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* [http://dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-06-07 This] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' strip features Greg ''complaining'' about his magic being called a "super power". A few years later, there would be some agreement on that point.
* [http://dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2004-06-07 This] ''[[Dominic Deegan]]'' strip features Greg ''complaining'' about his magic being called a "super power". A few years later, there would be some agreement on that point.
* [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/080226.html This] ''[[Real Life Comics]]'' strip, which was posted a while before the unfortunately confirmed rumors of [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'s cancellation started circulating.
* [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/080226.html This] ''[[Real Life Comics]]'' strip, which was posted a while before the unfortunately confirmed rumors of [[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'s cancellation started circulating.
** [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/051026.html This] one even more so. Yeah, [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|what kind of idiot would the banks have to be to give a loan to someone who clearly can't pay it back?]] OH SNAP.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130308142248/http://reallifecomics.com/archive/051026.html This] one even more so. Yeah, [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?|what kind of idiot would the banks have to be to give a loan to someone who clearly can't pay it back?]] OH SNAP.
* Back in 1999, ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' published a [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/11/03/ strip] about ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'', which [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|became funnier]] with each year of the game's [[Vaporware|famously long]] development (which, back then, had only been over two years.) Almost a decade later, its developer [http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=58519 shut down].
* Back in 1999, ''[[Penny Arcade]]'' published a [http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/11/03/ strip] about ''[[Duke Nukem Forever]]'', which [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|became funnier]] with each year of the game's [[Vaporware|famously long]] development (which, back then, had only been over two years.) Almost a decade later, its developer [http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=58519 shut down]{{Dead link}}.
** Especially good because the strip more-or-less illustrated ''why'' ''[[Duke Nukem]] Forever'' didn't come out when it was supposed to, long before anyone outside the production company knew. The company just kept playing around instead of delivering the ''promised'' game to a distributor (the distributor changed midway); by the time they took the deadline seriously (Take-Two was less patient than the previous distributor), they were no longer able to get the money to complete it.
** Especially good because the strip more-or-less illustrated ''why'' ''[[Duke Nukem]] Forever'' didn't come out when it was supposed to, long before anyone outside the production company knew. The company just kept playing around instead of delivering the ''promised'' game to a distributor (the distributor changed midway); by the time they took the deadline seriously (Take-Two was less patient than the previous distributor), they were no longer able to get the money to complete it.
*** Of course, now that the game is ''actually'' coming out ([http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/duke-nukem-pax/ and debuted at PAX no less!]), the strip has changed to a [[Hilarious in Hindsight]].
*** Of course, now that the game is ''actually'' coming out ([http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/duke-nukem-pax/ and debuted at PAX no less!]), the strip has changed to a [[Hilarious in Hindsight]].
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* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]] '', [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-01-21 this strip] became less funny when Brad failed to survive a similar incident because of his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to prevent civilian casualties on the ground.
* In ''[[Schlock Mercenary]] '', [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2001-01-21 this strip] became less funny when Brad failed to survive a similar incident because of his [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to prevent civilian casualties on the ground.
* ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'': An exorcist mentions going to a horrible alternate dimension -- "[[In a World|a world]] where George Bush is reelected in 2004." [[Your Mileage May Vary|Probably less unfunny-in-hindsight if you like George Bush]]-- [[Flame Bait|and we'll say no more about it]].
* ''[[Boy Meets Boy]]'': An exorcist mentions going to a horrible alternate dimension -- "[[In a World|a world]] where George Bush is reelected in 2004." [[Your Mileage May Vary|Probably less unfunny-in-hindsight if you like George Bush]]-- [[Flame Bait|and we'll say no more about it]].
* [http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=11 This] strip of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' revealing the "real Michael Jackson" to be in {{spoiler|Dracula's moon base}} has different connotations now that the 'fake' MJ is dead.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303221113/http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=20&issue=11 This] strip of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' revealing the "real Michael Jackson" to be in {{spoiler|Dracula's moon base}} has different connotations now that the 'fake' MJ is dead.
