134 December 2011 BTM downtimewebsites Get Hooked WEBSITE OF THE MONTH Fafarazzi.com It’s all your favourite gossip blogs in one place. They’ve got hundreds of posts every hour with photos, videos and more. You don’t just observe pop culture; you can also ‘play’ pop culture against your friends and the world in games based on celebrity gossip or reality tv shows. Chat it up, unleash the snark, and create your entertainment profile. If you’re an addict of celebrity gossip, then you will absolutely revel in fafarazzi.com. Totallylookslike.com Visual people will absolutely love this. As the title suggests, the website showcases random associations of images from around the world — vegetables that resemble people, gargoyles that resemble pets, and celebrities that resemble wanted criminals. Submit your own, if you feel like it. At the very least, you’ll be mesmerised by some of the curious combinations at this photo blog. You even get to vote for the week’s best. Even better, this is a part of a bigger network of funny websites. Before you know it, you’ll have spent all of your working day smiling at the screen. There are several websites that you’ve bookmarked that are usually safe for work premises as they can pass off as research. Here are three websites that have been ranked the most addictive of 2011. Despair.com RATING: WHAT IS IT? At Despairt, Inc., they have a dream — to help crush yours. And now the dream has come true — as nightmares so often do. As an antithesis to motivational posters, this site takes inspirational photography and captions it with negative and cynical slogans. The effect is splendid, and is guaranteed laughter in offices everywhere. In fact, you might want to show this site to your co-workers. THE GOOD: They are well-known for their cynical and ironic items which parody the grandiose imagery and solemn language of motivational accessories. For example, they define meetings as situation where “none of us is as dumb as all of us”. According to them, the secret to success is to know who to blame for your failures. They even say dreams are like rainbows, only idiots chase them. THE BAD: The very existence of such a thing could be considered wrong. After all, this Texas-based firm produces posters and souvenirs that satirise the motivational indoctrination common in corporate environments. Like we always say, if you don’t have a good sense of humour, try not to tread these grounds. Warning: this is a pessimist’s playground. VERDICT: Here is sarcasm and cynicism, made beautiful.
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