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Lady, Just Get Back in Your Car
I read this joke a couple of days ago on the internet. A man is driving his five-year-old to a friend's house. Suddenly, another car speeds in front and cuts them off. They almost have an accident. "Douchebag!" the father yells. A moment later, he realises the indiscretion, pulls over, and turns to face his son. "Your father just said a bad word," he says. "I was angry at that driver, but that was no excuse for what I said. It was wrong. But just because I said it, it doesn’t make it right, and I don’t ever want to hear you saying it. Is that clear?" His son looks at him and says, "Too late, Douchebag."
By Calvin Londonabout a month ago in Humor
Ten things I’ve Learned from watching Naked and Afraid…So Far…. Content Warning.
10. The world is not a safe place, all kinds of little wildlife is out there that can seriously cause harm or death. Season 1, Episode 1 producer Steve Rankin was bitten by a Fur-de-lance and nearly lost his life while scouting a location for the first episode of Naked and Afraid.
By Cassie Mooreabout a month ago in Humor
If We Took Instructions Literally, Civilization Would Collapse by Thursday
We live in a society held together by one fragile, invisible thread: the collective understanding that no one is taking the instructions literally. This is the unspoken covenant of civilization.
By The Pompous Postabout a month ago in Humor
Inside the Gym of Chad “Thunderbuns” Wilson, The World’s First Mentagonist™
When I accepted an internship at The Pompous Post, I imagined journalism. Investigations, serious interviews, and possibly a press badge. Instead, last Tuesday morning, I was handed a clipboard and told:
By The Pompous Postabout a month ago in Humor
The Disappearance of Common Sense (As Told by Warning Labels)
There was a time when products trusted us to use them correctly. A ladder did not need to remind us not to stand on the very top rung. A candle did not feel compelled to clarify that fire, historically speaking, is hot. Shampoo did not warn us that it was not to be consumed as a breakfast smoothie.
By The Pompous Postabout a month ago in Humor
Plain Pasta, Part 2
I met Kira at the entrance of the 12-story building where the Italian rented his apartment and went up to the sixth floor. The building itself was notable — one of the few high-rises in central Bishkek built from an individual design rather than a standard Soviet brutalist blueprint. For those of us raised in cramped five-story blocks and Khrushchev-era apartments for the proletariat, it was intriguing just to see the inside. “At least for that reason, the evening won’t be wasted,” I decided.
By Lana V Lynx2 months ago in Humor
The Lie of Rich Corinthian Leather (And Other Things We Believed Because a Man With an Accent Said Them)
There was a time when a man could look into a camera, gently stroke a car seat, and convince an entire nation that luxury had a birthplace. That place was Corinth… Or so we were told.
By The Pompous Post2 months ago in Humor
The Golden Truth
If you’ve been following my life, you know it’s a riveting saga of watching grass grow and organizing my sock drawer by thread count. Because my reality is so staggeringly uneventful, I tend to overthink the things most people ignore. While the rest of the world is worried about the economy or space travel, I sat down, stared at my phone, and asked the hard-hitting question: "Why are smileys yellow?"
By Richard Weber2 months ago in Humor