* [[Girly]]. {{spoiler|Literally ''everything'' the two heroines go through becomes one big moment when its revealed that it was all pre-set up by the villains to prepare one of the heroines to lead their uprising.}}
* [[Girly]]. {{spoiler|Literally ''everything'' the two heroines go through becomes one big moment when its revealed that it was all pre-set up by the villains to prepare one of the heroines to lead their uprising.}}
* Most readers of ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'' play ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. After the recent WAR! propaganda contest on the [http://www.teamfortress.com/ official TF2 blog], the [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3391 runner-ups] were announced, and many of them were hilarious, including [http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/runners-up/sticky_bomb_tragedies.jpg this one.] {{spoiler|1=Although, the bottom-left poster isn't quite as funny after reading [http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=202 page 86]}} ...Yeah.
* Most readers of ''[[Cuanta Vida]]'' play ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. After the recent WAR! propaganda contest on the [http://www.teamfortress.com/ official TF2 blog], the [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3391 runner-ups] were announced, and many of them were hilarious, including [http://www.teamfortress.com/images/posts/runners-up/sticky_bomb_tragedies.jpg this one.] {{spoiler|1=Although, the bottom-left poster isn't quite as funny after reading [http://tf2.skyscrapersoup.com/?p=202 page 86]}} ...Yeah.
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'''Young Bruce Wayne''': I'm Death! And you're a dead man, Daddy! }}
'''Young Bruce Wayne''': I'm Death! And you're a dead man, Daddy! }}
* [http://xkcd.com/527/ XKCD] pulls a joke about Steve Jobs losing weight. It turns out his weight loss was due to cancer which proved fatal.
* [http://xkcd.com/527/ XKCD] pulls a joke about Steve Jobs losing weight. It turns out his weight loss was due to cancer which proved fatal.
* A relatively minor example, which could become major, in ''[[Wondermark]]'': [http://wondermark.com/775/ this strip] made fun of an internet overuser, and joked about what she would do if the Internet vanished. Less than two months later, the strip's website and several of the sites listed in the comic joined [http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/stop_sopa_what_a_blacked_out_internet_looks_like.php a large-scale Internet blackout in protest of SOPA], a bill that could cause many sites to be [[Banned in China|blacked out permanently.]]
* A relatively minor example, which could become major, in ''[[Wondermark]]'': [http://wondermark.com/775/ this strip] made fun of an internet overuser, and joked about what she would do if the Internet vanished. Less than two months later, the strip's website and several of the sites listed in the comic joined [https://web.archive.org/web/20120519120222/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/stop_sopa_what_a_blacked_out_internet_looks_like.php a large-scale Internet blackout in protest of SOPA], a bill that could cause many sites to be [[Banned in China|blacked out permanently.]]
* ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' has/had a [[Running Gag]] about [[Labyrinth|Jareth]] failing to do good despite his intentions and efforts... after the [[Wham! Episode|Dark!Jareth arc]] that got some pretty heavy subtext. {{spoiler|As a fictional character he can't defy the story and his role in it, doesn't matter how desperately he may try.}}
* ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'' has/had a [[Running Gag]] about [[Labyrinth|Jareth]] failing to do good despite his intentions and efforts... after the [[Wham! Episode|Dark!Jareth arc]] that got some pretty heavy subtext. {{spoiler|As a fictional character he can't defy the story and his role in it, doesn't matter how desperately he may try.}}
* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'', by [[Black Comedy|its very nature]], has this possibility open half of the time. But some strips only become better with time - like [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2008-02-16 this].
* ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'', by [[Black Comedy|its very nature]], has this possibility open half of the time. But some strips only become better with time - like [http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2008-02-16 this].
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*** Particularly awkward is the SGC 2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2gLG_b9zOI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Q&A Panel] where he informs the crowd that "there would be no website without Scarlett", joking that he needs to keep her happy because "if she gets mad, everything's goin' down!" After the breakup (despite there being no deliberate sabotage on Scarlett's part), the site nearly ''did'' go down: Noah fell into a bout of deep depression, and announced that he wasn't in the frame of mind to produce any new videos in the foreseeable future; there was no new content on the site for nearly three months afterwards, during which he contemplated leaving internet reviewing to focus on a career in acting.
