Thursday, May 22, 2008

Funundrum recommends

Today Funundrum would like to recommend two websites that have been creating boundless joy for me and my friends.  The first is Stuff White People Like, which is essentially a list of stuff that white people like.  Other types of people may like this stuff, but this stuff, when considered as a group, seems to define white people and everything they stand for.  When I say white people, by the way, I mean (generally) young, upwardly mobile, slightly-left-leaning hipsters.  Like you and me, and millions of others in this great country of ours.  What kind of stuff, you ask?  Well, stuff like sushi, having bilingual children, Barack Obama, traveling, high-performance clothes, 80's night, and breakfast places.  If you do not intensely identify with at least four things off of that seven-item list, you are either not white or you're lying to yourself.  Even if you don't fall into the demographic of white hipster, it's a very entertaining read.  They're up to 100 things that white people like, with no signs of stopping.

The second is a fantastic little site called Graph Jam, which offers up crappy Excel-based charts, graphs, and diagrams illustrating concepts that really don't need illustration, but are 100% more amusing for having been so illustrated.  Here, just look at these examples.


song chart memes

song chart memes

The first one, if you need a hint, is a graphical representation of whether or not we will let him go, as sung by Queen in "Bohemian Rhapsody."  The second one?  I just gave you that so you'd have the Jeffersons theme song stuck in your head for the rest of the day.  My point is this:  Graph Jam is full of teh win.

1 comment:

Fountain of Filth said...

LOVE the graphs! The site is hilarious. Thanks for sharing. :)