MetaFilter posts tagged with humor

Frolicking Through Farmer's Markets Is Extra

The Whelk — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:57:06 -0800

Somtimes a guy just wants a curiously asexual sprite to whimsicaly break the chains of his workaday world for an hour or so - cue the Manic Pixie Prostitute!

AskMetafilter In 1946.

The Whelk — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:34:02 -0800

A Logic Named Joe is a short science-fiction story by Murray Leinster. Published in 1946, the story depicts data-mining, massively networked computers, search engines, privacy/censorship filters and internet porn. Read it here.

Take the last Xanax.

loquacious — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:27:56 -0800

Column 7: The Young Man’s Guide to Wearing and Shopping for Women’s Clothes for the First Time. A hilarious column by Casey Plett at McSweeny's Internet Tendency.

Don't believe anything until you read it in a sprawling historical novel

Cash4Lead — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:55:49 -0800

Comics made out of covers for books in the Oxford World's Classics series. For earlier editions, see here, here, here, here, and here.

"You're pretty high and far out, aren't you?"

Blingo — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:17:59 -0800

Greenboy: Prescription for Death is a purported lost Dragnet episode made by writers from Mr Show and Mystery Science Theater. It uses technology first seen in Forest Gump to digitally add actors into the psychedelic "Blueboy" episode of Dragnet 1967. The result is a hilarious story of bad cops chasing after Greenboy, the pusher of a dangerous strain of medical marijuana called Larry in the Sky with Diamonds. (NSFW due to language).

"Half of 'love' is just 'lo', which is how I feel."

quin — Fri, 10 May 2013 08:15:17 -0800

Sad Cat Diary; Ze Frank provides narration to the misery that is the life of a house-cat. [slyt | previously | via]

Minecraft: Can Make You Paranoid as Hell.

quin — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:00:18 -0800

Videogames Are Drugs: Dorkly presents a few comics which compare videogames to their analogous drugs.

Spock vs. Spock

Podkayne of Pasadena — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:17:06 -0800

The greatest car commercial ever !! Old Spock (Nimoy) and New Spock (Quinto) come together (and battle it out) in what is likely the best car commercial that you ever saw (or will see). Chock full of Star Trek references there's even a scene with Nimoy humming along to "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" . Awesomeness follows ...

Weird Buzzfeed

downing street memo — Sun, 05 May 2013 17:58:33 -0800

Perhaps you've heard of Weird Twitter, the loosely-organized network of Twitter users with origins in Something Awful's FYAD sub-forum. But have you heard of FeedBuzz, Weird Twitter's take on 'listicle'-hosting sites like BuzzFeed? In the listicle spirit, below are five FeedBuzz articles you won't want to miss. 1) The Five Good Types of Electricity to Know About 2) 6 Reasons to Get Out of Bed in the Morning 3) 6 Reasons You Might Have Forgotten About Dre 4) The Most LOL Epic Fails of the Third World 5) The 5 Best Stock Photos of Arab Children With Hamburgers (previously, previouslier, and previousliest)

Obitfilter

oneswellfoop — Sun, 05 May 2013 16:18:32 -0800

Did you know you can pay to have the obituary for a non-famous loved one put in the New York Times? The family of Antonia W. "Toni" Larroux of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi did.

"Waffle House lost a loyal customer on April 30, 2013. Antonia W. "Toni" Larroux died after a battle with multiple illnesses: lupus, rickets, scurvy, kidney disease and feline leukemia."

The obituary goes on to make fun of four generations of family (from her father to her grandchildren), the Hancock County Library Foundation and the clergyman presiding at her memorial service, closing with the statement that "Anyone wearing black will not be admitted to the memorial."
via Miss Cellania of Neatorama

And so the World New Chess Championship begins.

Wonton Cruelty — Fri, 03 May 2013 03:34:41 -0800

How to play chess properly , as explained by the BBC. Written and performed by John Luke Roberts. Directed by Steve Dawson.

Without fear or favor, kids say the darnedest things

filthy light thief — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:29:46 -0800

First, Art Linkletter chatted with the honest little scamps, then Bill Cosby talked with kids these days. They probably won't get a TV or radio show, but parents on Reddit shared the creepy things their kids have said or done.

"...wearing various smiles on their faces."

Navelgazer — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:08:06 -0800

The 2013 Lyttle Lytton Contest winners are here. For the uninitiated, the Bulwer-Lytton contest is a competition to compose the worst possible opening sentence for a work of imagined fiction. As these entries became more bloated, with Faulknerian rambling clauses fitting in every bad idea their authors wanted to shove in, Adam Cadre introduced the Lyttle Lytton contest, which has the same premise but constricts entries to 200 characters, thus preserving the soul of wit.