*** Particularly awkward is the SGC 2010 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2gLG_b9zOI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Q&A Panel] where he informs the crowd that "there would be no website without Scarlett", joking that he needs to keep her happy because "if she gets mad, everything's goin' down!" After the breakup (despite there being no deliberate sabotage on Scarlett's part), the site nearly ''did'' go down: Noah fell into a bout of deep depression, and announced that he wasn't in the frame of mind to produce any new videos in the foreseeable future; there was no new content on the site for nearly three months afterwards, during which he contemplated leaving internet reviewing to focus on a career in acting.
** Spoony's review of ''The Lords of Magick'' ends with [[Randy Savage|Macho Man Randy Savage]] bursting into his room ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) and getting blown up by the land mines Spoony set. A week after the review was released, Randy Savage died. Unfortunate timing.
** Spoony's review of ''The Lords of Magick'' ends with [[Randy Savage|Macho Man Randy Savage]] bursting into his room ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) and getting blown up by the land mines Spoony set. A week after the review was released, Randy Savage died. Unfortunate timing.
* [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30940 This] article at [[The Onion]], posted four years before the fact, is about the ''real'' Michael Jackson whom everyone loved in [[The Eighties]] -- as opposed to the [[Uncanny Valley]] resident the world knew for so long -- being found dead in his home. Interestingly, that came true in more ways than one -- not only was MJ found dead in his home, but it was ''at that moment'' that people started thinking of him as the MJ everyone loved again.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100225051244/http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30940 This] article at [[The Onion]], posted four years before the fact, is about the ''real'' Michael Jackson whom everyone loved in [[The Eighties]] -- as opposed to the [[Uncanny Valley]] resident the world knew for so long -- being found dead in his home. Interestingly, that came true in more ways than one -- not only was MJ found dead in his home, but it was ''at that moment'' that people started thinking of him as the MJ everyone loved again.
** Another Onion article dated [http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/ January 17, 2001] featured the headline "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'". The article itself only goes downhill from there.
** Another Onion article dated [http://www.theonion.com/articles/bush-our-long-national-nightmare-of-peace-and-pros,464/ January 17, 2001] featured the headline "Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'". The article itself only goes downhill from there.
** Also, check the date on this one: [http://www.theonion.com/articles/stunned-nation-mourns-as-french-stewart-survives-p,3367/ Stunned Nation Mourns As French Stewart Survives Plane Crash], especially harsh as several celebrities actually did die in the attacks.
** Also, check the date on this one: [http://www.theonion.com/articles/stunned-nation-mourns-as-french-stewart-survives-p,3367/ Stunned Nation Mourns As French Stewart Survives Plane Crash], especially harsh as several celebrities actually did die in the attacks.
** Maybe not as harsh as these other ''Onion'' examples, but [http://www.theonion.com/articles/top-halloween-costumes-women-1834,7171/ this old Stat Shot] is becoming less and less funny and more prescient now that we live in a world where the [http://www.buycostumes.com/Sesame-Street-Cookie-Monster-Sexy-Female-Adult-Costume/69931/ProductDetail.aspx "Sexy Cookie Monster Costume"] exists.
** Maybe not as harsh as these other ''Onion'' examples, but [http://www.theonion.com/articles/top-halloween-costumes-women-1834,7171/ this old Stat Shot] is becoming less and less funny and more prescient now that we live in a world where the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111229234434/http://www.buycostumes.com/Sesame-Street-Cookie-Monster-Sexy-Female-Adult-Costume/69931/ProductDetail.aspx "Sexy Cookie Monster Costume"] exists.
** This [http://www.theonion.com/articles/earthquake-sets-japan-back-to-2147,2240/ Onion article] isn't quite as funny in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
** This [http://www.theonion.com/articles/earthquake-sets-japan-back-to-2147,2240/ Onion article] isn't quite as funny in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
* A meme on 4chan is to post a picture of a living star, pretending them to be dead with the text "Goodnight, sweet prince". The most famous is the one on the [http://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Goodnight_Sweet_Prince right...]
