Hey, 2005? Your meme is calling
Comments thread. I didn’t read the author’s post, but here’s a penis joke. I didn’t read your comment, but you are obviously an idiot. I will scald you with my blissful elixir of burning sarcasm. I will shrug off your burning sarcasm with a declaration of my frozen indifference. I will make another penis joke. I went to graduate school. I went to graduate school too, and I read more books. You misspelled “Wilfrid Sellars.” Allow me to make this point at length—you misspelled “Wilfrid Sellars.” Nevertheless, the fact remains—you misspelled “Wilfrid Sellars.”
Penis joke. Offhanded dismissal of canonic literary/philosophical/political figure. Recital of grievance from long-past encounter with an academic, family or workplace authority. Vagina joke!
Tedious personal feud. Nitpicking rebuttal. Tortured attempt at piss-elegant smash serve involving “bliss,” “glee,” “elixir” and “relish.” Also, too, “uncork.”
Line of dialogue from The Simpsons during the Clinton era. Another line of dialogue from The Simpsons during the Clinton era. Heated complaint about Family Guy, along with (sorry, “coupled with”) retelling of a joke from Family Guy. Further contemporary cartoon references. “Sometimes I feel so alienated from contemporary American life. It’s like when Mr. Mackey’s head inflates like a balloon on South Park and just floats away.”
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I could care less – but not by much.
OldEnglish on December 9, 2012 at 10:38 PM
HAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 9, 2012 at 10:39 PM
The article reads as though the author got a head start on the marijuana laws….
viking01 on December 9, 2012 at 10:40 PM
What would have compelled an individual to even find that “article?”
tom daschle concerned on December 9, 2012 at 10:43 PM
huh?
tommy71 on December 9, 2012 at 10:45 PM
That article “wins the internet!”
Neuro-conservative on December 9, 2012 at 10:46 PM
It’s like an information age The Sound and the Fury.
Transpo on December 9, 2012 at 10:52 PM
Wow…just Wow.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 9, 2012 at 10:55 PM
So awesomely awesome.
Resist We Much on December 9, 2012 at 10:56 PM
What do you expect? We reelected Obama.
John the Libertarian on December 9, 2012 at 10:56 PM
I love ya, man, but you really need to start reading posts written by Progs.
Resist We Much on December 9, 2012 at 10:57 PM
I went and clicked on C.T. May’s name to see some past articles and I found this. I’m sorry, but anyone who continues to be a complete imbecile about global warming isn’t worth reading. The article linked in this headline also strikes me as someone desperately trying to be hip.
*pen1s joke*
More drivel by May:
Leftist hipsters loves them some tired and lazy cliches.
NotCoach on December 9, 2012 at 10:58 PM
I love you too.(no really, I do
)
I do read prog blogs and news. I want to tell you that I haven’t come across anything that insane or vacuous before, but I have been on the net since 1993…
ugh…it is still insane!
tom daschle concerned on December 9, 2012 at 11:02 PM
I am supposed to read this piece of writing as metahumor, metametahumor, or metametametahumor? Just curious.
steebo77 on December 9, 2012 at 11:02 PM
That thread looks sooo familiar…
Sekhmet on December 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM
***face palm***
JPeterman on December 9, 2012 at 11:06 PM
Heh. It all reminds me of this.
And actually while I’m on that theme, a Russian source had a similar thing on memes a while back.
Gingotts on December 9, 2012 at 11:07 PM
This article (sans penis jokes) was like a breath of
HotFresh Air! Including my own hackneyed “HAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”, “Wow…just Wow.”, and punctuating Smilies.Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 9, 2012 at 11:09 PM
This article (sans pen!s jokes) was like a breath of
HotFresh Air! Including my own hackneyed “HAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!”, “Wow…just Wow.”, and punctuating Smilies.Teehee!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 9, 2012 at 11:11 PM
The writer is making fun of meme-posters, especially Progs, who latch on to “talking points catch phrases.” I recognised so many of those words from posts written by Progs over the years.
