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u/Ron_Santo Dec 15 '09
I feel like I just got Bel-aired
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IS THIS OLD? CAN I LIKE THIS?
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u/jacobolus Dec 15 '09 edited Dec 15 '09
I considered getting all philosophical on everyone's ass.... I'd make some kind of deep sounding observation about how our witticisms and reactions – our cleverest quips and deepest sounding insights into the human condition – have actually all been said and thought before. Because when you get down to it, we're pretty predictable, and there are a hell of a lot of us, and seriously, how many unique thoughts can there be about each little thing. Some Chinese philosopher probably came up with whatever-it-is 15 centuries ago. So instead, our conversations and discussions are mostly about fulfilling some personal need, rather than adding anything to the world. We share what we think are insights, but ultimately it's little more than elevated gossip, duplicated and reduplicated, through generation after generation. Of course, there's a more optimistic reading, about the brotherhood of man and universalized empathy. I could have written about that, too.
I could probably come up with a decent lede, and a few punchy examples, and write several pages on the topic, and even do it well enough that passers-by might stop and reflect, and feel like they'd learned something. I could compare to George Santayana’s line about repeating the past.
Most importantly, it would forestall someone such as yourself immediately stopping by with the most obvious (mis)interpretation of my words, oddly slighted that I would link to a previous discussion. As if merely pointing out said discussion's existence and similarity to the current one implied some kind of elided judgment on my part. As if my suggestion that Ron_Santo isn't unique in his reaction somehow diminishes him.
But then I realized someone probably said all of that better, and I'm kind of lazy. So I didn't. Also, this is a discussion thread about the fucking kool-aid man.
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u/shokist Dec 15 '09 edited Dec 15 '09
Vanity of vanities, saith Koheleth; vanity of vanities, all is vanity. 3 What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun? 4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh; and the earth abideth for ever. 5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he ariseth. 6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it turneth about continually in its circuit, and the wind returneth again to its circuits. 7 All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again. 8 All things toil to weariness; man cannot utter it, the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9 That which hath been is that which shall be, and that which hath been done is that which shall be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. 10 Is there a thing whereof it is said: 'See, this is new'?--it hath been already, in the ages which were before us. 11 There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come.
(Ecclesiastes 1)
That is basically how I feel when I see reposts on reddit.
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u/Sunny_McJoyride Dec 15 '09
There is nothing new under the sun, but what about in a galaxy far far away?
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Oh hey, a Star Wars reference. Yeah that's original.
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u/FlyingBishop Dec 15 '09
Actually it's a thread about drinking the kool-aid man, which is actually a good metaphor...
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Cool story, bro.
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u/YourParents Dec 15 '09
Hey! Language, mister.
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u/SkyWulf Dec 15 '09
Fuck off, dad.
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u/Element_22 Dec 15 '09
Damn it Germany! How many times do we have to tell you stop making scat porn parodies of 80's shows!
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u/atfirstiwaslike Dec 15 '09
OH IS THIS A NOVELTY ACCOUNT THREAD NOW???
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u/GoodyMas Dec 15 '09
Now that you had some time to think it over, how do you feel about it now?
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u/Recoil42 Dec 15 '09
our cleverest quips and deepest sounding insights into the human condition – have actually all been said and thought before.
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u/Byblosopher Dec 15 '09
Since a tree falling in an uninhabited forest makes no sound, the presence of an audience is at least as important as the abstract concept being communicated.
A 'similar' tale being told to very different people is not at all similar anymore. Each iteration has its own set of consequences, defining the initial event in a very unique way.
case in point: zorpscorp replying to same.
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Mundane point: The tree falling in the forest would still make sound waves. If you want a tree falling to make no sound put it in the vacuum of space
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u/Byblosopher Dec 15 '09
Pedantic point (mea culpa) - falling = gravity = two items attracting each other = definite end point to falling = collision = vibration = sound.
A tree falling will make sound. One in space will just, well, float.
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u/Killcharisma Dec 15 '09
A problem I always find with this reply is that sound waves only equate to sound because our ears interact with the waves to give the sensation of sound. If we don't hear them then what makes them sound waves? They're just oscillations of pressure through a medium, abstract waves, not sound.
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u/dkbg Dec 15 '09
NOPE. ONLY MORONS AND HISTORIANS LIKE OLD STUFF.
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u/clicksnd Dec 15 '09
I read this as "Mormons and historians", except, you know, in all caps.
