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# Funny Markov Chains

**repo:** [sublimino/awesome-funny-markov](https://github.com/sublimino/awesome-funny-markov)  
**category:** [[miscellaneous|Miscellaneous]]
**related:** [[machine-learning|Machine Learning]]

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# Awesome Funny Markov Chains [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)

A facetiously curated list of delightfully amusing Markov chain output, inspired by [memorylessness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorylessness).

If you want to [contribute](https://github.com/sublimino/awesome-funny-markov/blob/master/contributing.md) to this list (please do), send a pull request or contact me [@sublimino](https://twitter.com/sublimino).

Looking for more information on Markov Chains? Try [Awesome Machine Learning](https://github.com/josephmisiti/awesome-machine-learning).

## Table of Contents

- [Web and Tech](#web-and-tech)
- [Twitter](#twitter)
- [Media](#media)
- [Tools](#tools)
- [A history of funny Markov chains](#a-history-of-funny-markov-chains)
- [Sober applications](#sober-applications)

## Web and Tech

- [Headline Smasher](http://www.headlinesmasher.com/best/all) - Fake headlines created by smashing up real headlines.
- [Subreddit Simulator](https://www.reddit.com/r/subredditsimulator) - The most confusing subreddit (often on the front page).
- [Alternative Hacker News](https://news.ycombniator.com/) - Hacker News dataset eats itself.
- [Phaker News](http://namuol.[github](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/github).io/phaker-news/) - Another spin on Hacker News.
- [Cybersauce [Broadcasting](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/broadcasting) Corporation](http://www.x11r5.com/radio/) - A computer generated and dictated podcast.
- [Java! Real or Not?](http://java.metagno.me/) - Guess the Spring Framework class name.
- [Your Swimsuit Jumped Over Its Own Weathercock, You Liar!](https://patchydollgames.itch.io/yourswimsuit) - A dating sim about the futility of dating sims.
- [The Doom That Came to Puppet](http://thedoomthatcametopuppet.tumblr.com/) - Mutations on Puppet documentation and the assorted works of H. P. Lovecraft.
- [King James Programming](http://kingjamesprogramming.tumblr.com/) - Combined King James Bible, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, and some of Eric S. Raymond's writings.
- [Git man page Generator](http://git-man-page-generator.lokaltog.net/) - Suspiciously believeable (but incorrect) Git documentation.
- [Jon Skeet bot](https://stackoverflow.blog/2018/01/15/thanks-million-jon-skeet/) - Stack Overflow's homage to their greatest ever user, Jon Skeet.
- [StackExchange Simulator](https://se-simulator.lw1.at/) - Random question and [answers](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/answers) based on the StackOverflow/StackExchange data dumps.
- [4chan Text Generator](https://github.com/02sh/4chanMarkovText) - With sample inputs for /biz/ /pol/ /b/ /fit/ (NSFW).

## Twitter

- [@erowidrecruiter](https://twitter.com/erowidrecruiter) - Erowid trip reports and tech recruiter [emails](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/front-end-development/emails).
- [@TwoHeadlines](https://twitter.com/TwoHeadlines) - Takes two headlines about different things and then confuses them.
- [@SarowidPalinUSA](https://twitter.com/SarowidPalinUSA) - Sarah Palin speeches and Erowid trip reports.
- [@twatterhose](https://twitter.com/twatterhose) - A mashup of the Twitter public timeline.
- [@redditron](https://twitter.com/redditron) - Reddit comments.
- [@markovmtg](https://twitter.com/markovmtg) - [Magic] Markov the Gathering.
- [@HNTitles](https://twitter.com/HNTitles) - HN Titles.
- [@BeerSnobSays](https://twitter.com/BeerSnobSays) - Drunk tweeting nonsensical beer reviews.
- [@icowid](https://twitter.com/icowid) - a markov bot trained on erowid trip reports and ICO whitepapers.
- [@hipsterwid](https://twitter.com/hipsterwid) - An hipster bot trained on Erowid trip reports and Pitchfork's album reviews.

## Media

- [Calvin and Markov](http://joshmillard.com/markov/calvin/) - Calvin and Hobbes strips reimagined.
- [Garkov](http://joshmillard.com/garkov/) - Transcripts of old Garfield strips.
- [The Big Markovski](http://joshmillard.com/markov/lebowski/) - The Big Lebowski.
- [Jesus Markoving Christ](http://joshmillard.com/markov/christ/) - An incoherent savior for an incoherent age.
- [XKCD](https://xkcd.com/210/) - 90's Flowchart.
- [Markov Bible](https://web.archive.org/web/20081224025955/http://www.markovbible.com/) - The whole book (archive.org).
- [Automatic Donald Trump](https://filiph.[github](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/github).io/markov/) - Donald Trump's smart keyboard.
- [Insta-Trump](http://trump.frost.works/) - create a mathematically generated Trump speech.

## Tools

- [That Can Be My Next Tweet](http://yes.thatcan.be/my/next/tweet/) - Generates your future tweets based on the DNA of your existing messages.
- [Mark V. Shaney at Your Service](http://www.yisongyue.com/shaney/) - Interactie Markov examples.
- [foswig.js](http://mrsharpoblunto.[github](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/github).io/foswig.js/) - Generate [awesome](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/miscellaneous/awesome) [Javascript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) project names from the popular [JavaScript](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/programming-languages/javascript) library names on [GitHub](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/development-environment/github).
- [Benedict Cumberbatch Name Generator](http://benedictcumberbatchgenerator.tumblr.com/) - Permutations on the gentleman's names.
- [Reimagined Yo Mama](https://github.com/Trshant/reimagined-yomama) - yo mama jokes using markov chains (code only).

## A history of funny Markov chains

- ["I Spent an Interesting Evening Recently with a Grain of Salt"](https://web.archive.org/web/20011101013348/http://www.sincity.com/penn-n-teller/pcc/shaney.html) - The Original Prank (archive.org).
- [Mark V. Shaney's Website](https://web.archive.org/web/19970418070034/http://softway.com.au/people/mvs/) - Mark V. Shaney's finest hours (archive.org).
- [Fun With Markov Chains](http://www.eblong.com/zarf/markov/) - Featuring "Alice in Elsinore: The Alice books and Hamlet", and "The Revelation of St. Alice: The Alice books, and the books of Genesis and Revelation".

## Sober applications

- [PageRank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank?oldformat=true#Damping_factor) - Google is built on Markov Chains.
- [Digital [Music](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/music) Programming](http://peabody.sapp.org/class/dmp2/lab/markov1/) - MIDI Markov [music](/@harrisonqian/awesome/wiki/media/music).
- [A visual explanation of Markov chains](http://setosa.io/blog/2014/07/26/markov-chains/) - A useful guide to Markov chains by Victor Powell.

## License

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