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I am so installing Comment Snob. It filters out worthless YouTube comments based on spelling mistakes, excessive punctuation, and profanity. I imagine I won't see very many comments any more.

A monk in a metal band. Awesome.

Do you love shredding awesome guitar licks? Do you hate heathen savages? Then you need Guitar Praise! It's like Guitar Hero but without having to hear the Devil-sounds of secular rock!.

Introducing Chinese people to fortune cookies is mildly hilarious.

X-Factor is basically the British American Idol. Check out this audition. It's not the guy auditioning who is terrible, but check out the backup he brought...

Richard Dawkins reading hate-mail he has received. That's some quality hate.

Hoff, no!

Thanks, Shanny.

English Fail Blog is entertaining if you like making fun of poor spelling and grammar.

I have a problem with riddles. Rarely is the given answer the best answer, but often they at least show a point of view that might differ from yours at the moment, and that is interesting. Here's an example where I like my answer much better than the provided one:

General Custer is surrounded by Indians and he?s the only cowboy left.

He finds an old lamp in front of him and rubs it. Out pops a genie. The genie grants Custer one wish, with a catch. He says, ?Whatever you wish for, each Indian will get two of the same thing.?
Custer ponders a while and thinks:?If I get a bow and arrow they get two. If I get a rifle they get two!? He then rubs the bottle again and out pops the genie. ?Well,? the genie asks ?have you made up your mind??

What did Custer ask for to help him get away?

My answer: "to be beaten half to death."

Follow the link for the lame answer.

This blog isn't nearly mean enough. To address this problem and to give another mean-spirited friend an outlet, I give you Chief Serious.

Elevator ride.

*Bing*

Two men get on an elevator.

Silence. Man A is looking up and down at Man B. Man B glances at Man A, annoyed.

After a long pause:

Man A: "Are those your shoes?"
Man B stares at Man A. After a long pause:
Man B: "Yes."

Man A looks satisfied with the answer and starts looking in the direction of the door, like a normal person.

*Bing*

Just as the doors are opening:

Man A: "These are rentals."

Did you know the song they start playing right before they cut off someone's mic at the Oscars has lyrics? Jack Black and Will Ferrel know the lyrics.

You all remember Belinda Bedekovic and her keytar-humping skills, right? Well, now you can be her in Guitar Hero.

Cuntblocker 5000 keeps you from hearing that nasty word on the radio...

Apparently, the kid singing China's "Ode to the Motherland" wasn't cute enough, so they "Milli Vanillied" her.

Thanks, Maddog.

Want to pretend you're a giant, decimating a tiny city and tromping on horrified victims? You need the horrified b-movie victim set.

Brilliant visual gag: Atheist toast.

The new Bond movie looks awesome. You know the rules, and so does he.

I was chatting with Klyment about Apple products. Specifically, I was recounting the word-of-mouth account from a musician that new Macs were using cheaper Firewire controllers and breaking pro studio gear. The conversation led to me mentioning it was far more worthwhile to market to hipsters than to professionals. Klyment's resulting comment was brilliant:

Selling to hipsters, stuff just has to look metrosexual enough to help these fuckers pick up other androgynous humans at social events and stuff.

Some guy created an iPhone application that just displays an image of a ruby and costs $999. Its only purpose is to show how rich you are. 8 people have purchased it.

Check out this series of videos entitled Why Do People Laugh At Creationists?

Basically it just takes quotes from assorted creationists where they attempt to "do science" and goes over how wrong they are.

I don't want to go to the future any more!

Are you speaking bat? Is that what bat sounds like?

Batman interrogates the Joker. It gets funnier: watch it all the way through.

Five actual mad scientists. Real sickos. Give this link a pass if you've got a weak stomach for cruel experiments...

Rebecca Watson is now #1 on my "Freebie Five" list (also known in some circles as the "To Do" list).

She's one of the people on the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe podcast.

This nutbar feels rainbows are unnatural unless you see them near the sun or moon...

This is the kind of crap people come up with when we allow psuedo-science and magical thinking to flourish.

James Randi is a well-known skeptic. He spent some time doing magic (as The Amazing Randi) before he started publicly showing people how psychics do their stuff.

Here is Randi showing some revealing stats about psychic readings. The video also serves to show you that a true believer isn't going to change their mind.

If you've got 14 minutes, watch this video where Randi talks about Uri Geller and Peter Popoff.

He's charismatic and knows how to speak to an audience, which makes him a lot more entertaining to listen to than your average skeptical nerd. Check YouTube for a lot more videos.

Music video: Stress by Justice. Thugs / violence.

No Stress: the parody.

You think Marmaduke is the worst comic strip? Think again!

I may have posted this video of David Copperfield levitating before, but I've never completely ruined it for you. Seriously, as with all magic, it is extremely disappointing to see how it's done.

For all his ridiculousness, David Copperfield performs and sells this illusion brilliantly.

Daniel Chesterfield: the most amazing magician of our times.