Oh boy, ILX! That's where I'm a viking!..?

srsly what did this thread start as i'm at work and i really wanna know

btw actually yes, actual leftists should always note that liberals condescend terrifically to the dumb ol' masses who just don't know what's good for them & have been doing so forever, this has been a problem with liberals since time immemorial & if you don't believe me, hasten thee to a couple of state central committee conventions - the only way you can miss this indisputable fact is if you are the knight errant for the democratic party, protecting their name from unfair besmirching far & wide

dude you know I'm the democrat-apologist not the 'liberal'-apologist. liberal's an empty pejorative term that can be used to describe you, me, both, or neither of us.

that's where I'm a liberal

do you guys have any opinions on your preferences for vietnamese food versus portugese food while you're at it

never had portugese food except for the portegese bread I bake ("broa" it's called), which is OK - unless my impression is wrong, portugese isn't the most vegetarian-interesting cuisines

iberal's an empty pejorative term that can be used to describe you, me, both, or neither of us

I really don't think it is - it's essentially the political equivalent of "hipster," i.e., if it's a phantom, it's one everybody's seen enough of to know that they want to avoid it

portuguese sardines are pretty awesome imo

also if you want to shift terms I'm just as comfortable saying "the Democratic party is incredibly condescending," which was true thirty years ago & has nothing to do with the president

xpost lol I have a line about portugese sardines in the chorus of a recent song

btw dyao you need to start an actually good thread to make up for this bullshit

hyao dyao can i ask politely that u change yr screen name

whiney haven't you done something similar to practically every other poster on the board including me?

lol does my pooping before showering thread not count, where do I stand in terms of ilx thread karma

whiney: 'hipster' :: j0hn: 'liberal'

dyao: 'viking'

whiney haven't you done something similar to practically every other poster on the board including me?

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sure, but i've been told ILX policy dictates we're allowed to ask politely, no questions asked

dyao you're not offering that thread as proof of ability to ask a decent question I hope

no prob whiney ;)

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I lol'd

I've no idea why this thread has 500+ answers, but I just wanted to say I've always thought it was the first option, because...

A) the way Ralph pronounces the sentence, and

B) a bullied little kid dreaming of being an actual Viking isn't much of a gag, but Ralph being a "Viking of sleep" is pretty funny.

If the second option would be true, it would be a rather bad joke.

a bad joke on THE SIMPSONS?!?!?!?!?!?!

At that point Simpsons still had good and clever jokes most of the time.

just wow, tuomas

dudes it's pretty bad when a Finnish dude who doesn't know how to use Google has a more nuanced understanding of the English language than you.

has the lex weighed in yet? pinefox too much to hope for.

can i get a list of all the option a people so i can shun them plz

lol i was just thinking that this thread really needed input from tuomas

dudes it's pretty bad when a Finnish dude who doesn't know how to use Google has a more nuanced understanding of the English language than you.

actually & I'd think you'd know this, that Tuomas favors that interpretation is kinda the nail in its coffin, ain't it

right, his understanding is obv more nuanced, rather than less complete.

obv

congratulations

B) a bullied little kid dreaming of being an actual Viking isn't much of a gag

HE IS DREAMING HE IS A CONQUERING WARRIOR BECAUSE IRL HE GETS CONQUERED BY THE WARRIOR BULLIES.

silly, ralph doesn't have a vengeful bone in his body.

guys

he's Tuomas

that's game set & match for your terrible senses of humor

results of other internet poll

"I dream I'm a viking" (171) 64.77%
"I'm a champion sleeper" (93) 35.23%

that is overcomplicating it, gd. vikings are just cool and exciting and that's why ralph likes being one in his dreams.

it figures that a scandinavian would just ASSUME that english speakers use the word 'viking' to mean 'good at something' (when really it's just a figure that only a semi-retarded american would dream about being)

man I am looking at 20 gifs of mj eating popcorn right now

http://local.yahoo.com/info-20281262-viking-excel-electric-llc-las-vegas

right, his understanding is obv more nuanced, rather than less complete.

I'm not saying I have a more nuanced understanding, but the way Ralph put emphasis on the words of the sentence made me immediately interpret the joke as "excelling in sleep". And my argument B doesn't really have to do with the English language (yes, I know "Viking" isn't a common metaphor in English, but Ralph uses the language in a rather idiosyncratic manner) rather than how Simpsons gags work.

HE IS DREAMING HE IS A CONQUERING WARRIOR BECAUSE IRL HE GETS CONQUERED BY THE WARRIOR BULLIES.

Yes, I get this, but the bullied becoming the bully in his dreams is still a rather dull and unimaginative joke, and I think at that point Simpsons were generally better than that. Now, if the episode had actually shown Ralph's dream after his line, and it would've been some surreal and Ralphesque interpretation of what being a Viking means, that would've been a typical Simpsons gag. But since all we got was that one line, I interpreted it as "Viking of sleep", because that's more like a Simpsons joke to me.

ur all disgusting vikings

uh oh ralph's having a fantasy

can a mod change the display name of everyone who has spoken in defense of option A to "I Stand With Tuomas"

http://computers-are.us/hairpull.gif

wait why did Vampire Weekend get pulled into this

vampire, that's where I'm a weekend

like is this actually a not-so-subtle attempt to coalesce every hot-button ILX topic into one gigantic clusterfuck thread? if so, lemme know and I will start flinging around opinions on MIA and yelling things out of car windows

please make this the new ile title

I've no idea why this thread has 500+ answers, but I just wanted to say...
-Tuomas

be my guest dan!

on the surface it's such an innocuous thread too

xp to dan