Sentences with phrase «poke fun at what»

The artist uses symbols such as cars and tools to poke fun at what it means to «be a man».

In a video parody of capitalism by Hello Generic, actors poke fun at what makes capitalistic currency so principally ridiculous.

He poked fun at what we called his «hilariously useless» guide to playing the xylophone as an example of what not to do, and said content farms should focus on quality, not quantity of content, and that Google will eventually reward those that do with better search rankings, and therefore that it will be better for business over the long run.

When Erik passes by those Apple disciples lined up outside, including one fanboy who has a haircut modeled after the infamous «notch» of the iPhone X, Samsung pokes fun at what many have referred to as the cult of Apple — those consumers who must have the absolute newest Apple products, right away, no matter the cost.

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What I find interesting is that David is even poking fun at Liberal Christians here.

Amazing, such rationality presented by you... oh wait, not really rational to poke fun at your human being unless your own self esteem is so low that the only means to feel superior to your fellow human being is to belittle them for their beliefs... kinda like what the religious do to you.

But be willing to have fun poked at you and what you adhere to as well otherwise what is happening is discrimination bordering on abuse, the very thing you criticise the so called church of.

While the first sample article poked fun at the ability of Red Sox fans to be absurdly hyperbolic about Ortiz, that doesn't mean I get tired of listening to what he means to them.

Perhaps we should be careful what we poke fun at.

It's full of bad language, day drinking, and sarcasm poking fun at the «trashy» family lifestyle — what's not to love?

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has poked fun at the Daily Mail by posting a photo on Twitter of what he is wearing today.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg poked fun at the newspaper by tweeting a picture of what he was wearing, while Green MP Caroline Lucas said the headline was an «all time low».

Colbert often used the term to skewer the policies of President George W. Bush and poke fun at his supporters for what Colbert saw as distorting reality.

After poking fun at his own knowledge of science — a model of chromosomes made from pink swim noodles «was helpful to me,» he said — Obama explained what precision medicine is: «delivering the right treatments, at the right time, every time to the right person.»

Now we poke fun at it, not because of what little they had to work with, but because it seems now we want our creatures to so grotesque.

The speed dating scene in «The 40 - Year - Old Virgin» is meant to poke fun at the activity and entertain viewers, so if you really want to know what it's like, try out some of the sites and games above today.

This is a movie that knows exactly what it wants to do — to poke fun at the deathly serious tone and the assorted clichés that have become common within superhero movies.

I really liked what I saw at the most recent PAX, developers Reality Pump have been extremely forthcoming in admitting the problems they had with the previous game and what they've done to rectify them, and how can you not fall in love with an ad campaign that produces an entire miniseries of video episodes poking fun at itself?

The actor's ability to poke fun at herself while starring in a tentpole film like «Ready Player One» is part of what makes Cooke's success feel so genuine.

What Allen does do in this straight comedy is to gently poke fun at the all the dramatic conventions of Greek tragedy.

What's wrong with writer - director Angelo Cianci's half - leaden, half - hysterical (and not in a funny way) farce is the way he takes the wrong things seriously and pokes fun of nothing worth laughing at.

It seemed like Bay was trying to poke fun at his previous films as this almost felt like a bit of a parody of what he normally does.

Say what you will about Ryan Seacrest, but the guy is a good sport about poking fun at himself, as he does here in a very funny cameo.

In what ways does the character of the town mayor allow the moviemakers to poke fun at political figures?

What makes the ES a delight at low speeds — running errands in a nimble pile of mashed potatoes is actually kind of fun — also makes the ES inured to pokes by the enthusiasm stick.

These are things I've found myself saying a lot in recent months, especially in the wake of the little competition set up by agents to poke fun at writers and openly share what they considered to be awful queries, publicly humiliating their potential clients.

What's truly so astounding about this author's ever - increasing catalog of titles is his ability to not only poke fun at a topic, but also to be standing at the ready with a new title the moment it makes for a good headline.

There's a total of seven of relatively small sections of the game that have been censored, but to the developer's credit they've rolled with the punches by including blue screens giving a brief rundown of what's going on and poking a bit of fun at the whole situation.

Every game in the franchise pours its silly little heart out to showcase our favorite heroines, poke fun at gaming as a whole, and give us, the fans, more or less exactly what we want - though I'm fairly sure that no one asked for the travesty that was Producing Perfection.

The game appreciates that its stopping you from doing exactly what Trunks did in an entire season of story, and pokes fun at this numerous times, something I really appreciated (and not just because I was a diehard Trunks fangirl)

Designed by the French - American artist Marcel Duchamp as an elaborate prank poking fun at the American avant - garde, the work established a precedent that forever redefined what constitutes a work of art.

It could be that Lewis was poking fun at someone in his community, a bit past her prime, dreaming of love, but the artist also allows us to witness a person experiencing an inner event and in trying to understand her inner state we can see the possibilities and limitations for shared experiences — what do we do, exactly, when we want to understand how another is feeling?

Barnett Newman famously observed that «Sculpture is what you bump into when you back up to see a painting,» poking fun at sculpture's secondary status in the eyes of many art lovers.

What's fun about it, is not just the way President Trump frames the missive and pokes a jab at the Paris Accord, but the reactions to it.

What began as a little joke poking fun at the cryptocurrency craze has evolved into one of the top digital coins on the market today.

What began as a joke poking fun at people going crazy over new digital coins, quickly became a serious currency.

But hopefully having picked a few out and poked fun at them, the next time you see one you will adopt a wry smile, look knowingly at the person or text using it, and see beyond the cliché to the important points of what they are saying.