Astonishingly Specific Blogs

Here's a landscape that's been growing only in recent years: Websites or blogs that are based solely around a specific idea and played out to the nines. There are probably hundreds, if not thousands of them out there. It's a refreshing change from the overloaded media/info sites that try to cram everything in to the main page. Not to mention, these mega-sites are updating CONSTANTLY, so trying to keep up with everything new is an OSD nightmare.

That's why I'm writing in praise of this streamlined tier of thesis-oriented websites. Take for example one of the more famous examples, FAIL Blog. This site consists of nothing more than images (more recently videos as well) of situations in life that represent failure. It's simple, simple, simple. And it gets huuuuuuge laughs out of me every time I visit.

More often than not, these sites play for a silly, observational theme. Most of this humor comes from laughing at others, whether it's their mistakes, ideas, actions, appearance, etc. But hey, what else is the internet good for, really? And they all adhere to that overly-descriptive title and simplistic thesis. Even their domain names are incredibly descriptive; you know exactly what you're getting. Case in point...(clicky the pics)

This is why you're fat.

Look at this fucking hipster

Goths in hot weather

Post Secret (not comedy, but a gem nonetheless)

Passive Aggressive Notes

Cake Wrecks

Probably Bad News

Texts from Last Night