Reading CollegeHumor: The Website, The Book (Da Capo) feels suspiciously like browsing websites while at work: the reader is acutely aware that they’re just wasting time. Which makes a lot of sense, because if you were on a computer instead of sitting with a book, collegehumor.com is the kind of website you’d be browsing while procrastinating.
The book itself is funny—but it’s internet funny.
Not everything translates into hilarity when going from the screen to the page, and if someone tried to read CollegeHumor: The Website, The Book without having any knowledge of things like Facebook or general pop culture, they’d put the book down and get on with whatever other mundane tasks they spend their life doing. However, if someone is intimately familiar with memes and derives enjoyment by sending amusing links to their friends, it’s probably right up their alley.
The best place for this book is beside your toilet. It’s too crude for a coffee table and has no place on your desk at work, and if you were to devote an evening or afternoon to reading, this wouldn’t be the book you’d want to be reading. But if you’ve got a few minutes to relax and conduct business in a ventilated, private stall, CollegeHumor: The Website, The Book hits the spot.