i still havent watched that ep
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 15:22 (nine years ago) link
I mean, everything she said was OTM but the speech went on way too long and it was really focused on a small slice of the bullshit that fat women have to deal with. "Men don't want to date us!" which yeah, that's rough if you're a fat woman trying to date men but also who gives a fuck what men think? And also, lots and lots and lots of fat women have lovely relationships with lovely people. This idea that the main problem that fat women face is that men don't want to hold their hands was just embarrassing.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 15:44 (nine years ago) link
And the dude who per the previous episode who liked to keep a dildo in a drawer to make himself feel bad while he masturbates seeing the titular fat lady of the episode and saying, "Yuck" was super gross.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 15:45 (nine years ago) link
it is def one of the most tone deaf eps of that show
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:15 (nine years ago) link
I've been thinking about it more and I'm embarrassed for Louie, who oversimplified a serious issue and basically made it about his dick. And him holding her hand at the end? Blerg. And I'm embarrassed that I am thinking about it so much. A fat lady thinking and talking about the fat lady episode of Louie woooooo HOW ORIGINAL.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
protest puppets.
― in an awkward manor (doo dah), Wednesday, 15 April 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpQuGV_gMA
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 18:31 (eight years ago) link
Ha Ha! I even feel embarrassed for the cow.
― nickn, Thursday, 21 May 2015 05:38 (eight years ago) link
lol, that got through a focus group"i like the way it seems like he fucks the cow later"
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 May 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
The dude on the porch serenading them is the worst part to me. I also can't tell if it's supposed to be a joke.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Thursday, 21 May 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
Also this is more IA than IE but it's cold enough for the cow's breath to condense but dinglebutt is eating yogurt outside in a short sleeved shirt.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Thursday, 21 May 2015 16:07 (eight years ago) link
so is the cow like the guy's friend and is waiting for him to finish his yogurt so they can hang out?
― slam dunk, Thursday, 21 May 2015 16:39 (eight years ago) link
the word "smelly"
― So You've Been Pubically Shaved (wins), Monday, 25 May 2015 22:30 (eight years ago) link
That's pretty irrational.
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Monday, 25 May 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
Or innocuous rather
The word "yummy" when used by anyone over age 7.
― nickn, Monday, 25 May 2015 22:35 (eight years ago) link
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Monday, May 25, 2015 11:35 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
both! And also I find it roughly twice as embarrassing when it's used for something that smells good as for something that smells bad.
― So You've Been Pubically Shaved (wins), Monday, 25 May 2015 22:47 (eight years ago) link
i found myself irrationally embarrassed the other day while using my dry shampoono one was there i just felt shame for using the product
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Monday, 25 May 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link
not embarrassed because my hair was greasy, but because i was using the product
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Monday, 25 May 2015 22:50 (eight years ago) link
gee, your hair smells terrific!
― Ric Flairy (clouds), Tuesday, 26 May 2015 01:06 (eight years ago) link
I can't believe this hasn't been listed so far because it might be one of the most innocuous, most embarrassing things ever: Q&As at movie screenings/book readings/etc.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:14 (eight years ago) link
yes, but the moment when the guy gets up who has no question but just rambles for fifteen minutes about Israel
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
No, they're all embarrassing. I went to see a screening of UHF last night with Weird Al and Jay Levey doing a Q&A after and every question, from the guy who the audience yelled at because it took him four minutes to fully phrase his question to the guy who cried and asked Weird Al for his stance on gay marriage, was an atomic cringe bomb.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:58 (eight years ago) link
crying while asking weird al about gay marriage sounds like a lot of fun
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 May 2015 15:59 (eight years ago) link
Ugh no that's awful.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
There was a little girl who asked Weird Al what his favorite cartoon was. That was ok.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link
was he proposing to weird al while crying? I continue to hold that this would be an amazing thing to see.
― like a giraffe of nah (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:05 (eight years ago) link
my cringebinge was watching this dbag movie reviewer from the chicago reader use the phrase "dickensian amplitude" at least 3 times in five minutes after "cloud atlas"
― Ric Flairy (clouds), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:35 (eight years ago) link
a dick, amplifying
man they mailed me Cloud Atlas and i never bothered.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:37 (eight years ago) link
this same dbag later trapped me at a video store in a dual monologue about the early yakuza films of miike takashi, which i'd have been able to contribute to had i seen any of the fuckers. also his breath stank.
― Ric Flairy (clouds), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
Ugh
― So You've Been Pubically Shaved (wins), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:47 (eight years ago) link
What was weird al's favorite cartoon?
― how's life, Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:48 (eight years ago) link
Ren & Stimpy
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 28 May 2015 16:50 (eight years ago) link
from the guy who the audience yelled at because it took him four minutes to fully phrase his question to the guy who cried and asked Weird Al for his stance on gay marriage, was an atomic cringe bomb.this has grown to be the only thing i enjoy about q&as in general. it's not like you're going to get interesting info most of the time.
