I wish I had
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Wednesday, 18 June 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link
How much time do you spend looking at things people link from Upworthy or Buzzfeed?
About 3 minutes a year, when there's a really good gallery of 100 cat photos on Buzzfeed. So 3/525600 of the time?
― rage against martin sheen (sic), Thursday, 19 June 2014 00:18 (nine years ago) link
how do you know which cat photos are the best unless you look at all of themmmmm
― write 500 words of song (sleepingbag), Thursday, 19 June 2014 00:23 (nine years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/article/7-classic-90s-toys-werent-fun-anymore-after-911-333
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 June 2014 17:56 (nine years ago) link
damn
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 19 June 2014 20:24 (nine years ago) link
haven't really found any of these that funny tbh
bingo, these are such an easy thing to lampoon and yet they do it so poorly, even feedbuzz was better than this
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, 19 June 2014 20:42 (nine years ago) link
though I do have some hope for the future of clickhole
clickhole's main joke seems to be that other things are vacant and unfunny. well sure, but it's not a very good joke.
― Pew Nornographers (contenderizer), Thursday, 19 June 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
it's made me laugh harder than the new season of Louie
― macklemorange is the new wack (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 19 June 2014 20:59 (nine years ago) link
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, June 19, 2014 4:42 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
don't you talk about feedbuzz like that
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link
― Pew Nornographers (contenderizer), Thursday, June 19, 2014 4:56 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
we are all vacant and unfunny and that's the only joke there ever was
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
even feedbuzz was better than this
― Maggie killed Quagmire (collest baby ever) (frogbs), Thursday, June 19, 2014 4:42 PM (25 minutes ago) Bookmark
Wow this is probably the most offensive thing you have ever posted
― 龜, Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
They've already been doing this for a little while with their slideshows on the onion. I'm not really ready (or cool enough) to write off clickhole after a few days. There have already been a couple of things that have made me laugh pretty hard.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:16 (nine years ago) link
i'm cool enough to write off clickhole, but i'm not, i'm laughing off of it
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:19 (nine years ago) link
the best part of clickhole is the fact they have actual bullshit click-bait ads at the bottom that I keep thinking are satire
― mh, Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
such a great part of it.
― socki (s1ocki), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:32 (nine years ago) link
on their first day, I clicked on one thinking it'd be another satirical article, and it took several moments for me to realize I had gone to another site
― mh, Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
i mean, i think a huge part of my enjoyment of clickhole is working in the media industry for 12 years and slowly watching the media outlets I love move from
http://www.villagevoice.com/2003-04-15/music/mr-and-mrs-used-to-be/
to
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/04/hottest_dancing_coachella_gifs.php
Since the Onion itself has moved from making weekly satire to hourly clickbait, I'm guessing a lot of veterans of the staff are feeling the fatigue, and I imagine clickhole is coming from a very real place
― macklemorange is the new wack (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:38 (nine years ago) link
the hate is palpable
― mh, Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
that's a fair point actually. i shd probably revisit it in a week or so.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:40 (nine years ago) link
I can imagine some humor writers who've finessed their craft for a decade could probably get a little bent out of shape at the Buzzfeeds, Crackeds, Chives, &c getting monster traffic by gaming the system as opposed to actually making better material.
Its something that a lot of music writers have been going through for the last few years (paging @maura)
― macklemorange is the new wack (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
Whiney otm
― Every post you make is dripping with failure (stevie), Friday, 20 June 2014 08:29 (nine years ago) link
― mh, Thursday, June 19, 2014 9:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
UK posters may be reminded of the terrible 'improve your memory' type ads in Viz (which I think they still run)
― Kiss Screaming Seagull Her Seagull Her (DJ Mencap), Friday, 20 June 2014 08:49 (nine years ago) link
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Friday, 20 June 2014 12:00 (nine years ago) link
hi guys
― maura, Friday, 20 June 2014 13:05 (nine years ago) link
so - youtube has pulled the calvin and hobbes vid
― Every post you make is dripping with failure (stevie), Friday, 20 June 2014 13:11 (nine years ago) link
Probably sensible given the potential legal issues.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Friday, 20 June 2014 13:17 (nine years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/article/7-classic-90s-toys-werent-fun-anymore-after-911-333― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Friday, June 20, 2014 8:00 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Disagree. And im not into firey solos chief. (Phil D.), Friday, June 20, 2014 8:00 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this one is the best, dont really care about the rest of the site tho
― ciderpress, Friday, 20 June 2014 13:38 (nine years ago) link
Jesus Christ that village voice coachella thing is so dour
― Now I Am Become Dracula (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 20 June 2014 14:07 (nine years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/article/woman-takes-one-photo-herself-every-day-week-337
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Friday, 20 June 2014 14:26 (nine years ago) link
Yeah the Voice in the last several years is like a debauched, strung-out junkie version of its former self.
