ya i think it sort of speaks to the uneasiness in our culture that we have about close male relationships that the "homo-erotic" modifier gets appended to describe that kind of friendship
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:50 (thirteen years ago) link
they hold hands which is p gay
― purblind snowcock splattered (a hoy hoy), Sunday, 5 December 2010 23:54 (thirteen years ago) link
they should totally make an episode where Troy realizes he acts gay around Abed so Troy purposely avoids Abed and acts like a jerk when he does see him... (dot dot dot)
― ZOUNDS! (CaptainLorax), Monday, 6 December 2010 00:01 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, surely—if i were being more careful i would have said 'homosocial', and of course a lot of the in-show jokes are about it being misrecognized as (proto-)homo-erotic by others. (and of course, troy's got a thing for butt stuff.)
the stuff about childhood is good—and it's connected up with the contemporariness of the show (a culture of adolescents staring at fart videos on youtube instead of actually learning about human culture) and the romantic-artist-imagination-self-creation stuff that i mentioned above. the end-show bit with abed fooling troy with the wall mural was amazing—especially troy's sad closing repetition about not being taken in by the prospect of a return to childhood wonderland.
― j., Monday, 6 December 2010 00:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean TENT FORT
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 00:19 (thirteen years ago) link
<3
― j., Monday, 6 December 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
can't believe Abed is now on ILX
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 December 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
the end-show bit with abed fooling troy with the wall mural was amazing—especially troy's sad closing repetition about not being taken in by the prospect of a return to childhood wonderland.― j., Monday, December 6, 2010 12:08 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
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― 'The Road'(a hundred less-than signs)'Taken' (bernard snowy), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
omg the "TOOOOOOO YOU!" opening of the most recent ep was so good
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i have a different take on abed, which is that Community (and Dan Harmon specifically) recognizes that the two most popular modes of articulation atm are this kinda 'aspie' dialogue and this 'snarky' dialogue (obv living in different contexts; psychology v. popular culture) and that they are actually speaking in a similar disaffected/affectless voice. these two voices come together in abed who is simultaneously aspie (unable to fully grasp real emotional depth) and snarky (like in robocop snark episode or really any time where he seems very saavy). the concept being that both dialogues are actually one + the same; these modes of articulation that fail to address serious emotional lacunas. one reason Community speaks so strongly to me is that it's about creating these communities of support + family in light of absolute failure (and moreover, in this Hegelian twist, creating this communities in the very failed institutions that necessitate them). that's why plotlines like jeff sleeping in his car, or troy moving in with abed, or pierce, are so important -- this is a show literally about grappling with notions of domesticity + family in the broader experience of total failure (homelessness, unemployment, the very model of community college as institutions of higher education that fail the majority of its students). abed is then this almost liminal figure between the disaffected tone we take on in our experience of alienation from the community but also recreating that community within new models. (And then on a personal experience level we experience community in watching the show every week and posting about it and sharing it with friends so this very savvy piece of popular culture also becomes a way for us to create families, even as the institutions around us - government, education, economy, pop culture itself - fall to pieces.)
― Mordy, Monday, 6 December 2010 03:45 (thirteen years ago) link
jesus did society crumble in the time it took to read that post?
― ITT Deadliest Choads (some dude), Monday, 6 December 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
yes
― Mordy, Monday, 6 December 2010 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
"oh shit, i got really engrossed in a message board thread and looked up, and there was no more postal service"
― ITT Deadliest Choads (some dude), Monday, 6 December 2010 03:48 (thirteen years ago) link
it's cool dude we got owl city now.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Monday, 6 December 2010 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
it has begun!!
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:00 (thirteen years ago) link
sooooo psyched for this!!!
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:01 (thirteen years ago) link
here. we. go.
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
asterisk.
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
because I'm progressive and kick ass
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:10 (thirteen years ago) link
cookies.
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:11 (thirteen years ago) link
if only he could find the power to not be a smug douche
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:12 (thirteen years ago) link
bjork
― JIMMY MOD THE SACK MASTER (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:18 (thirteen years ago) link
this is really something else
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:19 (thirteen years ago) link
That turned out to really be sweet.
― Lightning Is For Babies (Johnny Fever), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link
This was the best show that was ever on TV ever in the history of TV.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link
it was pretty awesome. not my fave ep of the season, but def one of the best christmas television episodes i've ever seen
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 01:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't lol very much but I still enjoyed it. and the ending was nice
― unemployed aerosmith fans I have shoved (bernard snowy), Friday, 10 December 2010 02:10 (thirteen years ago) link
also Mordy I like yr thesis about the snark/aspie overlap — it's something that used to weird me out when I first started watching the show and didn't really 'get' Abed's character
― unemployed aerosmith fans I have shoved (bernard snowy), Friday, 10 December 2010 02:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Lost DVD joke was hilarious and also legitimately cathartic.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Friday, 10 December 2010 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow that was genuinely moving. Love this show SO much
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 06:25 (thirteen years ago) link
This ep made me realize how sick I am of Christmas culture in general.
― Simon H., Friday, 10 December 2010 07:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I believe the phrase you're looking for is, ahem, "BAH HUMBUG"
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 07:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah pretty much.
― Simon H., Friday, 10 December 2010 08:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Christmas Pterodactyl
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 10 December 2010 09:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Just noticed that, right after "The End" on the TV they're watching, you can see the non-stop-motion cast in the reflection of the screen.
― Son of Sisyphus of Reaganing (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 10 December 2010 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Friday, 10 December 2010 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Such a great, and sweet, episode.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
My favorite bit was probably when John Oliver skated backwards on one foot out of the Cave of Frozen Memories, such a nice touch.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
agree that it didn't really bring the lulz but was very well made and entertaining
― http://www.ilxor.com/glyloop.mp3 (Aerosol), Friday, 10 December 2010 15:44 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked the songs!
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought this was kinda wack guys, sorry.
― irish xmas caek, get that marzipan inta ya (a hoy hoy), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
>:(
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
i did too^^^. I was disappointed.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Nice to find out which ilxors lack hearts.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought it was touching and all...but....
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah yeah, take it to the "Bah Humbug" thread :)
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
did i miss something, why did they want to kick abed out of school?
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
― http://www.ilxor.com/glyloop.mp3 (Aerosol), Friday, 10 December 2010 18:44 (thirteen years ago) link
slow sad Christmas song
― Trip Maker, Friday, 10 December 2010 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Bc of his psychotic break with reality xxp
― Mordy, Friday, 10 December 2010 19:50 (thirteen years ago) link