The Demotivators

November 19, 2006 8:36 PM

The Art of Demotivation For the better part of a decade, Despair, Inc. has been engaged in a fierce battle in the marketplace of ideas with the multi-billion dollar motivation industry. With the introduction of Despair Video podcasts, the company opens a new front in the war on motivation- while simultaneously offering a tantalizing glimpse at life inside the company itself.
posted by mattoxic (21 comments total)

Has anyone NOT seen this?
posted by IronLizard at 8:38 PM on November 19, 2006

No me, and I could not find a prior post.
posted by mattoxic at 8:45 PM on November 19, 2006

How about this one? (for starters)
posted by IronLizard at 8:48 PM on November 19, 2006

If anyone has that silly "it was a mouse! A mouse was wearing a top hat and yelling into a microphone" demotivator, could ya post it for me? Thanks.
posted by fleetmouse at 8:49 PM on November 19, 2006

Well, I suppose the videos are (possibly) new to mefi, at least as a post.
posted by IronLizard at 8:50 PM on November 19, 2006

If I only cared, I'd set the world on fire...
posted by jonmc at 8:53 PM on November 19, 2006

Funny, I just deleted this podcast subscription in iTunes... since there had not been anything new since January.
posted by sdrawkcab at 8:53 PM on November 19, 2006

The latest one sucks. It's just a shill for the DVD.
posted by IronLizard at 8:55 PM on November 19, 2006

IronLizard: is there something you'd like to say about this post?
posted by forallmankind at 9:44 PM on November 19, 2006

"I'm not a temp."
"Are you sure?"
posted by wavejumper at 9:51 PM on November 19, 2006

Failure: When your best FPP just isn't good original enough.
posted by UbuRoivas at 10:28 PM on November 19, 2006

is there something you'd like to say about this post?

I'm suspicious of ulterior motives in posts like this. But then, I am a bit paranoid.
posted by IronLizard at 10:33 PM on November 19, 2006

mattoxic... gonna have to agree with others on this. It is a double. Ignore the good-natured (or not so good natured) snarkiness, and try another post later.

Don't despair. HAHAAAAA!!!! I KILL ME!!!!
posted by The Deej at 10:38 PM on November 19, 2006

or not so good natured

Hey now.

It's all in good fun.
posted by IronLizard at 10:40 PM on November 19, 2006

Oh, was this your first FPP? Sorry to be so (good-naturedly) snarky.

Remember, if at first you don't succeed, failure may be more your style!
posted by UbuRoivas at 10:49 PM on November 19, 2006

Clearly, if there's anything some MeFites don't need, it's any further inspiration in the arts of demotivating others.
posted by Jon Mitchell at 11:44 PM on November 19, 2006

MetaFilter: the art of demotivating others.
posted by bwg at 3:29 AM on November 20, 2006 [1 favorite]

Despair is hilarious. But the reason it's not worth posting is in your first sentence: For the better part of a decade. C'mon, we want mindless novelty rather than stuff that's stood the test of time and is still funny.
posted by rhymer at 4:35 AM on November 20, 2006

If at first you don't succeed, maybe skydiving isn't for you.
posted by spazzm at 5:11 AM on November 20, 2006

Actually, I hadn't seen The Chairman Edition or read excerpts from The Art of Demotivation yet, so it was worth a FPP for me. I never realized that the critique represented by demotivators was so . . . complex.
posted by xthlc at 5:34 AM on November 20, 2006

No post on motivational posters is complete without a mention of the Seven Deadly Motivational Posters (another oldie but goodie)
posted by TedW at 7:21 AM on November 20, 2006