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psmealey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:58:35 -0800

The Fail Blog. New and Classic Fail pictures.

By: daq

daq — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:01:49 -0800

I saw this earlier today on Reddit. It is full of Epic Win.

By: Servo5678

Servo5678 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:03:15 -0800

Also

By: facetious

facetious — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:06:19 -0800

lot of folks don't cotton to this sort of thing. but i do. win!

By: panamax

panamax — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:08:55 -0800

Hardy har-har

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:09:21 -0800

These things never cease to amuse me.

By: Blazecock Pileon

Blazecock Pileon — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:14:12 -0800

SUCCEED

By: dirtynumbangelboy

dirtynumbangelboy — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:15:20 -0800

MORE LIKE METAFAILTER AMIRITE

By: ObscureReferenceMan

ObscureReferenceMan — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:19:24 -0800

These things never cease to amuse me. Ditto!

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:19:52 -0800

HAY GUYZ! MORE LIKE METAF...damn fail

By: dersins

dersins — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:24:03 -0800

These things never cease to amuse me because they never started in the first place amirite lol!

By: dios

dios — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:24:55 -0800

FAIL

By: Mikey-San

Mikey-San — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:25:30 -0800

FROM THIS POINT ON THE THREAD HAS CPAS LCOK ENABLED OR WE RISK GIANT OCEANS OF FAIL

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:26:31 -0800

Metafilter: Fail.

By: drezdn

drezdn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:26:41 -0800

I FEEL SORRY FOR THE CAT THAT HAS THE COLLAR AND APPARENTLY CAN'T GET TO THEIR FOOD. :C

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:29:33 -0800

'shopped

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:32:55 -0800

THAT POOR CAT MAKES ME LOL. IT MUST MEAN THAT I AM A BAD PERSON. OR I HAVE A CAT.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:36:04 -0800

THIS POST = WIN CAPS LOCK IN THIS THREAD = WIN LOWER CASE IN THIS THREAD = FAIL WHILE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THESE USAGES WILL LAST I SUPPORT THIS USE OF THE WORD 'FAIL' BECAUSE IT IS CERTAINLY ONE THING SOCIETY SHOULD DISCOURAGE

By: Mr.Encyclopedia

Mr.Encyclopedia — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:39:23 -0800

YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. INTO GOOGLE READER.

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:39:37 -0800

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. IT IS A WAY OF LIFE.

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:40:36 -0800

I LAFFED SO HARD I FARTED. I THINK IM DOIN IT WRONG.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:41:35 -0800

THIS WILL FAILWELL. JERRY FAILWELL.

By: washburn

washburn — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:42:24 -0800

I think the dead animal ones are sad.

By: jinjo

jinjo — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:46:44 -0800

I PREFER THE ONES OF ACTUAL FAILURES, SUCH AS THE FAINTING GUARD, TO ONES THAT ARE MERELY EMBARASSING, SUCH AS THE ZUNE TATTOO.

By: brain_drain

brain_drain — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:51:33 -0800

THESE ARE AMUSING IMAGES THAT ARE TRANSFORMED TO HILARIOUS THROUGH THE MERE ADDITION OF THE WORD FAIL

By: Pecinpah

Pecinpah — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:53:59 -0800

The cat getting hit in the face with its own spring-toy made me laugh so hard a cried. Then my boss walked by and saw me sitting here, red-faced and tearing up with my hand over my mouth. I think he thought I was crying over something sad because he turned around and promptly walked away. That's the kind of caring guy he is. compassionFAIL?

By: infinitewindow

infinitewindow — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:55:20 -0800

REASON FOR DELETION: FAIL -CORTEX

By: Nelson

Nelson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:57:55 -0800

You know, all due respect for funny macro pictures, but I hate this "Fail" meme. It shows up all the time online now as criticism, a quick thoughtless one word dismissal of something. It's often mean spirited, seldom appropriate, and never insightful.

By: otolith

otolith — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:58:27 -0800

MONO.......D'OH

By: Demogorgon

Demogorgon — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 14:59:34 -0800

Instant favorite.

