Clip Art + Snark = Funny
March 5, 2009 1:13 PM Subscribe
"The blood slowly drained from his head. Soon, everything would go dark for Curtis." Clip Art + Snark = Funny
Not awful, but it seems like a ripoff of Married To The Sea, which also happens to be about 1000 times funnier.
posted by Damn That Television at 1:27 PM on March 5, 2009 [7 favorites]
posted by Damn That Television at 1:27 PM on March 5, 2009 [7 favorites]
Meh. Would be funnier if he stole his jokes from Metafilter.
And then we'd kill him, and it'd be really funny.
posted by cimbrog at 1:29 PM on March 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
And then we'd kill him, and it'd be really funny.
posted by cimbrog at 1:29 PM on March 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
And it's pretty obvious that some of these weren't even repurposed- they're just stupid.
posted by dunkadunc at 1:32 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by dunkadunc at 1:32 PM on March 5, 2009
Clip Art + Snark = Funny
I'll fully admit up-front that I'm bad at math. That said, I am getting a totally different answer to that equation.
posted by mudpuppie at 1:38 PM on March 5, 2009 [5 favorites]
I'll fully admit up-front that I'm bad at math. That said, I am getting a totally different answer to that equation.
posted by mudpuppie at 1:38 PM on March 5, 2009 [5 favorites]
Cool Papa Bell just defines funny differently than you do.
posted by cjorgensen at 1:47 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by cjorgensen at 1:47 PM on March 5, 2009
Clip Art + Snark = Funny
The math is right, it just doesn't apply to this equation. This is:
Clip art + random words = what
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:48 PM on March 5, 2009
The math is right, it just doesn't apply to this equation. This is:
Clip art + random words = what
posted by Astro Zombie at 1:48 PM on March 5, 2009
Top 50 Words
the you a one of to i never out good but for and day that time again your in like look not head is it be come little why make just know now face dont kid children found see back before up three please honey tell man crap favorite off
We simply don't get enough "the" and "a" jokes, so I'm appreciative. Also, I'm looking forward to somehow employing the phrase "Honey, tell man crap favorite off."
posted by Skot at 2:00 PM on March 5, 2009
the you a one of to i never out good but for and day that time again your in like look not head is it be come little why make just know now face dont kid children found see back before up three please honey tell man crap favorite off
We simply don't get enough "the" and "a" jokes, so I'm appreciative. Also, I'm looking forward to somehow employing the phrase "Honey, tell man crap favorite off."
posted by Skot at 2:00 PM on March 5, 2009
I prefer olde-tymee clip-art with my snark (though there has been an influx of more modern pieces, which seem out of place).
posted by filthy light thief at 2:00 PM on March 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
posted by filthy light thief at 2:00 PM on March 5, 2009 [2 favorites]
clip art + random words = fair representation of my afternoon after drinking another cup of the coffee X makes, she makes them way too strong and I never catch it in time and some days, well, somedays it all feels kind of like this.
posted by From Bklyn at 2:02 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by From Bklyn at 2:02 PM on March 5, 2009
Not awful, but it seems like a ripoff of Married To The Sea, which also happens to be about 1000 times funnier.
Having never heard of Married to the Sea before this moment, I thank you.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 2:06 PM on March 5, 2009
Having never heard of Married to the Sea before this moment, I thank you.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 2:06 PM on March 5, 2009
They're not bad :P
As a Canadian I find the humor hilarious, especially the ones about Kraft (C) Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
http://www.treatloaf.com/2009/02/04/dont-say-a-word-its-delicious/
posted by Khazk at 2:15 PM on March 5, 2009
As a Canadian I find the humor hilarious, especially the ones about Kraft (C) Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
http://www.treatloaf.com/2009/02/04/dont-say-a-word-its-delicious/
posted by Khazk at 2:15 PM on March 5, 2009
Yeah, it's just not funny. Amusing in spots at best. Hyperbinder (from Married to the Sea) was better than these. Plus, you know, Wondermark.
posted by GuyZero at 2:25 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by GuyZero at 2:25 PM on March 5, 2009
We simply don't get enough "the" and "a" jokes,
I'm pretty sure we've had plenty of "the" jokes recently, thanks.
The.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:26 PM on March 5, 2009
I'm pretty sure we've had plenty of "the" jokes recently, thanks.
The.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:26 PM on March 5, 2009
filthy light thief beat me to the punch. this has simply been done much better.
posted by es_de_bah at 2:28 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by es_de_bah at 2:28 PM on March 5, 2009
I'd also like to express, er, my fondness for that particular blog.
posted by tapesonthefloor at 2:37 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by tapesonthefloor at 2:37 PM on March 5, 2009
As a Canadian I didn't find it funny, but thought MTTS was well worth the diversion.
posted by edgeways at 2:41 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by edgeways at 2:41 PM on March 5, 2009
Like lowbrow New Yorker cartoons. Also, I didn't find anything particularly "snarky" about any of them.
posted by ryaninoakland at 2:42 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by ryaninoakland at 2:42 PM on March 5, 2009
Having never heard of Married to the Sea before this moment, I thank you.
Shakespeare got to get paid, son.
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:42 PM on March 5, 2009
Shakespeare got to get paid, son.
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:42 PM on March 5, 2009
Also, I'd like to express my disappointment that this post in no way mocks Curtis. I know the Curmudgeon has that pretty well locked down, but still, if there can be dozens of weird Garfield things, surely Curtis deserves some too.
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:49 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by SpiffyRob at 2:49 PM on March 5, 2009
Don't get me wrong, I love Married to the Sea, but they didn't exactly invent the idea of humorously repurposed clip art. I hate it when people dismiss something as a "ripoff" of something else that isn't even original to begin with. Funny is funny, and there is nothing new under the sun.