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 June 2014 14:32 (nine years ago) link
the Voice is soon going to be a single guy in his underwear posting clickporn photo sets of sex events
― THIS IS NOT A BENGHAZI T-SHIRT (Hurting 2), Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:44 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Hier Komme Die Warum Jetzt (Hurting 2), Friday, 20 June 2014 14:36 (nine years ago) link
I like cracked in that they'll put at least a modicum of actual research into their bits.
Also their ed-in-chief has admitted to writing some Clickhole jokes. I wonder how many AV Club/Dissolve writers have done the same.
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Friday, 20 June 2014 17:54 (nine years ago) link
and the onion kind of depends on the existence of normal news to acclimatize people! what must young buzzfeed hedz even think about all those worrrrds
― j., Friday, 20 June 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
Area man ponders current state of online journalism.
― °ㅇ๐ْ ° (gr8080), Friday, 20 June 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
tbh i sort of felt bad for cracked once buzzfeed and upworthy usurped facebook, they sucked but at least they put some time in
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Saturday, 21 June 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link
yeah i checked cracked just now and they've gone way more upworthy and less gonzo
― everybody loves lana del raymond (s.clover), Saturday, 21 June 2014 00:20 (nine years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/quiz/how-many-these-noir-films-have-you-seen-331
― scott seward, Saturday, 21 June 2014 01:25 (nine years ago) link
(That image is from bela tarr's 'man from London', from the long 13 minute opening shot)
― koogs, Saturday, 21 June 2014 05:15 (nine years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/quiz/bop-it-350
― What Is It Like To Be A HOOS? (silby), Saturday, 21 June 2014 05:21 (nine years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/article/9-things-only-people-who-went-sleepaway-camp-will--344
― socki (s1ocki), Saturday, 21 June 2014 13:49 (nine years ago) link
i mean, i think a huge part of my enjoyment of clickhole is working in the media industry for 12 years and slowly watching the media outlets I love move fromhttp://www.villagevoice.com/2003-04-15/music/mr-and-mrs-used-to-be/tohttp://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2013/04/hottest_dancing_coachella_gifs.phpSince the Onion itself has moved from making weekly satire to hourly clickbait, I'm guessing a lot of veterans of the staff are feeling the fatigue, and I imagine clickhole is coming from a very real place― macklemorange is the new wack (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, June 19, 2014 4:38 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― macklemorange is the new wack (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, June 19, 2014 4:38 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
god, this resonates so much. i guess i didn't realize how much i missed even halfway decent journalism when i compared those two VV links. oy vey.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Sunday, 22 June 2014 01:43 (nine years ago) link
the Voice is soon going to be a single guy in his underwear posting clickporn photo sets of sex events― THIS IS NOT A BENGHAZI T-SHIRT (Hurting 2), Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:44 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― patron sailor, Sunday, 22 June 2014 20:54 (nine years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/06/sucked-into-the-clickhole.html?utm_source=tny&utm_campaign=generalsocial&utm_medium=twitter&mbid=social_twitter
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 23 June 2014 14:23 (nine years ago) link
actually kinda disappointed that it's jokey, i've found 'straight' coverage of the onion to be pretty interesting
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 23 June 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
I don't believe
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 23 June 2014 14:39 (nine years ago) link
― global tetrahedron, Monday, June 23, 2014 10:25 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah me too
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 23 June 2014 14:42 (nine years ago) link
Who is the ideal ClickHole reader?