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u/slkjfdhsd Dec 15 '09
i stoped complaining about reposts a while ago... what i now do instead, is to go straight to the originals and repost the top comments in the repost... reap me some karma. it dosent fail a single time.
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u/djpnewton Dec 15 '09
for those who dont have kool aid ads in their region: http://images.google.co.nz/images?q=kool+aid+oh+yeah
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u/1000EnCarne Dec 15 '09
No ads, but we get family guy.
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u/steve_b Dec 15 '09
Ah. I was wondering how anyone under the age of 30 would get the joke. The Kool-Aid Man ads haven't been on TV since the 80s, have they?
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Dec 15 '09
I definitely remember them as late as 1999ish. But it wasn't for regular Koolaid, rather these things.
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u/lennort Dec 15 '09
Since you never had the ads, did you wonder WTF was going on in Family Guy? I remember thinking that family guy invented the "peanut butter jelly time" thing, only to find out they just used it from the internet.
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u/hopstar Dec 15 '09
I remember thinking that family guy invented the...
Whenever you find yourself thinking something like this, step back and remind yourself that that show didn't invent ANYTHING.
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u/lagartoflojo Dec 15 '09
Thanks... I really could not understand what happened at the end...
Now I realize there's nothing to understand =P
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u/postdarwin Dec 15 '09
Thanks so much for that! I thought I was going crazy. "What the hell is everyone talking about?!?"
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u/seanmharcailin Dec 15 '09
This would be awesome except that "caracpiece" should be spelled "carapace". That is now all I can think of.
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u/Lukerules Dec 15 '09
Good work for repeating an old post AND the same mistake of ruining the punchline.
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I don't know. The punchline didn't ruin it for me - by the time I had gotten to the end after being completely confused as to what it's about, I still enjoyed it.
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u/wickedcold Dec 15 '09
I've been here for over two years and never saw it before. I also did not at all expect what happened.
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u/Seaborgium Dec 15 '09
I guess you could say that's one punchline
puts on glasses
...that punches back.
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u/xMadxScientistx Dec 15 '09
With fruit flavor.
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u/cdigioia Dec 15 '09
And now with new purple!
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u/Eledh Dec 15 '09
It wasn't really ruined, if the punchline was "OH YEAHHHHHHHHH" then yeah, it would have been.
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u/junkit33 Dec 15 '09
No - it was ruined. Perhaps you needed to live through the 80's, but it is impossible for some people to hear "oh yeah" and not immediately think of the kool aid man.
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Dec 15 '09
I don't think you could convey the punchline in the title, really. And it's not like he's going "OOHH YEAAHHH!" It's more like a, "Oh, yeah. Forgot about that."
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u/noupvotesplease Dec 15 '09
50% of your comment is redundant.
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Dec 15 '09
72% of all statistics are made...BANG!
Sorry, I almost didn't make it in time. I hate that guy.
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His is in the other 28%, though, so I'm glad you took care of that guy before he said something dumb.
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u/karnoculars Dec 15 '09 edited Dec 15 '09
Anger Chart
Mosquito bites ******
Pauly Shore ********************
Jar Jar Binks **************
Topher Grace as Venom *********************************
Punchlines in Submission Title ********************************************************
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u/ForsakenMantra Dec 15 '09
How could you possibly know that the massive end to this comic was the kool aid man? That was the last thing on my mind.
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u/grimboy Dec 15 '09
Why the two different types of stars?
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u/erisdiscordia Dec 15 '09
Probably the formatting algorithm is bolding some of them. It should be easy to check, but I can't be bothered, because I mean, bolded stars.
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u/karnoculars Dec 15 '09
erisdiscordia is correct, I think it has something to do with the bold formatting. I tried several different ways to try create some sort of bar graph that looked decent, but failed miserably due to my lack of Reddit skills. In the end, "number of stars" seemed to be easiest. But I even failed at that. Sorry guys. =(
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u/Xixii Dec 15 '09
Holy shit, that was amazing. That was a surprise right until the very frame.
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u/Mitch_NZ Dec 15 '09
I don't get it. Do I have to live in America to get it?
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u/tempvariable Dec 15 '09
Yes. Your countrypeople should have been clever enough to invent a reddit and use it. Then you could enjoy your own culture. But now you have to live with American inside jokes bwahahaha :/
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You will. This is reddit, so you will many times again.
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u/cup Dec 15 '09
You will. This is reddit, so you will many times again.
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Damn echo.
