Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Humor & Satire

Do you like to laugh? Of course not. Nobody does. But if you’re considering laughing anyway, some of the links in this section might be able to help. This section includes funny comics, satire websites, and a bunch of other stuff that I find amusing.

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This section includes comics, including “traditional” comic strips, interactive web comics, and more.

  • Catana Comics
    A humorous, personal, autobiographical series by Catana Chetwynd.
  • Dilbert Reborn
    An “uncensored and spicier” version of the Dilbert workplace satire by Scott Adams.
  • Garfield Minus Garfield
    Dan Walsh removes Garfield from Garfield comics “to reveal the existential angst” of Jon Arbuckle.
  • Poorly Drawn Lines
    An offbeat online comic strip written and drawn by Reza Farazmand.
  • The Oatmeal
    An funny and sometimes-bizarre online comic by Matthew Inman.
  • xkcd
    An online comic about “romance, sarcasm, math, and language” by Randall Munroe.

This section includes funny stuff that doesn’t really fit into the other categories.

  • AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com
    A “friendly place where everyone [can] come together and share their uncomfortable family moments.”
  • Bad Newspaper
    Funny newspaper clippings. “Newspapers are going away. That’s too bad.”
  • Clients From Hell (Not Always Right)
    A “collection of client horror stories from designers and freelancers” on Not Always Right.
  • Daily WTF
    The “how-not-to guide for developing software,” including tales of bad management and horrible code.
  • Engrish.com
    A website about “the Engrish phenomenon from East Asia and around the world.”
  • Terrible Real Estate Agent Photographs
    A website for “inexplicably bad property photographs. It’s that simple.”

This section includes odd and interesting stuff; mostly humorous, generally weird.

  • Bored Panda
    A website with a “mission is to spread good news and highlight top artists from around the world.”
  • Cracked.com
    A website “filled with funny videos, pics, articles, and a whole bunch of other funny stuff.”
  • Lowering the Bar
    A website of legal humor collected and catered by Kevin Underhill.
  • Neatorama
    A website that brings you “the neatest, weirdest, and most wonderful stuff from all over the Web every day.”
  • The Smoking Gun
    A website for “cool, confidential, quirky” documents including court filings and mug shots.
  • What If? How To: (xkcd)
    “Serious answers to absurd questions” and “absurd advice for common concerns” by Randall Munroe.

This section includes websites dedicated to satirizing life, the universe, and everything.

  • Babylon Bee
    A satire website with articles “about Christian stuff, political stuff, and everyday life.”
  • ClickHole
    A satire website in the style of click-bait farms like BuzzFeed and Upworthy.
  • Duffel Blog
    A satire outlet “devoted to the U.S. military and national security community.”
  • NewsThump
    A website offering “spoof news and satire” with a U.K. focus.
  • The Hard Times
    A satirical “punk news site” made by “a group of punk and hardcore kids.”
  • The Onion
    Originally a satirical print newspaper, The Onion is the grand-daddy of online news satire.

Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.