Do You Still Read Comedy Articles Online?

[KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!!]

I still do, but I know for sure that I used to more about 10 years ago. As the internet has grown sites have focused more on multimedia.

I think that is one reason why the forums on WrestleCrap became more popular than the actual site and why there seem to be a decent number of users on this forum that don't visit the main website.

Take for example this article: www.wrestlecrap.com/eventcenter/the-15-crappiest-moments-in-royal-rumble-match-history/

This article is a massive 5,000 word. This piece is about half the size of some novels produced today. While I love reading do I really want to spend that much time reading an article like that when a 5 minute video would give me pretty much all the same info and probably be a more inviting presentation.

More and more I am finding comedy articles less worthwhile across the Internet. An exception to this would be Cracked since I find their video content unfunny most of the time, but love a lot of their lists. Even with Cracked though it seems like their core staff of writers are getting burned out and a lot of the random first time writers they are starting to feature just aren't that good.

On an odd note this is coming from someone who publishes a written piece every day that at least attempts to be of a humorous nature.

[Orange]

Sure. I try to go to Cracked every day and I also enjoy the main site here and other sites like Dorkly. Naturally they have to be something that'll interest me, but I like comedy articles.

[Cela]

Sure.

[Bo Rida]

I much prefer text based articles to videos, with an article you can give it a quick scan and see if it's for you before the equivalent video loads and gets through it's opening credits, then after that the video usually takes a while to get going and often isn't that funny anyway.

Of course that's a huge generalisation, I don't think I've seen a videogame article that's funnier than zero punctuation at it's best.

[Hurbster]

I visit creepypasta every day and am still to find any comedy.

[MolotovMocktail]

I used to go to X-Entertainment a lot, but I gave up on it when Matt transformed it from doing individual articles to a blog format, and wrote less about 80's nostalgia and more about his life.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

I read Cracked and Wrestlecrap regularly. I definitely need to actually give FAN a try.

[BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps]

I can see why people would be getting burnt out on Cracked. I'm not knocking anyone that does enjoy it, but it's essentially become "thesnarkylists.com". The only writer I can say I actually enjoy there is Seanbaby (whose old site is still funny, though some of his old gay jokes don't hold up that well).

Internet humor, IMO, has gone downhill some over time. As far as where I get my laughs now: The Onion, ridiculous stuff on Twitter, a lot of the threads here and out-of-nowhere stuff that amuses me.