Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer
- November 19, 2009
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Basic Instructions started out as a small side-feature Scott Meyer created to entertain people who came to his website looking to hire a comedian. It wasn't long before the comic was far more popular than anything Scott ever did as a comedian.
Basic Instructions is a series of guides meant to help you lead a better life. They cover topics as diverse as "How to Deal with Boredom" and "How to Travel Back in Time to Deliver a Dire Warning to Your Former Self". Basic Instructions is populated with exaggerated versions of Scott, his family and his friends, which has caused no small amount of unpleasantness.
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mroberts88 said, 2 days ago
Hm….pretty good apparently.
Ray C
said,
1 day ago
Well, why don’t we take a bunch of them to an ice planet, and find out how it works?
It looks like Dr. Mel has joined the Empire forces. Tough luck for both.
furnituremaker said, 1 day ago
Why not just get along…that way, the elephants could get back to doing what they do best…stomping out faming ducks.
Wildcard24365 said, 1 day ago
This was inspired.
It does kind of lead to the question, if “the power to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force,” why even build ONE Death Star, let alone, TWO of them?
iamtxmilady said, 1 day ago
The Emperor hoth no fury….
mroberts88 said, 1 day ago
Wildcard, because sometimes, you gotta let everyone know you can destroy a planet.
Ushindi
said,
1 day ago
This is the best one yet - loved it.
(Had to put it in my collection)
ninetoes
said,
1 day ago
Realizing how geeky the question is, wasn’t there a short story about that flaw in “Tales of the Empire”?
3hourtour said, about 8 hours ago
…Luke,I am your farther…