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The World's First Actually Funny Song About Facebook

An Australian singer-songwriter named Kate Miller-Heidke, about whom I know only what's on her Wikipedia page, wrote this song about Facebook (and Twitter!) called "R U Fucking Kidding Me?" that is kind of a "Since U Been Gone" for the...  CONTINUE READING THE WORLD'S FIRST ACTUALLY FUNNY SONG ABOUT FACEBOOK»

Posted on June 25, 2009 in (24 comments)
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"Facebook Status-Off" Is Pretty Zany

Videogum friend Greg Johnson stars as the friend in this new video from Untucked Films, "Facebook Status-Off." Greg also has the best lines. At this point Facebook/Commenting/Twitter parodies have gotten kind of stale, but this one is cute. You know,...  CONTINUE READING "FACEBOOK STATUS-OFF" IS PRETTY ZANY»

Posted on June 9, 2009 in (6 comments)
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Hate Crime Your Way To A Better Body

A tipster (thanks, Leighton) sent us this screencap of an ad she found on Facebook this morning. The copy reads: Summer's almost here and that means, [sic] it's time to get ripped abs! Try our new proven ab-toning product now!...  CONTINUE READING HATE CRIME YOUR WAY TO A BETTER BODY»

Posted on April 16, 2009 in , (13 comments)
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Mickey Rourke Was Robbed Dot Com

Obviously, I'm going to join a Facebook group called "Mickey Rourke Was Robbed," because I know that's a valuable use of my time. I just hope the group updates regularly with lots of new information about how that thing happened...  CONTINUE READING MICKEY ROURKE WAS ROBBED DOT COM»

Posted on February 23, 2009 in (9 comments)
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Use Facebook To Complete Your Oscar Pool

With the Academy Awards on Sunday, there are only a few more hours left to complete your office Oscar Pool forms! Can't hardly wait! Now, this year it definitely seems like there's a lock on a few of the categories,...  CONTINUE READING USE FACEBOOK TO COMPLETE YOUR OSCAR POOL»

Posted on February 19, 2009 in (4 comments)
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What Has To Happen For Us To Shut This Whole Thing Down?

An 18-year-old boy ("man," if you are a judge) has been accused of using Facebook to sexually abuse classmates from his high school. We're gonna need a bigger :(. This is the second horrible Facebook crime I have heard about...  CONTINUE READING WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN FOR US TO SHUT THIS WHOLE THING DOWN?»

Posted on February 6, 2009 in (26 comments)
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Someone Has Sent You A Present

It used to be that when you wanted to get a sense of a celebrity's personal life, you went to their house on trash day and dug through their garbage. Now, you just hack their Facebook account and read their...  CONTINUE READING SOMEONE HAS SENT YOU A PRESENT»

Posted on December 5, 2008 in , (1 comments)
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The Most Ridiculous Twilight Facebook Group

Naturally, any Twilight fan worth her 12-year-old weight in BLOOD (get it?) knows that the only way to truly show your allegiance and affection is on Facebook. OMG, TOTES. Because it's a series of best-selling books as well as a...  CONTINUE READING THE MOST RIDICULOUS TWILIGHT FACEBOOK GROUP»

Posted on November 21, 2008 in (5 comments)
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Which New TV Show Is The Most Popular Based On A Ridiculous Scale Of Measurement?

It's been a few weeks since this year's crop of new shows started, and the question on everyone's mind is HOW ARE THEY DOING IN TERMS OF FACEBOOK? Admittedly, that is not a question on anyone's mind. You could have...  CONTINUE READING WHICH NEW TV SHOW IS THE MOST POPULAR BASED ON A RIDICULOUS SCALE OF MEASUREMENT?»

Posted on September 29, 2008 in (5 comments)
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The Social Networking Website Movies That Never Were

As Vulture Blog reported today, Aaron Sorkin, writer of West Wing and A Few Good Men, is currently working on a movie about Facebook. He's even created the Facebook Group to prove it. Says Sorkin's Facebook: I've just agreed to...  CONTINUE READING THE SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITE MOVIES THAT NEVER WERE»

Posted on August 27, 2008 in (4 comments)
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Tell Your Facebook Friends To Take You To Bed Or Lose You Forever

Paramount Pictures has launched a new application called VooZoo that allows you to buy clips from old movies for a dollar to display on your Facebook or above your avatar in some online world called there.com. So far, the featured...  CONTINUE READING TELL YOUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS TO TAKE YOU TO BED OR LOSE YOU FOREVER»

Posted on April 11, 2008 in (3 comments)
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Choosing The Anti-Nancy Grace Facebook Group That's Right For You

At some point in all of our lives, there comes a time to choose a Facebook group devoted to hating CNN harpy Nancy Grace. But there are over a hundred! How to decide? Here's your guide to figuring out which...  CONTINUE READING CHOOSING THE ANTI-NANCY GRACE FACEBOOK GROUP THAT'S RIGHT FOR YOU»

Posted on April 9, 2008 in (4 comments)
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