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The World Isn’t Ready For The Michael Bay Energy Drink

7:40PM October 10, 2011 | Kat Hannaford - Gizmodo UK

Can you imagine the devastation caused by a morning swig of the “Bay in a can” energy drink? Urban Outfitters would have to amp production of denim shorty-shorts to dangerous levels at the very least. More »


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iPhone 4S Parody Videos: LOL-tastic Or Troll-tastic?

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11:30AM October 10, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Humour’s a very subjective thing, obviously. Take, for example, these two iPhone 4S announcement parody videos. I think one of them’s gut-bustingly funny, while the other just draws a simple yawn out of me. More »


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This Sounds Like My Ideal Social Network

5:40AM September 22, 2011 | Brian Barrett

What’s better than Facebook, or Google+, or Twitter, or any other social network you can join? How about: not that. Or more specifically, how about Not Google Plus, an antisocial network we can all get behind. More »


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The Piggy With The Dragon Tattoo Trailer Is The Movie I Want To See

3:40AM September 17, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

There are three films I’m going to see this Christmas: The new Muppets movie, David Fincher’s Girl With the Dragoon Tattoo and the new new Muppets movie directed by David Fincher. More »


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G-Male Is Google’s Perfect Version Of A Guy

8:00AM September 3, 2011 | Casey Chan

G-Male, the perfect Google male. It’s just like everything with Google — it helps make your life easier, it seems awesome and right when you can’t imagine living your life without it, it starts getting creeeeepy. More »


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Churlish TwitPic Founder Launches Dumb Twitter Clone

8:10AM August 12, 2011 | Mat Honan

Did you know Twitter lets you upload pictures now? Yeah. So in return TwitPic lets you, um, Twitter. That’s right TwitPic cloned Twitter. While it’s even dumber than it sounds, it’s also delightfully entertaining. More »


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I Wish These Parody Ads About AT&T-Mobile Merger Were Funnier

6:40AM July 23, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

There is plenty of comedy gold to be mined from the impending obliteration of one of the four major US carriers and the further consolidation of the telecommunications industry. These videos aren’t quite there, but oh well. More »


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My Little Pony Is Making Friendship Ponies For Your iPhone

6:00AM July 10, 2011 | Kwame Opam

My Little Pony is reaching critical mass. Mashups everywhere. But this isn’t clear to me. What are they selling here? Ponies? Apps that act like ponies? Ponies with touchscreens? This is making me uncomfortable. More »


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Spoof Angry Birds: The Movie Trailer Could Very Well Become Real Some Day

9:00AM March 28, 2011 | Jack Loftus

You’ve seen this Rooster Teeth Angry Birds movie trailer by now, right? Equal parts funny, cheesy and, hrm, hammy—just like the game! Sadly for society, I feel Rovio will actually make this happen someday. [The Next Web]


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Keep George Lucas Away From This Lando Calrissian Spin-Off

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10:00AM November 16, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Imagine if the Star Wars universe hadn’t been sidetracked by Ewoks and the second death star, but had instead focussed on the cooler characters. Like Lando Calrissian, before he got his facial skinflap sidekick in Return of the Jedi. More »