Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Unintentional Wikipedia Humour, vol. 1
g. and I have been discussing how much we enjoy the incredibly dry - to the point of possibly being serious - humour that you can find in Wikipedia. Here are a couple that I've found lately and a classic one as well. I understand that holy water has a different density than normal water. What is the difference? In theory, I would assume that the molecules in holy water would have more energy, and therefore be less dense than normal water... This logic seems sound, assuming that the blessing adds energy. Doesn't this make sense? To other people, it may appear that slackers do not do very much actual work, schoolwork, or much of anything. However, individuals considered to be slackers may in fact be very active, though not always in activities that society deems to be most important (such as writing in Wikipedia instead of getting a real job). One of the definitions of slacker is "people who are good at doing what is important to them."
From Holy Water:Aside from other substances that may be added to the water as it is blessed, holy water is indistinguishable from ordinary water.[citation needed]
When hardcore believers start demanding documented proof you know the world is coming to an end.
And from the discussion page for the same article:
And an old classic that some killjoy deleted, but here it is. Previously from Slacker (Subculture):Density
And someone please tell me if there's something wrong with me that I find the entire article on Toast to be utterly hilarious. Really.
The Slacker Defense
By al - 12:20 p.m. |
I spend a lot of my time clicking on "Random article" and reading dry descriptions of activities and objects I already know a lot about. I just read the entire article for "caught stealing" (re: baseball). I also just ended up at, "1893-94 Indian cricket season," which consists of the text, "This article is a review of the 1893-94 Indian cricket season." And that's it.
Christ, I find this stuff so hilarious. I think it really is the seriousness of the re-telling of the familiar that gets to me. There's always something funny and strange about reading about your own culture in an expository kind of way.
Wikipedia is serious business.
Or perhaps awaken something in the catacombs. Whichever.