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Dead Memes, 2009

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2008 Edition

It's a new season and there are new people here who are unaware of some of the more seamy parts of LL's culture. Namely, the ability to run any joke into ground faster than a drunk oil tanker captain. So herein I propose a list of dead memes/jokes. These are jokes that have been used so heavily that there are essentially zero new ways to make them funny.

You could come up with the most awesome airline peanuts joke (Did you know on Southwest, the package of peanuts come with a warning that the peanuts are made in a factory that handles peanuts?) and it probably will not matter. It's not going to be funny. We would welcome you to find new and creative ways to try and make people laugh rather than resorting to these tired cliches of a joke.

Note that violation of the dead meme is a soft violation at the moment. Unlike the no politics rule, we mods will exercise some leeway. Hey, if you are able to make a dead joke fresh, kudos, but if you simply rely on dead jokes, or constantly attempt to make dead jokes funny, you will get warned and ultimately banned. We don't need people parroting old jokes. Bring something new.

Suggestions for additional dead jokes are welcome in the comments.

2009 Official List of Dead Memes

That's what she said
Silva being fat
Brandon Morrow's diabetes
Rec'd/Flag'd/This (as a standalone comment)
Cries for Tuesdays with Sean Green to come back
Erik Bedard's pithiness
Club LL (aka random dance club related GIFs)
Overly pedantic typo and grammar correction

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Silva throwing people into the wall

Maybe he just needs a pseudonym, he’s the center of nearly everything that is annoying.

by Kermit. on Apr 10, 2009 9:16 AM PDT reply actions  

One that I'm starting to see creep into mainsteam media:

(see: Suzuki, Ichiro)

It used to be amusing, now it’s just annoying.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 10, 2009 9:20 AM PDT reply actions  

Oh and meta-references

posting a dead meme but with a knowing wink because you’re being ironic. You’re really not.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 10, 2009 9:23 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

Seconded.

It's hard to convince people to let you eat them if you're an asshole. - Thingray

by Faux on Apr 10, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions  

Yeah, basically implied.

We just need to be stricter about enforcing it.

by Matthew on Apr 10, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions  

Brandon Morrow’s diabetes

YES YES YES

by JI on Apr 10, 2009 9:29 AM PDT reply actions  

It kinda started this week

"The dark secret of LL is that it only exists so I can one day moderate Graham" ---Robert

by .Taylor on Apr 10, 2009 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

thank you

St. Louis Cardinals... defying win expectancy since 2008

by vivaelpujols on Apr 25, 2009 11:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Any and all references to or imitations of

Tuesdays with Sean Green. It’s gone and not coming back.

angels fan in seattle

by Eyebrows on Apr 10, 2009 9:43 AM PDT reply actions  

I think in a broader sense

the authors aren’t a bloody jukebox, and they’re providing a service basically for free so don’t hound them with demands for content. This includes the above mentioned as well as gifs and whatnot. If you ask for something and then don’t get it, that probably means “no.” Take the message.

by JI on Apr 10, 2009 10:02 AM PDT up reply actions  

Oh and it hasn't been around long enough to be excessively annoying

but the whole Felix/Bedard/good SP is going to be a closer (and the related GMZ has a closer fetish) thing has run its course. Maybe it’s not dead enough to be a banned meme but we’ve all had the thought and enough have posted it that it really should not take up any more valuable bandwidth. At any rate, it ought to be on the table.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 10, 2009 11:26 AM PDT reply actions  

I like how I forget to come here

for a few months from time to time, and every time I come back it’s a whole new kind of bewildering.

by Liebkartoffel on Apr 10, 2009 12:05 PM PDT reply actions  

I have a few.

LATE (or any variations thereof)
Beluga Tits/Tits/Titties/etc
Correcting grammar/spelling unless it becomes problematic

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 10, 2009 12:18 PM PDT reply actions  

Responses:

-Late serves a purpose, noting that the news/comment has already been posted. I view it as a way to try and make posters more aware of content that’s already on the site.

