you voted for the 3rd option didn't you
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:24 (thirteen years ago) link
also I apologize for the clunkiness of the phrasing of the poll options grammar is obviously where I'm not a viking
can't believe we haven't had this one here but feel obligated to say you have to be stupid to think it's option A
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
:-{
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Ralph goes to sleep, he dreams that he is a viking. Why are we having a poll about this?
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
And uh seriously, is there anyone on this board who's not old enough to get the "bum is on your lips" reference?
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:29 (thirteen years ago) link
ageist
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
didn't vote yet, i await further socratic exposition and 'fukken vikings', and probably something to do with race, and the backlash against the nerd pathologies required to care about this shit, and all other intrigue to come itt
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
well we can proceed now that the obligatory 'anticipating patterned shitstorm' post has been already made
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
because, as difficult as you will find this to believe - but just wait - there are people who think "viking" means "totally badass at stuff," and that Ralph means "in the field of sleep, I excel to such an extent that I consider myself 'a viking at it'"
imo it boggles the fucking mind that there are people who think that "viking" means "really good at something," if one first conflates notions of brute strength with the ability to excel," and yet, here we are
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:32 (thirteen years ago) link
always wait until after the shitstorm to cast your vote
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
xp ^^ has obviously not watched a lot of pro sports
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
lol, least viking strategy at living
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean that might sort of make sense, but would Ralph be clever enough to employ such slang in that context? Or is he making up his own slang.... ohhhhh.....
wait dudes. shit just got real.
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
you're aware, right, that the Vikings of Minnesota are called that because of a preponderance of Swedes and Norwegians in the region
not because anybody older than 12, prior to this degraded age, thought that "viking" was shorthand for "exceptionally skilled at things"
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2230/1753116728_888a4b5027_o.jpg
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the vikings were after all a highly discursive people, and formed the oldest extant parliament in the world iirc, they could sublimate their disputatious nature like the best of them
this type of discussion would have been a familiar activity to the vikings
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
iirc the producers said that "viking" was an acronym of "vast, infinite-knowing intellectually natured German"
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I first watched this episode when I was 12 btw
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway I think the joke becomes much less funny when you take it literally than when you take it metaphorically I mean ralph is just the kind of chucklehead who you would expect to be proud that he excels at sleeping. and if ralph knew how to use english as a way to properly and accurately communicate his meaning well then you're just grievously misunderstanding the nature of ralph's character
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:42 (thirteen years ago) link
"hello super nintendo chalmers" WAIT DOES RALPH REALLY THINK SUPERINTENDANT CHALMERS IS IN ACTUALITY THE POPULAR SUCCESSOR OF A REVOLUTIONARY JAPANESE VIDEO GAME ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:43 (thirteen years ago) link
vikings wouldn't have liked nfl, they wd probably dismiss it as 'mere simulacrum'
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
True, but the idea of Ralph even using a metaphor is sort of beyond him, isn't it? Most of his humor seems to be awkwardly-phrased literal declarations.
Also did not mean to insult those who didn't get the bum bum reference; not saying you're dumb if you didn't get it, just saying that you were old enough to be around when it happened whether you saw it or not.
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:44 (thirteen years ago) link
WAIT DOES RALPH REALLY THINK
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
ageist xp
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://tv.boingboing.net/2007/10/25/simpsons-subgenius.html
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
never trust an author when they talk about their work. btw silverman wasn't even the writer for that episode
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
anyway I think the joke becomes much less funny when you take it literally than when you take it metaphorically I mean ralph is just the kind of chucklehead who you would expect to be proud that he excels at sleeping
no, because then the joke has to go through too many steps to get to the punchline: "that's where I'm a viking" -> "this person understands 'viking' to mean something other than what it means" -> back to character's original utterance to re-parse -> LOL? OTOH, "sleep, where I get to be a viking!" -> asleep on desk -> LOL
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I have never understood viking to mean anything other than 'being awesome at something'
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
CAPITAL ONE, WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET
multixp But I know how old you are-ish!! I am speaking to you!
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I get irrationally bummed about this because the "viking means badass!" explanation seems so exceptionally dumb to me, and the joke clearly isn't "lol ralph is so dumb he thinks viking means badass!" esp. since everybody who argues in favor of that interpretation always wants to argue that everybody secretly really believes "viking" and "badass" have been interchangeable since time immemorial
xpost right & I have never understood "water" to mean anything other than "beer" but when I ask for water at a restaurant I don't complain when they don't bring me beer, because I am WRONG
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I'M NOT AGEIST, ALL MY BEST FRIENDS HAVE AN AGE!
― piping hot dish and a cup of chat (Stevie D), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I had no idea this was a Great Debate until today.
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
if one first conflates notions of brute strength with the ability to excel
anyways this is a totally common notion when talking about any sport in general, RELEASE THE KRAKEN
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
j0hn iirc you are a boxing fan, you have never encountered a description where someone compares a boxer to some historical/literary figure known for their brute force as a way to express how good he is at boxing?
