Community, the tv show

What were the notches on the train controller between 'Aloof' and 'Bjork'?

"Aloof-Detached-Distant-Bjork"

poor episode, feel let down by this show, which has got self-indulgent (and emo) very fast

only this ep wasn't fast, it was at half-speed

For a show that is "emo" there is a lack of lovey dovey stuff going on compared to Friends or whatever and nothing apallingly emo going on so I disagree with the "emo" label

idk i think the show has always had a sappiness/emo element to it, i seem to remember complaining on this very thread about some of the "moral of the story is" endings of S1 episodes. i'm used to it at this point, it doesn't detract from the other 9/10ths of the show that's mostly dark humor.

The emo label is only used to describe bad things. I prefer Mordy's robotic usage of the word "affecting" in this case

robotic!?

(interrobang!?)

idk i think the show has always had a sappiness/emo element to it, i seem to remember complaining on this very thread about some of the "moral of the story is" endings of S1 episodes.

For serious! What show were you guys watching for the last season and a half?

Wait, Mordy's a robot?

That's interesting about what you said about me being a robot. Tell me more?

Because Mordy if you are a robot then this adds a whole new level to WDYLL. That front panel is coming OFF. :)

Aw man. I just IM'd Smarterchild for the first time in like six-seven years and apparently he's been retired!

they replaced him with Smordychild

Just finished this. The Lost joke was awesome, since it was:

1) funny

2) true to life (we all know what happened and can agree to the sentiment)

3) true to the character (Abed would think in these terms)

The 3rd bit is the most crucial, I think, b/c perhaps one of the greatest strengths about the show is that all the gags and jokes and pop-culture refs function as a way to reveal truth about the character. Even more than the Simpsons or South Park or (of course) Family Guy ever could do, all the pop culture refs serve as a means to both be funny but more importantly backstop the character. Having the former is meaningless without the latter, which I think Dan Harmon has mentioned at some point.

also: enjoyed the fact that claymation Pierce is still in his wheelchair

That's interesting about what you said about me being a robot. Tell me more?
― Mordy, Thursday, December 16, 2010 2:46 AM (2 hours ago)

It goes back to this post by you:

watching this again and it's actually better the second time. more affecting actually
― Mordy, Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:07 AM (5 days ago) (link to upthread)

(I prodded you about your word choice in that link - "CL: how can you tell it's affecting" - "Mordy: it affects me")

Anyways, the reason I found your word choice so funny and robotic is because
a.) I never heard anyone call a TV show affecting before
b.) Actually, I never hear people calling anything affecting (if not people then...)
c.) You used an incomplete sentence. Reminiscent of "Mission Accomplished. Robot use turn signal. Destroy"
d.) That incomplete sentence ended with a period. When someone ends short text messages with a period I often picture that person with a dead serious expression on their face (or disgruntled - depending on the context - whatever.)
e.) "affecting" and "it [a]ffects me" has to be the best way to avoid telling people how you feel about something
f.) Just now when I typed "affecting" into google to check the definition the first definition that popped up is:

affecting - present participle of af·fect (Verb)
1. Pretend to have or feel (something): "as usual I affected a supreme unconcern".
2...

oops, I'm missing the period at the end of Mordy's second quote which directly relates to point d.)

MISTRIAL!

merriam-webster says the definition of affecting is "evoking a strong emotional response," which is how i took mordy to mean it. it doesn't seem robotic to me, just another way of saying "it moved me."

Yeah, this. I mean, geez...look up movie reviews for any weepy drama from the past 20 years and you'll find "affecting" bandied about pretty frequently.

Bummed that Mordy's not a robot.

this show's always been as corny as modern fam

yeah but... this ep sucked. that's all there is really. it's kind of an 'interesting experiment', but would i want a live action 'family guy'? that's a no (except for mila kunis amirite guys). the delivery of lines was poor, and the animated figures were --hey, wordplay coming up -- less *animated* than their irl equivalents.

see i don't disagree with either of those criticisms, but i still really liked the episode. i could see maybe being let down after anticipating a more thorough rendering of the show -- the characters looking more precise, accommodating a faster pace of dialogue, etc. -- but this episode still had good joeks and character-building moments that felt real (humanizing pierce a little more, the annie/troy/abed friendship-via-capers that we saw in the lawyer episode). and part of it was just the "oh man they're having a chase scene on top of a train, this looks so awesome" factor.

"somewhere, tim burton just got a boner."

