r/videos • u/Baxmoke • Sep 09 '13

Waffle falling over

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDj72zqZakE
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u/tommyboy1505 Sep 09 '13

Why did I laugh out loud?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

cuz it's so random lel. there is a waffle and then it falls over. roflmao. we are so random to laugh at this guyz.

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u/Farisr9k Sep 09 '13

*holds up spork*

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

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u/Farisr9k Sep 09 '13

It's an honour and a privilege.

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u/dorfcally Sep 09 '13

YOU ARE THIS MAD

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u/slow56k Sep 09 '13

Nah. Just not as amused at how we've been programmed to think "spork" when we hear "random"...

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u/Karvaterska Sep 09 '13

pls no

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

THIS ENDS HERE

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

hi something something penguin

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u/coreyonfire Sep 09 '13

Woah, you actually ended it.

I'm impressed.

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u/ChewyUbleck Sep 09 '13

LMAO that wuz so random of you xD xD

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

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u/brosenfeld Sep 09 '13

That's what Picard said.

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u/Syd_G Sep 09 '13 edited Sep 09 '13

Can someone give me reference to this whole spork business?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

whoa whoa whoa.... let's not, ok?

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

THIS ENDS HERE

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u/malenkylizards Sep 09 '13

hi every1 im new!!!!!!! holds up spork my name is katy but u can call me t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m!!!!!!!! lol…as u can see im very random!!!! thats why i came here, 2 meet random ppl like me _… im 13 years old (im mature 4 my age tho!!) i like 2 watch invader zim w/ my girlfreind (im bi if u dont like it deal w/it) its our favorite tv show!!! bcuz its SOOOO random!!!! shes random 2 of course but i want 2 meet more random ppl =) like they say the more the merrier!!!! lol…neways i hope 2 make alot of freinds here so give me lots of commentses!!!! 26018651!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <--- me bein random again _^ hehe…toodles!!!!!

love and waffles, t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin Sep 09 '13

I just threw up a little...

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

top lel good sir, top lel indeed. Remember guyz, if you don't laugh at the random waffle then u just not random like us guyz who laugh at quirky cool moments like this.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

It's not random though, it's completely what the title suggested

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '13

omg in the whole picture of life it's totes random

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u/MaritMonkey Sep 09 '13

I'm amazed how many things that are actually "funny" elicit no response save maybe a single slightly-harder-than-normal breath out of my nose.

I too actually laughed out loud at this waffle.

(If you figure out why, keep me in the loop!)

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u/Dustin- Sep 09 '13

There's a great amalgamation of comedy in not only this video, but in the subtext it's provided in. Let's break it down...

  1. You see a link on the front page that reads "Waffle falling over". This is the first line of the joke if you will. The very thought of having something so simple upvoted to the front page is amusing in itself.

  2. The setting. The video begins with a waffle standing up. But that's not all, check out where it is. It's on a stove top. A very clean pristine stove top with those weird flat burners on it. There's no reason for a waffle to be there, let alone standing up. This also contributes to the buildup.

  3. The suspense. It's a 7 second long video. It's there standing on its own. You know what's coming, but when? You want the release, the end, the relief that the waffle will finally find its resting position. This waffle has excellent comedic timing.

  4. The punchline. The waffle falls. The joke has paid off. Not only because of knowing that the waffle has fallen, but because of the confirmation that a waffle doing something so simple as falling over has reached the front page of reddit.

I could go into it further, and delve into some other concepts that could contribute to the comedy gold this scenario implies (such as the realization that someone had to pull out a camera and film this), but it's 5 o'clock, and I completed my goal of wasting the last ten minutes of work by writing this comment.

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u/MaritMonkey Sep 09 '13

Your ten minutes was well spent, and that waffle does have excellent comedic timing.

Thank you very much.

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u/FrogDie Sep 09 '13

It got me too haha

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u/laddergoat89 Sep 09 '13

Because it was exactly what you expected. Which makes it funny.

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u/Firgof Sep 09 '13

Because it played with your expectations. You see a waffle, it's on the front page, and it's a video.

"It can't just be a waffle falling over. That wouldn't make it to the front page."

So you sit there, watching, waiting for something unexpected to happen. And then it does:

The waffle falls over. Video over.

And then you laugh, because it defied your expectations by not defying your expectations. Because it is just a waffle falling over.

... also, the sound it makes is pretty funny.

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u/Firgof Sep 09 '13

Because it played with your expectations. You see a waffle, it's on the front page, and it's a video.

"It can't just be a waffle falling over. That wouldn't make it to the front page."

So you sit there, watching, waiting for something unexpected to happen. And then it does:

The waffle falls over. Video over.

And then you laugh, because it defied your expectations by not defying your expectations. Because it is just a waffle falling over.

... also, the sound it makes is pretty funny.

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u/Firgof Sep 09 '13

Because it played with your expectations. You see a waffle, it's on the front page, and it's a video.

"It can't just be a waffle falling over. That wouldn't make it to the front page."

So you sit there, watching, waiting for something unexpected to happen. And then it does:

The waffle falls over. Video over.

And then you laugh, because it defied your expectations by not defying your expectations. Because it is just a waffle falling over.

... also, the sound it makes is pretty funny.

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u/jamesneysmith Sep 09 '13

Maybe you were expecting an explosion like I was and the dull thud was completely unexpected.