-BT is a treasured nickname. But it’s already a nickname, further mangling it in order to make sex jokes qualifies as a dead meme (because it was never funny to begin with). The original nickname is still allowed.

-I would agree except I haven’t seen much of this recently.

by Matthew on Apr 10, 2009 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Late does serve a purpose,

but it could just as easily be “that was already posted earlier” or something along those lines. I view “LATE” as being on the same level as “FIRST!” and other kinds of forum/chat/text speak

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 10, 2009 12:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

But if you're the one who made the original comment/post

Then calling somebody LATE is just the same as proclaiming yourself to be FIRST!

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 10, 2009 12:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, it isn't.

Because it is not about proclaiming you to be the first person to post said item.

It’s about don’t repeat content.

Use of LATE in the former sense is not allowed.

by Matthew on Apr 10, 2009 12:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

And the former sense is what I'm talking about

Doesn’t happen often here, but I’ve seen it. And that’s why I clarified it as “if you’re the one…”

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 10, 2009 1:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Fair enough

It’s certainly a rare occurence anyhow, and honestly it’s not a bother in my eyes. But seeing ac mention it and your initial response got my gears turning, so I had to ask

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 10, 2009 1:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I know it is

And I don’t think anybody has ever done that here. My point was that it comes across as kind of the same thing, but with a different context

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 10, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was with you Toot... good try.

“Late” seems as annoying as fuck to me. It’s not like people deliberately repost content. They obviously didn’t see the previous post and didn’t scower the millions of posts over the last week to make sure that it wasn’t already posted. Trying to nail someone to a tree for that seems lame.

Now if someone used the far more withering response, “For more information similar to this, please read my post from LAST TUESDAY, fuckwad!” I’d ROTFLMAO.

by johnbai on Apr 10, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions  

I still think we need to be clear about what's expected in comments

inadvertent spelling errors will always happen, and grammar nazis can get annoying, but we also make a big deal about expecting comments to contain proper punctuation, spelling and grammar.

I don’t want a great comment sidetracked because three people point out a split infinitive, but I really, really don’t want Prospect Insider’s comments either.

by marc w on Apr 10, 2009 1:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I'm talking more about extreme grammar Nazism and correcting mistakes and typos made by people who don't often make them.

If someone is consistently incorrect and/or lazy it’s necessary but when someone makes a typo and is corrected it makes me want to throw things.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 10, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

This.

Readability and comprehensible typing is the goal. Punctuation and proper spacing are, I think, actually the two biggest factors in that.

Effort needs to be made on proper spelling and grammar, but isolated typo correction and inane English-major-level grammar arguments get on my nerves.

by Matthew on Apr 10, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions  

Readability is the goal, of course, and I think aaron's summed this up pretty well,

but ignoring a lot of awful spelling and/or grammar is a precedent.

Inane grammar arguments (as opposed to scintillating ones) ARE annoying, but so are perfectly-intelligible comments that misspell player’s names and generally stay one step above chatspeak. ‘Comprehensible’ is a damn low bar.

by marc w on Apr 10, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions  

Comprehensible is a high bar to me.

One step above chatspeak isn’t what I mean by comprehensible.

Anyways, I don’t think it’s been a problem and so I really don’t feel like taking this any further.

by Matthew on Apr 10, 2009 4:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Comments don't need to contain proper spelling/punctuation/grammar

they just need to be readable and coherent, and focusing on s/p/g is a good way to enforce that, I think.

by seattlebruin on Apr 10, 2009 2:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

Right, this is my beef.

When two comments are posted almost simultaneously and the one that came in five seconds later gets a LATE, it’s annoying. If there’s a Fanpost talking about something that’s been covered elsewhere or something, I don’t have a problem with it.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 10, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

Okay, yeah, I get what is being referred to here and yeah, I think it happens too often.

