find humor. Places like the freerepublic are largely devoid of humor and when the "jokes" come out, they're usually hate-filled if not hate speech and racist.
I also block ads.fark.com, which makes me feel less guilty about my occasional visits. posted by skallas at 9:39 AM on February 19, 2006
Cornichon. Best if you recognize Canadian icons and speak a little French. posted by Geo at 10:37 AM on February 19, 2006
The editorial bias has turned a silly cheap gag site into another PR arm for the Bush administration. It wasn't always this , and they seem to get more LGF-like every day.
Really? Weird... the last few times I've looked inside a Fark political thread I've been struck by how left-leaning it seemed. Not as much as here... but it was maybe 75-25 or 60-40 as opposed to 90-10/95-5 here. Of course it's such a big community you never know who'll show up where. I remember it being more conservative in the past, like three, four years ago. shrug. posted by furiousthought at 11:17 AM on February 19, 2006
i hate to be the one to tell you this, but JibJab blows dog. posted by Hat Maui at 12:54 PM on February 19, 2006
Conspiracy theory for the day: Fark's comment threads are turning more proportionally liberal than conservative, so most likely, Drew and the administrators are pushing more Pro-FascistPro-Bush front page headlines to keep the conservatives from running away, as they tend to do in any web forum where they can't bully everyone else.
I remember when Rush Limbaugh was occasionally funny. His parodies of prominant liberals were often on target, instead of the Rove-ordered talking points they are now. No wonder he got hooked on drugs.
Of course these are the kind of people who laughed at Ann Coulter's death threat at a sitting Superme Court justice. posted by wendell at 1:52 PM on February 19, 2006
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