whiney: 'hipster' :: j0hn: 'liberal'
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
dyao: 'viking'
whiney haven't you done something similar to practically every other poster on the board including me?― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:11 AM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 11:11 AM (8 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
sure, but i've been told ILX policy dictates we're allowed to ask politely, no questions asked
― board free (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
dyao you're not offering that thread as proof of ability to ask a decent question I hope
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link
no prob whiney ;)
― WHO GIVES A SHIT (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
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― board free (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I lol'd
― dyao, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:33 (fourteen years ago) link
a bad joke on THE SIMPSONS?!?!?!?!?!?!
― rolling stupid fruity crazy frog (history mayne), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:34 (fourteen years ago) link
At that point Simpsons still had good and clever jokes most of the time.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:35 (fourteen years ago) link
just wow, tuomas
― board free (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link
has the lex weighed in yet? pinefox too much to hope for.
― the big pink suede panda bear hurts (ledge), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:37 (fourteen years ago) link
can i get a list of all the option a people so i can shun them plz
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
lol i was just thinking that this thread really needed input from tuomas
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link
actually & I'd think you'd know this, that Tuomas favors that interpretation is kinda the nail in its coffin, ain't it
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
right, his understanding is obv more nuanced, rather than less complete.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
obv
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
congratulations
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
silly, ralph doesn't have a vengeful bone in his body.
― dyao, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
guys
he's Tuomas
that's game set & match for your terrible senses of humor
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
results of other internet poll
"I dream I'm a viking" (171) 64.77%"I'm a champion sleeper" (93) 35.23%
― nagl that's where ur a viking (cozen), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
that is overcomplicating it, gd. vikings are just cool and exciting and that's why ralph likes being one in his dreams.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
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)
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:43 (fourteen years ago) link
man I am looking at 20 gifs of mj eating popcorn right now
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://local.yahoo.com/info-20281262-viking-excel-electric-llc-las-vegas
― am0n, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
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.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
ur all disgusting vikings
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
uh oh ralph's having a fantasy
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
can a mod change the display name of everyone who has spoken in defense of option A to "I Stand With Tuomas"
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
http://computers-are.us/hairpull.gif
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
wait why did Vampire Weekend get pulled into this
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
vampire, that's where I'm a weekend
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
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
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:52 (fourteen years ago) link
please make this the new ile title
I've no idea why this thread has 500+ answers, but I just wanted to say... -Tuomas
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
be my guest dan!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
on the surface it's such an innocuous thread too
xp to dan
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link
heard lady gaga's actually a viking
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
anyway waiting for the cafepress digest edn
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:53 AM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^^ good job bringing LCD Soundsystem into the mix
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
haiku for no one
checking out the ass on that onethat's whereI'm a viking
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link
omg
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:55 (fourteen years ago) link
are there any vikings in kill bill?
― g.w.f.nagl (cozen), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Minnesota Vikings games, that's where I'm a Viking.
― ampersand (remy bean), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
could somebody please summarize this thread in bullet form?
― ampersand (remy bean), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
m bison to thread
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
just jump in now and state your opinion it's what most ppl are doing
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i bet Ralph's a bad tipper.
― itchy rainbolt (clotpoll), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
he's also a big fan of dmb
― I Think Ur a Viking (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link