weekend distractions

Once again, I find myself with both school work and school work on a Saturday (curse you StatExact!) So I present to you, weekend distractions.

First up, ChinaSMACK! Ever wonder if YouTube-type comments in Chinese are as stupid as they are in English? Answer: for the most part, no, but unsurprisingly, occasionally yes. It's also just an interesting site for the sake of seeing what's currently news in our slightly batty neighbor across the Pacific Ocean*.

A good place to start is the comments on, you guessed it, Barack Obama's acceptance speech. Some of the comments will make you want to cry, some will make you vomit with rage, and a goodly amount will make you make that Paul Rudd scrunchy-face.

Niubi, by the way, is literally translated as "Ox Vagina". The closest English phrase is not "awesome" so much as "highfalutin". Like that word, it can be either pejorative or complementary. You'll know when you need that if you read it.

Also, luckily for him, Obama's name transliterates nicely into Chinese as 奥巴马. That's pretty much nonsense (profoundly hopeful horse?). It's a terrible nuisance when you're name transliterates into something that sounds like a commonly used phrase. Bush's name in Chinese sounded like the phrase for "is not".

*If world politics was a laugh track sit-com, who would China be played by? What about other countries? The U.S. is Fred Willard, no second thoughts about that.

SUPERDICKERY!

Along the lines of Elex's altered comics cover post, here are real covers of Superman being a dick.

Among my favorites are:
King Superman
Slumlord Superman
Murderin' Superman
Murderin' Superman II: Krypton Boogaloo
Sad Old Lois

There are also plenty starring Superboy and Superbaby.

It's Funny Because It's Probably True

It's the curse of any bald(ing), fat man.

It's Funny Because It's True

Heeheehee...




Bwahahahaha!


From ROFL RAZZI.

Back To... um... Normal?

Ahhh... Sorry about that.

Thank you to Lady Sovereign for a little break of silly entertainment.

IRL

Sending a MOTHERFUCKING PDF. It's only 7 MB, Outlook! Take it, you stupid bitch program!

Woah

Cool.

That'd be a bitch to get in the back of my car, though.

A Lost Nightmare

Jill Thompson, of Scary Godmother and Sandman fame, once drew some pages for a Nightmare Before Christmas comic.

Don't look to long! The beauty may burn you!

Because it worked so well for Firefly

Joss Wheadon's new show, Dollhouse, will be airing on Friday nights rather than the Mondays, after 24, as originally stated.

Friday nights on Fox tend to kill shows quickly, but it still causes much pain to the fans.

Just in time for lunch...

We all know that housewives in the 40's and 50's were mostly alcoholics battling an ever-growing sense of isolation and despair. Want proof? Check out these salads from a 40's cookbook. My favorites are the bunnies and the eyes.