I'm Still Grinning About These Gems The Internet Provided Us This Week
Welcome to Only Good Internet, where — like a sommelier for internet content — I pair you with memes.
I want to talk to you about bad jokes. Specifically, BadJokesByJeff. It's basically a Tumblr rite of passage at this point for one of Jeff's jokes to show up on your dash, and for you to respond, 'change your URL, Jeff.' Because, you see, Jeff's jokes are sometimes not bad at all.
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IDK, maybe you've heard that one before, but I haven't! I didn't see it coming! Here's another:
Full disclosure, I'm pretty sure this one was a tweet first, but it seems like Jeff expanded it a bit and brought it away from that terrible site, so I'll allow it.
One more for the road:
Anyway, 'Jeff, change your URL' has become a meme in and of itself, to the point where the blog actually put out a poll to ask if they should actually do it:
You can follow badjokesbyjeff on Tumblr or Instagram. Laugh, groan, shake your head disapprovingly, enjoy.
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…That Usain Bolt's last name is his REAL NAME, and the founder of Tito's Vodka's last name is Beveridge:
William Headline? Bill Headline??? Are you serious??? Apparently, William's last name was originally Swedish and was Americanized, but still.
You gotta assume there's some self-fulfilling prophecy happening here, which I just learned is called 'nominative determinism.' It's the idea that a person's last name tends to nudge them toward a career that suits the name. It's too late for me, but maybe I'll change my last name to Billionaire and see what happens to my kids.
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The expression on this cat's face is what really sells this for me:
She's SO MAD.
Shout-out to Josiah B. for sending in this week's cursed image!
That is indeed a brick of soap of considerable size. I'm all for creative branding, but something about combining the word 'ass' with 'soap' just lathers me the wrong way…
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I always like to finish every week with something that I MUST share with you, because I can't get it out of my head. This week, it's all about Drake and Josh:
Sometimes, the replies really come together and create something beautiful.
— Pa Kent giving "the talk"
— Spider-Man's weakness is cocaine (canon)
— Apparently the moon is upside-down in the southern hemisphere?
— Old Man Yells At Cloud (it's me, I'm the old man)
— Ah, I remember this classic line from Sam
That's all for this week, see you later! And remember, if you want more like this, you can subscribe to the Only Good Internet newsletter (if you want, I mean, don't let me tell you what to do, ya know?).
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