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WebLibs Tips and FAQ
Making WebLibs is much like creating art. You can't just throw a bunch of crap together
and expect great results! Unless you're creating "modern WebLibs," but that's a totally different
subject. Read below for further details. For WebLib purists, however, that won't cut it. You
must reach deep within yourself and release a small part of your soul into my forms. There is a
certain innate level of WebLib IQ that all people are born with, but few know how to tap into the
full potential of it. Some of the greatest WebLibbers (Albert Einstein included) actually had
very low WIQs, but they were able to reach some inner state allowing the full range of that WIQ.
Dan Quayle has a WIQ of well over 250 (mainly because he's stupid in very funny ways), and yet he
was unable to finish "A Day in the Park" due to emotional turmoil. So what is the secret
to great WebLibbing? Well, here's a list I compiled while I was having an out-of-body experience:
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Think of uncommon words. While simple words will often work, unnecessarily complex words MIXED
with simple words will usually produce a more interesting result.
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Go for a theme. Look at your first word, and try to make all of your words make sense based on
that word. Or choose a theme before typing anything in. You'll never get the result you might expect,
and I think that's the key to humor.
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Use adjectives. Preceding nouns and noun-like words, you can often use adjectives even though
they're not asked for. For example, "hairy yak" is still an animal, but a funnier animal than "yak."
Similarly, "hairy Dan Quayle" is funnier than just saying "Dan Quayle" for a person.
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Try synonyms. Sometimes, using the same word again and again is funny. But not usually.
However, using similar-meaning words for words of the same type is often quite funny. "hairy yak"
followed by "hairy ox" followed by "hairy castrated bull" followed by "hairy bovine" could
be funny. Then again, it could be terribly stupid, but that's just a risk you have to take.
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Don't censor yourself. If you put up a stupid word and then erase it, you may be
losing out on the funniest story of your whole life. And if the word really IS stupid, and it
ruins the story, and you run home crying to your mommy because of it, then you
shouldn't be engaging in such emotionally difficult activities as WebLibs.
FAQs
| Q: | What is a "WebLib"? |
| A: | A WebLib is a normal story or narration in which certain words have been removed. These words are then replaced by YOU, the user of WebLibs, based on what type of word they are. A fully unique and 100% original story is created, and it's YOURS to keep, free of charge! Save your story, print your story, and frame it for a special memory of the time you spent here on WebLibs!
| | Q: | Can I make my own WebLib? |
| A: | Perhaps sometime soon I'll offer a contest or something, since I currently don't have many WebLibs on my site. Someday I also hope to have a place to create your own weblibs and save them on my site in some user-created area or something, but neither of these will happen unless I find that WebLibs are more popular than they've been in the past. If either idea interests you, send feedback or neither will ever happen! | | Q: | What's a "modern WebLib"? |
| A: | Modern WebLibs are an obscure form of art. In regular WebLibs, you take a collection of words which make sense, throw in a few, carefully placed words to make new words which still make some sense, but are funnier. Modern WebLibs, originally created in 1984 by a small child who was actually working to understand regular WebLibs, are a collection of words which already make no sense and have new words thrown in place of old words, still making no sense. Most traditional WebLib purists believe that Modern WebLibs are garbage because they make no sense and are mostly pure chaos. Not everybody is quite so cynical, however, and I am willing to embrace Modern WebLibs as another spectacular form of art. Chaos is truly an art form within itself.
| | Q: | Why do you only have 2 serious FAQs? |
| A: | Because I get very little feedback about WebLibs, as the game is not very popular. My personal favorite, yes, but not most people's. If you have a question, please send feedback (upper-left) and perhaps you'll see the answer here! |
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