It’s funny. I occasionally listen to Rush and he sometimes does these compilations where all the reporters from the MSM are using the same word or phrase to describe an event…sort of like “unprecedented” or “unexpectedly.” Well, Progs have TPCPs. If you pay close attention, you’ll notice that they’ll all start using one word or phrase on a single day…usually after Stewart, Colbert or someone at Kos, etc, comes up with what they think is the ULTIMATE right-wing putdown. I remember when they all starting with the “Jeebus” crap. I’m an atheist, but I was like “How bloody juvenile!” You’re not insulting Christian Conservatives. You’re exposing yourselves as the intolerant, hateful, juvenile bigots that you really are; yet, they continue to use the word to this day because they think it is clever. So, hey, 2005? Your meme is calling.
Resist We Much on December 9, 2012 at 11:12 PM
What in the hell was that?
JPeterman on December 9, 2012 at 11:16 PM
That was the “Gold Standard” of Rick Rolls. Clap clap clap!
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 9, 2012 at 11:22 PM
In your honour….
Hey, 2005? Your Meme Is Calling
M2RB: Some Soviet singer/dude from the 1970s that no one in America has ever heard of except Gingotts of Hot Air…
TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO!
Resist We Much on December 9, 2012 at 11:31 PM
He misspelled “teh gay”. It’s “teh ghey”. Duh. Other than that, those memes are painfully familiar. Lol.
juliesa on December 10, 2012 at 12:00 AM
Wha…?
Othniel on December 10, 2012 at 12:14 AM
Oh yes.
GWB on December 10, 2012 at 12:19 AM
Several years back I used to spend way too much time on a small and obscure message board that pretty much devolved into that in pretty much every thread almost every day, for years. Same group of people, everyone staunchly in their trenches, conservatives and liberals, Christians and Atheists. Mais La!
Logus on December 10, 2012 at 12:20 AM
A special tip of the hat to this thread’s 1st commenter, Old English, for igniting the hilariously irksome “could care less” log that started our crackling bonfire.
Ladysmith CulchaVulcha on December 10, 2012 at 12:24 AM
LOL. Cheers for that, I’m very much honored.
His name is Eduard Khil. He was actually a fairly celebrated Russian/Soviet singer and really not all that bad.
That particular bit of bad lip-syncing and 70s gameshow style became an internet thing around 2010, and revitalized his career. (this one’s quite catchy). Judging from Youtube, he made the rounds on the Russian variety shows and the New Year’s specials. He died just last June.
Gingotts on December 10, 2012 at 12:44 AM
/TLDR
Chickyraptor on December 10, 2012 at 2:44 AM
Why, thank you, ma’am! ::blushes deeply::
OldEnglish on December 10, 2012 at 2:52 AM
Absolutely it was, in that it too was confusing and hard to get through, and I’ll write about it without having actually read it.
vegconservative on December 10, 2012 at 4:16 AM
No need to necessarily complete it. Just equate it with Meghan “The Rich Man’s Snooki” McCain’s Twitter account. Cliché after cliché after cliché.
Resist We Much on December 10, 2012 at 4:21 AM
MEH!!!!
HDFOB on December 10, 2012 at 5:14 AM
That read like a HA primary thread. Good times.
conservative pilgrim on December 10, 2012 at 5:52 AM
D’oh! Heh. This isn’t just a lib thing, this is all of the internets commenter boards/social media. Whatevs.
di butler on December 10, 2012 at 6:50 AM
Lest we forget:
rogerb on December 10, 2012 at 7:27 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhe3vSe-mmw
whatcat on December 10, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Pretty much.
But liberal blogs in particular have a tendency to rip off the Stewart/Colbert/BSDNC anti-Republican or anti-Christian snark du jour and then to try to pass it off as their own thoughtful opinion on various topics.
JimLennon on December 10, 2012 at 10:06 AM
Boo. I like using “fainting couch.”
cptacek on December 10, 2012 at 2:31 PM