For the lols

[Darkobra]

[empath]

I envy that admirable soul for having the opportunity to do that.

[plummeting_sloth]

Don't know if you all have caught these, but I love the new feature Mr. Munroe has put up, answering questions at XKCD.

http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

[gcninja]

[Dibria]

New Health and safety rules at work mean I need to wear ear protection sometimes, the brand amuses me more than it shoud:

[Fezzul]

Really cheap pubes...

[gcninja]

"Only 10% juice"
<_<

[Dutch guy]

Don't know if you all have caught these, but I love the new feature Mr. Munroe has put up, answering questions at XKCD.

http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

Ok, that has me laughing pretty hard!

[gcninja]

Seems the elk love the water fill stations in the canyon as well

"Oy! Does this water taste a bit gamey to you?"

[Tycherin]

Don't know if you all have caught these, but I love the new feature Mr. Munroe has put up, answering questions at XKCD.

http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

This is why I never play baseball.

[empath]

[tak197]

[Phailhammer]

From an email that was sent to my parents' account:

Last month a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN.

The only question asked was:-

"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the
food shortage in the rest of the world?"

The survey was a huge failure because of the following:

1. In Eastern Europe they didn't know what "honest" meant.
2. In Western Europe they didn't know what "shortage" meant.
3. In Africa they didn't know what "food" meant.
4. In China they didn't know what "opinion" meant.
5. In the Middle East they didn't know what "solution" meant.
6. In South Africa they didn't know what "please" meant.
7. In the USA they didn't know what "the rest of the world" meant.
8. In Australia they hung up as soon as they heard the Indian accent.

[tak197]

Best New Cover of Call Me Maybe

[Dominic Appleguard]

Last month a world-wide survey was conducted by the UN.

The only question asked was:-

"Would you please give your honest opinion about solutions to the
food shortage in the rest of the world?"

The survey was a huge failure because of the following:

8. In Australia they hung up as soon as they heard the Indian accent.

Is this a thing?
This is tarnishing my naive vision of Australia as "no worries central".

[empath]

And just when you thought you were safe from that old meme...

[Metcarfre]

Hah! Saw that one earlier.

[Phailhammer]

Is this a thing?
This is tarnishing my naive vision of Australia as "no worries central".

It's referring to the fact that most telemarketing calls over here come from call centres in India.

[Dominic Appleguard]

Is this a thing?
This is tarnishing my naive vision of Australia as "no worries central".

It's referring to the fact that most telemarketing calls over here come from call centres in India.

Well, that happens everywhere. The joke seems to imply that Aussies are less patient with Indian call centers than other people, which surprises me.

[Phailhammer]

Maybe it's just more prevalent over here.

[Lord Chrusher]

I took it to mean Australians are slightly racist.

[empath]

I took the entire 'viral email' to be that.

[the_lone_bard]

As an Aussie, yeah, most people over 25 over here are racist as hell when it comes to telemarketing.
"Them fucking idiots need to get people who speak English instead of towel heads!"
And then the racism disappears everywhere else...

On the one hand, I can see why, when 90% of our tech support/customer service calls are routed to "James" with a barely legible accent, it gets fucking annoying real fast. On the other hand, casual racism is still not fucking ok!

[empath]

Meh, I'm not fond of it either. I just hold the client company that cares so much about its customers that it outsources CxSvc instead of keeping it in-house in low esteem. *shrug*

[Metcarfre]

That's... brilliant.