But I think it’s a minor issue. I don’t want the dead meme list to be so stuffed with every irritant that it becomes too difficult to keep track of and thus loses its impact. If this late issue becomes are biggest pet peeve, then I think we’re doing something tremendously right.

by Matthew on Apr 10, 2009 2:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Beluga Tits

No no no.

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 10, 2009 1:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

I agree

although I have a vested interest. Nicknames are not memes and should only be retired in favor of a better nickname, which, like clubhouse leaders cannot be appointed but must arise organically.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 10, 2009 1:29 PM PDT up reply actions  

Guti looks like a male pornstar.

It hasn’t been run to the ground yet and is still funny but I’m leaving it up there in case somebody wants to call it.

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Apr 10, 2009 1:07 PM PDT reply actions  

The whole point of this

is that gold mines soon turn into ugly deep scars left behind on the landscape, and wouldn’t it be better to not leave so many scars?

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 10, 2009 1:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

So we shouldn't ever make jokes about anything?

Gutz as porn star is still hilarious and it shouldn’t qualify as a dead meme until it isn’t.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 10, 2009 1:23 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well then it shouldn't have been brought up here probably

I didn’t realize it was that small-scale.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 10, 2009 1:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe I haven't followed the game threads closely enough

last time the joke was made there was a reference to a helicopter pilot getting a hummer from a porn actress while at the helm, which I think is awesome and is the kind of content that should be actively encouraged in these confines. But that’s just my two cents.

On the other hand, the whole F-bomb is a porn actor joke is not very funny per se so I wouldn’t mind declaring a moratorium on it.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 10, 2009 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions  

Wrong

“Mitch do you want an apple?”

“No because eventually it will become a core”

Formerly Mariners124M... Username was sorta bland, so I'm changin it up

by BQueezy on Apr 10, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

Gay/faggot/fag

Yes, yes, meta, ironic.
Read pdb’s comment about this get-out-of-jail-free-card earlier in the thread.

by marc w on Apr 10, 2009 4:06 PM PDT reply actions  

Sadly true...

I find myself calling things “gay” when I talk to my 22 year old nephew, though I would never think to say something like that normally.

by johnbai on Apr 10, 2009 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't know if it's sad really, just one of those things.

My sister and I are only five years apart, and when she hears me use words like that she says “what would your gay friends say if they heard you say that” and I tell her “where do you think I picked it up?”

I know that people not part of my generation (and generations happen about every five years now in the cultural sense) like to call bullshit on the irony thing, but it’s true. It’s just how we are and it’s second nature.

by Aaron Campeau on Apr 10, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

Gamethread tonight produced several likely candidates

‘[player who has been linked to steroids] does steroids.’ Combination of player name with -oid, ie Giambioid, However, I maintain that hGhMJr is still funny, though only because he is an Angel under a bad contract.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 10, 2009 10:25 PM PDT reply actions  

I'm new but...

extremely handsome, so hopefully that will give me some credibility. Can we please put a stop to the “why is Griffey in the outfield today/tonight?” questions? We get it. Nobody wants him out there. Ever. It’s like the “Go” video before every game. Awful. Unecessary. But something we all have to put up with.

by Buckyfan on Apr 11, 2009 4:15 AM PDT reply actions  

Questioning and evaluating the decisions of the game is in the nature of many fans

And is the precise reason I come to blogs like this.

Besides, the painful parts of the game are much easier (Griffey’s fielding, Yuni’s hitting, Silva) to watch if you get a chance to whine about it with a dozen other people.

by Ezzra on Apr 12, 2009 2:33 AM PDT up reply actions  

Maybe a "LL Meme Guide" would be useful too.

Like the one R.J. Anderson made for Draysbay – to be posted in a sidebar in conjunction with this. Maybe it could serve as an example of acceptable or useful memes that newish people could use. I think introducing new users to some positive examples of memes would make the Dead Memes page even more effective. Of course, the acceptable memes page might be taken as a green light to use them to death by some people, but I don’t think that will happen that often.

