25 Motivational Posters (Part I)
By Village Mayor • Nov 22nd, 2008 • Category: Funny, Latest Post, The Best of Village of JoyThe intent of motivational posters is to make people achieve more, or to think differently about the things that they may be learning or doing. (wikipedia)
I can’t say they motivate me to be more or less productive but they make me smile. And if you having one of those days glance at these posters and I guarantee they will make you smile too.
Some posters might have “stronger” message then others but it’s not the picture to blame…
Oh, and if you think you can make a better one, go to Despair or BigHugeLabs. Feel free to submit your creations in the comments or send them to us by email.
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Image credit: SL-INC (AKA: Scott)
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Image credit: Starliquid.com – Greg
In case you missed it: go to Despair or BigHugeLabs to make your own motivational poster. Feel free to submit your creations in the comments or send them to us by email.
Part II here: 25 Motivational Posters (Part II)
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February 18th, 2009 at 10:50 am
funny stuff…. some wording i could take offence to but it fit what you were doing sooooo. my stuff is totaly different … check it out too.
February 17th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
i’m so sick of stumbling on things and finding every commenter arguing. shut up all of you. you have no lives. ironic as it may seem…
February 17th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
LOLOL.. I agree ash.. I think he (or she) is reading WAAAAY too much into a joke..
its just a joke man..
February 16th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Does anyone else HATE IT when people, like pastabake, use “begs the question” incorrectly. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY. begging the question is a phrase used only in regard to circular arguments…not in regard to a question that should be asked. GRAH!
February 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Those pictures are hilarious. It definitely brightened my day! Thanks!
February 9th, 2009 at 9:01 am
jajajajaja……
February 3rd, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Awesome site. I love those posters.
February 2nd, 2009 at 7:19 am
OMG, FUNNY. I loved the cat faxing one. lol
January 31st, 2009 at 10:52 am
LMAO…
find X..
HERE IT IS..
why didnt I think of that in school….
January 30th, 2009 at 10:38 am
LMFAO.. I love the last oone.. :-p lol
im goin home..
January 28th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
omg…..its amazing..!!
January 16th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
im with spunky …and last one its so cruel
January 16th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Damn this post!!!! I looked at the “find x” image and couldnt help it I just burst out laughing here in my very quiet office and got in trouble with my boss – absolutely hilarious!
January 14th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
These are great. My employer required us to post the “motivators”, we put them up next to them. Keeps the company moral up.
January 14th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Ahahaha, “Sick of Idiots” is brave enough to think about using CUNT but lacks the prunes to spell it out. (Apologies if you were trying to mask the word “cult.”)
And, as many others have so helpfully pointed out, the format deviates from the original Successories concept, this is true. Pissing about that is failing to consider that a.) Successories is hardly a company to defend, and b.) the construction and function of the internet meme.
B is especially important. Memes are fleeting and so must pack their most powerful punch as early as possible. Much like the Wacky Packages fad, the result will resemble, but not work completely like the original. This is part artistic license and partly the desire for instant gratification. Especially with the popularity of the StumbleUpon button, funny-image-makers really can’t afford the luxury of requiring their viewers to think. This takes too much time and time is laughter. Skilled craftsmen know this.
Now, I am by no means excusing the motivational posters who try too hard for the automatic laugh. Disappointingly, the motivational posters featuring some of nature’s funniest objects (women who are fat and/or ugly) are usually of the lowest quality. This, I think, is a mixture of amateur eagerness and truly antisocial, deeply held social values. Some motivational posters just miss the mark.
I think I might go beat my husband now, just because I can.
January 14th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Hahahahaha….. very inspirational, in case of humor! Not really funny though haha….
January 13th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Of course they’re photoshopped you stupid cu*t. It doesn’t take away from the hilarity though.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:27 am
err.. quite good laughing stuff, “the more money” one is a reality
January 7th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
photoshopped
January 7th, 2009 at 10:33 am
they are ver creative. appreciate them
January 1st, 2009 at 3:56 pm
these are terribly boring
December 31st, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Wonderful and very funny
December 30th, 2008 at 1:13 am
So lemme get this straight–one of the OLDEST internet memes of the past decade has been “discovered” by newbies. Instead of arguing over content/accuracy/lexicon, etc., howzabout we catch up with what the vast mysterious interwebs have concocted THIS millennium. Just a suggestion.
