Category Archives: humor

Where Do Browser Bugs Come From? [COMIC]

Mashable Comics are illustrated by Kiersten Essenpreis, a Chicago-based artist who draws and blogs at YouFail.com. Continue reading

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SNL Honors Steve Jobs, Skewers Netflix and Facebook [VIDEO]

It wasn’t just 60 Minutes that did a segment on Steve Jobs this weekend, Saturday Night Live celebrated the life of the Apple co-founder in its own way. In an SNL skit parodying the PBS roundtable show Charlie Rose, Mark Zuckerberg, Arianna Huffington, Reed Hastings and Rupert Murdoch come together to discuss Jobs’s legacy. The […] Continue reading

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Stand-Up Web Developers [COMIC]

Some humor is just too niche for prime time. Mashable Comics are illustrated every week by Kiersten Essenpreis, a New York-based artist who drContinue reading

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Great Moments in Text Messaging [COMIC]

Speech is such a hassle, what with the mouth movements, facial expressions and eye contact. History is just littered with opportunities where texting would have come in handy. This comic was illustrated by Kiersten Essenpreis, a New York-based artist who draws and blogs at YouFail.com. For more laughs, check out our previous Mashable Comics. More […] Continue reading

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How “The Oatmeal” Conquered the World of Web Comics [INTERVIEW]

Here at Mashable, we subscribe to The Oatmeal, a web comic created by Matthew Inman. Launched in the spring of 2009, The Oatmeal is a true Internet success story, with the site seeing nearly a quarter of a billion pageviews in 2010. Inman’s wry observations on the absurdity of life, both on and offline, coupled […] Continue reading

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“Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” in 60 Seconds

If your attention span was just too short to sit through all 112 minutes of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, you’re in luck, because a fan of the film has boiled down all the pathos and pings into 60 seconds. Scott Pilgrim Director Edgar Wright actually tweeted out this video the other day — Wright […] Continue reading

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Thousands of Horoscopes Mashed Up To Create One Generic Prediction

If you were particularly bummed by that whole horoscope shakeup last week (I, for one, would really dig being an “Ophiuchus”), her… Continue reading

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Don’t Text & Walk Or Everyone at the Mall Will Laugh at You

Yes, texting and walking is downright rude (we’ve told you time and time again), but now we have proof that it’s actually harmful. Well, at least to one’s ego. Check out the above video, which has been making its way around the web today. In it, mall employees watch security footage (over and over again) […] Continue reading

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Giant Real World Claw Game Can Be Played Remotely




Remember how, as a child, you threw screaming tantrums when your prize of choice slipped through the metallic fingers of those claw machine game… Continue reading

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