Steampunk comedy monologue

Merlin Mann's hilarious steampunk comedy monologue had me laughing hard enough to burst my gauges. Link

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Dustin Driver

BTW, That last post was supposed to get you to think about how funny a steam-powered penis pump would actually be. It wasn’t supposed to offend.
franko

i think “keep it brassy!” should be the official motto of steampunk. that was hilarious – thanks!
Michael Slater

Enormously tedious and un-funny.
EH

“Those clowns in Congress did it again. What a bunch of clowns.”
Jon

Guy needs to stop saying ‘uh’ every five seconds.
Dustin Driver

Regardless of whether the video pegs the needle on your laf-o-meter, you have to admit it does a great job of pointing out some of the ludicrousness of Steampunk.

I wouldn’t ask boing boing to stop covering steampunk, but perhaps it could apply a new rubric. As in, to be labeled “steampunk,” said hand-crafted lamp, computer case, penis pump or what have you must involve, in some way, steam.
BlackTiger

You know who else said ‘uh…’ every 5 seconds?

… That’s right. Too many pioneers of the steampunk genre for me to list in this paltry little post, that’s who.

It’s _Authentic_.
evanolicious

Truly, this man is the ultimate tool.

The idiosyncrasies of the DIY steampunk mode are certainly not at the expense of practicality. It’s hobbyists and dabblers. I’ve yet to see anyone lose their computer’s speed or ability to compute by moding it out with brass and marble or whathaveyou.

Are brass goggles and tailcoats hurting him somehow? He’s like a man who got turned down by a blonde cruelly cutting at blondes or somesuch. It’s baffling.
Jake von Slatt

Head over to The Steampunk Workshop to see my video response – Jake.
Futrell

I actually made it through half of this…

Funny? No… Fail.

Can this painful vid PLEASE usher in the beginning of the end of steampunk coverage on Boing Boing? Please?
Antinous

Can this painful vid PLEASE usher in the beginning of the end of steampunk coverage on Boing Boing?

How about letting it usher you away from BB for all eternity? If you’re not interested, don’t watch it.
powermatic

Once again, one man’s ‘hilarious’ is another man’s ‘occasional smile inducing’.
Dionysus

It seems to me that the only offensive part of this video is its style
butfirst

“…the Leonardo of jerking off.”

If I can’t find a way to work that line into a conversation in the next 24 hours then I have failed as a human being. Thanks, Cory :)
Chocolatey Shatner

artis-ANAL uni-jar? I think I have found my new Star Wars name…
windshadow

the man needs a much smaller pump jar .
funny ? insert loud buzzer sound here !
Doug Nelson

I don’t get it.
scaught

Good stuff. I tire of steampunk.
ctp

heh heh heh…I love it!