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
I like to hear articulate people talk about things they've made, but the price is always hearing some useless fuck "ask" their rambling moronic multi-part "question" (never actually a question) and yeah it's probably not worth it
― So You've Been Pubically Shaved (wins), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
there's always the guy who insists on giving his personal history with the artist's work as if anyone cares
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link
Oh man yeah you should try sitting through the Q&A part of a panel presentation at a Star Trek convention. Star Trek fans have some serious personal connection to that franchise and really want to talk about it. LL, I think you would probably have to leave the room.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
I always feel like apologising to the person for having to put up with it, it's a real cultural cringe although I know q&a audiences are probably terrible everywhere
― So You've Been Pubically Shaved (wins), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link
They are probably slightly worse here tho
I mean, I, too, could stand up and tell a story about how Voyager helped me through personal tragedy and I would probably end up getting a hug from Captain Janeway but I would rather have a cavity filled and a cervical biopsy in the same day than publicly overshare about that.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:14 (eight years ago) link
Like Weird Al is probably one of the nicest, most fan-service-focused performers out there, and even he seemed vaguely annoyed.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:15 (eight years ago) link
Did I ever tell you about my mom randomly decided c. 1998 that I should meet and marry Weird Al? She was dead serious and so adamant that me and Weird Al were meant to be together. It was very strange.
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:18 (eight years ago) link
i want to leave the room just thinking about itif these people managed to annoy weird al, i'm even more curious about them
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
That is strange.
― Immediate Follower (NA), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:21 (eight years ago) link
ppl who overshare their personal stories are forgiven when they're interesting and/or concise; it's the rambling "me and my buddies back in the day" stories preceding a lame question that stand out as myopically self-centered because they're disorganized and always boring.
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:36 (eight years ago) link
it's reached the point in Ny that questioners get heckled by the audience fairly regularly.
these are not innocuous btw
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
The one time I saw B.B. King was a lecture/performance at Northwestern. Before his last song, he took questions. One was a guy who shouted, "DID YOU KNOW THAT I OWE MY MUSICAL CAREER TO YOU? DID YOU KNOW THAT?!" King seemed happy about that, even if the audience was visibly annoyed. Another guy asked, "What do you think about guitarists like Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani citing you as an influence?" Other audience members groaned loudly at this, but King diplomatically said, "I think it's great!"
And starting a Q&A off with, "After your questions, B.B. King will play some more!" is a surefire way to keep it short.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 28 May 2015 17:59 (eight years ago) link
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Thursday, May 28, 2015 12:10 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I was at an art opening w/lecture thing and had to listen to someone frame her question with an explanation of the excellent hotel with cool music and art of the walls and other weird signifiers meant to mean the questioner was worldly and cool before she asked something kind of trite
― ultimate american sock (mh), Thursday, 28 May 2015 18:03 (eight years ago) link
The crying gay marriage guy also admitted to being an improv comedian.
The long-long-long question was actually hilarious b/c he so effectively ran the whole thing off the rails. He got heckled, but after a while even the host and Weird Al were LOLing with him. (His question was about the Change.org petition to get Weird Al to headline the Superbowl, but it went into some bizarre territory, with _theories_ and strategies.)
― Je55e, Thursday, 28 May 2015 18:05 (eight years ago) link
CSPAN and CSPAN2's BookTV have some crazies on live call-in, although I think they filter them better now. The best-handled was this guy who addressed Susan Sontag and the female host by their first names, in a mock-deferential tone. Sontag sait there a second, looking thoughtful, then suddenly asked, "What's your first name?" He just stammered, and the host said, "Next."Even better, in part because it involved several questioners, was the Robert Altman Film Festival, starring Robert Altman. This was at my alma mater, back in the 70s. "Mr. Altman, I've been watching your work since the TV days, those series episodes and That Cold Day In The Park and so on, and you've certainly come a long way, and I wonder, when you go to bed, do you see your name up in lights, and get all turned on?" Altman: "I'm a brand, and the chairman of a committee, People bring me ideas, and respond to my ideas, and we figure out how to do something, if it seems worth doing."A woman started a question based on the premise that Pinkie opened her eyes while supposedly comatose in Three Women, and a couple of people started arguing with her about that. Altman: "I didn't see her open her eyes..." Woman: "No, she did!" other audience members: "wtf? stfu!" Altman: "Hold on, people! Now---I didn't see her do that, but if you did, then that's your movie. How did you interpret that?" And she replied, of course, that this proved Pinkie was manipulative, which seemed the point anyway, so Altman said something like, "I thought she was, too," and went on to the next question.So I totally related to Woody Allen's take on Q&A weirdos in Stardust Memouries, even though some filmies seemed butthurt.
― dow, Thursday, 28 May 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link