Pure dead brilliant

The man, the myth, the legend

According to a lot of people, journalism has either been dead or dying for years. Its demise is discussed all over the Internet, which is coincidentally thought of as the force behind that very same demise. While we don't appreciate the clickbaity direction that many formerly reputable news giants have taken, there is some humor to be found in the descent into traffic-minded garbage. While subreddits like r/nottheonion or r/FloridaMan have been covering crazy headlines for quite a while, in the…

Who says that crime can't be funny? There are so many boring arrests made every day that journalists can't help but take notice when an amusing one comes about. There's some guy who, at present, is looking through arrest records to find the hard-hitting story of an extremely wacky guy. And boy howdy, do they find them. Not all news stories with wacky headlines have to do with arrests. There are so many strange daily incidents that are funny, inspiring, or just plain stupid that have nothing to…

If memes are anything, they're ever present. We tend to think of memes as a newfangled 21st century invention, but that is simply not the case. Look at any newspaper or magazine from the 20th century, and you'll see some marvelous memes in unexpected places. In college, I visited my schools archives with the University humor magazine. The publication had been in print since 1911, so when we were able to look through old copies of the magazine, we were surprised to find how much meme formats of…

Contrary to popular (American) belief, not all news across the pond is about Brexit. It doesn't matter where you are in the world—a small town is going to report on small news, and a lot of it can be pretty amusing. Pie shortages, suburban turf wars, illegally imported sprinkles, old men yelling at clouds—global mainstream media could never top the charm of local news stories about ordinary people. Twitter account @CrapLocalNews does a great job of archiving all the weird and comically mundane l

And other satirical publications

Time for a little history lesson. On January 23, 2012 at 2:15 UTC, a little boy named Ian Davies posted his best friend's yearbook portrait taken at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio. The boy pictured was Kyle Craven, better known to the internet as Bad Luck Brian . Kyle's dopey smile and red nose were so offensive to the school principal that they made him retake the photo. But it was too late. Ian had already scanned and posted the photo to the internet. Little did Kyle know, he was…

Let the memes take over your phone

At least the results are funny as hell

Yikes

Big oof

Not the Onion, we swear.