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

Nevermind, those comments were from 2006 and the address isn't working anymore.

everybody knows "viking at sleep" is ridiculous

You do realize that many jokes are funny because they are ridiculous, and that ridiculousness was exactly what the writer intended?

― Tuomas, Friday, April 30, 2010 8:19 AM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is like saying that the phrase "knock knock" makes you think of the Three Stooges bumping their heads together, and that must be why knock knock jokes are so funny.

I was pretty glad when I opened the door and it turned out to be my friend and not an interrupting cow.

It's nothing like that. It's all about the context: what Ms. Hoover says, what Ralph answers. The joke is not that it makes me think of something else that's totally out of context (like in your Three Stooges example), the joke is that it's easy imagine Ralph being proud of his sleeping skills (as opposed to his worm-cutting skills) and using words in an eccentric way.

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you misinterpreted the joke in a ridiculous way, and are now insisting that since comedy is often intentionally ridiculous, the more ridiculous interpretation must be the correct one. that is your "logic."

Ralph's eccentric use of language pretty much exhaustively involves malapropisms, not creative metaphor. (xp)

some dude otm

I've reached the point where I'm actually willing to SB people who stubbornly cling to option A, so I guess I better quit looking at this thread.

Once the results are in I'm going to SB every poster who didn't take part in this thread.

the sad thing is I'd like to take this debate out into the real world and see what people I know think, but I'm kind of scared of finding out that any friends or loved ones think it's A

can't wait to ask for my SB total after the results are in

you can check it on the 'how many sb's do i have' thread fyi

results would be interesting, yes.

I have tried to read the last 100 posts on this, having not read from the outset, and tbh option A only seems possible to people who have no idea how language works.

I'm with Crump on this one.

Errr, I'm option A and I teach English. What a disaster for my students.

feel sorry for them ;_;

would like to point out there's only one group of people putting the B in SB itt

the sad thing is I'd like to take this debate out into the real world and see what people I know think, but I'm kind of scared of finding out that any friends or loved ones think it's A

I've been doing this and while I'm getting a 100% B response rate, I'm also getting a 100% "wtf are people seriously arguing about that?" response rate.

I've asked two friends irl who are die-hard simpsons fans, one said A and one said B (interestingly the one who said B went wtf at A)

however the one who said A is a witty comedic super star irl so I trust her opinion more tbh

tried this on fb and the only response i got was my little brother who guessed A. i figure our common upbringing has somehow shifted us towards this interpretation

According to facebook fan pages us A's are still in the minority. Life's lonely when you're right:
A vs. B

consensus is not gonna get us the right answer here, everyone agreeing that 'B' is correct is.

It's interesting how everyone I've shown this to has not only said B but also had this attitude of like "Wait how could it not be B? Viking at sleep? That is fucking stupid, and the people who are arguing that don't understand how language works"

Yeah, pretty interesting how Bs are judgmental and As are open-minded.

I've been doing this and while I'm getting a 100% B response rate, I'm also getting a 100% "wtf are people seriously arguing about that?" response rate.

^getting this also.

I wonder how often 'Open Minded' is just shorthand for 'A group I happen to belong to that is clearly wrong'

it's good to listen to different genres of music imo

no, the other genres are just wrong

Yeah, pretty interesting how Bs are judgmental and As are open-minded.

― Fetchboy, Friday, 30 April 2010 14:38 (32 seconds ago) Bookmark

Only 'cos they know they're wrong.

xpost, soz Darraghmac

xxxp: You should check out some prog-punk then!

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B-PQwVCXEPs/SYqtofKlG0I/AAAAAAAAAG4/rSLhw1fxxzg/s400/nomeansno.jpg

ok that is clearly wrong

questioning the truth-value of 'no means no' right now tbh

XD

my real answer is that grammar rules were made to broken http://www.sherv.net/cm/emo/smoke/toke.gif see all you B-truthers at the square party oh wait I won't be there http://www.united-gamers.eu/forum/images/smilies/smiley_tongue_fingersear.gif

starting this thread on every msg board I read btw brb w/results

you misinterpreted the joke in a ridiculous way, and are now insisting that since comedy is often intentionally ridiculous, the more ridiculous interpretation must be the correct one. that is your "logic."

If it's so ridiculous, how come so many people (35% of the answerers in the poll above) have interpreted it as "Viking of sleep"? Are 35% of all people ridiculous? Anyway, my point was not that interpreting Ralph's line as "Viking of sleep" is ridiculous, just that saying "it's ridiculous" is not a good argument against comedy.

It feels as though the "Viking in sleep" hardliners are kinda like those Victorian imperialists who thought White European Culture is the only correct form of culture, and all the other cultures were simply ridiculous and wrong.

Are 35% of all people ridiculous?

oh at least

well the thing about the internet is that you never know how many participants are from America and speak English as a first language, like the Simpsons writing staff and its primary audience, and how many people come from a different background like you do.

Are you arguing that 35% can't be ridiculous? xxp

If it's so ridiculous, how come so many people (35% of the answerers in the poll above) have interpreted it as "Viking of sleep"? Are 35% of all people ridiculous?

YES

does Finland hold elections based on the "the biggest minority opinion wins" system?

Anyway, my point was not that interpreting Ralph's line as "Viking of sleep" is ridiculous, just that saying "it's ridiculous" is not a good argument against comedy.

No, I think you're deliberately misinterpreting this, at this stage (it must be said, there are hints of previous here). It's a ridiculous interpretation of the line, the line is not 'ridiculous'

well the thing about the internet is that you never know how many participants are from America and speak English as a first language, like the Simpsons writing staff and its primary audience, and how many people come from a different background like you do.

― oh boy, luriqua's house! that's where M.I.A.'s dyking! (some dude), Friday, April 30, 2010 10:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

there are all sorts of problems w/ this

It feels as though the "Viking in sleep" hardliners are kinda like those Victorian imperialists who thought White European Culture is the only correct form of culture, and all the other cultures were simply ridiculous and wrong.

this is OTM though, B UEBER ALLES

well the thing about the internet is that you never know how many participants are from America and speak English as a first language, like the Simpsons writing staff and its primary audience, and how many people come from a different background like you do.

As far as I know, all the "Viking of sleep" supporters in this thread are native English speakers, except me and Dyao. One even teaches English, as noted above.

I love how after that post some dude made the other post, pretty good B+ imo

uhm I would consider my self a native english speaker xp

"b-voters = white supremacists"

- tuomas