By: unixrat

unixrat — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:04:47 -0800

You know, all these image macros remind me of a good friend of mine - let's call him 'Stu'. Stu was a normal guy that I've known since seventh grade. Normal that is, until he became the 'Penis Goes Where?' guy. PGW is another one of these unexplainable image macro things, but not a terribly well known nor liked one. If you've spent any time on fark, you may have seen one or two of these. They generally feature some random woman making any manner of surprised, interested, excited, scared expression and the words "Penis Goes Where?" It is unbelievably stupid and frankly, a bit misogynistic. I saw them, dismissed them as Yet Another Image Macro and went on with my life. Went on, that is, until I started getting them from Stu. Stu started by sending me one with a "HAHAHAHA" message attached. Eh, I didn't think anything of it - some people really like fart jokes and we forgive them for that, right? Then I got another one. Then another one. He send one and then come over to my desk to talk about "How hilarious it was!!!1!" I humored him for a bit and eventually he caught on and stopped sending them. But he still talked about them every once in a while. If he was drinking, he'd laugh himself sick over some that he had collected. Did I say collected? Oh, yes. Like this FAIL thing above, Stu had started collecting them. Even worse, he was producing them. Dozens. I was at his place on his computer one day when he showed me the hundreds that he had saved, the dozens that he himself had personally made, and the gigantic pile of pictures waiting to have "Penis Goes Where?" typed over them. He had found others who shared this stupid obsession and they shared all that they could find with each other. Stu became something of a god in the PGW circles as he produced hundreds more of these things. If you've seen a few of these things, chances are that most were either produced directly by Stu or in collaboration with one of his PGW friends. It actually hurt our friendship. Our friendship, which had survived high school, college, and the working world was damaged by a bunch of fucking image macros. Unfunny, stupid image macros - not even to the level of fucking LOLCATZ. We still talk, but it's not the same. He spends a lot of time doing that now. Well, I'm guessing he does. There's big gaps of conversation that is glossed over when I ask him "Whatcha been up to?" He doesn't really call any more. Other people have reported that he doesn't go out much either. I have no doubt that if I used his computer today, it would contain gigs of PGW. I'm sure he sits at home every night surfing the net for more women to write "Penis Goes Where?" upon. I don't ask. I don't want to know.

By: The Gooch

The Gooch — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:04:55 -0800

My favorite ever Survivor Fail

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:06:20 -0800

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:14:01 -0800

It's funny; I kind of hate lolcats, but FAIL just warms my heart like you wouldn't believe. Also, I totally did this, in Munich, and was drunk enough to find it hilarious at the time.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:15:34 -0800

“The reason why housing prices rose so much 2004-2006 was that lending practices have pushed "affordability" past the limits. "Stated income" liar loans to get around DTI guidelines. Negative-amortization to make the first 2-4 years more affordable.” Not to mention the artificially inflated prices for homes as a result of the loans being so easy to access. I agree the snapback would lead to saner lending standards, but I worry about the effects on people who’s homes gets forclosed out from under them and...fail

By: arcticwoman

arcticwoman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:17:05 -0800

Ha ha ha! That dead squirrel fails at life! Dead squirrels are so funny!

By: notmydesk

notmydesk — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:25:38 -0800

(Speaking of squirrels, this is really neat.)

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:26:32 -0800

:( Poor squirrel.

By: CitrusFreak12

CitrusFreak12 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:28:40 -0800

Incidentally, does anyone have the original of this pic?

By: cobra_high_tigers

cobra_high_tigers — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:31:32 -0800

I don't like the dead animals/poor choices versions too much either, but the ones that are entirely a result of stupid human errors are hilarious to me. Especially "shipment of fail" pictures like this one. FFS, the thing is already in the slip, how did you make it do a barrel roll?* The picture just screams "YOU ARE BAD AT BOAT." *(press Z or R twice)

By: mykescipark

mykescipark — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:33:43 -0800

And here I was hoping this was an FPP about The Fall...

By: Atreides

Atreides — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:35:06 -0800

Failed Squirrel is sad. But. Do we really need water breathing squirrels? They'd get in the plumbing and attack you when you sit on the toilet.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:40:17 -0800

Thanks to Fark for this one FAIL.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:40:57 -0800

I think those are called "rats", Atreides.

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:43:15 -0800

                       ----------
                      /          \
                     /    REST    \
                    /      IN      \
                   /     PEACE      \
                  /                  \
                  |      3P1C        |
                  |      55 Au       |
                  |   killed by a    |
                  |   newt, while    |
                  |     helpless     |
                  |                  |
                  |       FAIL       |
                 *|     *  *  *      | *
        _________)/\\_//(\/(/\)/\//\/|_)_______

By: Atreides

Atreides — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:48:02 -0800

I think those are called "rats", Ah, the poor man's bidet.

