Category: Humor
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Saturday Night Live sketch uses humor to tackle issues of meaning
A recent Saturday Night Live sketch featured SNL alum Adam Sandler as the host of a fake tour company. The premise of the parody commercial is explaining what his Italian tour company can (and cannot) do for customers. If a person is unhappy in America, they will be the same unhappy person in Italy. “You’re…
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John Crist jokes about customizing church
Comedian John Crist is crushing it. He’s become a social media sensation. Next year, he’s launching his Human Being tour that has 40 shows and is quickly selling out. He has a great eye for contemporary WASP culture in the American church. Today, he released a satirical video on a new product: Virtual Reality Church,…
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Eclipsalypse Now
Is anyone else so psyched out about the solar eclipse tomorrow that you’re basically afraid to look out the window or else you’ll instantly be blinded and die? When I was a kid, there was an eclipse, and we had to have inside recess that day. Feel like this implicitly gave us the message “the…
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The story of the time I lost a job through a “thank you” card
Once upon a time, I had a menial job working for a very large company. I don’t want to name names so I’ll just make something up. Let’s say the company was called “Stationwide.” So I originally interviewed for a company who did hiring for Stanionwide and they brought me back in for a second…
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The story of the time I had to go to the Emergency Room
I’ve gone to the emergency room once in my life. And it was a year ago today. This is that story… So last summer, for a few days, I kept having these shooting pains in my side. At times, they weren’t so bad. At other times, they were terrible. So I sought medical advice (although…
Josh Benner 