The fact that those 20 people exist frightens me. That there are sincerely 20 people in the world who watched that video, pondered it for a second, and thought, "That's stupid." It's not that they exist as individuals -- they represent a larger blight found at the fringes of every community, staring in with gritted teeth and bloodshot eyes, ready to tear down anything that represents fun and originality. Those 20 people are the barbed wire that will always stop a utopian society from forming.
Say what you want about Cracked, but they certainly did bring the 'disparaging Youtube thumbs-down comment' to a new level.
The fact that those 20 people exist frightens me. That there are sincerely 20 people in the world who watched that video, pondered it for a second, and thought, "That's stupid." It's not that they exist as individuals -- they represent a larger blight found at the fringes of every community, staring in with gritted teeth and bloodshot eyes, ready to tear down anything that represents fun and originality. Those 20 people are the barbed wire that will always stop a utopian society from forming.
Say what you want about Cracked, but they certainly did bring the 'disparaging Youtube thumbs-down comment' to a new level.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
It can also serve as a plate if you're in a particularly lazybutt mood.
a8 said:I love and hate the MSPA fandom in about equal measure. But at one point I thought the comic itself was, like, THE BEST THING EVER WRITTEN, whereas now it's just good.
In the past I've gone through similar phases with regards to Zelda, Harry Potter, Deep Purple, J.R.R. Tolkien, Radiohead, the Manic Street Preachers and Doctor Who, and probably other things I've forgotten for the moment. At first I think they're literally flawless, and then they're just things that I like.
Oh, also Gunnerkrigg Court and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
I sort of have that happen, except that even then I recognise the flaws in what I like. It's just that, in that moment, I don't think that they matter, and they make me love that thing more because it isn't something untouchable, but something real, made by people—something that I could possibly make, if I tried hard enough. Plus, there are plenty of things that I still have a deep and abiding affection for even after I stop being manic about them, the music of Wire being a classic example.
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End of the world's been held up, because they have union labor on it
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
There's a beer vending machine in the kitchen of the hotel here
how about that
Cracked writer was talking about this:
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I am a rabbit.
Got back from christmas shopping. All done with it now, woo.
that's all very well and good but have you considered that cat fountain?
There was one behind the toaster.
not with a bang but with 4 year old indie garage pop
FROZEN PIZZA THAT COMES WITHOUT A LITTLE CARDBOARD THING
FUCK YOU WITH A RUSTY SPOON
In the past I've gone through similar phases with regards to Zelda, Harry Potter, Deep Purple, J.R.R. Tolkien, Radiohead, the Manic Street Preachers and Doctor Who, and probably other things I've forgotten for the moment. At first I think they're literally flawless, and then they're just things that I like.
Oh, also Gunnerkrigg Court and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
I sort of have that happen, except that even then I recognise the flaws in what I like. It's just that, in that moment, I don't think that they matter, and they make me love that thing more because it isn't something untouchable, but something real, made by people—something that I could possibly make, if I tried hard enough. Plus, there are plenty of things that I still have a deep and abiding affection for even after I stop being manic about them, the music of Wire being a classic example.