{"id":10923,"date":"2023-07-26T15:38:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/26\/samuel-leighton-dore-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T13:38:08","slug":"samuel-leighton-dore-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/26\/samuel-leighton-dore-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Leighton-Dore: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The artist and author shares what makes him laugh online. It is extremely gay \u2013 and includes two sketches about serial killers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When I think of the internet, I think of all the things it has given me. Like when I was 15 and met a faceless boy from Argentina on the now-defunct gay message board Mogenic. We dated via MSN Messenger for a few months and \u2013 I\u2019m realising as I write this \u2013 he might think we\u2019re still together. Or the time I connected with a conservative Christian contestant from an early season of The Amazing Race<em> <\/em>and ended up drinking beers on horseback in their deep-red rural Florida hometown before going to a bar called The Rockin\u2019 Ranch where I witnessed both the immediate aftermath of a shooting <em>and<\/em> some great line dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: putting this list together has me feeling like a self-conscious gay teen at a house party in 2006, holding an aux cord in his hand for the first time, about to show his full arse by switching out the doof-doof for Delta Goodrem.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/jul\/27\/samuel-leighton-dore-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a8856c16c3789071dcd6f17c0f4708631bc8339a\/0_231_2947_1768\/master\/2947.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6562d1e62ea7fd7e2390c5719babadad\" title=\"Samuel Leighton-Dore: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)\" \/>The artist and author shares what makes him laugh online. It is extremely gay \u2013 and includes two sketches about serial killers<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nWhen I think of the internet, I think of all the things it has given me. Like when I was 15 and met a faceless boy from Argentina on the now-defunct gay message board Mogenic. We dated via MSN Messenger for a few months and \u2013 I\u2019m realising as I write this \u2013 he might think we\u2019re still together. Or the time I connected with a conservative Christian contestant from an early season of The Amazing Race and ended up drinking beers on horseback in their deep-red rural Florida hometown before going to a bar called The Rockin\u2019 Ranch where I witnessed both the immediate aftermath of a shooting and some great line dancing.<br \/>\nFull disclosure: putting this list together has me feeling like a self-conscious gay teen at a house party in 2006, holding an aux cord in his hand for the first time, about to show his full arse by switching out the doof-doof for Delta Goodrem. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The artist and author shares what makes him laugh online. It is extremely gay \u2013 and includes two sketches about serial killers Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email When I think of the internet, I think of all the things it has given me. 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