Sick of Lorem Ipsum?
While adding some test content this week, I decided to try and find some more interesting / humorous alternatives to the standard Lorem Ipsum dummy text. I've rated a few alternatives that I found with some basic metrics, all are marked out of 5 (higher being better):
| Humor |
How funny the text is. 1: Not funny 5: Hilarious |
| Repetitiveness |
How repetitive the text is. 1: Very repetitive 5: Rarely repeats phrases |
| Distraction |
How distrating the text is. 1: Very distracting 5: No more distracting than lorem ipsum |
| SFW? |
"Safe-for-workness" 1: Lots of swearing, use with caution 5: No swearing |
#1 - Bogan Ipsum
Easily the funniest of all these options, it pays homage to the noble lifestyle of the Aussie Bogan. Note that I have been known to remove a few choice words from this dummy text for client projects.
| Humor | 5/5 |
| Repetitiveness | 4/5 |
| Distraction | 3/5 |
| SFW? | 2/5 |
Pros:
- Funny as hell.
- Not particularly distracting.
- Original
Cons:
- Slightly NSFW words and phrases, you'll have to decide for yourself.
#2 - Fillerama
Link: www.chrisvalleskey.com/fillerama
Choose from a variety of movies or TV shows, and get a mash-up of quotes in various non-sensical sentences! The main problem with this one is I read all of the quotes instead of doing actual work.
| Humor | 3/5 |
| Repetitiveness | 4/5 |
| Distraction | 1/5 |
| SFW? | 5/5 |
Pros:
- Great quotes from some of my favourite TV series and movies.
Cons:
- A bit distracting.
#3 - Hipster Ipsum
I'm never one to miss an opportunity to bag our hipsters. Especially subtly. And nothing's more subtle than dummy text :D
This has options to only use "Hipster" words or intersperse them amongst latin.
| Humor | 3/5 |
| Repetitiveness | 2/5 |
| Distraction | 4/5 |
| SFW? | 5/5 |
Pros:
- Making fun of hipsters is totally in vogue.
- Not particularly distracting.
- Safe for work.
Cons:
- "Hipster phrases only" option can be very repetitive
#4 - Samuel L Ipsum
Link: www.slipsum.com
A few choice quotes from Pulp Fiction's Jules Winnfield.
| Humor: | 3/5 |
| Repetitiveness: | 2/5 |
| Distraction | 3/5 |
| SFW? | 1/5 |
Pros:
- There are both SFW (Safe For Work) and NSFW (Not Safe For Work) generating options.
- Samuel L Jackson is pretty badass.
Cons:
- Depending on what options you choose from it can be very repetitive.
#5 - Gangster Lorem Ipsum
Take any word and ganstafy it by adding "izzle" to the end.
...
That's the joke.
| Humor | 1/5 |
| Repetitiveness | 4/5 |
| Distraction | 5/5 |
| SFW? | 5/5 |
Pros:
- For the most part, it's not distracting at all due to the completely nonsensical words it pulls out
Cons:
- Somehow less interesting than Lorem Ipsum.
Comments
Nick
Fri, 03/30/2012 - 12:00
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UPDATE
A friend just showed me this absolute piece of gold.
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/corporateipsum.html
You can basically replace a real journalist with it!