― dyªº (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
it's less a great debate than a completely unsupportable claim with a lot of people willing to stan for it
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
never heard viking used in this way fwiw
probably some american thing
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 02:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I understand having a hard time with interpreting expressions ('No news is good news') but this is just silly.
― Walter Melon (Abbott), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah dude all that's true but "sleep, where I am a viking, in the sense that vikings are really good at something, and that something is being strong, which here stands in for 'excellence in general,' so in the sense that vikings are good at being strong, I am a viking at sleep, in the sense that when vikings set out to demonstrate their strength, they excel," etc etc
I mean it's just so transparently obviously not what the joke means, but the internet means that you can find out just how many people think eg that barack obama was born in kenya & surprise, a bunch of people don't get a really obvious joke, too - not trying to be a total dick but that really does seem to me the level of willfully not-getting-it you need to torture "sleep, at which I am a badass in the sense that vikings are badass, i.e., they are strong" out of a really simple joke
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't take as many steps to get there btw as you are claiming: viking means badass -> I'm a badass at sleeping
― ⚡ You vike this. (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
really the fact that there have been countless threads on a galaxy of other message boards about this is just deeply, deeply amazing/distressing to me, j0hn otm
that being said, i kinda like the idea of sublimating viking into an adjective. tho i think it appeals to my baser, bro-ier tendencies
"dude did u see mike's backflip off the windlip, shit was ~viking~"
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Monday, 26 April 2010 03:01 (thirteen years ago) link
you do take as many steps - they're metaphorical, and you're ignoring the use of "where" - why "where" in the line? because ralph conceives of sleep as a place. ralph's character would be perfectly capable of saying "oh boy! I'm a viking at sleep" - it would actually save him words & be easier for him to see
anyway that's too many posts from me on what seems an incredibly obvious point that people just like to get into argts abt
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
wait why does it make sense to conceive of sleep as a place
― ⚡ You vike this. (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
later dudes, I'm going to visit sleep
the 'viking' as sports meme isn't only about power/violence i think.....they are a sort of mythic archetype right?like a transfigured 'family romance' for farmboys from wisconisin to believe they were descended from leif erikson rather than livonian peasants
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
i
― nakhchivan, Monday, 26 April 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
nobody's ever used the phrase "the land of dreams," I guess
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Monday, 26 April 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess I just grew up around too many sports dudes who were constnatly making brute force = excellence metaphors i.e. "dude's a beast at basketball"
anyway I'm tired of goin ham on dudes itt peace
― ⚡ You vike this. (dyao), Monday, 26 April 2010 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
btw itt i am a viking
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Monday, 26 April 2010 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
In Season 2, Episode 9, "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", when Roger Myers, Jr. is reading the hate mail and one goes, "I will never watch your show, buy any of your products or brake if I see you crossing the street." At first I thought this was very cute, like I wouldn't stop my car at a crosswalk you were waiting at. But is it more sinister? if I saw you walking across the street I would not slow down, and might end your life. Thoughts?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 12:04 (seven months ago) link
the latter interpretation? First would literally have never occurred to me.
― ydkb (gyac), Friday, 22 September 2023 12:07 (seven months ago) link
Absolutely the latter.
― peace, man, Friday, 22 September 2023 12:08 (seven months ago) link
I realize that is the literal interpretation of the words. But I don't think one need to be in the middle of the road to be in the act of "crossing the street". It can include the waiting for a break bit, to my mind. I thought it was cutely petty.
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 12:13 (seven months ago) link
I think it's similar in intent to I wouldn't stop to piss on you if you were on fire.
― peace, man, Friday, 22 September 2023 12:16 (seven months ago) link
you're describing "waiting to cross the street".
xpost
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 September 2023 12:16 (seven months ago) link
Always hated that senseless cliche. XP
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 12:17 (seven months ago) link
because you thought it meant you wouldn’t piss on someone who was about to light a match?
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 September 2023 12:36 (seven months ago) link
in what scenario would peeing on someone who is aflame help anything. Have at it. This is the thread lol
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 12:43 (seven months ago) link
kinky death
― imago, Friday, 22 September 2023 12:47 (seven months ago) link
xpIt's slightly better than failing to assist a person in danger and it's the only water you have on you ?
― Nabozo, Friday, 22 September 2023 12:52 (seven months ago) link
smother the flames with your body ffs
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 12:56 (seven months ago) link
i would hug any of you if you were on fire tbrr
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 12:57 (seven months ago) link
in
― Evan, Friday, 22 September 2023 12:57 (seven months ago) link
we need to hear the line read. somebody post the clip
― 龜, Friday, 22 September 2023 13:00 (seven months ago) link
^the chaos agent has logged in
― imago, Friday, 22 September 2023 13:03 (seven months ago) link
i wouldnt piss on you if you were on fire has more going on that the option to dampen flames to save a life. the disgust in the delivery ought be weighted on the "i wouldnt piss on him" imo and ime because the level of contempt starts with a disavowal of even that level of contact with which your status is maximised and the potential leakee's is minimised, the further scenario extended is merely underlining that not even in the extremity of circumstances with the direst of outcomes for the enflamed would you be enticed to even this level of interaction
fight me cunts
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Friday, 22 September 2023 13:49 (seven months ago) link
https://comb.io/eAuG8m - wow that’s cold!