December 29th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
These are some of the best of those out there. The last one is my favorite.
December 27th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Dear
Good sense of humor, always keep it mind
December 26th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Good stuff. Made me laugh and that is not a bad thing since I’m a grumpy old fart
December 26th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Haha awesome funniez
December 25th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
OMG I loved the LOL’d one. They were all funny but that one is my favorite!
December 24th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Whether or not it is the correct moniker there is nothing ‘conventional’ about a microwave. This also begs the question of what a non-conventional oven is and more so why the ‘traditional’ oven isn’t also the conventional one.
Personally I think that the poster is incorrect and the picture is actually one of a combination oven, one that has both a microwave and conventional oven facility … and that the photographer mistakenly took a picture of the controls for the conventional oven part.
December 24th, 2008 at 12:59 am
hey good collection man…i liked it especially the one about money…
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:06 pm
really funny posters but motivating enough to make us think the real meaning of the words! hahaha!
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:23 pm
loving how anal “Shereen”. S/He gave me a better laugh then the posters. Lawl <3, You take the internet far too seriously mate.
December 4th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
I laughed until I cried.
I’m easily amused
December 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 pm
89 DDP Says:
November 29th, 2008 at 8:00 am
I like how the Time Machine motivational poster says microwave but it clearly says Oven Timer over the button he is about to push
Hi DDP. before you try and be a smart ass. Iit actually says CONVENTIONAL oven timer. and a CONVENTIONAL oven is AKA a MICROWAVE.
December 2nd, 2008 at 6:24 pm
quite some work you done here with these posters! words do mean everything! had a good laugh too.
November 30th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Hey I know that guy in “Rock Bottom”! He is George Bush trying to get the free Breath Mint in the White House Public Restroom.
November 28th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
well when you all want to get a heart, get out of your mothers basement and get a life, tell me
just cuz someone didn’t find these pictures funny doesn’t mean u need to act like they’re hitler reincarnate
and for u smart ass’s out there who wanna use those fancy words
shup fools.
November 28th, 2008 at 2:06 am
You damn skippy. Obama was the best choice.
(Subject to change if he trys to take my guns)
November 28th, 2008 at 1:21 am
HAH
So I read all these comments newest -> oldest and thought, holy shit, I can’t wait to see the crazy comment Debbie must have made to make everyone so rattled, and all she said was a crappy sentence about not liking some of them?! How UN-contraversial can you get!?
Biggest anti-climax EVER
The f*ck it I’m going home was the funnies,t I thought anyway, some were a bit crap as the pics had more potential but there are so many of these flying through t’internet that I’m none too scathed
November 27th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
wow lmao all these people wanna hate on someone who voiced their opinion
and i bet you all voted for obama as well, didn’t you?
November 27th, 2008 at 11:10 am
i eat rocks.
November 27th, 2008 at 7:51 am
TROLLLZZZZZZZ.
November 26th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
I heard Debbie is actually a Communist.
She is clearly trying to bring us all down with her humorless dissent.
November 25th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
I <3 Debbie! keep up the good work …RICHARD on the other hand, seriously mate get a life, its a bloody bird feeder with a barely visible hole in the bottom which I bet many people (like myself) would NOT have noticed.learn to laugh and move on from the things that aint that important in life… either that or shutup you aint Bill Oddie, no one cares.BYE!
November 25th, 2008 at 9:35 am
wait not second to last not including this one they go from top to bottom this is weird
November 25th, 2008 at 3:18 am
I love (de)motivational posters when they are done right but many of you have no clue. Here’s a hint. The only (de) motivational poster of the whole lot is the one with the main title “Inspiration”. The one that is titled “unique” comes pretty close – but not quite.
November 24th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Hedgehog expert, notice the word “and” in Vince’s post? Also, did you read the post he was agreeing with? For an expert, you really should consider looking closer at things.
November 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 am
You have no sense of humor