J. A.: I think we see the ideal ClickHole reader as a hollow shell who exists purely to click on our content and then share that content with other hollow shells.
― Evan, Monday, 23 June 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
http://www.clickhole.com/article/every-way-us-can-advance-world-cup-359?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=facebook
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Monday, 23 June 2014 19:16 (nine years ago) link
the clearest breakdown yet
― Sufjan Grafton, Monday, 23 June 2014 20:12 (nine years ago) link
I Found ClickHole’s “Worst Person You Know”
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 18:05 (two years ago) link
that article was terrible
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:05 (two years ago) link
Good point
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:10 (two years ago) link
sorry, could not resist that.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:11 (two years ago) link
Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.Trembling, I tapped out a message to him.
ffs calm down, you weren't tracking down a Nazi war criminal in hiding
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
honestly that was the only "we tracked down this famous person from a stock photo" article that wasn't entertaining
― frogbs, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
it does read like a clickhole article, only much less funny
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:14 (two years ago) link
okay I lolled
― talkin' about his flat tire (DJP), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
Way to lead us on. At least I posted alternate photos of the backpack girl.
― pplains, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
yikes
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Friday, 15 October 2021 01:50 (two years ago) link
https://clickhole.com/a-piece-of-history-the-bass-amp-that-gave-away-osama-bin-ladens-position-to-u-s-forces-while-he-was-teaching-himself-to-play-higher-ground-by-the-red-hot-chili-peppers-is/?fbclid=IwAR1xwPOU2M-bn5_y01B8oiQFS5EnUpWFashEjiBh2dlgnp6nU6zTjUvK5WM
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 28 January 2022 00:21 (two years ago) link
lol Ultimate-Guitar.com tab reference was A+
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 28 January 2022 00:27 (two years ago) link
I'm a little annoyed the photo doesn't actually depict a crate BX-50, which would have been visually funnier as well as accurate
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 28 January 2022 00:29 (two years ago) link
https://clickhole.com/a-piece-of-history-the-bass-amp-that-gave-away-osama-bin-ladens-position-to-u-s-forces-while-he-was-teaching-himself-to-play-higher-ground-by-the-red-hot-chili-peppers-is/ for those not inclined to help Meta Inc. track clicks.
― pplains, Saturday, 29 January 2022 14:28 (two years ago) link
kidhole
Give Mommy’s Jewelry To Your School Friends!!! https://t.co/mT07LpntMM— KidHole (@ClickHole) February 2, 2022
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 16:28 (two years ago) link
https://reductress.com/post/what-surprised-me-most-about-becoming-a-parent-was-that-i-was-forced-to-by-the-government/
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Thursday, 5 May 2022 19:18 (one year ago) link
https://clickhole.com/embracing-his-inner-child-this-man-is-having-more-fun-1825123770/
Didn't see this when it came out; unbelievably cursed
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 22 August 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
But the doll glimpsed in the photo is clearly inflatable, so why did it come in such a big box?
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Sunday, 28 August 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
https://clickhole.com/theyre-gonna-collide-these-two-oafs-together-arent-they-these-two-uncles-just-excitedly-posted-on-facebook-that-they-got-a-new-job-at-cern-even-though-neither-of-them-are-scientists-or-anything/?fbclid=IwAR0p8Fy7K5p0JjVbPlUBn9UBKckRCmy06mhaTzGnTGWQOQSC__aF_HXq1nA
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Thursday, 27 October 2022 17:55 (one year ago) link
https://clickhole.com/holding-themselves-accountable-npr-has-apologized-for-the-steve-bannon-tiny-desk-concert-where-he-played-cherry-pie-with-alex-g-and-waxahatchee/?fbclid=IwAR0M5S262cdLMdTwcx62bTZroyGo4dPIsYB6Jq-EtBwN26w-2A0nzqvQe1Q
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 10 November 2022 21:28 (one year ago) link
fbclid=IwAR0M5S262cdLMdTwcx62bTZroyGo4dPIsYB6Jq-EtBwN26w-2A0nzqvQe1Q
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Thursday, 10 November 2022 22:07 (one year ago) link
I've tried convincing myself that the ?fbclid=IwAR0p8Fy7K5p0JjVbPlUBn9UBKckRCmy06mhaTzGnTGWQOQSC__aF_HXq1nA's are part of the Clickhole joke.