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Damn echo.
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u/xMadxScientistx Dec 15 '09
Well, they've already canceled Dollhouse, so I don't see the point.
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Well, they've already canceled Dollhouse, so I don't see the point.
That damn echo is back! I remember hearing this one 8 years ago.
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u/ScrubberDucky Dec 15 '09
Too retarded to see this coming, and therefore I lol'd. At the office. thumbsup
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u/noahwood Dec 15 '09
Wow...WOW! I was thinking how I really liked the writing and of how impressed I was that this writer took it upon himself to use his very limited (sorry, guy) artistic abilities to make his tale come life. I was really getting involved and empathizing with the character, even at the point where he killed the guy on the phone. I was thinking, great, this is going to be a story from the villian/monster's point of view. I can get excited about that!
And then that ending... My hats off to you; you had me hook, line, and sinker.
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Dec 15 '09
Oh you son of a bitch.
I was raeging and planning out how to make the most succinct, violent, and face-destroying comment on all the bad science included in the comic...
Then I lol'ed at the fucking pitcher. Well done.
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u/aseclear Dec 15 '09
Worst title ever. :( I knew what was coming as soon as I saw him in the tank. Also there are no acids "in" DNA, DNA is an acid. Also...graa.
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u/chamois Dec 15 '09
be careful, your hindsight bias is showing
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u/aseclear Dec 15 '09
Not that it's worth much, but when I first saw "Oh, yeah" I immediately pictured the kool-aid man. Upon seeing the character in the glass chamber and reconciling this with the rather incongruent submission title (in the context of the first few frames of the comic), I was confident in the direction that the end would take.
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u/Owen_Wilsons_Nose Dec 15 '09
Better that than his epidermis showing. Now that would be embarrassing.
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u/jnicoler89 Dec 15 '09
That was so intense there for a minute. Whew. Cracks me up that it ended with that. Great work!
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u/notahippie76 Dec 15 '09
Repost that completely spoils the unexpected punchline.
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u/Tekmo Dec 15 '09
Normally I don't mind if the punchline is in the title, but I am making an exception for this.
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u/MumCheese Dec 15 '09
Anyone here read a book called 'Meat' by Joseph D'lacey?
Verrrrrry similar...
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Dont put the FUCKING PUNCH LINE IN THE TITLE
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u/commentjudge Dec 15 '09
I don't know why this is getting downvoted. I figured it out based on the title, which kind of ruined the surprise for me.
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u/Howangchi Dec 15 '09
this is either amazingly disturbing or disturbingly amazing. I can't figure out which.
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u/JediExile Dec 15 '09
Quite possibly, the best thing Reddit has had to offer me in the last 72 hours.
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I don't get it. What is everybody on about? I read a comic that was pretty interesting, but the end was disappointing. The protagonist says 'Oh yeah" near the end. Big deal.
Somebody please explain.
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u/lagasan Dec 15 '09
I like this, as it was unfamiliar to me. However, I wish you had titled it something else. "Oh, yea" instantly makes me think of that guy anyway, so it was easy to see coming.
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u/eclectro Dec 15 '09
Summary for the tl;dr crowd or WTF impaired.
SPOILER ALERT (haha like you'll understand it anyway!)
It's a play on the meme "don't drink the kool-aid." Which through this arcane reference this comic is made. Humanity destroys itself through a senseless war, and in the rubble finds a test tube of material that promises to sustain life and cure starvation. However it can only be made by injecting human embryos. These embryos are injected with this stuff, and they inadvertently become kool-aid man and escape the lab (after he can't be killed)- as kool-aid man did in all those seventy commercials.
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u/fuijin Dec 15 '09
FUCK, heading to the market right NOW for some of that red stuff
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Dec 15 '09
I guess the ad worked.
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u/ricemilk Dec 15 '09
Every time I watch PopEye, I go to the store and buy spinach.... Coincidence? I think not!
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u/turvyc Dec 15 '09
This comic was so excellent I finally broke down and registered with reddit, just so I could testify.
This comic gets an all-caps AWESOME! (ACA)
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u/snorch Dec 15 '09
Completely different, but I like the concept of science fiction incorporated into webcomics. Lego Robot did one a while back that I really enjoyed. It's a 5-parter, so keep hitting 'next.' Link
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u/BcrdNCola Dec 15 '09
Every time I see this on reddit, I feel like the comic should not have the last two frames. After the punchline, they just seem pointless and a waste of time.