even allowing that it's 2010, just... what
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 August 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Fred is just garden variety "that guy has a lot of energy and a funny voice" kid humor.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
the autotuned double rainbow song is pretty catchy.
― peacocks, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
how can that possibly be incredibly popular tho, it's super-WoW-y
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
except nothing is even happening, it's just a dude sitting in front of a camera
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 August 2010 20:16 (thirteen years ago) link
omg I'd forgotten how irritating Fred is
he autotuned double rainbow song is pretty catchy.
My friends and I requested it at a club a couple of weekends ago. The DJ didn't have internet access. ;_;
― thanks for the feedback (supra) (Phil D.), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't know much about WoW but I know internet abbreviations and the Muppets, and I imagine that is enough for a million hits right there.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, August 9, 2010 4:15 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
to me, this is an explanation of why it should NOT be super popular
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 August 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
There are a lot of kids out there.
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, August 9, 2010 4:16 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark
WoW is incredibly popular
― dyao, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't look back on anything I liked as a kid and see it as like my generation's Fred
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess it's like the kid version of a Tim And Eric sketch? Or Tom Green?
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
well, it's something that would've been on all that
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 August 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
in fact i would be surprised if all that didn't have a "dude talks in a helium voice" character
― J0rdan S., Monday, 9 August 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
DM, ZG, UBRS, MC etc are completely specific to WoW (they're abbreviations for dungeons that no one has gone to in like 3.5 years since the expansion packs made them irrelevant).
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
O_O
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, exactly
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I think you could draw a line from Fred to Woody Woodpecker if you really tried.
(Note: Fred is the fucking worst, don't get me wrong here.)
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
well you could, but why would you want to
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
I love lines. :(
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:23 (thirteen years ago) link
omg I'd forgotten how irritating Fred is― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, August 9, 2010 3:16 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, August 9, 2010 3:16 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
this was the most irritating thing i have ever seen
― pies. (gbx), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd only seen Fred on an episode of iCarly that I was watching with my niece. I had no idea he was a real thing until later.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
does Fred have a Dyson?
― sarahel, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Fred will be a movie soon, if you didn't already know:
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=64509
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:27 (thirteen years ago) link
okay that's it, shut down the country; we've failed
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
First time someone mentioned Fred I thought they meant that green dude who stands around holding a beer can while watching virtual people having sex + refuses to leave when they tell him to. (Don't know the name or even the game, but it's probably second life)
― StanM, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Ralph Pootawn, it appears.
― StanM, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
some nickelodeon show based an entire dreadful episode around fred iirc
― seger ros (crüt), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I am a big Ralph Pootawn fan fwiw
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link
saw this thread, came to post "internet sensation fred," saw it was in whiney's lead post.
i do not get "internet sensation fred" at all.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 9 August 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Ok, he's an instant classic.
http://ralphplsgo.com
― StanM, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
just fyi these is still the funniest WoW internet humor thing I've seen:
http://ia310809.us.archive.org/3/items/Shoe-tosserGuyGif1/iraqimage001.gif
http://www.gamerdna.com/uimage/CqoIrO5/full/wow-lotr-328x180-gif.gif
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm pleasantly reassured by how annoying Fred is. I always assumed that with all the noisy, obscene music I've listened to in my life, there would be nothing my child's generation could come up with that would actually offend me. Fred gives me new hope. Adults are supposed to hate kid/teenager stuff, it's not weird for a bunch of internet dudes in their 20s/30s to not get videos created by a 16-year-old to entertain 12-year-olds.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Hipster Puppies
― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 9 August 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ was waiting
― dyao, Monday, 9 August 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
For some reason Fred reminds me of a much more irritating version of this sort of thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocBO0fr1Ui4
― turtles all the way down (mh), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Seriously though, come on now. xp
― ô_o (Nicole), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:03 (thirteen years ago) link
you seriously don't understand Hipster Puppies?
― sarahel, Monday, 9 August 2010 21:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the idea is (or has become) that you don't understand their popularity?
― Max's Western Values Store (elephant rob), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
I can understand hipsterpuppies but I can also understand how someone wouldn't understand hipsterpuppies, like someone who didn't know or care about what hipsters were
― iatee, Monday, 9 August 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
which is a decent % of the internet
can we just blanket state "extreme grossout videos" here? like all of the seriously deranged deviant sex stuff like 2g1c and death/dismemberment videos and the like
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:07 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― elephant rob, Monday, 9 August 2010 21:09 (thirteen years ago) link
add in shit like rotten.com and The Stile Report to that list btw
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
How do you feel about horror movies, Mr. DERE?
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, but those have like narratives and stuff
― elephant rob, Monday, 9 August 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
not a fan, but at least those aren't real
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
How do you feel about wall-o-ginas?
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
they are great, especially stealth walloginas
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Monday, 9 August 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
hrm replace "in your face" with "up front"
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i've always been a little suspicious of workplaces where everyone claims to be happy though, e.g. zappos, southwest
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
that is because they are cults
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:29 (thirteen years ago) link
@Philip -- in my Intro to Speech class freshman year of college, this girl did not one, not two, but THREE speeches on working at Disney.First speech was an introductory speech, where she described the "amazing" experience and what it meant to her. Second was an informational speech, where she gave information on working there. And the third was a persuasive speech where she told us all why we should work there.
