# Who doesn't love Something Awful? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758 "2004-04-29T22:50:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/1 "2004-04-29T22:50:27Z")
“The fun thing about Batman is that before he became the menacing and brooding hero he is today, he had to go through roughly 50 years of the most retarded shit ever.” -From their **What’s in Batman’s Belt!?** [update](http://www.somethingawful.com/) about halfway down the page Something Awful is one of the most consistently funny places on the internet. Who doesn’t love them? ---
**Author:** ![Darkhold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@Darkhold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darkhold)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/2 "2004-04-29T22:57:12Z")
Well I love their reviews (movies/games/hentai) but I hate 90% of the rest of the humor on their pages. Does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/3 "2004-04-29T23:03:00Z")
Their movie reviews are hilarious. Kinda has that MST3K feel. I enjoy the Photoshop Phriday and Comedy Goldmine bits, too. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/4 "2004-04-29T23:04:29Z")
“fanned with peacock feathers by small negro children until my brain fever passes.” ?? ---
**Author:** ![Jayrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Jayrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayrot)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/5 "2004-04-29T23:38:42Z")
Pak Chooie Unf I Am A Pusher Robot. Data: To Start Fires Target: Grandmother Data: Lies Pak Chooie ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/6 "2004-04-29T23:42:03Z")
Ok ok, maybe consistently funny was the wrong phrase. They are usually funny, though. I agree that their Photoshop Phriday and Comedy Goldmines are their best updates. Some of their Awful Links updates are funny, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/7 "2004-04-29T23:44:17Z")
[_Eyes everyone suspiciously_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=240004) ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/8 "2004-04-29T23:45:15Z")
Their messageboards are great if you’re 15-21. There’s an occasional Comedy Goldmine thread that gets me laughing, but for the most part it’s pretty immature. ---
**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/9 "2004-04-30T00:12:07Z")
SomethingAwful is probably the best humor site on the net. At least, the best I have seen. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/10 "2004-04-30T00:20:17Z")
I’m 19, so it works out. I thought the forums were subscription forums… ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/11 "2004-04-30T00:35:29Z")
I’m also 19 and have a full forums account (and also a LUE-able Gamefaqs account. Uh, go me?). I haven’t been there for god knows how long though-- the place is a little fast and vicious for my tastes. I like Something Awful. I was reading it quite regularly before their first Photoshop Phriday, and it doesn’t doesn’t seem to have lost any significant amount of quality. Their ALoDs have gotten a lot better (the descriptions, not the sites. Some of those give me shivers even with one paragraph of text), and they’re putting out more reviews now. ‘Your Band Sucks’ is the best thing they’ve put up recently, imho. [Videogame Recaps](http://www.videogamerecaps.com) is another funny site, for those interested in RPGs. Their recap of FFX is the damn funniest thing I’ve read in a long time. I only wish that I hadn’t have read it in a public computer room. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/12 "2004-04-30T01:10:44Z")
I like Something Awful on occasion. It’s funny in a really really stupid kind of way that sometimes clicks with me, and sometimes just bores me: “Look how idiotic and nonsensical I’m being! It’s clever! Clever clever clever!”. I agree that the Batman covers front page update was utterly brilliant. I began reading their forums not _too_ long ago, and even considered purchasing a forum account, but it seems like free browsing has disappeared. That’s a pity; I’m certainly not going to shell out fifteen bucks if I’m unable to get a proper feel for the atmosphere there. (I’m not averse in principle to paying for message board accounts - I’m apparently a “Charter Member” here, after all, though if I’d bought a Something Awful account I wouldn’t have bought one here.) ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/13 "2004-04-30T01:18:34Z")
> [@Cheese Monster](#): > > I began reading their forums not _too_ long ago, and even considered purchasing a forum account, but it seems like free browsing has disappeared. That’s a pity; I’m certainly not going to shell out fifteen bucks if I’m unable to get a proper feel for the atmosphere there. (I’m not averse in principle to paying for message board accounts - I’m apparently a “Charter Member” here, after all, though if I’d bought a Something Awful account I wouldn’t have bought one here.) You want to borrow mine for a bit? It’s in VGC and hasn’t done anything spectactularly stupid or noteworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/14 "2004-04-30T01:22:29Z")
> [@Sutremaine](#): > > You want to borrow mine for a bit? It’s in VGC and hasn’t done anything spectactularly stupid or noteworthy. Well, sure, that’d be nifty. Thanks. If you’re up to it, email [jameshcunningham@yahoo.com](mailto:jameshcunningham@yahoo.com). ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/15 "2004-04-30T01:29:52Z")
Sent via hotmail. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/16 "2004-04-30T02:39:21Z")
Their front page humor is hit or miss, but I live and die for Horrors of Porn. And the Awful Link of the Day is almost always good, as where else would I keep up on my Internet fetishes? ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/17 "2004-04-30T02:54:27Z")
> [@Sutremaine](#): > > Sent via hotmail. Be careful! Account sharing is grounds for banning. ---
**Author:** ![Sutremaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@Sutremaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sutremaine)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/18 "2004-04-30T03:50:18Z")
> [@Muad'Dib](#): > > Be careful! > > Account sharing is grounds for banning. Oh. Oops. Well, the account should be alright this time, since Cheese Monster probably has the sense not to yell about his piggybacking and I haven’t posted in months, but I’ll make sure now that I’m au fait with the rules of all my boards. ---
**Author:** ![citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@citrus\_x\_paradisi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citrus_x_paradisi)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/19 "2004-04-30T03:55:06Z")
**Zsofia** got it right. There have been Goldmines that have made me vomit a little in my mouth from the laughter, and there have been been updates making fun of the fifteen furries in the world laden with crappy “OMG WTF BBQ”-esque MS Paint gifs. It’s worth checking out every couple days in my book. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758/20 "2004-04-30T04:15:39Z")
The tapestry Goldmine was priceless. The Cobra after-action reports were gold. Anything more than that is icing on the cake. I like icing… Weekend web has been pretty funny too. The “self-sucking” people were uproariously ridiculous. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-doesnt-love-something-awful/242758.md?page=2)