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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Jesus Solves Your Problems: AltBro Lifestyle

    Jesus has recently been informed of the difficulties facing his altbros trying to maintain their brand integrity. Even UrbanBros can feel less real since Kanye made ‘project SceneBro’ mainstream. These days P4K is the new MTV, and Zane Lowe Billy Zane thinks it’s cool to dir3ct tweehop vids; it’s harder than ever to know just… Read more

  • Jesus has a Hunch

    The social recommendation system Hunch.com, allows you to build expert systems (primitive artificial intelligences really) to suggest products, services or solutions to everyday problems. By entering a series of questions, and suggesting a collection of solutions, users can build miniature problem solvers, answering questions like ‘What martial art should I learn?’ or ‘Which contraceptive is… Read more

  • Jesus Advocates: Masculinism

    What does it mean to be a man? What is today’s masculine paradigm? Is it the Govenator, that steroid hewn fusion of marketing mythology? Is it Alan Partridge or David Brent, swollen, broken half men, wracked with narcissistic self loathing? Is it Don Draper, the illusion of a confident misogynist? Perhaps it’s the midget machismo… Read more

  • Doctor Scientist Defeats: Heartbreak

    Jesus Notes: I’ve written what may be the worlds nerdiest joke. A joke so dweebish, it was necessary to learn the mathematical scripting language Latex in order to tell it. There follows the joke. Renowned expert Doctor Scientist has developed a methodology to precisely calculate the duration required to return to a base level of… Read more

  • Diary of a Dublin Sex Man 3: Manu Negra

    Previously on Dublin Sex Man: Part 1, Part 2 Monday 8PM Working on Capel St. It’s not so bad, we get a staff discount – 30% on toys, 17% on porno. Feel a bit like that young one with the cancer in Fight Club, ‘I have lubricants and sex aids, but can’t find anyone to… Read more

  • Fantastic Tales of Jesus No 1: Marooned with Jesus

    In today’s exclusive dose of original comedy and or commentary – Have you noticed we bring you some every single day? If your girlfriend gave you so much sugar you’d have diabetes – Dermot Byrne introduces us to the first of his Fantastic Tales of Jesus. FTOJ on MLBJ is IMHO one of the greatest… Read more