Battle of the Blexes
Aug 1, 2008 Be honest. If you were forced to make a gross generalization, who's blogs are funnier, mommies' or daddies'?
Clearly, Matt hates us and doesn't want us to succeed. What the hell kind of question is this, Matt? Um, bait much?I kid, I kid.
Screw it, I'm busting out a calculator for this one. Let's use Cre8Buzz as our control. Cre8Buzz has 625 Mom Bloggers signed up. They have 91 Dad Bloggers. So, 6.86% of CreBuzz's parents bloggers are men. Assuming that every one of those bloggers will post 3X a week, 147 of the 2,022 ensuing posts will come from men.
Now, mommy blogs tend to be way more, how shall we say this, about the bodily fluids than the guys? Yeah, that'll do. And bodily fluids are fucking hilarious. But, and this is a big but, I find that for every three post a mom is going to put up, at least ONE of them is going to be serious. However, unless you're Jeremy or BackPackingDad, a dad blog is going to tend to be more light-hearted more frequently. Like, say, NukeDad. I have read every single stinking post he's every written (he looks like my ex-boyfriend, shut up) and I think there's maybe 3 serious posts in there of the 100 he's written. So, though maybe, MAYBE, the moms are funnier when they're funny, I find the dads to be more consistently funny, which should count for something.
So, here's the breakdown:
Moms: 1875 PPW (posts per week) @ a rate of 2 funny posts out of every 3 = 66% GPP (giggleability per post)
Dads: 147 PPW @ a rate of 2.97 funny posts out of every 3 = 99.97% GPP.The dads have it.
Plus, watching some dad squirm on Twitter when we're all "Dude, I am so going to make out with EVERY GIRL in here" is pure comic gold.
BusyDad:
Moms are funnier. Case in point? See above. I can't even resort to using the lowest common denominator "Asian dude busting out the math" to get a laugh on this one. I'm left with nothing. Moms are quicker, sharper and wittier.
Because our numbers are so few, I can say this: we have more per capita funny. But in absolute numbers, the moms have us beat. And honestly, in quality of funny, they have us beat as well. You think I became such good friends with Mr Lady just because she looks so good in a cardigan? The girl is FU-NNY. Rather than ramble on like an idiot drinking Jack Daniels at 11:41 pm on a Friday night futilely grasping for anything humorous or insightful to add to this post, I'm going to take the easy way out and give you a list as proof that mom bloggers are funnier than dad bloggers (NukeDad notwithstanding - did I use notwithstanding correctly?):
- Momo Fali's
- Missives From Suburbia
- Oh, The Joys
- Vintage Thirty
- The Bloggess
- Manager Mom
- Happy Meals and Happy Hour
- Fusemoms
- The Only Thing I Know
- Sarcastic Mom [I hate editing after the fact, but really, how could I forget Lotus!!]
- Anne Nahm (totally snuck in there by Mr Lady, because really? Funniest. Human. Alive)
And I am kidding about the bum thing, wife. I really don't remember a thing.
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Reader Comments (17)
Hmmm you two are quite the comedic team, both picking the opposite sex! Har. ;-) Ima go ahead and say that it just depends on your flavor of the day. With mom blogs, its SO hit and miss. You get comedy one day and sappy, "need a tissue", snotty tear inducing posts the next. I only read one dad blog *ahem* and he makes me snort with pretty much every post. Serious is few and far between at BDB. Clearly, Matt hates your readers too. Because I cant answer this. I love you both, even though MrL has a MUCH hotter ass than you BD. I'd hit it.
Shit, off topic. Sorry!
[BusyDad] My wife also thinks my butt is substanceless. Damn I hate it when she's right.
I have to say, women may have the edge on this one. No man could EVER write a post like this:
http://www.quirkee.com/content/view/1879/1/
Of course, I am still chuckling about being "hand selected".
[BusyDad] How could I have overlooked Lotus?? She's one of the BEST.
Hmmm. I think the TYPE of funny needs to be examined, also. Dad blogs tend to revolve around making something ordinary hilarious. There's Lego adventures, Iron Chef battles, and adventures on ride-on lawn mowers. Mom blogs tend to have a dry sense of humour - the ones I find funny, that is. A Daddy blogger might make me snort (even up to three times!), but a Mommy blogger will probably make me pee myself a little
[BusyDad] That's actually a really good observation ZJ... but mark my words: my goal this year is to make you pee.
In my experience, women are generally better at this type of writing for some reason. Maybe it's because, evolution-wise, most of the chicks hung out with eachother keeping the kids safe & happy while we dudes were out bringing down mastodons. (Have we really progressed much beyond that?)
Also, women can get away with a LOT more sexual innuendo on line than guys, which accounts for some of the edge. If I made comments about every chick on Twitter I'd like to make out with, I'd probably get my virtual ass kicked, not to mention divorced. Yet for some reason this behavior appears to be completely acceptable for the gals. Any thoughts about why that is, Stark Raving People?
[BusyDad] Key factor: they are talking about making out with other chicks. If they all said they wanted to make out with me, I certainly wouldn't kick their ass, but my wife would. And mine too to boot. Trust me, if you said you wanted make out with every GUY blogger on twitter, no one would kick your ass, but I'd keep my distance a little bit...
Blushing. I'm totally blushing.
Screw you guys. I'm hilarious. Every post is a laugh riot.
It was a legitimate question people! OK, I admit it, I asked this question so I could answer it myself. I sort of agree with BD, sort of not. If you put 50 daddy bloggers and 50 mommy bloggers in a room, more of the daddies would be funny. BUT, the funny mommy bloggers would be WAY funnier than the funny daddy bloggers. Mr Lady is proof of that!
@BusyDad: True, the majority of the sexual innuendo I've seen on Twitter and in the general blogosphere is "gal on gal" (for some reason most guys tend to find this amusing, whereas guy-on-guy innuendo is creepy/inappropriate/threatening?), but there's also a fair amount of hetero-eroticism comin' from the ladies as well. Overall, the blogs I've seen written by women just tend to be more about the sex. In general, I think it's fair to say that women can "get away" with expressing their sexual fantasies in public WAY more easily than guys. Feel free to disagree of course - and bring the proof!
Sure, Michael, we can get away with way more dirty talk than you can. Why? Because you guys think they're REALLY fantasies, that's why. :)
Bubble. burst.
OK, I think I read this correctly; and from it I gathered this:
If I can get my body on a regular menstrual cycle, then I could be as big as Dooce? Maybe not, but, I guess that's what I get for bringing a pair of testicles to an ovary party.
Seriously, though; Thanks for the shout out. You 2 are the reason I'm here today. Make a difference; be a mentor; just be there.
Hey folks - I just happened to watch this TED talk this morning, in which brain scientist Helen Fisher explains why women are better writers/bloggers/journalists, and why that's important:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/helen_fisher_tells_us_why_we_love_cheat.html (see esp. 10:30 - 13:00).
What? I'm funny?! Would someone PLEASE inform my kids. I don't get laughs from them...just a lot of eye rolling.
Moi?!? I'm all veklempt. I can't even tawk.
Dude! Thanks for the shoutout! I took the last two weeks off my blog to paint the inside of my house. I feel off the ladder and onto the TV on Saturday. It's taken me this long to crawl to the computer. Of course, I checked out my favorite blogs before calling 911. Thanks for giving me the will to live, Babycakes!
Damn. Here I try to be funny and all I get known for is being a lewd pervert who sticks my tongue down Mr. Lady's throat.
Oh well. Worth the trade off. Wink.
I'm with Backpacking Dad - we're funny as hell! What are you talking 'bout!?! ;-)