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Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person Without Actually ImprovingYourself [Hardcover]

Amir Blumenfeld (Author)
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March 22, 2007
The ultimate guide to faking it through the real world! Now the people who bring you the Web’s most popular humor site teach you how to live the good life (or at least look like you do).

With annual revenues surpassing $6 million and an astonishing 10 million unique visitors a month, CollegeHumor.com ranks within the top six hundred Web sites worldwide. Now, in a follow-up to their recently launched The CollegeHumor Guide to College, these cheeky alumni offer real-world novices a guide to getting ahead—without getting out of bed before noon.

In Faking It readers will learn how to bluff their way through on-the-job conversations, woo cute art students with the compelling use of the term “postmodern,” and feign a deep appreciation of Neruda. The CollegeHumor team of experts provides everything required to pull off an outstanding social life, including appearing to have cultural knowledge beyond references gleaned from The Simpsons. The sexual, financial, and social arenas have never been more competitive, so it can’t hurt to act like you understand classical music, even if you prefer light beer to light opera.

Published just in time for graduation, Faking It is the poseur’s bible, but with less religious overtones than the real bible—and more pointers on conspicuously carrying an NPR tote bag.



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A humorous guide on how to bluff one's way through life. -- Entertainment Weekly

An especially insightful self-help book. -- Penthouse

In four short years, the friends who run CollegeHumor.com . . . have become the arbiters of comedy for their generation. -- The New York Sun

About the Author

All three CollegeHumor.com writers work in New York City: Amir Blumenfeld, a UC- Berkeley graduate and comedy writer; Ethan Trex, a SportsIllustrated.com featured columnist who is currently working toward a Ph.D. in economics from Wharton; and Neel Shah, a Dartmouth grad who contributes to Gawker.com and The New York Observer.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Dutton; 1st edition (March 22, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0525949917
  • ISBN-13: 978-0525949916
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #872,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, July 31, 2007
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While the book is titled and themed around 'Faking It', you will come to realize that if you try these things, you will unwittingly improve yourself over time. There was a ton of good advice geared towards young adults coming out of college and in their early 20s, and also had a great mix of humor in with it. Basically it is a great self-improvement book that keeps you intensely interested beginning to end by offering out true advice mixed in with incredibly humorous sarcastic side notes.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, January 6, 2009
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.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Life's Easy Little Shortcuts, April 7, 2007
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A very funny book full of great advice for guys on how to seem just a little bit better than you actually are. Topics range from the practical, ordering wine and throwing a cocktail party with minimal effort, to the extreme, making up jail stories and doing drugs while looking respectable. The book can be read in an afternoon or can be used as a reference guide.
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Before you start reading this book, take a moment and think about the person you would like to be. Read the first page
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fat friend, takeaway point, fake your way
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