The internet is full of random humour. There are a number of sites I frequent on a regular basis (is that statement redundant?), perhaps while on a break at work, or when I'm just killing time at home (though my preferred method for killing time is slitting its throat when it's not looking). Sometimes I exhaust the ones that I do look at, so I thought I'd ask you fine folks which similar ones you peruse to get your laffs. So in the interest of sharing, here are some of the webcomics ort funny sites that I tend to visit regularly. Here you will find a huge number of 'fails', Pictures and videos of completely idiotic things that people have done, or evidence that some people simply have no clue. Whether it be a sign that makes no sense such as "No pregnant women (or men)", to cars crashed in unimaginable ways (how did that car get upside down on a set of stairs?), or stunt attempts gone wrong, it's great to know that there are so many people much stupider than you are. For newcomers there is stacks of content that will take you hours to go through, so for those that haven't been there before it's a goldmine of entertainment. Some of my favourites are complete lack of thought in architectural or manufacturing design, such as...
Failblog has several sister sites, though none as funny... except maybe Picture Is Unrelated. Where Failblog focuses on stupidity, Picture Is Unrelated has you scratching your head wondering what the hell is going on. Mere stupidity can't create these images. It's more like some combination of warped imagination and a heavy dose of drugs... well, possibly some elements of stupidity too. The Japanese seem to have their fair slice on this site. But then there are also guys like this...
A webcomic that I'm sure many of you are already familiar with. I like my humour on the 'wrong' side, and these guys cross that line with glee on some occassions. Other comics go off on a random tangent, and others break the 4th wall and the characters are aware they are in a comic, or use self-referential material. 3 different authors produce the work each with their ownstyIe yet still within the same sense of humour.
The comics on this site are no longer updated regularly, but for the utmost in vulgarity, I suggest you visit. These are single frames of old school line drawings that look like they are from decades past, but with over the top captions that contrast with the art styIe. It's hard to give any specific examples because I'd get modded for mentioning just about any of them. Here's one that might be relatively safe.
Another website where the comics are no longer updated, but still some funny stuff. There are several different comics to peruse, though perhaps my favourite is the 50's Apocalypse series where many comics are the same panels with spartan design, but with different captions for each comic.
So what other comics or regular funnies do you guys visit?
So my housemates decided to go on the local zombie walk. I wasn't sure whether I was going to go. I mean, it sounds cool that it's an event an everything, but at the same time, it's just people wearing make up and shuffling down a street which doesn't sound very entertaining. So in the middle of writing the above, I decided to go on short notice and thought I'd talk about it. I thought I did a reasonable job for a first effort, with what looked like a nice patch of dried blood down one side of my face, and a temporary tattoo of a gunshot wound, and some white paint for that pale look. Added the obligatory rips to clothes, colored the edges of the tears with some paint. I thought I looked pretty decent.
Upon seeing some of the other people in town, I felt like I was wearing a garbage bag to a masquerade ball. We arrived late so missed out on the actual walk, but there were some bars that were catering to the zombie crowd for the event, so we headed there. Some people really went to alot of effort on their costumes, and myself and friends felt quite underdone (and one of them used green paint, and looked more like She-hulk than a zombie). There were cop zombies, nurse zombies, council worker zombies, a pregnant zombie with baby arms coming out her stomach, and I didn't meet just one but 3 zombie Jesus' (Jesi?). Pretty sure the one carrying around his cross had the most legitimate claim to being Gods undead son. Next year I think I'm going to see if I can pull off having a pole go through one part of my body and coming out the other side. Though that could look a little hokey as it would to be positioned correctly on both sides and remain there for it to look convincing, I guess. I think the key to looking is good is accessorise. A waitress was serving severed fingers on a plate, a cop had his handcuffs attached to his belt dragging a severed hand behind, and an artist with a brush through her head was using blood from severed fingers on a board to paint. I'm not sure about the stormtrooper; he just looked like he was covered in blood.
But some zombies are just rude. My friends and I were playing pool at one of the pubs, a couple of my friends go outside for a smoke. 3 girls come in and sit down near the table, on the seats that we were using. I'm not too fussed; we weren't sitting down so it isn't like we owned those chairs. Not sure how they couldn't see the drinks in front of them that belonged to us though. So I had to excuse myself to grab them and move them. A minute later I had to take a shot across the table, and asked them politely that I might need them to move aside for a moment while I take a shot. They just kind of looked at me and moved their heads maybe a centimetre out of the way and kept talking away to each other oblivious to the stick near their face. I missed the shot because I was concerned I was going to hit them. Should have just whacked them. They were dead already anyway.
Driving in was pretty funny, staring out windows at others passing by, and just walking through the city seeing the faces of onlookers who had no idea about the event. On a side note, I thought it would have been absolutely hilarious if someone unaware of the event jumped out screaming "Oh, my god! Zombies!" and started beating into someone with a plank of 2 by 4. In all it was a pretty fun night, though when you look at it, it is pretty pointless. Here's to zombie-ing it up next year.