satire
Geek satire, comedy, and all things satirical in the geek universe.
The Enduring Legacy of 'Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72'
It's a little past midnight and I am sitting alone in my new apartment. Two weeks have passed since the move here, and there's been plenty of time to get accustomed. The place is located at the back-end of a complex of four apartments; it only has one room and bathroom, with a small corridor leading to the kitchen, and it has a/c, which was a must in my book. The environment has been perfect to read and relax, the one thing that impossible for me to do in the place I used to live.
By Ezra I. James5 years ago in Geeks
Don't Look Up - A Netflix Movie Review
I have some advice for you. If you don’t want the world to end then don’t look up. Crashlanding onto Netflix in 2021, Don’t Look Up follows two astronomers who discover that a deadly comet is hurtling towards the earth. Feverishly running to the president and all sorts of media, they are not taken seriously about the demise of the earth in six months.
By Marielle Sabbag5 years ago in Geeks
Santa Claus: The Ultimate Totalitarian?. Top Story - December 2021.
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, the time of year when an old terror arises. There’s a lot of talk about fascism and even totalitarianism these days, but we often disregard the ultimate plot for world domination that takes over several countries for a month or even more each year.
By Taru Anniina Liikanen5 years ago in Geeks
Random Geekery
Food Geeks, or Foodies, is a subject close to my stomach. I once heard the saying, “Never trust a bald barber. They will have no respect for your hair.” I feel the same way about chefs and food lovers. A good chef is someone who is going to have at least a little girth around the waist, like Guy Fieri, because they love the taste of food and they are always trying new dishes. Same with a Foodie, how can a person love to taste and eat food, but look like a stick? A true Foodie and a good chef are going to have some roundness to them.
By Jeff Sherwood5 years ago in Geeks
Fairytale Smairytale
When I was little, I loved to read. From Dr. Seuss to Maurice Sendak, it’s hard to pick which bedtime story or fairy tale meant the most. I loved how Sam liked his green eggs and ham. Were just the eggs green or the ham too (yuck)? What in the world would make eggs and ham green? These questions still boggle my adult mind. What would it have been like to be Mickey as he flew thru the night kitchen? Could I ever tame the Wild Things like Max controlled the them with his scary stare? How many times did I pretend to be scared of the monster at the end of the book, only to laugh that it was Grover every time?? I even laughed at Alexander, whose day was so bad, I was reminded just how good my life was! Alexander also taught me how not to chew gum at bedtime. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read the book. If you are paying attention, you will learn how NOT to have a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad, day. This book and countless others have adventures and lessons to learn!
By Tracy Phillips5 years ago in Geeks
Classic Sesame Street: Sweeping the Clouds Away
Many of us have warm memories of Classic Sesame Street, a time when live Muppets filled out a cast which was only augmented by a few puppets known to the cast as "socks." This golden era lasted from the late 1960s to the mid-80s, when live Muppets were almost completely replaced with actors in costume and puppeteers. The living cast were subject to the same chaotic, dark forces let loose in the rest of society in those years. It was a different time, when artists were given more leeway, and scandals could still be silenced, or at least tolerated. What follows is an oral history of Classic Sesame Street as told by the Muppets themselves, as they try to set the record straight.
By The Page Collective5 years ago in Geeks
Noises Off: a play by Michael Frayn
The device of the “play within a play” has been used many times, from Shakespeare onwards, but in Michael Frayn’s Noises Off the idea becomes central. It is not so much that “the play’s the thing” (to quote Hamlet), as that here the play is the only thing.
By John Welford5 years ago in Geeks
The Most Underrated Tool in your Online Toolbox
Admittedly, the title of this article may be a bold statement. Given that my online writing experience is at fledgling status, and there's probably a tonne of undiscovered hacks out there. Nonetheless, this is my hill, and I will die on it.
By Jessie Waddell5 years ago in Geeks
You Should Write a Mystery
You Should Write a Mystery Donald You should write a mystery. It was that simple. That was all she said. Donald reclines in Walter’s Barcalounger. It is mid afternoon on an August day in a small town in Wisconsin. Jack sits across the room in his mothers’ favorite armchair. Samantha is on the phone trying to get Mrs. Tucker to hang up so she can make a call.
By David Zinke aka ZINK5 years ago in Geeks