Also, I’ve been reading LL comments since December, and I still get thrown by a meme fairly regularly. It’s nice to be able to learn a meme’s meaning and history without having to click through the archives for 5 or 10 minutes or ask in a thread and break the flow of the conversation.

by Decatur on Apr 11, 2009 7:16 AM PDT reply actions  

This was attempted via the LL wiki,

which, last I checked, is suffering from a general lack of interest in both readership and upkeep.

by Bearskin Rugburn on Apr 11, 2009 9:27 AM PDT up reply actions  

Editing is turned off (at least for me)

I think it’s pretty much dead. But yeah it was suffering from a lack of upkeep before that too.

by appleshampoo on Apr 11, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

No, don't worry Kermit.

I didn’t have any particular meme or joke in mind. I think people here are pretty good about keeping inside jokes on the OFFTOP pages, which is good all-around.

by Decatur on Apr 11, 2009 4:42 PM PDT up reply actions  

We tried it somewhat and it proved less than satisfactory.

And really, part of me thinks it’s not optimal to have a central place to store all inside references at LL. We’re a community here and all communities develop forms of communication that serve as a marker. Whether those be regional dialects, accents, expressions, etc. If you are a committed and worthwhile poster, you will eventually get exposed to these. If not, then I’m not sure why there should be an instruction manual. Meanwhile, the community continues to evolve new memes/jokes and you can take part in those references.

by Matthew on Apr 11, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions   4 recs

That's a good answer.

And I guess I sounded a little more down on LL than I intended. I get most of the memes now after several months of reading the comments, and I think that’s most people’s experience. I was thinking more about how accessible a new visitor to Lookout Landing would find things, which I still worry about a bit. But it’s the community’s choice about how much exposition is needed, and I’m happy with the balance that’s been struck.

by Decatur on Apr 11, 2009 3:19 PM PDT up reply actions  

You're right, Graham, but keep this in mind...

In forums like this, or in any new situation, people tend to be really reluctant to ask strangers questions, even if they’re dying to know the answer to something.* It’s human nature, and it’s a powerful instinct – “don’t show weakness!” I’m not suggesting you do anything differently, Graham, since I agree that commenters should work their asses off to become fluent, valuable, and fun contributers. It’s just something to be aware of.

*When I volunteered as an exhibit interpreter at the Aquarium, I was dumbstruck by often visitors did this (e.g. asking one another in hushed voices “I wonder why those little guys…” but not asking ME when I’m ten feet away and smiling). My point: it’s hard work making strangers feel comfortable in any place they’re unfamiliar with. By the way, the next time anyone goes to the Aquarium, ask a question or two to each volunteer you come across. It genuinely makes their day.

by Decatur on Apr 11, 2009 10:52 PM PDT up reply actions  

I agree with this.

People don’t want to look stupid by asking about something that seems to be common knowledge to most others, whether that will be the case or not.

by Mariner John on Apr 11, 2009 11:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks for the tip!

Next time I go I will ask all the cute girls if they want to go out and I will everyone else if they like fish sticks.

If any of them complain, I will say that a former employee told me to!

by Matthew on Apr 11, 2009 11:59 PM PDT up reply actions  

This song is extraordinary.

I haven’t been keeping up with South Park lately. This deserves to be the Aquarium’s theme song.

by Decatur on Apr 12, 2009 12:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

Thanks.

To clarify, my response was partly to you and partly to the general audience that has asked this type of question before. We’ve mostly just brushed it aside with non-answers so I wanted to be a little more direct this time.

by Matthew on Apr 11, 2009 4:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

Being new myself

I think the only way to learn whats right/wrong is to just get thrown into the fire. I think that’s true with most things in life, not just LL.

Obviously, I don’t moderate these forums, but giving fair warning, is well.. fair. Although, it can be a bit tedious.

by d0nkey on Apr 13, 2009 12:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or don't explain.