* A meme on 4chan is to post a picture of a living star, pretending them to be dead with the text "Goodnight, sweet prince". The most famous is the one on the [http://encyclopediadramatica.rs/Goodnight_Sweet_Prince right...]
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** [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=haThyjEnkuA This YTP] is no longer as funny after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_headquarters_shooting this shooting], which had a similar motivation to Billy's in the video (complaints about Youtube censorship).
** [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=haThyjEnkuA This YTP] is no longer as funny after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube_headquarters_shooting this shooting], which had a similar motivation to Billy's in the video (complaints about Youtube censorship).
* A few hours after the ''Columbia'' disaster, the Associated Press website had an article on its return. The article described the events of the Columbia's safe landing and the happy comments of the crew in detail. It is unknown whether the false details were placeholders meant to be replaced after real details were learned or outright fabrication. Either way, the article was pulled so fast that its head spun.
* A few hours after the ''Columbia'' disaster, the Associated Press website had an article on its return. The article described the events of the Columbia's safe landing and the happy comments of the crew in detail. It is unknown whether the false details were placeholders meant to be replaced after real details were learned or outright fabrication. Either way, the article was pulled so fast that its head spun.
* A What Would Tyler Durden Do thread [http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=2268 published in 2007] simply stated, "I predict Jett Travolta will die in the bath and be found by his caretaker at the end of 2008 due to Scientology. So sayeth the crystal ball." Yuck!
* A What Would Tyler Durden Do thread [https://web.archive.org/web/20071006021156/http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=2268 published in 2007] simply stated, "I predict Jett Travolta will die in the bath and be found by his caretaker at the end of 2008 due to Scientology. So sayeth the crystal ball." Yuck!
* [http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/002023.html This] Overheard Everywhere quote, posted in December of 2007.
* [http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/002023.html This] Overheard Everywhere quote, posted in December of 2007.
** And now [http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/000630.html this one] too.
** And now [http://www.overheardeverywhere.com/archives/000630.html this one] too.
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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Little Kuriboh]] followed a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] (the proposal video) with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] (Tristan's jab at said video)...and sent them both into [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when he announced he and Safty would be getting an annulment.
* [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Little Kuriboh]] followed a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] (the proposal video) with a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] (Tristan's jab at said video)...and sent them both into [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] when he announced he and Safty would be getting an annulment.
** Could someone post a link mentioning their annulment?
** Could someone post a link mentioning their annulment?
** There's not much out there (understandably), but he talks about it [http://littlekuriboh.livejournal.com/112889.html here] on his livejournal account.
** There's not much out there (understandably), but he talks about it [https://web.archive.org/web/20110930033048/http://littlekuriboh.livejournal.com/112889.html here] on his livejournal account.
* When [[SF Debris]] was commenting on the episode of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' "Meld", there is a scene where, after mind-melding with a sociopath, Tuvok needs to test his self-control. He does this by spending a few moments with a holographic Nelix. SF Debris comments on this, "Doesn't this say a lot? What will be most likely to drive myself into a homicidal rage? Seeing my children get killed? Watching my wife get raped? [[Star Trek (film)|The destruction of my home planet?]]" We know now that {{spoiler|Vulcan getting blown up does tend to drive Vulcans mad with rage.}}
* When [[SF Debris]] was commenting on the episode of ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' "Meld", there is a scene where, after mind-melding with a sociopath, Tuvok needs to test his self-control. He does this by spending a few moments with a holographic Nelix. SF Debris comments on this, "Doesn't this say a lot? What will be most likely to drive myself into a homicidal rage? Seeing my children get killed? Watching my wife get raped? [[Star Trek (film)|The destruction of my home planet?]]" We know now that {{spoiler|Vulcan getting blown up does tend to drive Vulcans mad with rage.}}
* One of the pieces Seanbaby did for the Cracked.com website was an explanation of [[World of Warcraft]] in terms of [[Super Mario Brothers]]. Specifically, he suggested that ''World of Warcraft'' is like a version of [[Super Mario Brothers]] in which there are multiple players, but they don't do as well as a single player would because they collectively aren't as smart and they get in each other's way. Anyhow, the most recent installment of SMB, [[Super Mario Brothers]] [[Wii]], includes multi-player and is advertised as a family game -- and yes, the characters can get in each other's way.
