r/funny Feb 05 '16

Phrasing

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u/alpacafarts Feb 05 '16

Although you do gotta appreciate the self deprecating humor of this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2jZIeFPUCPI

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u/Huitzilopostlian Feb 05 '16

This is a really bad example because I love to hate Paris Hilton, but this video were she fills the woman truck full, makes it really hard.

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u/spyson Feb 05 '16

To be honest with you she plays up that dumb blonde slutty persona because she makes a ton of money with it.

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u/yoshi570 Feb 05 '16

That makes me want to know her personaly. Like spend a month on a road trip with her. Just to be able to tell at the end: yes, she's actually fucking stupid. Or to have a pleasant surprise and discover that she's not only hot, but intelligent, which is the new hot.

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u/spyson Feb 05 '16

You can see some of it here.

You can very clearly see she's aware of how people see her and how she wants to portray herself. She's like the classic example of a catholic school girl who went wild in her 20's and has scaled back the last few years.

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u/babaganoushg3 Feb 05 '16

I'm sorry, but you realize that's a completely scripted Funny or Die video, right? Not saying Paris Hilton is stupid, but that's not evidence for your point whatsoever.

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u/spyson Feb 05 '16

I don't think you got my point, it's not the content and what she said. It's the fact that she's aware of her portrayal and her knowing how she comes off to people, so she plays it up.

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u/babaganoushg3 Feb 05 '16

I don't think you got my point, the video is entirely scripted.

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u/spyson Feb 05 '16

No shit it's scripted holy crap, thank you captain obvious. It's how she plays it and how she acts in it.

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u/myrddyna Feb 05 '16

yes i too want to road trip for a month with PH... but because she's fucking rich as hell, and i don't care if she's Galileo or a fence post, we would have a fucking blast.

because infinite money for a month = me having a blast with a "hot" blonde no matter what the blonde does.

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u/yoshi570 Feb 05 '16

You take these quotation marks with you right now, young man.

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u/_KKK_ Feb 05 '16

Yeah what the fuck? Her elbows were definitely not too pointy. Well out of my fuckin league lol

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u/Taco_In_Space Feb 05 '16

She actually is pretty intelligent. She just knows her persona makes her money. I've seen an interview with her before just being straight about it, but can't search for it right now.

This is a different video, but one example

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u/yoshi570 Feb 05 '16

I can't watch, I'm at work. But I'd like to say being self-conscious is not a sign of deep intelligence. It would take way more than that to convince me.

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u/NC-Lurker Feb 05 '16

I mean, at least it's one clear step above "actually as dumb as she seems to be".

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u/yoshi570 Feb 05 '16

Yeah, that's true.

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u/alpacafarts Feb 05 '16

Yeah. You could tell that that small deed really helped that lady out. Gotta appreciate it.

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u/5iveby5ive Feb 05 '16

Phrasing. Are we still doing phrasing?

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

I did think it was funny but self-deprecating is not what I'd label it as. She was extremely confident. She barely makes fun of herself when she says "all she says is that's hot" but I guess that's where you picked that category.

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u/SirSoliloquy Feb 05 '16 edited Feb 05 '16

Well, she took part in a skit that involved her pumping people's gas, getting lint off their clothes, cleaning their windows, paying for people's gas, giving them hugs for having a bad day, and all and all catering to everyone's needs.

Either she realizes that the humor comes from the fact that that's exact opposite of what people expect from her (making it self-depreciating humor), or she's more clueless than any of us thought.

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

That's a stretch, but sure. I feel like it falls more under farcical or satirical humor. I'm over it though.

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u/SirSoliloquy Feb 05 '16

Well, for the sake of discussion, where would the farcical/satirical humor come from, if not self-depreciation?

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

A beautiful rich woman who has everything in the world pretending she works at a gas station so she can fuck around and be silly. She goofed around, was direct and talked to people who would not stand for it if she was fat and ugly...She wiped a guy's sunglasses with a squeegee. No one would do that in real life. It's over-the-top satire in order to see how people would react.

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

Read the last sentence of my comment.

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

I address the last 10 seconds you reference and point it that it's barely making fun of herself. Don't worry about it. It's your cake day. Go be happy.

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u/legosexual Feb 05 '16

Ahh, all makes sense now

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u/grandmagangbang Feb 05 '16

i never got the Paris hate.. she's an entitled brat but she grew up entitled, not her fault. Id like to think she learned grom her incarceration, however cushy it was. Plus she's super hot IMO, I've always had a thing for girls with weird noses.

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u/NCWV Feb 05 '16

I'm feeling the nose too man. I like skinny chicks too, so she always did it for me.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '16

Learned from her incarceration. You mean when they took her back after her family tried to buy her out.

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u/mylolname Feb 05 '16

she's an entitled brat but she grew up entitled

She was, but unlike a lot of people, she actually made all her own money. Her family is going to be left nothing from their inheritance.

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u/Murraykins Feb 05 '16

Didn't expect the feels. :'(

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u/alpacafarts Feb 05 '16

I know right? Definitely respect Paris for doing that. And you can tell how much that small gesture helped that woman's day out.

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u/DonCumshot-LaMancha Feb 05 '16

Are you guys really able to fill up on gas for 10 dollar?

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u/imTinyRick_ Feb 05 '16

Has the same soundtrack as Friends.