In general, I think these guys have the occasional funny comic, but this one just kind of grossed me out.
Nothing even remotely kinky should be associated with that troll.
Kudos to Robert Lancaster for handling himself perfectly when confronted by that wicked woman.
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label humor. Show all posts
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Ewww...
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Ken Miller on The Report
It's been a while since I've done this new-fangled weblogging technology, but I caught an episode of The Colbert Report last night featuring popular evolution spokesperson Ken Miller. My favorite quote not in the embedded section: "My guest Kenneth Miller is here to debunk Intelligent Design. I think he'll be surprised by my stockpiles of bunk."
Now the interview.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Never Gonna Give This Joke Up
Since no one likes posts with too many videos, here's a post with merely one.
You all know who the Westboro Baptist Church is, right? Fred Phelps, "God Hates Fags", the whole bit. You also know, I'm sure, of Rickrolling.
What happens when we put the two together?
Not much, it turns out.
I feel bad for the kid with the "God hates the USA" sign. How can any group, cult or no, consider that moral? Oh, and "Mourn for your sins"? I mourned for mine when they died years ago, after I realized I was creating them myself. I'm glad to be rid of them.
-Thanks to my sweetie.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
I Didn't Know He Had it in Him
For a webcomic usually about people and their relationships, today's Questionable Content is... unusual. But I welcome this change.
Comic below the fold. Click to see in its native habitat.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Adorable Little Sniper Girl
I want to say up front that this isn't a political post. It does, however, contain content regarding one of our Presidential candidates here in America who was apparently caught in a lie, or at least an embellishment. Full disclosure.
Mrs. Clinton gave a speech a few days ago in which she recalled a trip to Bosnia in the '90s. She said,
I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.Others remember the story slightly differently. You can read about it at Ed Brayton's blog or The Washington Post, or you can just watch this funny video.
Continue Reading...
Monday, March 24, 2008
Woo in India
I'm sure I don't need to point people to Pharyngula, but this post is particularly funny. It's about a Tantrik Magician trying to kill an atheist with voodoo dolls and magic chants on Indian TV. I think I would watch this if it were a reality show.
Continue Reading...Saturday, March 22, 2008
Remeber Ms. Cleo?
I sure had forgotten about her. A friend pointed me to this video. Like most things on YouTube, it's obnoxious. However, it is also pretty funny.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
WWZFD
What WOULD Zombie Feynman do?
Pro-science, Mythbusters, zombies, Feynman, and a shot at string theorists...I think this one just became a personal favorite.
Monday, March 10, 2008
And My Wife
I saw this very funny video today on Swift. How have I not heard of this guy, Tim Minchin, before?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Funny. Very Funny.
Mark Crislip over on the Science-Based Medicine blog is calling for alternative aviation since medicine has had such luck supporting alternative medicine. I highly recommend it.
Here is one of my favorite passages:
Quantum mechanics demonstrates that an electron takes many simultaneous paths to go from point a to point b. Only when the wave function is collapsed does the electron reach its destination. We have a prototype quantum airplane what will be able to simultaneously transport a passenger to all their destinations and with a simple collapse of the wave function the passenger will be at their destination of choice. With quantum aviation one can take the path less traveled and make a difference. In the quantum realm, our mind makes both our reality and our travel destination.
Aviation based on principals of homeopathy is especially promising. Airplanes, once they have flown their route, remember the route due to the principals of quantum complementarity. Then by making the planes smaller and slower by repeated factors of 10, planes can carry more passengers, go faster and farther with each aeronautic dilution.
Enjoy! (By the way, this is post #100. Woohoo!) Continue Reading...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Half-life Prank on Coast-to-Coast
Being a fan of the Half-life games, I find this hilarious. For those of you who have played the games, you'll get a chuckle. If you don't know what I'm talking about, this caller is describing a reoccurring situation in the video game but passing it off as fact on a famous radio show about the paranormal. It's only a few minutes long so give it a listen. You won't be disappointed.
You can read a little more about it on Skepchick. Continue Reading...
Monday, January 21, 2008
Nothing to Add...
...to this wonderful XKCD.
Isn't it great when someone really gets it?
Saturday, December 15, 2007
I'm Not Sure Who to Side With
From Sinfest, part of the recent "666 was an inside job" series.
UPDATE: Okay, now I think I know where I stand. Once we get into Oliver Stone territory, we have passed the threshold of respectability. ...but it's still funny.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Pictures
I saw a funny picture on Pharyngula and couldn't help but put it up. The site from which it came, fukung.net, is loaded with hilarity. I'll post the ones I found relating to skepticism, and one video that's just plain funny.
It Makes Me Want to Tear My Hair Out, But I Can't Stop Listening
I've been listening to the The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe for about a year and a half now. A few months ago I decided to go through the archives; I really should have done this when I first started listening since they now have twice as many episodes as then, but such is life. One upside is that I know some good things are still to come (though there are also some very bad things).
Today I've gotten to my favorite episode: Skepticast 51. The Neal Adams interview. If you've never listened to the show, at least listen to this one. It's a classic.
Neal is a proponent of a plate-tectonic-denying expanding earth theory. He holds that matter is constantly being created inside the earth which expands as a result. A theory such as his more or less requires a complete rewriting of every branch of science, including but not limited to geology, planetary science, particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology, and even biology. Yes, Neal Adams seems to fancy himself as seeing basic facts that have somehow eluded every single working scientist for at least the past fifty years.
On the show you can hear his responses to several basic scientific challenges. The first one to jump out is the fact that matter can't be created, and you have to hear his response to believe it. But my favorite challenge is a different one, which I will quote here.Bob Novella: Let me just try to see some ramifications here. If the earth had less mass in the past, therefore it was less massive and had less gravitational pull, correct? If that's the case, if the earth's mass is increasing, why is the moon moving away from us instead of coming closer to us as the gravitational pull inevitably increases?
Neal: (condescending) Be-cause the moon is getting bigger, too. They're all growing.
Bob and Steve, together: That would make it even worse!
Neal: Not really, no. Because... it sorta works like this. ... (sigh) ... You have to understand the whole theory. There's a whooole massive theory to this.
Bob: Gravity is gravity.
Neal: (condescending again) Well, gravity is not necessarily gravity, is it? Gravity could be electromagnetic in nature, couldn't it?
Bob: No.
It goes on, but you can get the gist of the interview from that passage alone. Trust me, it's worth a listen. Of course, in the wonderfully skeptical words of LeVar Burton, "You don't have to take my word for it!" Just listen for yourself!
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
I Get a Feeling in the Head... or Maybe the Chest
Another from Saint Gasoline:
And, since we're on the subject of cold reading, I must remind you that South Park has done the definitive treatment of the subject, and John Edward in particular.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
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