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Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth
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About this audiobook
In order to understand the news, a context of world geography and history is essential. That is why The Onion is publishing a world atlas: to help us. News that now makes no sense will now make sense. Thus begins a new age of enlightenment.
OUR DUMB WORLD contains, among other things:
OUR DUMB WORLD contains, among other things:
- News and historic facts from other nations
- Historic timelines for countries
- Rejected flag designs
- The earth broken down and described, from its molten core to the outermost sphere, and the location of heaven
- Demographic, economic and other -ic data about each country's people, industries, and habits
- Ethnic cleanliness
- Level of Bono activity
- Prop comedians per 1,000 live birds
- Yearly income in wide-screen televisions
- The Monkeys they got
- Where it sees itself in five years
- Color boxes for average skin color
- Chart listing benefits of invading said country
- Most annoying handicrafts
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Reviews for Our Dumb World
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5"The Onion" has been tickling funny bones for decades now and "Our Dumb World" is further evidence that the Onion writers are amongst the best in the funny bone tickling business. Focusing on nations of the world and their stereotypes, readers may bristle at what "Our Dumb World" choose to satirise but whether it's Australia's deadly animals, the United Arab Emirates's beautiful princess or Greenland's Mercator projection related size, there is much knee slapping to be had.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hilarious accounts of the histories of 47 countries world-wide. If you know a little about history and want a good laugh, this is it!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very funny book over all if a) you like political satire, b) don't mind the politically incorrect, and c) have reached a modus vivendi with your inner thirteen year old boy. There's a good deal of variation in the level of humor in the entries (some are really hysterical, while a few made me cringe) but it is fun overall.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I don't think it is possible to actually read this entire book. As always The Onion goes over the top in presentation with every little nook and cranny being filled up with hilarious stuff. This book is great as a coffee table book. I think I'd get overwhelmed if I sat down and tried to read it straight through. From wonderful comments about countries (Canada - See U.S. on pages 9-12, Ethiopia: Africa's Extended Belly) to spoofing on world politics (Now Bono Awareness Rated!) it is just a fun read especially if you have a great sense of humour. I'm moving into the read section just because I'm crazy about organization but I'll be flipping through and appreciating it for a long time.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Well, it's from The Onion, so that should tell you from the start whether you will enjoy it or not. I'm a big fan of their previous books, and have not been let down by this one. I received it for Christmas 2007 and still haven't finished it - as another reviewer noted, it's not the kind of book that you're going to sit down and read straight through. Rather, you'll pick at it over a long period of time. That being the case, this book will bring you laughs for months, if not years to come.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This spoof on a world atlas is inconsistently funny. Sometimes the humor is spot on, other times it's flat or worse. There is a map of each country, but usually only the capital city is marked, the rest of the points being "funny" locations. Each country appears to have a theme for the jokes, such as the negative effects of radiation in Belarus (the site of Chernobyl) or the long-distance running records of Kenyans. That approach works some of the time, but it became tiresome for me after several dozen countries. On the other hand, the level of effort that went into preparing this detailed volume is quite amazing, and most of the historical references are not entirely made up.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Highly irreverant, slightly smutty, politically incorrect, beautifully illustrated "atlas" of the world as seen through the eyes of those twisted people at "The Onion".
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As with the articles and webpage from the Onion, this atlas has something in it to offend anyone. And despite this and it's incredible tongue-in-cheek attitude, it requires a good deal of background knowledge to even get what they are joking about and harpooning. Provided the Onion (or the Daily Show, Colbert Report, Family Guy, etc.) is your style of comedy, this book will leave you cracking up. I read this during lunch breaks at work, which allowed me plenty of time to appreciate the style of the book (really, it is an atlas) without getting overloaded with the sardonic tone. The only downside what that when I kept cracking up, my coworkers wanted to hear what was so funny, and I didn't dare repeat most of what I read. Obviously not meant for serious research.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5TestReview
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5If you enjoy reading the Onion online, then you'll probably find this an amusing listen. Recommended for relaxing after a stressful day.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Funny what I imagine geography and social studies text books will be like in a few years
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Onion had some very clever writers in the early 1990s such as the author of 'Faulknerian idiot man-child'. For satirical atlases see 'Jogfree of the Werld' by 'Charlie Farqueson' . I laughed out loud and read every scrap. The Onion's version? I lasted ten minutes.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A funny book for those who don't take themselves...or their world too seriously. A fun diversion.