xpost that I'll ride with. not people making fun of him in a condescending fashion.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"Don't Tase Me Bro"
how can you not love "Don't Tase Me Bro"
― shake that ˁxᴥxˀ (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
my gf thinks that vid is the funniest thing ever. not sure if i can date a racist tho, now that you point that out.
xposts
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't think people who find it funny are 'racist' as I hate to slap that label on anybody. the acquaintances I know are definitely misguided though.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really enjoy watching people get tased, I guess!
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:43 (thirteen years ago) link
I did however like the pants on the gruond guy (Larry Platt) tho. but that surprisingly got tired way faster than I expected. even the facebook group isn't posting on topic anymore.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
how was that not tired like 3 nanoseconds after dude's first appearance
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
can't something just be funny, ffs? we (or at least i) found it funny because you just don't see that kind of thing on the news. they let him go on and on and then cut to this straight-faced newscaster talking in her nicest news-voice. i never thought of it as laughing "at" him or at his "accent".
― oreo speed wiggum (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i nominate facebook.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
however this cracks me the fuck up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cZ7OT7BmM8
― people are for loving (HI DERE), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess it's really TV but also nominate the tribunal of humiliation brand of TV contests.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
xxxpost I'm not standing on a soapbox talking about everybody who likes this Youtube video - that wouldn't be fair. I'm talking about specific people I know, and who have left comments on their Facebook posts clearly indicating why they found it funny, which I found to be somewhat condescending in those cases. I wouldn't suspect your wife or you (whom I don't personally know) of any such biases.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
are these specific dudes frequent condescenders? i've noticed a cultural shift where people are more cavalier nowadays about throwing around condescension (for which i blame facebook)
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link
people are more cavalier about a lot of things on facebook, which is why I trim friends lists monthly.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
You sound like a guilty whitey who has only white friends.
― thirdalternative, Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:11 (thirteen years ago) link
super helpful post there thirdalternative, I can see that you're a man who values reasoned discourse
― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol, only white friends. my best friend is a 6'4 black male.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Clearly you are a heightist.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno why I thought the height was relevant there xpost DAMMIT lol
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
those sub-6 footers with their 'special vehicles' and clothing stores
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:16 (thirteen years ago) link
The thing corey posted above, an example of "YouTube Poop," can often send me into hysterical laughter. This one, for example, is funny every time I watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCr-l9naPmE
― a mix of music (Lionel Ritchie) and kicks (my tongue) (Phil D.), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
well this one is new to me -- I've seen the "YouTube Poop" vids before but avoided em as I awsn't sure what they were with the vague title. KOTH example a little overlong but made me laugh
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Tuesday, 10 August 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link
antoine dodson seems like a pretty awesome dude
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Just saw Double Rainbow for the 1st time. I get it, it's a guy on drugs flipping out, but how it warrants 10 million views is something I don't get. This should really only be popular with Adult Swim potheads or something.
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvbL_5rH1QQ
This guy right here is transcendent though. Easily my favorite TV show since, I don't know, Sifl & Olly. Surreal and inspirational. I emailed him 3 times trying to get him to sell me a DVD of original broadcasts but he can't because it was on public TV.
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Double Rainbow is the sort of thing that seems like a real treasure when it has 1000 YouTube hits but not so special when it has 3 million. Common hipster complaint, I know.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Some things definitely cross that line and become 'viral' and suddenly it shows up at the end of the Channel 2 news. It places it in a new context, one that carries all this mainstream baggage with it. You think how are people making money off this, how many people are saying they like it just to seem hip, how many weak parodies are degrading the unique value of the original...
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm just glad nobody I know is into that All Our Base Are Belong to Us fad anymore
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:51 (thirteen years ago) link
all your blase are belong to us
― caek boss (latebloomer), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:52 (thirteen years ago) link
All Your Bass Are Belong to Us, produced by DJ Magic Mike
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i much prefer 'for great justice' over 'for the win'i mean justice is surely more important than vanquishing your enemies?
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
That scene from Zero Wing is pretty great. Not so into the rest of it.
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:51 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRzBVv2CSE0
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I knew you would link that. (I also remember when I first told you about it.)
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe this was already mentioned, but i guess this was a "thing"?
http://www.xomba.com/girl_quitting_job_dryerase_board_confirmed_hoax_jenny_elyse_porterfield
really boring.
― ('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 17:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Agreed, plus you kind of have to wonder about the popularity of quitting your job memes in the midst of a recession with high unemployment. For many of us it'd be nice to have a job in the first place...
― Beach Pomade (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
It's true, but one thing that is shittier than having a bad job is having a bad job in a shitty economy. Because if you complain you're an asshole, but your job sucks just as much (if not more).
― no gut busting joke can change history (polyphonic), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^^ I hate that the right to complain about one's job has been tempered in some quarters by the unemployment rate. Certainly, sensitivity is important -- I'm not likely to go spouting off at the mouth about how much I hate my job around friends of mine who just lost theirs.
But it gets a little tiring to hear the fourth person go "well at least you have a job". So that means I should just accept the working conditions and shut up, right? On the one hand it did cause me to reflect on what is truly important to complain about, but when there are serious issues that need addressing, it's not dickish to complain about them.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
the other thing that bugs me is the reply "well why don't you do something about it instead of whining about it". I'm not someone who sits idly by while stuff sucks, I've not only gotten things changed due to my persistence, but I always am very "in your face" with management on issues, while maintaining a professional tone. At the point I'm bitching about it, often it means I've tried and failed and am finally giving up.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Wednesday, 11 August 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link
hrm replace "in your face" with "up front"
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