“The media lies. Open your eyes”
"Open your eyes. The media lies," "Open your eyes to the media lies" and "The media lies. Open your eyes" are sayings that have been printed on several images.…
“The media report planes that crash, not planes that land safely”
One criticism of the media is that news covers the abnormal and not the normal. It's often said that one plane crash makes news, but a thousand planes that land safely do not make news. The…
“The most amazing thing about the internet is how it allows you to do nothing with your life”
American comedian Jake Weisman posted on Twitter on November 3, 2013: "The most amazing thing about the internet is how it allows you, with the click of a few buttons, to do absolutely nothing…
“The Most New York You Can Get” (Daily News)
"The Most New York You Can Get" was, briefly in the 1990s, a slogan for the New York Daily News. It was never an official slogan such as "New York's Picture Newspaper" or…
“The New York Times is the official leak of the State Department”
The New York (NY) Times has been called the "paper of record." When politicians wanted information to be seen, they "leaked" the information to the Times. WikiLeaks (launched in…
“The Newspaper That Can’t Be Bought” (Village Voice)
The Village Voice weekly newspaper first published on October 26, 1955. In April 1996, the Village Voice became free. The Village Voice announced the free newspaper policy with a new slogan:…
“The next pandemic—driven by a virulent conspiravirus. We’ll need to go into a Facebook lockdown”
"Conspiravirus" (conspiracy + coronavirus) is a portmanteau term that was moderately popular at the beginning of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. "Tory-ITV-Murdoch conspiravirus…
“The one who reads a newspaper knows what is happening in the world. One who reads the Bible…”
"The one who reads a newspaper knows what is happening in the world. The one who reads the Bible knows WHY" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "The one who reads a…
“The only sure way to make a computer go faster is to throw it out the window”
"The only sure way to make a computer go faster is to throw it out the window" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "The only way to get vista to go faster is to…
“The only thing I take seriously in the newspapers nowadays is Fish and Chips. And even that I take with a pinch of salt”
Fish and chips in the United Kingdom used to be served wrapped in a newspaper page, although this practice has mostly ended. The fish and chips were literally "in" a newspaper, but were…
“The only thing worse than a buffering video is a buffering ad”
Computer users hate when the computer freezes up as it is "buffering." "The only thing worse than a buffering video is a buffering ad before the video!" was posted on Twitter on…
“The only thing you can believe in the papers is the date”
"The only thing you can believe in the papers is the date" is a saying used by those who don't trust the newspapers. The origin of the saying is unknown. "The only thing you can…
“The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen”
Tom Smothers performed on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, an American comedy and variety show television series from 1979 to 1969. The network didn't like some of the political satire and…
“The people who take memes seriously are the same people who think the stripper likes them”
"The people who take memes/politicians seriously are the same people who think the stripper likes them" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The stripper does not…
“The purpose of a meme is to disturb the humorless, and to humor the disturbed”
"The purpose of a meme is to disturb the humorless, and to humor the disturbed" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The saying (shown on an image) was posted on iFunny on…
“The purpose of academia is to open up new Chrome tabs until you die”
People who do computer research tend to open very many browser tabs. This was posted on X/Twitter by Neil Renic on November 30, 2025, and it received over 55,000 likes: "The purpose of…
“The real joke is always in the comments”
Reddit -- Jokes is a social website that contains many, many recycled jokes. After a recycled joke is posted, someone in the comments often adds a new twist. Another person then comments, "The…
“The reason why I use Android is because Adam and Eve had an Apple… and fucked everything up”
"The reason why I use Android is because Adam and Eve had an Apple... and fucked/messed everything up" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "The reason I use…
“The reason why I use Android is because Adam and Eve had an Apple… and messed everything up”
"The reason why I use Android is because Adam and Eve had an Apple... and fucked/messed everything up" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "The reason I use…
“The rich and powerful piss on us and the media tell us it’s raining”
"The rich and powerful piss on us and the media tells us it's raining" is a saying that has been printed on several images. “Don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining” is…