Awesome Funny Stuff

Make a splash every time you fix your Fruity Pebbles with this playful bowl from Fred. The Spilt Milk bowl is shaped to look like a big splash of milk, even if you’re super careful while pouring. The 6.5″ diameter bowl is made from soft and shatterproof silicone. It’s dishwasher- and microwave-safe, so it’s great for hot cereals too.

Uncommon Goods knows what’s up. Or maybe what’s down. Their retro crew socks are imprinted with “Exhausted American” on both cuffs, along with red, white, and blue trim. They’re proudly made in the USA, probably by folks just as tired and broke as we all are. Put ’em on and let the nods and grunts rain down on you.

(PG-13: Language) “Your eyes are looking a little watery there…” A fearless barbarian is caught in the Medusa’s petrifying gaze. But it looks like he found a loophole. Who will prevail? YouTuber Dungeon Soup makes a hilarious short film out of a simple what-if scenario and beautifully sticks the landing.

We already know it’s possible to use typewriters as musical instruments. Musician Lord Vinheteiro wanted a little more melody to go with the rhythmic typing sounds, so he rigged up a bunch of strings between two typewriters and a piano so he could tickle the ivories while clacking away on the QWERTYs.

Your boss might not always acknowledge your hard work, but you still deserve positive feedback. Author Robb Pearlman’s book is filled with 250 removable stickers that celebrate everyday achievements like successfully changing the toner in the printer, fixing your computer without I.T., and putting on pants for a Zoom call.

“This is something new I’m working on. It’s gonna be: Select Chain.” Ever wonder where those CAPTCHA images come from? It’s all thanks – or no thanks – to this woman. Or not. YouTubers Kim & Aliya imagine what it would be like if someone did take those mundane shots for a living. Wait sorry, because they love it.

We all know about the humps on camels’ backs. But did you know that they don’t have hooves? Or that their palates are so leathery, they can eat cacti like it’s nothing? Or that their awkwardly long neck actually helps them hold their ground in a fight? Learn all that and more in TierZoo’s gamer analysis of this famous beast of burden.

MSCHF revisits their wacky backward sneakers with a high-top model that’s even more ludicrous. Always provocative with their tongue-in-cheek designs, the art collective’s $200 BWD High sneaks are completely impractical on the basketball court but certainly make a fashion statement. Drops 9.24.24. (Thanks, Harriet!)

Artist Rudy Willingham shows some clever ways to give your car more personality by adding a touch of pop culture. Each image takes advantage of the car’s design to make a simple image more than it is. Check out his Instagram for more fun pop art, including an awesome stop-motion animation to celebrate the month of September.

This series of quirky and amusing commercials for Thai bank Kasikorn reminds us we don’t have to stay in a bad workplace. Along the way, they poke fun at demanding bosses, toxic co-workers, and underfunded projects. We’re unsure if working for a bank would be any better, but their commercials are funny.

(PG-13: Language) “Fired?!… I’d promote you if I could!” A man gets called into HR because they found out that he’s in a relationship with one of their colleagues. But as YouTuber al jokes says in the title, this is a world where dudes run HR. And Super HR. Not men. Dudes. We don’t even wanna know what happens in their next jo- (Gets text).

“Weird Al” Yankovic’s popularity has outlasted most of the musicians he’s parodied over the decades, and that’s pretty awesome. YouTuber boogiehead compiled this fun 6-minute reel that plays excerpts from the songs that Al parodied, followed by his novelty versions. We forgot all about Bedrock Anthem.

In this surreal and amusing short film by Evan Forrest Mann, a boy stumbles onto a glitch in the matrix that lets him convert ordinary cotton balls into sandwich cookies. As delicious as OREOs are, we’re not sure we’d want to eat these ones after seeing what they’ve been through.

Too lazy to get up and grab that beer? How about some furniture that can bring it to you? Game developer and maker Giliam de Carpentier created a coffee table that can walk around his living room, carrying drinks and snacks to whoever summons it. His 12-legged Carpentopod takes inspiration from Theo Jansen’s amazing Strandbeest walking sculptures.

Musician Nicolas Bras is known for making all kinds of unusual and inventive musical instruments. One of his sillier creations is this bagpipe he made from a duck-shaped pool float for its bag. But the duck is just full of hot air. The real music makers are the membrane clarinets he fabricated from PVC pipe.

Bohemian Rhapsody is the definitive example of Rock Opera. The members of Aussie group The Spooky Men’s Chorale started performing it that way, then took a left turn, transforming the Queen classic into an energetic bluegrass hoedown deserving of a standing ovation. Galiley-hoo! Yee-haw, life has just begun!