WTF.com - Site of the Month June 2010

Although I am not a fan of eating oatmeal for breakfast, I do have to admit that The Oatmeal, WTF.com’s Site of the Month for June, is quite a feast for the eyes and for those with an off-kilter sense of humor. Filled to the brim with comics, quizzes, and other miscellany, you are sure to find your daily dose of laughing your ass off, with a side of what the fuck.

Comic topics range from 10 reasons why it would rule to date a Unicorn, to how to suck at facebook – properly suck at it, I suppose. More informative comics include instructions on how to use a semicolon, how to use an apostrophe, and ten words that you need to stop misspelling. I know those last three comics will come in handy here on WTF, as we are filled to the brim with glorified grammar Nazis.

After you've perused the comics section for a while, make sure you stop and take a look at the quizzes that The Oatmeal has to offer. You can find out vital information, such as how many Justin Biebers you could take in a fight, or whether or not your loved ones are trying to eat you. After taking a few quizzes, I found that it would take 56 minutes for me to become infected after being bitten by a zombie, that I would survive 56 seconds after kicking a bear in the balls, and that I am pretty addicted to twitter. Now if only I could kick that bear in the balls while tweeting about my zombie transformation, I'm pretty sure life would be good. Also, for those of you who might want to bump uglies with Bigfoot, I suggest taking this quiz beforehand.


In the miscellaneous section of the site, you can find certain stories that need to be told, such as How Twilight Works, which was so loved by the guys over at Epipheo Studios that they made a video putting together the art of the Oatmeal and their ideas, resulting in hilarity. More stories include how to deal with obnoxious movie goers, and what to do when your boss starts masturbating at work. You can also find the Retarded Emails Hall of Fame in this section, which contain some very facepalm-inducing messages to the site owner.

Everything on The Oatmeal is drawn, written, and maintained by one-man army Matthew Inman, who currently lives in Seattle, Washington. According to the about section of the site, he subsists on a steady diet of crickets and whiskey, while enjoying long walks on the beach, gravity, and being a heavy mouth-breather. His dislikes include scurvy, typhoons, and tapeworm medication. Inman got some coverage on the Carson Daly show, giving tribute to his success as an artist, online marketer, and web developer.

Congratulations again, Oatmeal, for making Site of the Month. Before we found you, our hearts were crap tacos.