Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer
- May 07, 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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c00k13m0n5t3r said, 6 months ago
Scott, hope it’s just a coincidence that your character wears the same T-shirt in all seasons…
Doctor Toon
said,
6 months ago
I’m frozen foods manager for a grocery store.
During the summer everyone says they would love my job.
In the winter I hear how awful it must be.
I’ve always liked the cold, feels fine to me year round.
ds133
said,
6 months ago
Ha! I’m always on the never cold side of this conversation, and the other person never fails to say, “But its freezing!” whenever I state that I don’t need a coat. Then come summer, I live in air conditioning cause I can’t stand the heat.
I keep thinking I need to move somewhere colder, like the Arctic circle.
cleokaya
said,
6 months ago
I am also the last person to put on a jacket. Until I got married, my thermometer in my house was set at 59 degrees, unless I had guests, but I can also tolerate the heat. Where I admit defeat is in hot, humid climates, like Houston or Miami after a rain. I do not like to be sticky hot.
Orgelspieler said, 6 months ago
ds133 - it’s great until the permafrost melts and your cabin starts to sink into the earth. That, and the mosquitoes.
boozoothatswho said, 6 months ago
Cold is relative. If I’m skiing, cold is wonderful. If I’m standing in eight inches of slush waiting for a train because snowstorms don’t cancel work, cold is hell.
Radical-Knight
said,
6 months ago
You can’t please all the people most of the time.
Terry1844 said, 6 months ago
note to audience the leading character in the black t-shirt with the shaved head with the Fu-Manchu beard and goatee might suggest that the he might…. just might be just a little shall we say not too concerned with discomfort