― ydkb (gyac), Friday, 22 September 2023 13:59 (seven months ago) link
i wouldn't even piss on him with deems' dick!
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 September 2023 14:29 (seven months ago) link
When Bart says “Don’t have a cow, man” he’s obviously asking someone to live the vegetarian lifestyle, but recently I heard a different interpretation
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 22 September 2023 14:38 (seven months ago) link
lol
― imago, Friday, 22 September 2023 14:42 (seven months ago) link
which episode is this?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 15:02 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQSmvmzO-Nk
― nxd, Friday, 22 September 2023 15:19 (seven months ago) link
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, September 22, 2023 11:02 AM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
It was more a t-shirt than an episode
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 22 September 2023 15:22 (seven months ago) link
A+ work maffew
― vashti funyuns (sic), Friday, 22 September 2023 15:25 (seven months ago) link
Little-known fact: Homer Simpson originally dreamt of being a pastry chef, a baker, or working in a pizzeria.
That's why he frequently exclaims "dough," to indicate his chagrin about the way his life has unfolded. Every time things go wrong for him, he wishes he had followed his passion for breadmaking, hence his continual lament: "dough."
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 22 September 2023 15:41 (seven months ago) link
You're overthinking it like usual. It's really that he keeps forgetting to pick it up at the market, and the recurring gag is him suddenly realizing the oversight at random points throughout his day.
― Evan, Friday, 22 September 2023 16:10 (seven months ago) link
There's a simpler explanation for the dough, YMP.
https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/d5/4d/6b/d54d6be53291588f246a458876a9072d.jpg
― peace, man, Friday, 22 September 2023 16:12 (seven months ago) link
i always thought Homer was doing solfege and establishing where "Do" was for his barbershop buddies
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 September 2023 16:14 (seven months ago) link
This is the best thread
― the new drip king (DJP), Friday, 22 September 2023 16:17 (seven months ago) link
when's the movie coming out
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 September 2023 16:18 (seven months ago) link
and who is doing the voice of ILE
Oh wow thanks I never realized
So you're saying he is craving to be reunited with the mysterious colorful "O" shaped object that he once found on the gray tiled floor of the bathroom, when he was lying there to have his morning cry and noticed just above his head. Curious, he reached out and grabbed it between his two fingers and felt suddenly elated, complete again. So whenever he is in a stressful situation, he says "the O!" or "da O!" to recalibrate.
I'm so stupid
― Evan, Friday, 22 September 2023 16:21 (seven months ago) link
It's so much simpler than I thought
― Evan, Friday, 22 September 2023 16:22 (seven months ago) link
It's okay, Evan. Dan Castellaneta worked hard to cover up his Chicago accent, but there are a few "tells" such as this one.
― peace, man, Friday, 22 September 2023 16:23 (seven months ago) link
That scene where Sideshow Bob keeps trying to break the rakes with his head. Why does he hate rakes so much?
― Beyond Goo and Evol (President Keyes), Friday, 22 September 2023 16:24 (seven months ago) link
he was trying to explain his thoughts on complex social issues and every time he said "I be leaf", the rake reacted
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 September 2023 16:26 (seven months ago) link
Krusty is a rake by blood iirc
― Evan, Friday, 22 September 2023 16:27 (seven months ago) link
I am given to understand that "eat my shorts" is actually a reference to Bart's longstanding hobby of writing, directing, and starring in brief films. He hopes (metaphorically) that audiences will enthusiastically consume them.
So when he says "eat my shorts," he's really saying "please voraciously watch my limited-duration movies."
― Hereward the Woke (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 22 September 2023 18:14 (seven months ago) link
maffew i must belatedly and abashedly recognise your genius
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 September 2023 20:34 (seven months ago) link
aw don't be abashed
― maf you one two (maffew12), Friday, 22 September 2023 23:45 (seven months ago) link
Splash splash I was taken, abashed
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Friday, 22 September 2023 23:46 (seven months ago) link
along about a Saturday night
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 22 September 2023 23:54 (seven months ago) link
I was surprised to hear a podcaster I listen to casually drop the "that's where I'm a viking" expression the other day in the context of "that's where I'm at my peak contentment / comfort zone".
He does like to drop the odd Simpsons reference now and again, but it made me wonder how proliferate this expression is outside of ILX?
― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Monday, 19 February 2024 21:04 (two months ago) link
i think it's from the simpsons
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 19 February 2024 21:17 (two months ago) link
haha
― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 February 2024 21:26 (two months ago) link
Just to say I've been having a bad health day and decided to load all answers on this thread, only made it to the bit where Tuomas' fluency in English is questioned but had an amazing time.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 20 February 2024 16:15 (two months ago) link