Finishing What I Started, Ish

So I realized I hadn't finished my "personal heroes" thread from awhile back. I like closure, so this is happening! En garde!

To refresh your memory, here is the list we have so far. Click here for the original post (#8 - #10),and here for #7.

And without further ado, the highly anticipated countdown continues! What, you had completely forgotten about this bit? Oh, you and your sarcasm.
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#6 THE ONION

I don't know what I'd do without The Onion. I'm one of those guys that likes to have a reasonable idea of what's going on in the world. But guess what? Real news is depressing. For every story that warms my cold, bitter heart like this story about sportsmanship, there are a dozen stories about how somebody died trying to save a barnyard animal from from drowning, like this.

Enter the Onion. The Onion is a faux news organization that is devoted exclusively to making all the crap going on in the world seem a little less depressing and a lot more hilarious. The articles range from political, to viciously deadpan, to just plain bizarre. A fine example of this would be this video satirizing technological crazes. I would embed it here but it is EXTREMELY explicit (lotsa swearing) so only watch if you find that sort of thing funny. Instead here's another video that I think you'll enjoy.


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#5 DEMETRI MARTIN

Demetri Martin is far and away my favorite comedian because he, well, doesn't have to try to be funny. He just is. Basically all of his jokes are one-liners, and it works. Check him out here if you want to see more of his stand-up.


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#4 CYANIDE & HAPPINESS

I've mentioned Cyanide and Happiness about forty thousand times on this blog, so don't act all surprised, you knew it was coming. Cyanide and Happiness is a hilarious web-comic about stick figures. They're rather unabashed about how little effort they put into it, which makes it even funnier.

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Check back in tomorrow for numbers 1-3. Why? Because you care, that's why.

~~~Justin~~~