The Weather Channel is dead to me

I don’t think I’ve ever laughed at something as serious as a hurricane, but The Weather Channel MUST be getting into satire. Watch out Babylon Bee and The Onion! Take a look at a bizarre headline from TWC website yesterday, the day before Hurricane Idalia made landfall in northwest Florida. And for satire that’s not quite as funny, check out my Original Satire page.

Has there ever been a more sensationalized headline than “…results we haven’t seen in modern times”? Who the heck do they think they are? They should be beyond embarrassed to post stories like that. Do they not remember Andrew, Michael, and Katrina? Because of that, The Weather Channel is dead to me. What should we expect though, they even claim that they’re the best at providing weather. Goofballs.

Outside of radars and factual weather data, I will be treating The Weather Channel strictly as satire henceforth and forevermore.

-Out of the Wilderness

Ten things that are more believable than Fyre Festival 2

The festival that became famous for its lousy, embarrassing failure is allegedly back for round 2. This time they’ll have pb&j sandwiches instead of ham and cheese, get your tickets now! But seriously, I *did* put my name on the waiting list, because apparently it’s already sold out at $500/ticket, hmmmm OK that’s believable. It’s so believable that I’ve put together a list of 10 things that are even more believable than Fyre Festival 2 ever happening. Here we go!

10. The health benefits of Spam.

9. Life Insurance Agent of the Year, Hillary Clinton.

8. Hiring David Duke as your Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) supervisor.

7. A man dating a transwoman but says he’s not gay.

6. Calling Mariah Carey the Queen of Christmas (when we all know it’s Darlene Love).

5. Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize.

4. Men love women wearing high-waisted jeans.

3. The United States’ noble involvement in the Ukraine/Russia war.

2. Going on a reality show and finding true love.

1. Being adopted by the Tuohys.

Bonus: A vegan thinking it’s OK that you’re not vegan.

-Out of the Wilderness

Tom MacDonald – Black & White, Eminem Shirt, and Other Colorful Thoughts

Leave it to this diverse trio to deliver a song that kicks my week off with a bang! I’m not talking about 90s Christian rappers DCTalk with their satirical song, “Two Honks and a Negro.” Instead of Toby, Mike, and Kevin, it’s Tom, Adam, and Dax. They’re so much more than just a demographic, so who cares what color their skin is? That’s the sentiment behind the new track called “Black & White.” Take a look then scroll down for more info…

The editing. Nova Rockafeller is responsible for the video production and this might very well be her best yet. Heavy on the graphics and effects but not once does that distract from the main characters, of course that’s Tom, Adam, and Dax. The effects I loved the most are in the screen grabs below.

Slim Shady Shirt. Tom is wearing an Eminem shirt throughout the music video. It’s not the first nod to the iconic rapper, he’s referenced Eminem in previous songs. This shirt is from The Slim Shady Tour back in 1999. Has Eminem really been around for almost 25 years already?? Soon the real Slim Shady is going to need assistance to please stand up. You can find the shirt on Etsy or eBay, then cut the sleeves off yourself making you that much closer to being as cool as Tom.

-Out of the Wilderness

Joe Biden, all kidding aside

Could it be true that Joe Biden has no idea what “all kidding aside” means? It’s a phrase he says often, along with “not a joke,” and I’d conservatively say that 97 times out of 100, he never uses either phrase at the right time. Just the other day he was callously trying to console the people in Hawaii who have suffered enormous loss because of wildfires. Biden, in an attempt to be compassionate, told the story about how he almost lost his Corvette when there was a fire in the kitchen of his Delaware home. Insensitive? Yes. Bad timing? Yes. Does anyone in Hawaii care about how he almost lost an antique car when they’ve lost everything? No. But then Joe Biden transitions from his little anecdote about the small house fire by saying, “All kidding aside…” So we’re left wondering which part of his house fire/Corvette story was a joke? It didn’t sound like a joke. Nothing about it was funny. When was he kidding at any point of that story, or any other “true story” about his childhood that qualifies a statement like “All kidding aside,” which is often interchangeable with “Not a joke!” which he uses often, too?

Unless he’s talking about his entire joke of a presidency.

-Out of the Wilderness