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In case you haven't met him yet, let me introduce Jim Jeffries:

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Xanda the Lion and the Bloodlust of Trophy Hunters


Jim is an Aussie comic transplanted to the US. He's the genius who wrote Gun Control, one of the most useful comedy bits I've ever seen. In the video above, he nails everything that's two-faced, self-serving, and abhorrent about "hunting" as it's practiced in the US. This guy has a talent for nailing things on the head.

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Life is a series of dogs. -- George Carlin

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In the premiere episode of PD last week, did anyone else notice the change in Ethan's tone once his daddy's boys plucked him from the train? Up til then, as he was traveling, he looked kind of drawn in and apprehensive - clearly he was anticipating his next fit, which should be due pretty soon, seeing as some time's past since the last one. But once he woke up from being tolchocked on the head, he shifted to being rather amused. I could almost hear him thinking, "Oh, I'm gonna kill you? That's alright, then." He starts out tensed up about killing innocent people, and then seems almost relieved when he realizes he's gonna carve up a bunch of assholes!

I love that Josh decided to play it that way. I love this show. The sense of humor is fierce.

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Have any of you seen The Big Short?

It's a great film, and really deserves to win the Oscar this year. An entertaining and engaging look at the roots of the 2008 economic meltdown, it manages to present the whole awful morass in a way that is comprehensive and in-depth, and at the same time light on its feet and actually funny. The cast is magnificent (the film is worth watching for Steve Carell alone), and the script is charming and adroit.

One of the best things about it is the way it explains the whole confusing, insane, tangled mess. Whenever the plot starts getting into areas where an average person would get completely lost in econo-tech jargon (and who wouldn't, given that even the damn people who precipitated this horror didn't understand half of what they were doing), the film jumps through the fourth wall and brings in someone completely unrelated to the story to explain things. But it's never an economist or pundit. It's someone like Gordon Ramsay in his kitchen, who looks at you and says, "Okay, I'm going to explain derivatives now. Imagine the economy is like a pizza..." He then goes on in detail, comparing the problem to something like slicing up a pizza**, and then "Now back to the story!" There are others in the film like that, well-known people taking the problems apart and explaining them in completely non-economic terms so that you can continue the story now knowing what the fuck they're talking about in this thing.

It's a stroke of genius. Not only does it make sure your feet are squarely on the ground through the whole movie - or at least as much as possible, since economists still have a hard time explaining just what went down - but it also sustains the intended comedic tone, since the actual events are just so fucking maddening and ultimately depressing if you think about it too much. But this device, along with the magnificently off-kilter performances, keep the film dancing nimbly along, charming you while it's informing you. (Christian Bale as the definitely on-the-spectrum economic analyst who dreams up the idea that tanked our WHOLE FUCKING WORLD starts thing off beautifully, and it only gets better from there.)

Seriously, see this film. I know the 2008 meltdown is not something one would expect to be made into an entertaining romp, but you'll be glad you did. Not only will you get to see great actors in a mind-bending puzzle of a film, but you'll finally get close to understanding just

WHAT. THE FUCK. HAPPENED.

You'll be glad you did. Trust me.


** I can't remember if it was actually a pizza he talked about, as I saw the film about a month ago, but that's the general idea.

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For those of you who watch Game of Thrones:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzukIA7qU9Y

Start the video.
Pause the video.
Unpause the video.
Press "8".
Press "8" again.
Press "8" again...

You're welcome.


Embedding has been removed on that video, but trust me... YOU NEED TO DO THIS.

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For those of you getting all gooey-eyed today...





Oh, you're surprised by my attitude? *snark*


Hugs to all, really.

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This is hysterical.

Nano-Impressions with Ross Marquand


This guy does killer impressions. This video has him doing actors in three- to five-second bites, all of them dealing with some boring, mundane bit of reality, such as Harrison Ford losing a sneeze, George Clooney trying to get a word in, and Liam Neeson going through an automated phone system. And it is killer. (Antonio Banderas forgetting his password made me lose my shit.)

Just watch it. Trust me.

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LOL, I love this video.

Yelling Cat


Whenever I play it, the cats instantly freak out. I just played it now, and at the first sound, Frodo looked up with this "Who the fuck is THAT?" look on his face.

I'd really love to know what this cat is saying, because apparently every other cat thinks he's an asshole.

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Squatty Potty - The latest in pooping comfort


So how do you advertise a product designed to help you take a comfortable, healthful poop?

With unicorns and rainbow ice cream and a smarmy Prince in a red velvet doublet, that's how!


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Werner Heisenberg, Kurt Gödel, and Noam Chomsky walk into a bar.

Heisenberg turns to the other two and says, “Clearly this Is a joke, but how can we figure out if it’s funny or not?”

Gödel replies, “We can’t know that because we’re inside the joke."

Chomsky says, “Of course it’s funny. You’re just telling It wrong.”


Pa-dum-pum. Ssssss.

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