Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself

Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually Improving Yourself

by: From the Writers of Collegehumor.com List Price: $19.95 Amazon.com's Price: $7.98 You Save: $11.97 (60%) as of 11/08/2009 07:40 EST Used Price: $3.51 Third Party New Price: $6.19 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 818.607 Format: Bargain Price Label: Dutton Adult Manufacturer: Dutton Adult Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: March 22, 2007 Publisher: Dutton Adult Release Date: March 22, 2007 Studio: Dutton Adult Related Items: The CollegeHumor Guide To College: Selling Kidneys for Beer Money, Sleeping with Your Professors,Majoring in Communications, and Other Really Good Ideas Die Happy: 499 Things Every Guy's Gotta Do While He Still Can The Complete A**hole's Guide to Handling Chicks Look at My Striped Shirt!: Confessions of the People You Love to Hate The Modern Drunkard see more Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The prevaricating pros who helped students glide through seven years of college in The CollegeHumor Guide to College are back to show post-grads how to turn life into an "Easy A" by, well, faking it. From sounding like an MBA to bribing the ma”tre d' to acting sensitive post-sex, here is everything aspiring equivocators need to know to B.S. their way to success in the real world. As the authors remind readers: "The important thing isn't who you are; it's who other people think you are." With this poseur's bible in hand, a generation is poised to go forth and fake it. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Hilarious Advice (It Might Even Work) Those hilarious writers of "College Humor"---Blumenfeld, Shah & Trex---have done it again, in lampooning fashion; this particular piece of humor captures the essence of what society has become---shallow, self-absorbed and superficial; and these guys clearly enjoy that reality. The boys have made some hysterically astute observations about "faking it"; in an attempt to get a guy a little bit of respect, and more importantly, to get a little bit of action with the ladies. This is just good old-fashioned clean cut strategy, which not only happens to be very funny, it might even work. It's worth a shot, guys! Even if you're past that stage of your life (too bad), you'll appreciate the humor this trio serves up. After you get finished reading it, you probably won't be a better person, but you'll have a few laughs, and that's not so bad. Rating: - Highly Recommended I found this book on accident and the title caught my eye. I was looking for a book to entertain my friend who broke his leg and found this. I was aiming for "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" and I ended up getting this one too. It's really funny and perfect for the college student/graduate that knows what it is like to just get by whether it be riding coattails or what have you. Great gift, probably more suitable for a guy but I am a girl and thoroughly enjoyed the book and ended up buying myself a copy later on. Good as a coffee table book and to read straight through. Highly recommended. Rating: - Hilarious, and - surprise, surprise - a little helpful. I'm sure that the last thing that the writers of "Faking It" intended was to dole out actual advice, focusing instead on making sure that their work was first and foremost a funny read. And it is, to be sure. Those only tangentially familiar with their flagship website, CollegeHumor.com and its collection of user-submitted pictures and videos (some which predate YouTube) depicting all the stupidity and debauchery that is associated with college life, might be surprised to know that the enterprising young men and women behind the website are revealing themselves to be talented comedians in their own right. The staff-submitted articles and videos (many produced in their own office, under the banner "Hardly Working" series) are among the funniest and most popular on the site. And "Faking It" is a well-written, often hilarious - and yes, even informative - guide to college and post-college living. The book's advice on academia is the first and arguably most absurd portion of the book. Anyone following the advice offered here might very well find themselves searching for a new school before too long. "Faking It" goes on to offer its brand of off-kilter advice on searching for a job, furnishing an apartment, sounding like you know a lot about music, literature, and other aspects of supposed "high culture," dating, even cooking and entertaining guests. It's here, oddly enough, that the book really becomes genuine with its advice. Offering up creative and inexpensive ways to impress dinner and party guests alike, I was really impressed with some of the ideas offered up here. My favorite nugget of advice, though, comes from the section pertaining to dating and grooming: "If you have bad acne, we suggest that you don't anymore." And I suggest picking up this book. It's a hilarious read that may actually leave you with a good idea or two; provided you can sift them out from the stunningly bad ones. Rating: - Simply Wonderful! Buy this book, it's great. It's something like 60% funny BS and 40% valuable knowledge that you really can use and probably should have. I got this one and was laughing out loud and so far everybody I've let read it has loved it and most wanted to buy their own copy. Rating: - Laughed-out-loud!!! Perfect book for recent college grad or immature guys. Great book for a two-hour flight that actually has some good ideas for business. Made me laugh-out-loud several times. Recommend it highly to others like me who need a good laugh and some good mindless reading. see more