Right here?

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:56:48 -0800

Ship My Pants (SLYT, PepsiBlue)

For the love of God and all that is holy

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:31:55 -0800

Michael Schiavello covers Resurrection Fighting Alliance 7 - Chavez v Mainus

"It was on stun... now it's on kill."

quin — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:50:43 -0800

Prop Wars is a fantastically entertaining short film about three friends fighting to the death using iconic props from movies. [via]

Lower the ever living fuck out of your cholesterol

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:16:31 -0800

Nutrition like a boss.

iTunes in my Butt

schmod — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:06:37 -0800

cloud-to-butt is an open-source extension for Firefox, Chrome, and Safari that replaces all instances of "the cloud" with "my butt." Hilarity ens ues. (via stellar.io) Looking for fodder to test this with? Google News is a good place to start...

you're an idiot, ken

rebent — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:30:22 -0800

Ken M is that magical blend between idiot and artist that really pushes all the buttons. Here are his contributions to College Humor. also on twitter @horseysurprise

TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT CATS

The Whelk — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:43:11 -0800

The latest of Thomas Ridgewell's (aka TomSka) animated short-humor videos has hit youtube: asdfmovie6. (link in video to previous videos)

Melissa Villasenor makes comedy jokes [MLYT]

lordaych — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:16:04 -0800

Melissa Villasenor does stand-up comedy, but also likes to sing, both as a part of her act and just because she's good at it. She garnered some attention for her impressions on America's Got Talent (various videos abound) and does a mean Maria Bamford.

Could be worse. Whatever.

cthuljew — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 23:39:27 -0800

How To Speak Minnesotan [slyt]

Brutally Honest

quin — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:20:49 -0800

Best known for their Honest Trailers [previously], Screen Junkies also features a fantastically entertaining youtube feed where silly interviews, behind the scene movie footage, and strange reviews abound. [Screen Junkies] • Zombie Acting Tips with Rob Corddry [a favorite] • Django Unchained Toy Review in South Central • Raw Commentary: Jack & Jill (Adam Sandler & Al Pacino) • 2013 RAZZIE Nominations: Worst in Movies! • How to Fix DIE HARD 5 • 2012 Screenies Awards! - The Best & Worst in Movies & TV • Drunk Waxing with Judd Apatow, Paul Rudd & Leslie Mann [so much a favorite!] • Raw Commentary: The Muppet Christmas Carol (Michael Caine) [previously] • Man of Steel - Trailer Review by Hollywood Superman • Jewish Elf - Official Trailer • Lord of the Rings: Gandalf .GIF Megamix • Fantasy Fantasy Football (with Paul Scheer!) • Thankful (Hateful) Comments of the Week! • Twilight: Breaking Dads! - Trivia Showdown! • Raw Commentary: Lord of the Rings (Ian McKellen) [another favorite] • Disney's Star Wars Auditions! • Jedi Mind Trick Prank (with RomanAtwood) • Celebrity Ghost Hunters! • "Honey Boo Boo" Responds to Christopher Walken! • Dexter Morgan's Laboratory • Christopher Walken Reads "Honey Boo Boo"! • Tips 2 Not Get TAKEN 2 • Disney's Looper (1994 Trailer) • Avengers Haters Assembled! [Honest Trailers] • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull • Inception • The Lord of the Rings • Dark Knight Rises • Twilight 3: Eclipse • Twilight 2: New Moon • The Amazing Spider-Man • Paranormal Activity • Prometheus • The Avengers • The Hunger Games • The Dark Knight • Avatar • Transformers • Titanic • Twilight • Phantom Menace 3D

One day at work I fall into brine and they close the lid above me

benbenson — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:58:33 -0800

Simon Rich's sellout, as described by his great-great-grandfather, preserved in brine. That girl is too thin,” I say. “She has not long to live.” Simon chuckles. “That’s just how girls look these days,” he says. “Look, I’ll show you.” He opens thick, smelly book with shiny pages. It is magazine, he explains, called The Vogue. “This model’s famous,” he says, pointing to mostly naked woman. “She’s married to Orlando Bloom.” I squint at the picture. The girl is very pale, with vacant eyes. “I have seen this disease in Slupsk,” I tell him. “First, they cough the blood. Then they begin to shake. They ask for the water, but when you bring them some to drink it makes them vomit up the black. They die screaming, their eyes wide open, afraid.”

Alternate pressing L and R as fast as you can to fluff these pillows.

gamera — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:59:26 -0800

Downton Abbey for the SNES. (SLYT, sadly not a real game. via tor.com)