It was downright scary how obsessed she was with it. I'm glad I live nowhere near there now.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
that's incredibly hilarious considering that every account I've heard related to working at Disney equates the experience to working in a sweatshop
I assume this girl wasn't performing?
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, guys if you have a job, that's totally cool, no ill will towards yall. I know that especially the past few years the people that have been able to stay employed have gotten a shitty deal, having to do extra work with little extra rewards, and actually being afraid of asking for props for that extra work they are undertaking. But workers, comrades, let us not fight amongst ourselves!!
I was trying to explain why that meme didn't interest me. Biggest offense was it seemed too twee or blatantly marketing school-viral. 33 separate dry erase board photos? seems like a cell phone commercial from 2003.
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost No, she was working in one of the gift shops, as a trainer. Nowhere in there does that sound like a recipe for awesome.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry Adam, none of that was directed at you -- it was just a tangent I launched on.
I kind of like that quitting your job has turned into a weird folk-art along the lines of wacky marriage proposals, which makes its use as viral marketing extra offensive.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I think ILX needs to colloborate on a viral marketing campaign -- one idea, one item, for 2010
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
http://beta.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tf20x/Beckii_Schoolgirl_Superstar_at_14/
― cozen, Friday, 13 August 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I have heard the same thing.
― ô_o (Nicole), Friday, 13 August 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
I have no idea if this is incredibly popular or not, but I dunno where else to put it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1c2KzJbcGA
― glitter hands! glitter hands! razzle! dazzle! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 13 August 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL. I actually saw Leslie Hall live about 5 years ago. It was amazing but mostly in a "What the fuck is going on here?!" kind of way.
― o sh!t a ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ (ENBB), Saturday, 14 August 2010 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
seriously, can someone explain why the double rainbow thing is "funny" or "interesting" or anything other than mildly dumb and irritating but not anywhere near the degree requisite for memedom?
If you think there's some degree of quality or funny or... whatever... requisite for memedom, you are WAY behind the curve. Those things have nothing to do with memedom. Rarely even anything to say to it. They're really awkward at parties.
― kenan, Saturday, 14 August 2010 04:33 (thirteen years ago) link
My own theory about double rainbow is that it actually IS pretty damn awesome, but dude can't keep it in check. So it's like, you had me, then you lost your shit. And that's funny.
― kenan, Saturday, 14 August 2010 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
so fred is basically 14-year-old andy samberg with a chipmunk filter on his voice? idk i was expecting worse.
― it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Saturday, 14 August 2010 05:47 (thirteen years ago) link
antoine dodson auto-tune the news vid was just a story on ch4 news
― hopa dreams (cozen), Sunday, 15 August 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 existence
― markers, Sunday, 15 August 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't get the star wars prequel commentary shit that has been posted elsewhere on here, mainly b/c i can't get past the dude's voice and his jokes aren't funny
― ('_') (omar little), Sunday, 15 August 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, but those movies are so bad they deserve to have all the reasons pointed out as much as possible. It's great to see that clip of Sir Alec Guinness wistfully talking about how Anakin was the best star fighter pilot in the galaxy, cunning warrior, and a good friend, then have it cut to them bitching at each other in Ep 3. Or Yoda speaking wisdom about the mystery & power of the force from Empire, intercut with Ep 3 footage of him jumping around w a lightsaber like a mindless videogame character. The side-by-side starting at 5:00 in below really nails how GL turned a modern myth into a lifeless, busy-looking piece of merchandise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0wv2ossJU
Really agree w you tho, this series could have been 5 parts long w/o all that faux horror movie BS.
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean Ep 2.
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:14 (thirteen years ago) link
ya but if u wade thru the annoying voice and stuff (which actually kinda gets funny thru repetition) his analysis is pretty effing great
― the disappearance of apollo creed (s1ocki), Monday, 16 August 2010 06:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i like how the criticisms arent fanboyish 'u ruined my childhood' stuff at all, or 'jar jar sucks,' they're just like, how does this story make any sense at all
― the disappearance of apollo creed (s1ocki), Monday, 16 August 2010 06:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Agreed. Great analysis, lame comedy.
But the comedy breaks up the pacing a bit for people who don't want to sit through a sixty-minute video review of a movie from over a decade ago.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 16 August 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I suspect if you removed the horror bits, not only the pacing would suffer but the analysis would seem dumb, too.there's a fine line between "no duh" and "on the money" and the horror bits lower your critical bars."This is pretty astute analysis for a horror-comedy character"vs."This dude is not saying anything that isn't blatantly obvious to anyone who has seen the movies"
I guess there is one way to find out -- has anyone made a phantom edit of this guy's reviews subtracting the horrorcom stuff?
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 16 August 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
You would have to re-record the audio.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Monday, 16 August 2010 18:42 (thirteen years ago) link
and kill yourself after
― the disappearance of apollo creed (s1ocki), Tuesday, 17 August 2010 03:17 (thirteen years ago) link
My kids sing this in the car until I cry.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtN1YnoL46Q
― Duncan Donuts (Ned Trifle II), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I understand this shit, holy shit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8CtWUY7nvghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQZj5jT0qfU
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 18 August 2010 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Adam: http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=41&threadid=59934
:)
― markers, Wednesday, 18 August 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ey2yJutg1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Thursday, 19 August 2010 19:01 (thirteen years ago) link
hahahaha
― markers, Thursday, 19 August 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://hipsterhitler.com
― James Mitchell, Sunday, 29 August 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link