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CollegeHumor Ed Tries to Explain Internet to Times Readers

ian spiegelman · 04/20/08 10:00AM

More proof that Internet frat guys should stick to posting videos of themselves tasing and puking on each other. "But for me it's serious work, all those videos of wedding bloopers, photos of innuendo-laden billboards and articles about Indiana Jones's lesser villains. As an editor of CollegeHumor.com, which attracts six million visitors a month, I know firsthand just how much work goes into wasting your time. Well, not your time, exactly. Typical New York Times readers are over 45 and own their own homes, which is not really our target demographic. Now, the kid you'd like to kick out of the house-a son aged 18 to 24 who, say, rises for Pop-Tarts at the crack of noon, or wails on Guitar Hero III- his is the spare time we're after [...]

Today's five meanest April Fools' pranks

Nicholas Carlson · 04/01/08 05:40PM

For some of the Web's more respected names, it's a really special day. They get to treat their readers and fans with the contempt they hide most of the year. Below, five pranks today that show just how much the Internet hates you. And I do mean you.