Tag: humor
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Is “We Built This City” the worst rock song ever made?
I recently read that Starship’s “We Built This City” is considered to be one of the worst rock songs ever made, mostly because of the disconnect of its anti-corporate message and the undeniable fact that it sounds like a cheesy advertising jingle. Let’s dig deeper. Perhaps its worst offense is that they named the entire…
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Bubblewrap sort
The problem Anyone familiar with computer science algorithms knows about bubble sort. In this algorithm, you sort a list of things in “bubbles” by going over it repeatedly in sequence and swapping two bubbles next to one another until they’re all sorted. Although this algorithm is simple to explain, it’s really inefficient as you will…
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My favorite MST3k episodes featuring incoherent movies
Now that life is inching back towards some sense of normalcy with the first restrictions lifted in many places, it’s time to revisit my earlier blog post about MST3k episodes with coherent movies. This time we’re going for maximum insanity: episodes with movies that are incoherent. After spending over two months indoors we’re all losing…
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My favorite MST3k episodes featuring coherent movies
As we’re all sheltering in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, one activity I’ve found well suited for the times is watching episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (or MST3k.) Each episode is about an hour and a half, featuring a human host and his robot pals watching a janky movie and cracking jokes at…
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3 religions in Salt Lake City, ranked
Salt Lake City is a hotbed for religious activities. Perhaps it’s because it’s the home of the Salt Lake itself, which is often compared to the Dead Sea. Here I’m taking a look at three religions that stuck out at me in Salt Lake City, and ranking them from best to… least best. Without further…
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Museum of Jurassic Technology
Over the past few years I’ve told pretty much anyone who’ll listen about my fascination with the type of real life interactive adventures from the likes of Nonchanance, including their Jejune Institute, Elsewhere Public Works, The Latitude, etc. [citation NOT needed] and every now and then someone responds by telling me about this oddball thing…
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Insane Clown Posse parody on SNL
SNL really nailed a parody of Insane Clown Posse’s latest video, “Miracles.” But first, in the unlikely event you haven’t seen the Miracles video, here it is for reference. Fuckin’ magnets… how do they work? Okay, here’s SNL’s version.
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Never follow the instructions on a bottle of shampoo
You’re in the shower, and it’s time to shampoo. You flip the bottle around to read the instructions, and inevitably find the following: Lather, rinse, repeat. Let’s break this down into a flowchart. Do you see the problem here? Nowhere does it state when you should stop shampooing. In other words there’s no “stop condition”…
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