{"id":11969,"date":"2023-10-25T14:37:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/25\/alistair-fawcus-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T14:37:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T12:37:31","slug":"alistair-fawcus-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/25\/alistair-fawcus-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Alistair Fawcus: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The TikTok creator shares what\u2019s rotting his brain lately. It\u2019s mostly chaos and early memes<\/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>Being an \u201cinternet boomer\u201d (ie 26), I have witnessed memes evolve from poorly drawn stick figures to relatable and distorted photos anchored together by Hanna-Barbera-style sound effects. Having unfiltered access to the internet as a child both warped and enhanced my content-creating ability with a blend of early 2000s humour and new age chaos.<\/p>\n<p>I started making TikToks in the platform\u2019s golden age \u2013 lockdown \u2013 and now I have over 500,000 followers (wtf). Being on TikTok has unveiled a mysterious world of humour I was totally unaware of. Welcome to my tour of the internet!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/oct\/26\/alistair-fawcus-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\/3a81763f062ebd0e5efe484f801c19143b2e7e09\/596_231_1647_988\/master\/1647.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8985164ef73ad81a0b8ead917cc8def8\" title=\"Alistair Fawcus: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)\" \/>The TikTok creator shares what\u2019s rotting his brain lately. It\u2019s mostly chaos and early memes<br \/>\nGet our weekend culture and lifestyle email<br \/>\nBeing an \u201cinternet boomer\u201d (ie 26), I have witnessed memes evolve from poorly drawn stick figures to relatable and distorted photos anchored together by Hanna-Barbera-style sound effects. Having unfiltered access to the internet as a child both warped and enhanced my content-creating ability with a blend of early 2000s humour and new age chaos.<br \/>\nI started making TikToks in the platform\u2019s golden age \u2013 lockdown \u2013 and now I have over 500,000 followers (wtf). Being on TikTok has unveiled a mysterious world of humour I was totally unaware of. Welcome to my tour of the internet! Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TikTok creator shares what\u2019s rotting his brain lately. It\u2019s mostly chaos and early memes Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Being an \u201cinternet boomer\u201d (ie 26), I have witnessed memes evolve from poorly drawn stick figures to relatable and distorted photos anchored together by Hanna-Barbera-style sound effects. Having unfiltered access to the internet &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/25\/alistair-fawcus-the-10-funniest-things-i-have-ever-seen-on-the-internet\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alistair Fawcus: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":11970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11969"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}