By: psmealey

psmealey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:59:26 -0800

Metafilter: a quick thoughtless one word dismissal of something. It's often mean spirited, seldom appropriate, and never insightful

By: mrnutty

mrnutty — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:05:53 -0800

Why, again, is metafilter the only site on the internets that doesn't allow images? FAIL?

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:11:50 -0800

Why *should* MeFi allow images?

By: mrnutty

mrnutty — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:16:29 -0800

Why *should* MeFi allow images? So that fails, cats, invisible objects, and possibly traps can be both highlighted and appreciated.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:19:49 -0800

Laughed. Oh yes. I laughed. I laughed a lot. And laughing is good. And I'd like to add that any of you laughter haters out there can just... FUCK OFF AND DIE!!! DIIIIIEEEEE!!!!! And have a nice day.

By: Horken Bazooka

Horken Bazooka — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:19:54 -0800

And so ceiling cat can watch us masturbate.

By: grouse

grouse — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:22:20 -0800

INVISIBLE INLINE IMAGE

By: chara

chara — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:29:14 -0800

THIS THREAD IS SO FULL OF WIN!!!!

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:40:59 -0800

This came up when images got yanked. You just have to DESCRIBE TEH IMAGE. So, there's this container ship and its, like, totally stackes with containers. Like, STACKED. Pamela Anderson stacked. So it's, like, in dock, not, like, at sea or anything. And - so get this - IT"S TIPPED THE FUCK OVER! The containers are spilling everywhere! It's a total fucking mess! And then, at the bottom of the picture in, like, super-bold lettering, it says "FAIL"! Holy shit is it funny! FAIL! Oh, I can't stop laughing here.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:43:32 -0800

Y’KNOW WHAT KICKS ASS? THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION Metafilter: Like, STACKED. Pamela Anderson stacked

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:46:29 -0800

Links work. They can be used to direct those interested in such things to go see the image. Right?

By: WPW

WPW — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:55:17 -0800

Hehehehehehe.

By: garlic

garlic — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:09:28 -0800

And there's a greasemonkey script that will turn the link right into the image. And mostly the admins recommend using greasemonkey for changing things like this that they aren't interested in changing.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:27:09 -0800

Oops is my favorite four-letter word. Fail not so much. But love those fail sites. In spite of their ridicule they somehow take the sting out of failing for me, just ends up being one of those things that happens sometimes. Thanks for the good bellylaughs psmealey.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:36:12 -0800

I don't find dead or injured animals funny at all. I find dead or injured humans only slightly funny. The beer fail, however, is a wonderful photograph.

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:39:53 -0800

Fail is a verb. Failure is a noun. That's what makes it funny!

By: blacklite

blacklite — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:47:06 -0800

Eideteker: On the internet, everything is a noun, sry. Fail.

By: crossoverman

crossoverman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:50:13 -0800

EPIC FAIL

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:56:48 -0800

fail ftw

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:05:06 -0800

LIAF CIPE (as seen on the front of the FAILBULANCE)

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:27:45 -0800

Failblog also links to DoingItWrong.com, which has an apparently large library of similarly themed pictures served randomly. The same people also created Have You Seen This Man? which does the same with pictures of men (and occasional boys) looking ugly, silly or stupid. Please be aware that that site is an Equal Opportunity Offender, finding ugliness or stupidity in all ages, races and cultures and among a diverse group of familiar faces (in my first 20 clicks there, it brought up pictures of President Bush, Michael Moore and Weird Al Yankovic). You have been warned.

By: localroger

localroger — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:56:33 -0800

mrnutty, kuro5hin.org still doesn't allow pictures either. probably an indication of fail.

By: Funky Claude

Funky Claude — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:02:11 -0800

HAHA! Classic! *Bookmark*

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:02:25 -0800

Frankenstein ate unixrat's balls.

By: Parannoyed

Parannoyed — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:31:33 -0800

Uncanny, I'll try to be as clear as I can about this. THAT particular meme is dead. Long dead. Rasputin-dead, if you get my drift. Please, do not mention it again. It stinks of FAIL.

By: jcterminal

jcterminal — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:50:31 -0800

I'd like to be the one to announce that the use of "fail" as a noun has now jumped the shark. God please let this be the death of it.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:52:16 -0800

“If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.” –Bill Clinton, President Teh fail quotes Heading in the Darwin Awards direction. unixrat, now you got me curious about the whole Penis Goes Where meme. Had to look.

