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

yeah it was hilarious--i was setting up the question just like whiney did, but i offered "literally a viking" first, and then she completed my sentence with option a, because that's what she always thought it was, and because option b isn't funny, and she basically nailed all the classic a arguments in about 5 minutes. my jaw just dropped--it was so hilarious and perfect.

but she is smart and opinionated and strong-willed and neither of us were about to be swayed so we laughed and she made fun of me for engaging in a weeklong debate abt it on ilx, and those are all reasons why i <3 her so much.

I introduced the question to a couple friends the other night, and it was like an instant rehash of this thread, almost beat for beat.

the way the B-ers are so resolute really makes u think ... about their extreme need for stability in an unstable world

"Oh boy, sleep! That's where I can dream that this mixed-up world still makes sense."

deej: master psychologist

the way the B-ers are so resolute really makes u think ... that maybe they know they're right & don't need "everything's subjective!" crutches with which to parse easy jokes

"The inconceivable arrogance of people who aren't open to the idea that there was ever a Coltrane record called 'A Love Sub-prime'"

I understand that point of view - it
s the same way that rational peoples certainty makes m,a a creationist and a global warming denialist.

yes, it makes m,a a creationist too

seriously A-voters - welcome to reality, where sometimes you're wrong & have to come up with all kinds of extraneous nonsense instead of going "hmm...maybe the overwhelming consensus here is meaningful"

kinda like with creationism & global warming, where the overwhelming scientific consensus indicates that while little is certain, we're certain enough that the creationists & deniers are wrong

i think reality is a much more nuanced place, and that your resoluteness is as bad as dem party supporter blindly apologizing for every bad move democrats make -- sometimes the truth is complicated

it's like you don't even know the discussion is about a fucking simpsons joke

oh man i really hope this can become a Leftie Dem vs. DNC Dem thread!

i think reality is a much more nuanced place, and that your resoluteness is as bad as dem party supporter blindly apologizing for every bad move democrats make -- sometimes the truth is complicated

yup

other time it ain't

this is one of them

^^^ doesn't believe in miracles

Ralph: I'm a brick!

Ralph: I'm happy and angry

Ralph: I look like cable TV!

Ralph: I'm a unitard!

Ralph: I'm Idaho!

― am0n, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 10:10 PM

if u can't see the pattern of his character making literal jokes u mad

Ralph: I'm a brick!

Ralph: I'm happy and angry

Ralph: I look like cable TV!

Ralph: I'm a unitard!

Ralph: I'm Idaho!

according to deej what ralph means by this: anything you want him to mean!

thats not what i said at all?

idaho known for potatoes, "I'm Idaho!" is ralph's comment on the american couch potato

if you dont think theres a subtext of him being an adventurer/explorer in the world of sleep by using 'viking' rather than, i dont know, potato, then you are being willfully ignorant. i said it before -- the way its written obviously indicates this. the idea that its hardline "he just means he is a viking -- theres no way he could also be implying that hes a hero of sleep during sleep" is some literalist objectivist bs

u created the subtext out of thin air

If I was the writer and knew about this, I would probably have killed myself by now, and pinned a note to my chest that read "Gone to where I'm a viking."

realling lolling at the idea that the majority opinion on this indicates that a cryptic ralph wiggum joke has a RIGHT interpretation....this is not physics, guys

yes, his viking dreams are undoubtedly full of adventure, perhaps he feels like a champion during them. this is not the same as the A argument, and if you can't see the difference I don't know what to tell ya.

if you dont think theres a subtext of him being an adventurer/explorer in the world of sleep by using 'viking' rather than, i dont know, potato, then you are being willfully ignorant.

lol

realling lolling at the idea that the majority opinion on this indicates that a cryptic ralph wiggum joke has a RIGHT interpretation....this is not physics, guys

― Doctor Casino, Sunday, May 2, 2010 2:37 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

the thing is...it's not cryptic.

this is not the same as the A argument, and if you can't see the difference I don't know what to tell ya.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Sunday, May 2, 2010 1:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

then if im actually on your side in this argument, im just really put off by you personally

should Viking immigrants be allowed y/n

in a thousand years of ilx there would not again be a thread as stupid as this

Is that the sound of a gauntlet hitting the floor?

think we should settle this on the basketball court, deej. my assholishness vs your condescension. should be an epic battle.

I'm a furniture!

I'm a computer

stop all the downloadin

lol, it's like the writers of this week's episode saw this thread

what happened on it?

Ralph said, "I'm a furniture," and at the end it turned out that England was watching Springfield as a reality show on TV and Queen Elizabeth said, "I will miss that Ralph boy, he reminds me a bit of my own boy," and Prince Charles walked in holding a cat and said, "Oh mummy, my cat's breath smells like cat food."

I'm a computer

stop all the downloadin

― going non-native (dyao), Sunday, May 2, 2010 8:21 PM Bookmark

never will get tired of this one honestly

i'm a mac. i'm a champion at computing.

Yeah, I think deej has defended A but only to the extent that his interpretation incorporates both A and B. So it is incorrect to claim that he's always been on A's side.

yeah deej seems more confused about the difference between the 2 options than anything else tbh

and maybe that's where we can all find some middle ground.

til next time, take care of yourselves. and each other.

i get where they are different, i just think ppl's maginot lines are ignoring the obvious overlap

Prince Charles walked in holding a cat and said, "Oh mummy, my cat's breath smells like cat food."

This is the most painful thing, when a new Simpsons ep bites a very beloved old SImpsons joke. The last time I watched it, they redid the "island was actually a peninsula" joke, and then I think we might have broken up, me & "The Simpsons."

god they actually do that now? how depressing.

I don't get it, a human centipede?

(Cattle Grind prods the thread with a stick. It remains inert. He wanders off, still holding the stick. He likes the stick very much.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMxQ7dFtk9U&feature=related

^^^ very possibly primed me to be a "viking at sleep" viewer when the Simpsons episode came around.

i seriously made a disgusted "tch" sound out loud seeing this thread title again