* One of the pieces Seanbaby did for the Cracked.com website was an explanation of [[World of Warcraft]] in terms of [[Super Mario Brothers]]. Specifically, he suggested that ''World of Warcraft'' is like a version of [[Super Mario Brothers]] in which there are multiple players, but they don't do as well as a single player would because they collectively aren't as smart and they get in each other's way. Anyhow, the most recent installment of SMB, [[Super Mario Brothers]] [[Wii]], includes multi-player and is advertised as a family game -- and yes, the characters can get in each other's way.
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** [[Your Mileage May Vary|Then again]] some people find this [[Hilarious in Hindsight|hilarious and fitting.]]
** [[Your Mileage May Vary|Then again]] some people find this [[Hilarious in Hindsight|hilarious and fitting.]]
* [[Charlie Brooker]]'s old 2001 Zeppotron site [http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/archive.html Unnovations] has proved eerily prescient (please note these were not serious in any way):
* [[Charlie Brooker]]'s old 2001 Zeppotron site [http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/archive.html Unnovations] has proved eerily prescient (please note these were not serious in any way):
** It's only a matter of time before someone uses [[wikipedia:Augmented reality|augmented reality]] to create a [http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/scumbgone.html Scum-B-Gone Poverty Concealment Helmet]. Today [http://unlogo.org/ logos], tomorrow, anything you want!
** It's only a matter of time before someone uses [[wikipedia:Augmented reality|augmented reality]] to create a [http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/scumbgone.html Scum-B-Gone Poverty Concealment Helmet]. Today [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105074600/http://unlogo.org/ logos], tomorrow, anything you want!
** This is the really scary one. We now ''have'' a [http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/factoid_blaster.html Celebrity Factoid Blaster] - it's called "Twitter on your mobile phone".
** This is the really scary one. We now ''have'' a [http://www.zeppotron.com/unnovations/factoid_blaster.html Celebrity Factoid Blaster] - it's called "Twitter on your mobile phone".
* In the [http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff04 Final Fantasy IV] article of The Rise And Fall Of Final Fantasy, Pitchfork explains, in a very sardonic manner, why a number of aspects of the game wouldn't fly had it been released as a new game (as opposed to an [[Updated Rerelease]]) in 2007. When he got to Golbez, he said "[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Man_in_Black.jpg No flowing white locks. Doesn't show enough skin.]"
* In the [http://socksmakepeoplesexy.net/index.php?a=ff04 Final Fantasy IV] article of The Rise And Fall Of Final Fantasy, Pitchfork explains, in a very sardonic manner, why a number of aspects of the game wouldn't fly had it been released as a new game (as opposed to an [[Updated Rerelease]]) in 2007. When he got to Golbez, he said "[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/File:Man_in_Black.jpg No flowing white locks. Doesn't show enough skin.]{{Dead link}}"
* In the wake of the Arizona shooting, the "Slipping" scene in Dr. Horrible is very uncomfortable.
* In the wake of the Arizona shooting, the "Slipping" scene in Dr. Horrible is very uncomfortable.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROMCPCBgsU0&feature=related This] [[Super Smash Bros Brawl]] [[Bowser's Kingdom|Parody video]] from Dec 22, 2007 has one [[Super Mario RPG|character]] comment at 1:15 "If I'm somehow not in this game, I'm blowing up Japan." kinda awkward considering the earthquake they had recently.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROMCPCBgsU0&feature=related This] [[Super Smash Bros Brawl]] [[Bowser's Kingdom|Parody video]] from Dec 22, 2007 has one [[Super Mario RPG|character]] comment at 1:15 "If I'm somehow not in this game, I'm blowing up Japan." kinda awkward considering the earthquake they had recently.