As promised. This is the first of our paid issues since the first volume of the magazine back in 2015. It’s the same price as what you would pay on Gumroad. (if you subscribe to our Patreon, you get it even cheaper). Above is the July Issue, Below is the October. Next Issue comes out… Read More Unnamed Journal on Amazon
It’s the ending, really. I did not see that ending coming. I should have: it’s on theme. This wasn’t going to be an upbeat ending. That’s not what DT does. Still, though. It was a bit like a mallet to the face. I cannot recommend this book to anyone who has a sunny, cheerful worldview.… Read More Finally, Some Good News: A Brutal Destruction of the Modern Age by Delicious Tacos
More Properly, he was Droll, i.e. curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement. I think ol ‘Honore invented the style of feigned ironic detachment in order to draw a laugh. In the years that followed, he delivered up countless towns in Asia and in Africa to sack, fell upon the miscreants without… Read More Balzac Was Funny
I know I’ve been doing a lot of Star Wars content lately, but that seems to be where my head’s at. Anyway, this is pretty funny. First Order After Action Review for Operations on Jakku. Okay, so, operations on Jakku: what was supposed to happ – dammit, GD796, if you can’t keep your hand out… Read More First Order After Action Review for Operations on Jakku – The Angry Staff Officer
Over on Medium, a fellow referring to himself as “Lucky Shirt” (twitter handle, I’m assuming), just penned (it just sounds better than “typed”) an amusing rant about his poorly made burrito. View at Medium.com It’s funny in that over-the-top-rage way that the Internet loves to love; most of the joke is in how ridiculous it… Read More The “Dear Burrito Guy” Essay, and Why Irony Does not Translate
Via Viral Read.
Face in the Blue has a most excellent question of great historical and political import: In a Mass Knife Fight to the Death Between Every American President, Who Would Win and Why? Which brought to my mind the bit of campaign fluff about whether Barak Obama is the kind of guy the average American would enjoy… Read More So Which President, Living or Dead, Would You Like to Drink With?
He’s a politician, which means that his first language is lies. If you can’t make that funny, you need to give it up. This is not LOL funny, but it’s not bad, even if it is ideologically charged. I know our professionals can do better. So I am forced to conclude that they don’t want… Read More A Suggestion to Those Who Consider it Impossible to Make Fun of Obama
May be even funnier than normal Lileks, be such a thing concievable. You get the dryness with a hint of frenzy. Went downstairs and turned on the TV and was amused to see I’d left off watching “They Live,” which is The Matrix except with a wrestler. Heh. But that’s on OTC pain pills. Wait… Read More Lileks on Drugs
Dana Loesch is funny. Via Other McCain.
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