haha waht this happens all the time!
does anyone actually have recurring dreams where good shit happens tho? mine are just the 'back at school or old job wtf this isn't cool but i'm too baffled by how this has happened to protest' ilk
― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Dreams are different all the time.
Yeah. Tell that to the many people who have ever worked in radio and have recurring dreams of screwing everything up. There's a whole Facebook page devoted to it.
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2350714789&topic=8594
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
doesn't mean he always dreams he's a viking, but there's a chance he will and it's such an awesome dream that the possibility of it occuring again excites him.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
at this point there are really only two options to resolve this discussion:* attempt to marshal our resources and get a definitive answer from an authoritative source (ie a writer or producer of this episode)* marvel at the fact that this is a joke that can be seen from two different perspectives, both of which are funny, like the picture of the old ugly lady that is also a picture of a young hot lady, and just sit and think about how wonderful and amazing that is
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
we could also continue fake-having this argument just to lol at the people who genuinely find it irritating
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
When I was a kid I frequently had a recurring dream where I had to fight sapient refrigerators and ovens in a giant, glowing pyramid that had pterodactyls flying over it.
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:18 (fourteen years ago) link
did you draw a comic about this?
― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
because that would be so incredible
Maybe I should...it would have to be in color, though.
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
waiting for granny dainger to come along and tell me that picture is CLEARLY ONLY of an old crone and if I see a young hot lady I must be some kind of IDIOT DOUCHEBAG
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:20 (fourteen years ago) link
abbott i'd be willing to provide colour from my extensive post-production suite
― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
nah you're an idiot douchebag no matter what sorry
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:22 (fourteen years ago) link
are there any other instances in books, films, etc. where people use "viking" in place of "excels"
― am0n, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
the optical illusion analogy is kinda weak though cause that's designed to be dually interpretable whereas ralph literally meant he was a viking in his dreams and people just mistakenly misinterpreted him, it's no big whoop though just a simple misunderstanding
― iiiijjjj, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
pre-ralph i mean
I have been calling my .xls files "viking spreadsheets" for years.
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:24 (fourteen years ago) link
lol Abbott
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:25 (fourteen years ago) link
jaymc yesterday
http://lib.lbcc.edu/handouts/images/Vikings/vikings3.jpg
― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
So how come MILLIONS of people apparently watched this episode and took away this reading?
i've been asking around since i saw this thread and *everyone* has assumed that Ralph was dreaming about being a viking. they also now know i spend my time debating these things online instead of just watching porn like most civilized people.
jesus xposts!
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
itt a strange RALPH asks if you saw the VIKING on that one.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
well you just operate on a higher plane of consciousness than the general population then
I am the general population! This is the default, obvious reading of this joke! You "dream" believers are maniacs clinging to an unsustainable, over-stretched, non-joke.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:29 (fourteen years ago) link
jesus. we all fucking need this:http://www.geekologie.com/2009/04/21/thor.gif
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
are vikings viking at being vikings
― am0n, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Wowwww that THor gif is fantastic./
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Ralph idl (in dream life):http://meuk.ouweouwe.nl/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/viking.gif
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I am the general population! This is the default, obvious reading of this joke!
This is kind of like saying that viewing this as a gaping mouth with 3 top teeth and 4 bottom teeth is the obvious, default reading of this image:
http://www.orgs.bucknell.edu/res_halls/RTK/KRSS/KG_K1/images/batman-logo-large-view.gif
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:35 (fourteen years ago) link
like... yes I see how can view it that way but I seriously doubt that was what was intended
to me, you "dreamers" are the bat-tooth-see-ers.
― Doctor Casino, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Come on, that's a bit of a challops, surely.
― Sundar, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
smh
(xp)
― Nom Nom Nom Chomsky (WmC), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8sVAY2TlYo
― stars on ?boardid=45 (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Someone wake me when this is over.
― Aimless, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Tuesday, April 27, 2010 1:18 PM (31 minutes ago) Bookmark
you too???
I like the resource-pooling idea. I'd like to get a solid resolution to this.
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm Ann Reinking! (Stevie D), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I seriously never understood it was a bat until the 2nd movie came out.
― franny glass, Tuesday, 27 April 2010 18:00 (fourteen years ago) link
guys this is INCREDIBLE
but seriously: can ANYONE name any example other than the buffy one of the word viking being used to mean anything other than 'I am probably muscly and wear a hat with horns'???
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Uh, even on "Buffy" that's probably what it meant. Remember, Anya consorted with actual Vikings once upon a time.
― Obama, Wellstone and Darwinfish, Attorneys (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I never saw the show so my only Anya reference is the ANTM contestant.. :)
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
I, on the other hand, am a nerd.
― Obama, Wellstone and Darwinfish, Attorneys (Pancakes Hackman), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:07 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/blink/2008/03/14/anya_antm.jpg
"in the sack, he is very much of a Viking"
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:10 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm a Lostafarian. (xp)
LOL!
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Tuesday, 27 April 2010 19:11 (fourteen years ago) link
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 3:01 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark
can anyone name one example of someone saying "tastes like...burning!" before that simpsons episode
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
What confuses me even more than people defaulting to option A are the ones that truly, honestly CANNOT FATHOM how ANYONE could POSSIBLY consider option A to be valid.
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm Ann Reinking! (Stevie D), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:06 (fourteen years ago) link
xp
the fact that ralph can't make simple grammatically correct phrases "tastes like...burning" / "that's unpossible" etc. is probably a good sign that he's not going to be creating complicated metaphors
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I still don't get why you guys are arguing that ralph is /intending/ to create a complicated metaphor.
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
because that's what the bizarro interpretation depends on?
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:14 (fourteen years ago) link
people create silly 'complicated' metaphors all the time through misusing language - how is babee formed - doesn't mean that they did so intentionally
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:17 (fourteen years ago) link
you guys are also not looking at the screencaps - he looks so sad!
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:18 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu92/damien_stone/wargames.jpg
― dipset infiltrator (zvookster), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:21 (fourteen years ago) link
ralph doesn't recognize the nature of dreaming, he just thinks he's a viking when he goes to sleep because he previously had a dream or series of dreams in which he was a viking. the joke is character-based. ralph doesn't have the self-consciousness necessary for assessing his performance in any field. he's "sad" because he ate a worm, plus he now hasn't got a worm.
― dipset infiltrator (zvookster), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
i hate myself
― dipset infiltrator (zvookster), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link