And just direct people to Urban Dictionary (it’s not for the faint of heart).

by Decatur on Apr 12, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well then...

I just learned something new. For better or worse, my mind loves to archive such info.

"."
-E. Bedard

by Big Jared on Apr 13, 2009 1:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was funny when Matthew did it that time

however it has quickly become overused since then.

by Mariner John on Apr 12, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Or not.

However, I’m just being proactive.

by Mariner John on Apr 12, 2009 9:34 PM PDT up reply actions  

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

To know is to never unknow…

You got slurved bitch.

by Slurvey on Apr 13, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

It's a little gay isn't it?

And that’s just the straight version…

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 9:56 PM PDT up reply actions  

The best way to destroy a perfectly good joke

is to say “just joking” before the audience has a chance to laugh.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions  

Eiffel Tower was hilarious when I first heard it in college and remains so.

LL has the power to ruin any joke, of course, but I really don’t see that one very often at all.

by Teej on Apr 13, 2009 9:57 PM PDT up reply actions  

Some guys on my college campus

made a snow-sculpture of the Eiffel tower, and the director of residence life ordered them to tear it down. Also, I saw it on a jack-o-lantern. Ahhh college, how I miss thee.

by appleshampoo on Apr 14, 2009 2:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

"This"

It’s really annoying.

by Jeff Sullivan on Apr 13, 2009 8:34 AM PDT reply actions   1 recs

I'm with Jeff on this.

It’s essentially “+1” or “Seconded” or “Co-sign”

I will smash your face into a jelly.

by Phil Hatzenbuehler on Apr 13, 2009 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions  

"That"

Is also annoying

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 10:34 AM PDT up reply actions  

Seen it a few times

More to the point I just want it on the list because if we ban “this” then inevitably some smartasses will begin saying “that” because it isn’t banned

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 11:01 AM PDT up reply actions  

I would have to agree

it’s just another flavor of +1/seconded/whatever else.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 13, 2009 10:40 AM PDT up reply actions  

What the hell does "this" even mean?

I can’t figure it out for the life of me. Is it like saying “regarding that?”

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions  

It's a lazy way of agreeing with someone

When someone says something, someone else responds with “This” when they agree with but don’t have anything of substance to add to the original thought.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 13, 2009 10:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

I was thinking of when one is trying to articulate themselves

and another responds with what they were trying to say but much more concisely

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 10:59 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think the general idea tries to be contribute something constructive or don't bother

Even “I agree completely” is kind of a throwaway; it doesn’t really bother me, but it doesn’t add anything.

Nice Guys Finish Third - Hopelessly lost, but makin' good time.

by pdb on Apr 13, 2009 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions  

Or the annoying misspelling

“samsies”

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 11:11 AM PDT up reply actions  

Why would that be?

the “e” makes it sound like “same” and not “sam” (like somebody’s name). Why would it be dropped?

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 11:17 AM PDT up reply actions  

Well I'll be dipped

Fuck the english language. I still contend that it should be “samesies,” because “fameous” would not work because of the way the 3 vowels would play off each other. The english language is silly and loaded with octuple standards

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 11:51 AM PDT up reply actions  

My view

Saying “this” as a variant of +1 is no good, saying to say “what xxx said articulates what I was trying to explain” is not bad and it is mostly the latter in my experience.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions  

What people should probably do is just rec the other comment and not say anything.

That is what recs are supposed to be for anyways, to show approval.

by Matthew on Apr 13, 2009 11:38 AM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

I agree with JI

though it’s always kind of amusing to guess which regulars rec’d which comments

by seattlebruin on Apr 13, 2009 11:47 AM PDT up reply actions  

Like I pay attention

And sb missed it too

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 12:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

Agreed

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 12:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

I invented LATE`

So I can wholeheartly speak with 100% authority on the subject that it is not.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions  

His disclaimer of "...to me" would seem to imply that this is his opinion

Therefore you probably are not able to speak with 100% authority on the subject of “Sec 108’s opinions.”

