humor

  • Your Joke’s Not Funny Anymore

    “I serve banquets. I’ve had many middle-aged men say the same exact joke to me when serving their Cream of Chicken with Wild Rice: ‘How do you tame wild rice?’” So says Reddit user Krisperrr, answering the question: “What’s the ‘It didn’t scan, so it must be free hur hur hur’ of your profession?” 


  • How To Fail, With Comedians Chris Gethard And Akilah Hughes

    How To Fail, With Comedians Chris Gethard And Akilah Hughes

    It’s our first live recording of the Upgrade, performed in front of an audience at the Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. Joining us are comedians Chris Gethard (Lose Well, “The Chris Gethard Show”) and Akilah Hughes (“It’s Akilah, Obviously”), as well as Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings of Gimlet Media’s podcast “The Nod.” We talk…


  • Reddit’s Terrible Volume Controls Teach Good Design

    Reddit’s Terrible Volume Controls Teach Good Design

    Over the past three weeks, the /r/ProgrammerHumor subreddit has reinvented the on-screen volume controller hundreds of times over. Starting with one user’s sideways slider, users have created funny volume controls based on laptop screen angle, fidget spinners, battery power, latitude and longitude, and the digits of pi. I’ve gathered some highlights here. For maximum appreciation,…