OurGirl: Walsh's Despair 2.0

walshie walked into the cubbie, sat down in his chair, dragged himself over to the pennisula and in reverent tones announced: "they did it again. they are genius. i don't know how they keep topping themselves, but they do."

i peered over my faux hand-thrown coffee mug with the word "inspiration" half stamped into it and asked, "who?"

"despair.com! they now have a whole do-it-yourself store. its genius i tell you. you can upload your own image, type in your own quote and make your own poster. genius."

i've posted before about walsh's love for despair.com. i even bought the "more people have seen this shirt than have read my blog" shirt and wore it in on casual friday, just to make the dude smile. my brother just shook his head. "i ain't buying that dork shirt."

"walsh—omg! they are having their users generate content for them!"
"even better. they will sell you the poster you make. custom poster!"
"wait—tell me they are keeping a gallery of their users generated content. that way, if you try to make your own content and you just aren't funny, you could then look at what others have made and then buy their posters. omg! then the user could get a cut of the action—a percentage off the top! tell me they are doing that!!"

walsh looked at me and said, "they don't have to. they are genius. check out the clown funeral poster."

so at home i look into despair.com. and i do have to tell you, the despairware grey t-shirt with with the words: "THE TIME FOR ACTION HAS PASSED. now is the time for senseless bickering" really speaks to me right now. but i tore myself away from the on sale shirts and checked out the DIY section. there are the posters—even the clown funeral one walsh had talked about. so i couldn't help myself. i uploaded an image, wrote a couple of quick lines and made a poster for walsh:


are you kidding me? that laughing you are hearing? that's walsh. monkeys are genius.