'it affects me' is a complete sentence!

d.) That incomplete sentence ended with a period. When someone ends short text messages with a period I often picture that person with a dead serious expression on their face (or disgruntled - depending on the context - whatever.)

lol we're really learning about the bizarre inner workings of lorax's mind more than mordy's or anyone else's

can we have a seperate community thread for all the drips who hate fun and love to harsh mellows and are desperate to be the first off the bus, pls?

it's the emo that's drippy, son

imo this show isn't at all over-the-line with PLEASE CARE ABOUT THIS LOVE TRIANGLE type Office/Parks & Recreation shit and has balanced the little bits of sentiment and emotion with the comedy really well.

history mayne should probably just stick to the safe, emo-free climes of adult swim

'it affects me' is a complete sentence!

― Mordy, Thursday, December 16, 2010 12:15 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah but not "more affecting actually."

how does the killfile work again

when writing conversationally, you are allowed to use sentence fragments. ffs

whatever, s1ockbot5000.

^ sentence fragment http://www.olbermannwatch.com/DrudgeSiren.gif

i'm pretty sure Webster's decided last year that "whatever" now functions as a complete sentence.

i guess if you define it as a verb

What is the subject and ever is the predicate. What did what do? Ever.

Whatever voted most irritating word in poll

pretty sure it's a verb

1. interrog. An emphatic extension of what, used in a question (direct or indirect), implying perplexity or surprise. Now colloq.

b. adj.

2. As nominal relative, in a generalized or indefinite sense: see ever adv. 8e (Occas. with correlative demonstrative following.)

a. pron. Anything at all which, anything that; sometimes contextually (esp. poet.), all that, everything that.
b. adj. (sing. or pl., of things or persons): Any‥at all which (or who), any‥that; sometimes (poet.), all or every‥that.

3. Introducing a qualifying subord. clause equivalent to a conditional or disjunctive clause, often with verb in subjunctive ( whatever happen = ‘if any (sort of) thing happen’, ‘whether one thing or another happen’).

a. pron. = ‘No matter what’; frequently implying opposition (equivalent to a conditional clause with though): = ‘Notwithstanding anything that’.
b. adj. = ‘No matter what‥’; often implying opposition: = ‘Notwithstanding any‥that’.
c. adv. Whatever may be the case, at all events. dial. (and colloq.).

4. As indefinite adj. or pron., with loss of the relative force: cf. what.

a. adj. (sing. or pl., of things or persons); Any‥at all.

(a) preceding the n.: cf. what 9c.Obs. or merged in the elliptical use under 3b.
(b) following the n.: usually, now only, after any, no, all (anything, nothing), etc., which it qualifies like an adv. = ‘at all’: cf. ever adv. 8.

b. pron. Anything at all: cf. what 1.rare.
c. or whatever: used after a noun (or nouns) to suggest that some other unspecified term might be employed instead, as being more usual, preferable for any reason, or more applicable; or something similar; or the like. colloq.
d. Similarly replacing other parts of speech.

n. Substituted for a word, name, title, or category which is not known or cannot be recalled; chiefly used as a perfunctory designation of anything a speaker is reluctant or unable to describe specifically.

a. In phrases, as whatever-it-is, whatever-you-call-it, etc.
b. Chiefly in pl.

I believe the full sentence 'whatever' is the 3c definition, and here is the OED's history of word use for that definition:

1870 Barber Forness Folk 15, I cuddent leave t' pleass whativver wi'out seein' her.
1900 ‘A. Raine’ Garthowen 93 She's got a tidy pair of ankles, whatever.
1933 ‘R. Connor’ Girl from Glengarry 120, I am doing my utmost whatever.
1960 R. Williams Border Country i. ii. 58 What do it matter it's down?‥ He is Will whatever.
1962 Amer. N. & Q. I. 15/1 Whatever, from the early 1700s to the present day‥it was the musical that struck root as an indigenous form.
1980 New Musical Express 12 Jan. 33/1 Whatever, the myth looks momentous in its sleek new American threads.

http://rlv.zcache.com/whatever_dude_mug-p1688753014254541012otmb_400.jpg

did i seriously incite an actual debate about the word "whatever" with my throwaway joke? R.I.P. cool laid back thread about funny comedy show

im just talking shit personally

i guess i just inadvertently activated Mordytron's dictionary app

She's got a tidy pair of ankles, whatever.

(Re: Alison Brie)

@AnniesAnkles available as twitter handle

seriously dude, I have a friend that only says "whatever" when I say I don't want to hang out or talk on the phone. the word has taken on such disgruntled connotations for me that I will never see it as laid back 90's slang again

but back to gnawing alison brie's ankles