By: divabat

divabat — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:52:19 -0800

Ah! The birth of a new meme!

By: sonic meat machine

sonic meat machine — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:52:36 -0800

Fail blog is fail because this post ain't there D:

By: krinklyfig

krinklyfig — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:04:09 -0800

Nelson writes "It's often mean spirited, seldom appropriate, and never insightful." "The fundamental joke with Laurel and Hardy, it seems to me, was that they did their best with every test. "They never failed to bargain in good faith with their destinies, and were screamingly adorable and funny on that account." - Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick

By: casarkos

casarkos — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:04:24 -0800

Had to be done.

By: Flunkie

Flunkie — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:53:46 -0800

“If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.” –Bill Clinton, President

The internet attributes this quote to... oh, sorry, let me start over... THE INTERNET ATTRIBUTES THIS QUOTE TO BILL CLINTON, DAN QUAYLE, JOHN KERRY, AL GORE, AND GEORGE W. BUSH, AT LEAST. IT WAS ACTUALLY A MAD MAGAZINE PARODY OF QUAYLE. SNOPES IS YOUR FRIEND. BY THE WAY, FAIL.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:06:45 -0800

FAIL

By: vertigo25

vertigo25 — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:07:28 -0800

I'm glad Servo5678 linked to shipmentoffail.com. I actually made one of those :)

By: altman

altman — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 21:21:25 -0800

George, comparing yourself to other presidents doesn't make you one...

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:12:40 -0800

IT WAS ACTUALLY A MAD MAGAZINE PARODY OF QUAYLE. Ha!

By: dawson

dawson — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:19:49 -0800

this belongs on the sidebar.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:31:44 -0800

Limo FAIL.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:36:01 -0800

Needs considerably more FAIL. Two pages are insufficient for my FAILure requirements. this belongs on the sidebar. Good god, why? Yet another transient image macro meme that finally shows up on Metafilter just as the rest of the internet is getting tired of it? Funny stuff, sure, but.

By: wendell

wendell — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:37:59 -0800

CitrusFreak12, it'snot the original source, but doingitwrong.com has the picture without the big "FAIL" plastered over it.

By: dawson

dawson — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:59:46 -0800

stavrosthewonderchicken , I was facetiously referencing this thread. I should have been clearer. Guess I FAIL then, dammit!

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:09:33 -0800

Goofballs. YOU WIN!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:11:23 -0800

We all fail in the end. This knowledge is what makes us human.

By: Skygazer

Skygazer — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:54:25 -0800

It's important to understand though, that to truly succeed in life you have to learn how to fail well.

By: dgaicun

dgaicun — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:24:49 -0800

unixrat, That was a darkly funny story, but the dearth of PGW macros suggests a clever fiction. NTTAWWT.

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:35:50 -0800

Holy shit.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:55:14 -0800

LOSE

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:01:37 -0800

Coolest name for a music publishing company EVAR is from Mark Eitzel's American Music Club: I Failed In Life Music (BMI)

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:58:20 -0800

We all fail in the end. This is called "incontinence".

By: quin

quin — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:51:37 -0800

EPIC FLAIL

By: Mister_A

Mister_A — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:17:39 -0800

Why on earth is this so damn funny? I had to show my office-mates, now they think I M retart. FAIL.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:45:33 -0800

FLUNK! no..FLOP! no, wait, FLUB! no, I mean WORST! er FUMBLE uh, MALFUNCTION! no,no SPOIL! INCORRECT!! I suck at fail

By: Hugonaut

Hugonaut — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:50:25 -0800

Poor beaver, you never saw it coming...and then I laughed at you.

By: Joakim Ziegler

Joakim Ziegler — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:11:59 -0800

There's an image which says something like "This is the (possibly "internet"). It is made of fail and AIDS", which I remember finding hysterical, but then never located again. Ideas?

By: uncanny hengeman

uncanny hengeman — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:12:33 -0800

I always thought the beaver one was an obvious photoshop jobbie.

By: smashingstars

smashingstars — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:13:07 -0800

Joakim, there's a bunch of images like that on 4chan. Or were, about a year or so ago when that was a popular phrase with the young and hep.

By: FelliniBlank

FelliniBlank — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:17:35 -0800

Maybe it's a "Friday night after three margaritas" thing, but I desperately want a JUNCTION OF FAIL poster to put up in my office.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:55:29 -0800

FIRST POST!!! ...fail

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:05:22 -0800

Now this is pretty good.