Hilarious by Default

Adventures in pure randomness and utter insanity. Mostly devoid of cat videos.

The Great Chicken Massacre of 2016

One of the best things about living in upstate New York is the quality of chicken wings. Hot, mild, sweet, spicy, garlicy, even aphrodisiac-ly, when you...
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Speech-to-Text Distress

Speech-to-text has been a good tool especially for those who like to send text messages hands-free while driving. Personally, I could never truly justify...
Super Bowl

Naked Celebrities, Talking Babies, and Watching It Live: Super Bowl 50

The Super Bowl - it's a night of pyrotechnics, elaborate concerts, and jets flying at supersonic speeds over mass stadiums packed to the brim...
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The Long and Hilarious Road

2016 may be coming to an end but it's only the beginning for Hilarity by Default. As the site grows and changes, expect some...
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Is The Lion King Secretly a Remake of Bambi? [INFOGRAPHIC]

It has often been referenced that Disney's The Lion King is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet set in the African Savannah - but is it...
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Store Stories

The unintended hilarity of store signs with unfortunate letters burnt out or missing.

Netflix Ticks

I love Netflix. As a movie buff, I could easily spend hours scouring through its library to find every little hidden gem. As such,...
Disney

The Dumbest Thing I Ever Heard at Disney World

As far as childhood memories go, few are fonder than those first trips to Walt Disney World - trips that usually featured preludes of...
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Hilarity by Default’s Top 13 Funny Photoshops of 2016

One of my great joys of writing articles and reviews on Hilarity by Default are the many Photoshops I put together to either get...

The UFO Welcome Center

Travelling through the West, there are many iconic extra-terrestrial and UFO landmarks, from the Little A'Le'Inn just outside Area 51, Nevada... ...to the International UFO Museum...

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