― pplains, Friday, 11 November 2022 16:01 (one year ago) link
definitely seems like a subtle sign of decline in quality. Reading the headlines in url form used to be part of the fun
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 11 November 2022 18:07 (one year ago) link
sorry if that was a joke itself, but just in case: FB adds those to outbound links, Clickhole has no control over it
― rob, Friday, 11 November 2022 21:34 (one year ago) link
Now I'm wondering if rob is part of the joke.
― pplains, Friday, 11 November 2022 21:39 (one year ago) link
https://clickhole.com/nothingdiffernt-bewtween-being-alive-and-bring-dead-by-queen-elizabeth-ii/
Lates quan blonk very goos
https://clickhole.com/your-churchs-christmas-pageant-has-a-scene-where-jesus-shaves-his-legs-17-signs-your-priest-is-being-sponsored-by-gillette/
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
Richard D. Zanuck: You can’t make a shark movie without a shark, and we were running into a lot of dead ends because when word got out that we were making a movie that was going to make sharks look like dicks, no one wanted to lend us their sharks.
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 11 January 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
pic.twitter.com/qHaY4dtTon— ClickHole (@ClickHole) February 21, 2023
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 19:15 (one year ago) link
I didn't laugh, but I agreed the fuck out of it
https://clickhole.com/nostalgia-overload-todays-throwback-google-doodle-shows-a-guy-in-2013-getting-usable-results-from-his-google-search/
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 December 2023 20:02 (four months ago) link
Most of the older links upthread seem to be broken. Probably can find the articles searching but I liked having this thread as an archive.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 16 December 2023 20:37 (four months ago) link
Recent posts are looking a little grim for the site’s future.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 00:25 (two months ago) link
oh wow
― budo jeru, Tuesday, 13 February 2024 00:38 (two months ago) link
It hasn’t been funny in a long time
― B. Amato (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 03:09 (two months ago) link
the kinds of sites it's satirizing have largely gone bankrupt. sad!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 13 February 2024 09:41 (two months ago) link
well this one made me laugh a lot
https://clickhole.com/beautiful-hall-and-oates-have-reconciled-after-thinking-up-a-song-called-ace-and-a-half-where-a-sexy-lady-plays-cards/
― frogbs, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 05:28 (two months ago) link
it's been consistently funny despite its targets vanishing imo
https://clickhole.com/9-freddy-krueger-quotes-you-should-never-repeat-to-a-pregnant-woman/
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 10:34 (two months ago) link
Questions of ongoing relevance or humo aside, just in case anyone isn't taking a peek at their homepage, i think JoeStork was initially referring to these being the top 4 headlines at the time:
The Tragedy Of The American Economy: It Is Now Almost Impossible To Support A Family Of Five On An Online Satirist’s Salary
Job-Hogger: While The Majority Of Her Coworkers Got Laid Off, This Digital Media Employee Is Currently Taking On 4 Jobs’ Worth Of Work
LOL, Good Luck With That: This Writer Believes The $2.5 Trillion Dollar Media And Entertainment Industry Can Somehow Find The Money To Pay Her A Lower-Middle-Class Wage
Inheriting A Trainwreck: The Few Remaining Employees Of This Gutted Digital Media Outlet Are Holding A Seance To Contact A Recently Deceased Coworker Who Has Sole Admin Privileges For Their Company’s Facebook Page
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 17:17 (two months ago) link
also that same day:
Just Because A Job Is Useless Doesn’t Mean It’s Okay When It Abruptly Ends
― The Yellow Kid, Wednesday, 14 February 2024 17:18 (two months ago) link