It’s a universal rule that when things are messed up, it’s funny. We laugh at misspellings, mispronunciations, and every type of mess-up in between. It’s not because we think we’re perfect. No, far from it. We laugh when things go wrong because we ourselves are fallible. We’re always messing up, so it makes us feel …
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It’s hard for something to be truly baffling these days. We’re so used to seeing all manner of crazy stuff all throughout the day, on the streets, and on our phones. It takes a lot to totally surprise us. We’ve all seen enough movies to be prepared for some wild things.  The last time I …
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Sometimes you fail if you try too hard. You hold on to something so tight that you break it in your fist, leaving only dust and debris. You know this if you’ve ever been so over-eager about something that you end up getting overcome by adrenaline and you lose control. For instance, so you’re due …
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Even the best of us make stupid mistakes. I swear I’ve gotten my own name and birthday wrong while filling out forms. I make the dumbest of errors on the daily. I routinely turn left when I was supposed to be turning right. When going to the airport, I always have to think carefully about whether …
Seguir leyendo 27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (February 23, 2025)

A term that has become popular on the internet to describe a type of less-than-aspirational character is a «failson» or a «faildaughter.» Failsons might live in their parent’s basement, might be addicted to video games, and may have made a lot less of himself than it seemed like he was going to. A faildaughter might …
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Things don’t always work out, and that’s okay. We may have been attached to a certain outcome and it didn’t come to pass, and that can hurt. Maybe you were really rooting for your team to play in the Super Bowl, and it didn’t work out. That can sting, I get it. But the problem …
Seguir leyendo 27 Baffling Design Choices Found in the Wild (February 9, 2025)

One of my favorite forms of comedy is simply when people mispronounce words. A well-placed mispronounced word makes me giggle until the cows come home. Like in Wet Hot American Summer, when Paul Rudd’s character says «durnal’ instead of «journal.» It’s a blink and you’ll miss it kind of moment, but if you catch it, …
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