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions  

LATE as a meme means one of two things

1) Two people post the same comment in a GT literally sends apart, so you respond to the second one with LATE in all caps to be a dick.

2) That evolved into the less common non-ironic usage posting LATE in all caps as a response to “breaking” news item which was had become common knowledge.

I see could see how one could think that is a extension of two, be really there only the same as in “indeed” being a synonym for “this”.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 12:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

And you are right on both counts

But I think Sec 108’s point was that a comment like “Welcome to 2008” was on the same level as calling “LATE” on somebody, in his opinion.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 12:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

No kidding

and as explained above, I don’t agree at all.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

I got what you were saying above

I just don’t understand telling somebody that their opinion is incorrect. I do understand disagreeing with an opinion and explaining that directly, but not once do you state that you disagree, you just go straight into an argument against his point.

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 12:55 PM PDT up reply actions  

As was my response to the original comment

I’ll try to be more clear next time. I’m not arguing with him, I am simply pointing out the issues of arguing that somebody’s subjective opinion is wrong

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 1:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes, they are.

I was struggling to find a phrase that fit better. But arguing that somebody’s interpretation of a word/phrase/song/movie/book is wrong is a pointless argument. Like if somebody says that Pearl Jam sucks. You may feel differently, but that doesn’t mean that the other person is wrong, it just meants that you just get something out of Pearl Jam that the other person does not.

That’s the point I was going for to start here. An opinion is an opinion, and what right does anybody have to tell somebody else that they are wrong for having their own?

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 1:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

An opinion is an opinion, and what right does anybody have to tell somebody else that they are wrong for having their own?

You realize this goes in circles because my opinion could very well be that you have no right to your opinion.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 1:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

Yes, I do realize that

But most people are rational and don’t think this way

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 1:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well that sounds like a bit of a dig at you

It isn’t intended to be. And my point does not go in circles because the counter to your opinion of nobody having a right to their opinioin would still be that you have no right to tell others that they have no right to their opinion

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 1:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

And there is empirical evidence to suggest this

But if somebody interprets something differently than somebody else it doesn’t mean that they are wrong. You can’t have evidence that says “no, you feel wrong about what you just saw/heard/read.” You can, however, have evidence that says “no, you’re wrong, Derek Jeter is defensively lousy as a shortstop.”

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 2:12 PM PDT up reply actions  

My issue was only with the way he presented his case

That’s all. And that 2+2=5 argument whenever somebody mentions opinions doesn’t do a thing for me. If somebody has an opinion that is entirely subjective (such as the case at hand) then asking if 2+2=5 is a valid opinion is just a cop out. 2+2=5 is incorrect because math says so. Thinking that “welcome to 2008” is a similar phrase to saying “late” is not incorrect because it is a subjective thought

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 1:04 PM PDT up reply actions  

This thread is absolutely priceless. The whole thing.

This might be my favorite non-despair LL thread that I’ve ever read.

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

ZOMG LOLZ TIS IZ TEH ILLEST!!!1!

I’m sorry, but this thread has made me laugh so hard I’ve started hallucinating and become delirious. I literally felt so sick from laughing that I thought I would vomit. I’ve had to take a break to intellectualize how funny this to calm myself down before continuing. This is what did it.

Please specify
Exactly where in the rule book it says that the home team cannot decide which rules will be used
-F’nA’s

That’s the most retarded thing I have ever heard
Thus I am recommending it
-OlSalty

Okay, round 2….

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions  

Plus this...
This is quite possibly the best comment ever made
on any topic, ever, in the history of communication. You, sir, are my hero for the day.
-pdb

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions  

I just finished...

That was like observing 20 people – all working together – write a masterpiece on the order Moby Dick in the space of an hour.

But how did Corco save the file? Did he get it from ningwers’ open window and post it on his highways website? And what the hell actually caused the comments to crash and go into negatives?

P.S. I love you, Lookout Landing.

