MetaFilter posts tagged with internet and humor

So I Twitter, and Everyone Knows my Deets!

Del Far — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:27:52 -0800

Web Site Story West Side Story without the race issues and more about internet dating.

First!

Del Far — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:36:53 -0800

"Wow, a new user... That's Great! We'd be happy to show you the ropes!" a PSA on conversation starters in forums and comment threads online that have never been heard or used before. Brought to you by Red Vs. Blue.

Ten and two ... whoo-hoo!

the littlest brussels sprout — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:55:09 -0800

Live from her minivan, it’s The Jeannie Tate Show! Everyone’s favorite soccer mom runs errands around town with the help of special guests like Bill Hader (SNL), Rashida Jones (The Office), Lonny Ross (30 Rock), and Rob Riggle (The Daily Show). Of course, she’s willing to leave the van behind to visit her heroines, Hillary and Oprah. The show was independently produced by the lovely Maggie Carey and Second City/SNL vet Liz Cackowski before being picked up by Warner Brothers. Some say Jeannie’s shoot first, market later webisode approach is the future of entertainment. But it hasn’t worked out for everyone so far.

It's about a bike

fixedgear — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:41:07 -0800

The '...is your new bicycle' meme is your new bicycle. I like bikes.

A Portrait of the Intertubes as a Child

desjardins — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:53:16 -0800

What did the Internet look like in 1996? "...very few web designers had even the most rudimentary of aesthetic sensibilities, and nearly half of them were clinically retarded."

The Internet Party (Video)

donovan — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:17:49 -0800

The Internet Party: When the Google's parents leave town all those Web 2.0 kids go crazy. [video via]

interest = hotness x camwhore factor x craziness

madamjujujive — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:44:27 -0800

A beginner's guide to faking your death on the internet - a post without an omg is a post incomplete. (YouTube alert - via Borklog)

dissecting commercials for humor value

sdn — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:21:28 -0800

commercialsihate.com is an old-school site that had me laughing so much that i hyperventilated. does anyone do stuff like this still?

Trolling for satire

Adamchik — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 20:08:32 -0800

I am stuck on The Borowitz Report and The Onion when it comes to favorite regularly updated satire on the Internet. I also enjoy the Slate cartoons, the JibJab animated cartoons, and Mark Fiore's flash. There is also the Specious Report, and the very meta SatireSearch. I am sure that I am still missing some good satire. MeFi'ers, where do you go for your satire?

Standup comedy cultural hot button Wikipedia hack.

basilwhite — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:34:17 -0800

Standup comedy cultural hot button Wikipedia hack. Standup comics! Need a cultural hot button topic for a joke? Check out Wikipedia articles with the most revisions. Comedy gold. Just pick a topic and start riffing.

Living the life of an inter-net superstar

Frankieist — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 09:43:26 -0800

drew*#*#^*# - among the few sites about which I wax nostalgic, drew was one of the first really hilarious (imo) inter-net sites I discovered. Unfortunately, the site has become defunct (for the most part), but that's why God made the Wayback Machine, which allows you to view the past archives. Besides his various writings (including an unfinished novel entitled Temp Jobbin'), he gained relative internet stardom for his lego porn site, which due to litigation he had to change to block-structure porn. He also popularized Domokun and received a great deal of hate for his instructions on how to kill squirrels with electricity. He even took the time to register morrisseydance.com. Lately drew has been writing for .net magazine and drawing and sellings images through toothpaste for dinner. drew doesn't suit your taste? Perhaps you'd like other dumbrella member sites including diesel sweeties and exploding dog.

Red vs. Blue teaches about life

Lynsey — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:21:28 -0800

Want to know what the difference is between real life and the internet? The funny folk at Red vs. Blue would be happy to demonstate. (Warning: 22.125MB Quicktime .mov file but worth the wait, I thought. The Red vs. Blue site also offers a DivX download.) Metafilterians may enjoy the Political Section, where they do political discussions as badly as we do. One naughty word may make the audio NSFW in some locations. Seen at Bifurcated Rivets.

Does anyone else get panic attacks with out the net? No? Oh well then...

Orange Goblin — Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:38:24 -0800

What should I do if the internet goes down?

What kind of Flame Warrior are you?

vito90 — Tue, 24 Jun 2003 13:41:34 -0800

This was originally posted over three years ago, but has been significantly updated since that time with the addition of many new Flame Warriors. I thought it was worth another look-see. I hope it's new to most of you, because it's a good laugh.

Court Decision - Internet Jokes Found Illegal For Misleading Stupid People

Blue Stone — Sat, 03 May 2003 18:04:52 -0800

In the first of two stories from Scotland's Scotland on Sunday newspaper, a father is found selling his son into child slavery on the internet. The child is rescued by a vigilant Canadian woman living in the US. - A tale of gullibillitie (that's the new spelling of "gullibility")

blueshammer — Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:43:13 -0800

SatireWire is closing up shop. Andrew Marlatt, the multi-trick pony behind the site, is citing "creative differences" with himself and is opting to walk away from one of the better-known bastions of Web humor, as well as one of those rare free content sites that, according to Marlatt, is profitable:

The site actually makes money — through advertising, through the book "Economy of Errors," and (primarily) through selling pieces from the site to publications like, say, the Washington Post, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, or the National Post in Canada. Nice little setup, actually. I've been very lucky. But the bottom line is, it has ceased to be fun. My heart is not in it. My head is not in it.

But just because Marlatt has chosen a different route to the dead pool that those sites that gave up the ghost because they were broke doesn't make this story much more discussion-worthy than any other croaked dotcom. In proper obit style, let's instead remember the great stuff we got from the site; if you've never been, you'll find all sorts of treasures.

Settle — Sat, 20 Apr 2002 23:46:40 -0800

What the....? Where's the punchline? I don't get it. Why, that's just plain disgusting! I can't *even* believe my eyes. Channeling the spirit of B1FF in the early morning. o<

sandor — Tue, 07 Mar 2000 11:49:14 -0800

What a downer. Oh well, that was a fun 6 years or so.