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Internet TV Subtext
This Rocketboom episode gives us a classic example of an Internet TV mismatch:
We have the too-hot-for-her-environs girl interviewing the SuperNerd (personified by Bre Pettis).
The too-hot girl neither cares nor understands what’s going on. Her primary function is to look as hot as possible and anchor the male demographic in place.
SuperNerd tries vainly to entertain her with his various half-built gadgets and Star Wars collectables.
She perfunctorily tries to move the interview along. He lamely tries to hold her eye contact. She tries to not visibly look disgusted.
Welcome to Internet TV.
Tales of Mere Existence
Tales of Mere Existence is a fairly popular YouTube animated comic strip that I follow from time to time. Here’s a newly released episode…
Mep Report #111
Russ and the Christmas Curse, Greg Calls Natural Laws Out, What If God Was a Baby, Russ Goes to the Island of Dr. Santa Claus, Russ is No Longer a Fan of Cheese, Russ is Hit Over the Head With a Yuletide Log, 11 Months of Sanity Out of 12 Isn’t So Bad, Clea Calls the West Coast Out (Again), and Gandalf Claus.
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Pick-up Tips For Guys
A guy tried to pick me up the other day and it was so bad that I thought I would share how bad it was so that others can learn from his mistakes.
1) Do NOT try to pick up a woman while in a Pizza Hut line inside a Target.
2) DO notice that she is buying two individual size pizzas and is carrying a huge bag of diapers.
3) Do NOT try to pick up a woman while you are wearing a sleeping 1.5 year old in a carrier strapped to your front.
4) DO know that she helped you pick up the dollar bill you dropped because she thought you were a fellow parent and understood your situation. She did NOT do it to give you an opening to hit on her AND when she realizes that you took advantage of the situation to lure her into a conversation, she will NOT be happy. You don’t want to make momma unhappy.
5) Do NOT try to pick up a woman by asking her “Do you know any good restaurants around here,” followed by, “Do you know where this conversation is going?”
6) DO note that her wedding ring glitters brilliantly in the fluorescent Target lighting and she’s not just wearing the ring because her husband would be pissed if she wasn’t. She’s also wearing it to send a message to men just like you and the message is not “come hither you hunka hunka…ooo, is that an Ergo?”
Attractive Girl’s Union at Odds with Mike Greenman
This… this is sheer genius. I confess a tinge of jealousy at not coming up with this one. The concept isn’t new, as several friends have expressed a belief to me in a “female hive mind.” But the execution here is nearly perfect.
Courtesy of the Onion News Network
Internet’s Angriest Man?
Resurrecting this old Mep relic for your enjoyment. This was a copy of an online dating profile that I had authored to see what kind of reaction a completely contrarian (and wildly cranky) profile would get.
Mepper banned from parenting group!
Well, I wasn’t banned, I was kicked out. And well, I didn’t meet one of the requirements of the group: members must attend a get together within the first 30 days of joining. But I was busy Mepping!!!
So now I’m left having to try to meet moms at the park. I feel like I’m trying to pick them up:
“You live around here?”
“Come here often?”
“Know of any fun things to do around here?”
“So, can I have your number?”
Sigh…I need to start a dating service for stay-at-home moms. Ewomb.com
Mep Report #104
Chicken-infected Salt, Microwaving for Great Justice, Small Town Stores, The Great/Terrible Debate about GE Foods, Rehabbing from BoingBoing, Trapped in Jdate Vortexes, Pining for Universal Zombism, and the True Origins of Nien Nunb.
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