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions  

The answer would take a long time to explain

ningwers and I were still in the thread, so ningwers saved it as an HTML page and gave it to Corco to upload.

The thread was deleted because F’nA’s deleted it when we were making fun of him, but thanks to an SBN glitch, only parts of it went away. Anyone who didn’t refresh had the whole thread available to them to peruse, so long as they didn’t leave it.

by seattlebruin on Apr 13, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

If Lookout Landing and its affiliated blogs

last for a thousand years, men will stay say, “THIS…was their finest hour.”

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 7:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

I've never heard of this...

Is it too hot for the side-barring? I’ll just have to set it aside and read it later. My time wasted on LL has grown exponentially since yesterday. Exhilarating and terrifying at the same time.

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 8:21 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think at the time it seemed like a good idea to keep it underground

especially since every half way amusing thread was getting the OMG HOF treatment.

I bet at some point in the future it will be updated.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions  

It was pretty amazing

how many threads ended with people calling for it be enshrined around that time.

by ningwers on Apr 13, 2009 8:35 PM PDT up reply actions  

People = me

Since then, I have only clamored for certain comments to be enshrined

by seattlebruin on Apr 13, 2009 9:11 PM PDT up reply actions  

I honestly don't remember who nor do I want to flame people for doing so

I just wanted to get it out there (since it was sort of my baby) that not sidebarring it was totally the right decision and I need to defer to Jeff’s wisdom more often.

by JI on Apr 13, 2009 9:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Man I totally missed that

But it made me laugh pretty hard just now. Did we ever figure out the glitch?

by appleshampoo on Apr 13, 2009 3:44 PM PDT up reply actions  

"No, I would just put a pitcher at 3b"

"The dark secret of LL is that it only exists so I can one day moderate Graham" ---Robert

by .Taylor on Apr 13, 2009 5:41 PM PDT up reply actions  

I totally missed this.

Amazing. And now “but rocks” makes sense. Thanks!

by Teej on Apr 13, 2009 7:54 PM PDT up reply actions  

I stand corrected

Though it might be helpful to add an asterisk next time because for a moment there I was sure that I was being called a fairy which would have been unnecessary and hurtful

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

You bloggers are all the same,

Just hiding behind the anonymity of a keyboard

I want to poop at your house - Thingray

by tootthekazoo on Apr 13, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions   1 recs

Is there anyway to see who recced something?

Without just picking a random person’s profile and looking through the recent activity?

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions  

YES.

“THIS” SHOULD BE BANNED FROM THE INTERNET.

I was at Shea for the Felix-Slam!
Personal M's record: 5-4.

by EnglishMariner on Apr 14, 2009 6:12 AM PDT up reply actions  

Felix + "Establishing the fastball"

At least when it’s used for ironic purposes. There seems to be enough consensus that he throws it a bit too much. But much like Ichiro and walking, Felix and his pitch selection seems like one of those things that just is what it is.

"."
-E. Bedard

by Big Jared on Apr 13, 2009 1:37 PM PDT reply actions  

I disagree.

At least, I’ve never seen either Felix’s pitch selection (which deserves to be flamed in at least half the first innings he pitches) or Ichiro’s walks used as cliched memes. Mariner blogs have had a positive impact on his pitching befire, with Dave’s Open Letter to Rafael Chaves, for instance. So every time he’s doing something wrong that’s easily correctable, we should fix it.

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 1:43 PM PDT up reply actions  

*rather, we should call it out when we see it.

If the Sexy People could just “fix it” and make Felix the 8 WAR pitcher he’s capable of being, life would be overwhelming we would explode. “If life were perfect, it wouldn’t be,” after all.

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 1:46 PM PDT up reply actions  

Well then

I’m apparently overruled on this one.

I guess it feels meme-esque to me because I just don’t get the feeling he’s going to change much unless or until diminished velocity forces it. I want to see him figure it out as badly as anyone. As good as he is, he could be truly ridiculous. But he seems stubbornly intent on being a gunfighter on the mound. Thinking about it too much is a highly masochistic act for me.