That said, this isn't all that funny.
posted by Byun-o-matic at 3:15 PM on March 5, 2009
That said, this isn't all that funny.
posted by Byun-o-matic at 3:15 PM on March 5, 2009
American Rules Darts, Married To The Sea, 4/13/08
He's Unstoppable, Treatloaf, 12/27/08
they probably just have the same clipart packages but still
posted by jtron at 3:16 PM on March 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
He's Unstoppable, Treatloaf, 12/27/08
they probably just have the same clipart packages but still
posted by jtron at 3:16 PM on March 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
As a Canadian, I found it eventually.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 3:23 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 3:23 PM on March 5, 2009
I was looking for a much-needed laugh, and this did not provide. In fact, I'm tempted to quibble if there's even any snark in here. But I'm sure it's because I got the laugh-letdown, so I'll let it be.
...but now I really, really need something funny. Back to the hunt!
posted by batmonkey at 3:27 PM on March 5, 2009
...but now I really, really need something funny. Back to the hunt!
posted by batmonkey at 3:27 PM on March 5, 2009
Bah! You are all so spoiled, just sitting at your desks, waiting for the funny to leap off the screen and land in your lap. In my day we had to walk five miles through ankle-deep muck just to catch a glimpse of the post mistress with a bit of lipstick on her teeth. And then it were only a bit of a hollow chuckle. A real belly laugh only came round once or twice a year, but you had to work at it, mind. Horse dung had to be gathered. And you had to post a lookout to report on the whereabouts of the local bobby. And you had to have a good eye and a strong arm. And after it were all over you paid for it in tears in the woodshed. Aaaaah but it was worth it.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:41 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 4:41 PM on March 5, 2009
It had it's ups and down, and I guess I'd agree that Married to the Sea is better overall, but United Shanks of America was just brilliant.
posted by moss at 4:42 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by moss at 4:42 PM on March 5, 2009
this is like a bad dream. creepy in a living dollhouse kinda way.
posted by buzzdiggity at 4:44 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by buzzdiggity at 4:44 PM on March 5, 2009
some of those are shit your pants funny. particularly united shanks of america.
posted by Lacking Subtlety at 5:30 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by Lacking Subtlety at 5:30 PM on March 5, 2009
Married to the Sea makes me laugh. And LOLcats and LOLpolitics slay me.
This-- is trying to be both, and missing my funnybone.
posted by SaharaRose at 5:35 PM on March 5, 2009
This-- is trying to be both, and missing my funnybone.
posted by SaharaRose at 5:35 PM on March 5, 2009
Don't get me wrong, I love Married to the Sea, but they didn't exactly invent the idea of humorously repurposed clip art. I hate it when people dismiss something as a "ripoff" of something else that isn't even original to begin with. Funny is funny, and there is nothing new under the sun.
You'll notice that I didn't call this a ripoff of Pokey the Penguin, Jerkcity, My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable or Dinosaur Comics, all of which are earlier examples of "humourously repurposed clip art" that are radically different. What I called it was "a ripoff of Married to the Sea" because, why look, it's a ripoff of Married to the Sea.
While Married to the Sea itself certainly wasn't the first humorous re-purposing of clipart, it is certainly different than those comics that came before it. And this? Well, when like half the comments in a thread are about how similar it is, you can draw your own conclusions as to its originality.
posted by Damn That Television at 6:08 PM on March 5, 2009
You'll notice that I didn't call this a ripoff of Pokey the Penguin, Jerkcity, My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable or Dinosaur Comics, all of which are earlier examples of "humourously repurposed clip art" that are radically different. What I called it was "a ripoff of Married to the Sea" because, why look, it's a ripoff of Married to the Sea.
While Married to the Sea itself certainly wasn't the first humorous re-purposing of clipart, it is certainly different than those comics that came before it. And this? Well, when like half the comments in a thread are about how similar it is, you can draw your own conclusions as to its originality.
posted by Damn That Television at 6:08 PM on March 5, 2009
I was going to say that it wasn't as funny as Married to the Sea... but United Shanks of America slays me.
The rest of it... isn't as funny as Married to the Sea.
(I guess moss and I are in the same boat on this one.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:15 PM on March 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
The rest of it... isn't as funny as Married to the Sea.
(I guess moss and I are in the same boat on this one.)
posted by grapefruitmoon at 6:15 PM on March 5, 2009 [1 favorite]
khazk, as a Canadian I am totally calling you out on your bullshit. No joke about Kraft Dinner(c) can be funny.
posted by joelf at 6:19 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by joelf at 6:19 PM on March 5, 2009
Partially Clips does the re-purposed clip art thing so well that I don't see why anyone else would bother.
posted by EarBucket at 6:20 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by EarBucket at 6:20 PM on March 5, 2009
I like to think of myself as a charitable sort, always trying to find the good in people and situations, but these 'images + words' were so uniformly shit that I threw my office chair across the room in a fit of impotent rage, went out and put all my neighbour's windows through with a brick and then sawed my own legs off with an Ikea fishslice.
Thanks a lot, Internet.
posted by Beautiful Screaming Lady at 7:13 PM on March 5, 2009
Thanks a lot, Internet.
posted by Beautiful Screaming Lady at 7:13 PM on March 5, 2009
Seems a lot like Married To The Sea. About as funny too, as in, not at all.
posted by dead cousin ted at 7:35 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by dead cousin ted at 7:35 PM on March 5, 2009
Oh hey, I should probably read the 3rd comment before posting mine.
posted by dead cousin ted at 7:36 PM on March 5, 2009
posted by dead cousin ted at 7:36 PM on March 5, 2009
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