Why you don’t hire comedians to sell your products.

I never heard of Patton Oswalt until this recent twitter thing. But I have a feeling more people will after reading his product endorsements.

Friday afternoon, a company called Brander solicited comedian Patton Oswalt via Twitter to ask him to tweet about products they represent, and Oswalt ended up having a lot of fun with it. He went on a tear making fun of the company and their strategy with a series of tweets that amassed hundreds of retweets and attention from the press. You’d think it’d be enough to shame Brander into not publicly asking comedians to tweet about brands for them, but they’re still at it apparently.

My personal favorite:

.@BA_Influencers Tired of the tooth enamel loss from bulimia? The roaring bout of diarrhea from @TacoBell keeps your smile fresh!

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) December 27, 2013

I would seriously love to see some real life adverts like that. 😀

One way ticket to mars.

might have to put together a list of people to remove from the planet. Link.

Mars One (via NPR) says anyone over 18 is eligible to become a Mars astronaut, as long as you don’t mind being part of a reality TV show in the process and paying a $38 application fee. Oh and then you’ll have to live the rest of your life in an inflatable habitat on another planet.

This calls for some extremely horrible music!