"."
-E. Bedard

by Big Jared on Apr 13, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions  

what about

Vidro’s Fat, and “i think you mean…”

oh wait, im a year or 2 off. hows it going everyone.

by marinerschas2 on Apr 13, 2009 4:54 PM PDT reply actions  

Welcome back!

Determined, Jonesing Commentor | Proud proprietor of Wyomingroutes.org & Washingtonhighways.org

by Corco on Apr 13, 2009 5:08 PM PDT up reply actions  

eh, only for a few more minutes tonight, then i'll disappear into oblivion again.

im posted in massillon/canton area for another 6 weeksish. i’ve been here since the beginning of december.

nice 5-2 start

i cant remember alot of memes from times past though. sorry for ot’ing it

by marinerschas2 on Apr 13, 2009 5:15 PM PDT up reply actions  

Where did this meme come from?

I realize that it’s Sexson facepalming after destroying our wills to live, but, and I mean this literally, what is “Lookout Landing?”

Incidentally, was this meme blacklisted? I just saw you use it several thousand times on Coach Owens in a thread from several years ago.

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 9:01 PM PDT reply actions  

Woe out indeed.

“If you gonna be impotent, you got’s to look impotant.”

Illegible

by kevin_ess on Apr 13, 2009 9:22 PM PDT up reply actions  

Last Question, I Promise.

This has been like a religious experience, so I’ll have to come down off my mystical annihilation and union with LL and stop clogging up the dead memes thread, but I just gotta know: what’s the early lore about Coach Owen? (I just saw the Hitler mustache one). Wow.

by Decatur on Apr 13, 2009 9:24 PM PDT up reply actions  

The fewer questions the better here.

Unless you like your wires tapped.

Illegible

by kevin_ess on Apr 13, 2009 10:03 PM PDT up reply actions  

Whoa

"The dark secret of LL is that it only exists so I can one day moderate Graham" ---Robert

by .Taylor on Apr 13, 2009 10:06 PM PDT up reply actions  

How about Washburn as pedophile?

I’d call that dead.

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Apr 14, 2009 4:31 PM PDT reply actions  

Here you go

Washburn as pedophile

I like using semi-colons; they make me feel smart.

by Llewdor on Apr 24, 2009 1:40 PM PDT up reply actions  

That's a pretty clutch thread

The beginning of the “Raul takes pride in his defense” GIF collection, and a lot of hilarity from the Jarrod Washburn Wikipedia page..

by appleshampoo on Apr 24, 2009 2:13 PM PDT up reply actions  

I was wondering if this would be on the outs

Washburn is just such an unlikable character, it seems a shame to not mock him mercilessly

by Ike Clanton on Apr 15, 2009 8:09 PM PDT up reply actions  

That was dead last year.

Last year’s dead memes still apply.

by Matthew on Apr 16, 2009 8:36 AM PDT up reply actions  

I think it falls into a similar category as "This",

in that it’s an expression being used for a specific purpose that has drawn a lot of use on blogs. It is generally a lazy way of softening a blow or (and this is where I despise it) is used as a substitute for evidence.

by abender20 on Apr 24, 2009 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions  

I use that one all the time when I'm saying/pointing out something I find slightly humorous.

It has become my personal ‘amirite’ to indicate a comment to not be taken seriously, though rarely used. I don’t care to repeat a phrase too often.

by Kermit. on Apr 24, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions  

I don't mind it as much in context, just like "This"

I’m more bothered when people hit and run with some ridiculous or asinine comment, followed by “Just sayin’”.

by abender20 on Apr 24, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions  

I think trying to convince Eyebrows to become a Mariners fan

should be added to the list. Unless he gets some kind of sick pleasure out of it.

Just seems to happen any time we play the Angels, or at other random times too.

by appleshampoo on Apr 26, 2009 10:07 PM PDT reply actions  

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