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posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 7:31 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by the_very_hungry_caterpillar at 7:31 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
Cover it in a bowl of rice after separating the battery and the computer.
posted by sleslie at 7:35 AM on February 24, 2010
posted by sleslie at 7:35 AM on February 24, 2010
I'm generally all for dorky memes and general Internet stoopidity, but this is just dumb.
Oh, wait, I'm sorry. Am I doing it wrong?
posted by slogger at 7:50 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
Oh, wait, I'm sorry. Am I doing it wrong?
posted by slogger at 7:50 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
This is almost apt.
I'm finding this site hypnotically addictive.
posted by slimepuppy at 7:55 AM on February 24, 2010 [2 favorites]
I'm finding this site hypnotically addictive.
posted by slimepuppy at 7:55 AM on February 24, 2010 [2 favorites]
"Love is demanding, without understanding. Buoyant Swedes like these will never successfully dodge those pesky Abba comparisons, so let's set the record straight: Ace of Base were better. Like, a lot better. Benny and Bjorn may have drawn up the initial blueprints for mega-platinum Europop, but by the time sisters Jenny and Linn Berggren were recruited by their brother Jonas and his fellow keyboardist Ulf Ekberg, three colossally tectonic musical developments had considerably toned up the old girl: techno, Madonna and the gloomier edge of new wave. In other words, Ace of Base had beats (a sly reggae no less insinuating for being synthetized), savvy chick singers (well, savvier than Agnetha and Frida anyway) and an undertow of melancholy portent that was as tart as lemon-lime bubble gum.
A decade and a half after the fact, haunting questions remain: Is the sex predator of "All That She Wants" a duplicitously fertile welfare cheat? Does the fact that "Happy Nation" and "Beautiful Life" both sound so darn sad have something to do with the fact that Ace of Base hail from a socialist paradise that is nonetheless dangerously daylight-deficient? And most of all, will Eurodisco ever top the amazingness that is "The Sign"? If you hear anyone dismissing these confections as mere "guilty pleasures," steer clear of the bum. How could a person like that bring you joy?"
--eMusic.com reviewer Keith Harris on Ace Of Base; undated.
posted by applemeat at 8:09 AM on February 24, 2010 [6 favorites]
A decade and a half after the fact, haunting questions remain: Is the sex predator of "All That She Wants" a duplicitously fertile welfare cheat? Does the fact that "Happy Nation" and "Beautiful Life" both sound so darn sad have something to do with the fact that Ace of Base hail from a socialist paradise that is nonetheless dangerously daylight-deficient? And most of all, will Eurodisco ever top the amazingness that is "The Sign"? If you hear anyone dismissing these confections as mere "guilty pleasures," steer clear of the bum. How could a person like that bring you joy?"
--eMusic.com reviewer Keith Harris on Ace Of Base; undated.
posted by applemeat at 8:09 AM on February 24, 2010 [6 favorites]
Seriously, why?
posted by dossy at 8:19 AM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by dossy at 8:19 AM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
It's not funny, but it's not so not funny that it becomes funny. It's... ergh, not not funny but also not funny.
posted by codacorolla at 8:23 AM on February 24, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by codacorolla at 8:23 AM on February 24, 2010 [2 favorites]
YO DAWG I HERD YOU LIKED MEMES
*picture of Picard facepalming*
posted by deezil at 8:32 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
*picture of Picard facepalming*
posted by deezil at 8:32 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
I dispute the "unrelated" idea for one of these captions. It seems to me, "Then you shall have no pie," is a statement which suits any situation. Indeed, one could apply it to the source material that produced the other captions. Tell me there is not a distinct frisson of pleasure at the idea of Leonidas kicking the Persian emissaries down the well while screaming, "Then you shall have no pie!"
Imagine the possibilities: Ruby shooting Oswald? Marat dying in his bathtub? The helicopter on the roof during the fall of Saigon? Jean Chretien throttling a protester? Vinko Bogataj careening disastrously off the side of the ski jump ramp? In each case: no pie.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:54 AM on February 24, 2010 [4 favorites]
Imagine the possibilities: Ruby shooting Oswald? Marat dying in his bathtub? The helicopter on the roof during the fall of Saigon? Jean Chretien throttling a protester? Vinko Bogataj careening disastrously off the side of the ski jump ramp? In each case: no pie.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 8:54 AM on February 24, 2010 [4 favorites]
This reminds me of something an overcaffeinated high schooler would love.
"Hey guys isn't this RANDOM thing I'm doing so RANDOM?!? Wouldn't it be hilarious if my RANDOM thing was even more RANDOM because I'm such a RANDOM wacky person who loves to be RANDOM and oh man aren't RANDOM swear words so like RANDOMLY hilarious!?"
posted by Turkey Glue at 8:55 AM on February 24, 2010 [4 favorites]
"Hey guys isn't this RANDOM thing I'm doing so RANDOM?!? Wouldn't it be hilarious if my RANDOM thing was even more RANDOM because I'm such a RANDOM wacky person who loves to be RANDOM and oh man aren't RANDOM swear words so like RANDOMLY hilarious!?"
posted by Turkey Glue at 8:55 AM on February 24, 2010 [4 favorites]
This is satire. It's not all that interesting in terms of content, but I'm glad it's there.
posted by gurple at 9:08 AM on February 24, 2010
posted by gurple at 9:08 AM on February 24, 2010
This reminds me of something an overcaffeinated high schooler would love.
Yes, if by "caffeine" you mean tetrahydrocannabinol.
posted by applemeat at 9:13 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
Yes, if by "caffeine" you mean tetrahydrocannabinol.
posted by applemeat at 9:13 AM on February 24, 2010 [3 favorites]
I'm not sure it's really satire either. At least not effective satire. The Nick Cage is everyone tumblr, however...
posted by codacorolla at 9:21 AM on February 24, 2010
posted by codacorolla at 9:21 AM on February 24, 2010
I would keep looking at these, but I can't because Mr. T ate my balls.
posted by shmegegge at 9:28 AM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by shmegegge at 9:28 AM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
This caption is unrelated. Your argument is invalid.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 9:51 AM on February 24, 2010
posted by Horace Rumpole at 9:51 AM on February 24, 2010
*insert picture of Leonidas screaming the full text of the Treaty of Westphalia*
posted by infinitewindow at 9:57 AM on February 24, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by infinitewindow at 9:57 AM on February 24, 2010 [2 favorites]
This leads to DaDa which leads to people posting scans of Pollock paintings and then everyone gets all reactionary and conservative and structural again and we're back to pointillist renderings of ladies having tea by the Seine again.
posted by GuyZero at 10:22 AM on February 24, 2010
posted by GuyZero at 10:22 AM on February 24, 2010
comment.
posted by ardgedee at 10:47 AM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by ardgedee at 10:47 AM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
This is absolutely slaying me.
specifically this one
http://unrelatedcaptions.com/10619
posted by Lacking Subtlety at 10:48 AM on February 24, 2010
specifically this one
http://unrelatedcaptions.com/10619
posted by Lacking Subtlety at 10:48 AM on February 24, 2010
Turkey Glue: "I'm such a RANDOM wacky person who loves to be RANDOM"
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posted by idiopath at 12:17 PM on February 24, 2010
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posted by idiopath at 12:17 PM on February 24, 2010
I want this on my wall. No wait, I want this to BE the wall.
posted by The Whelk at 1:34 PM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by The Whelk at 1:34 PM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]
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posted by Inspector.Gadget at 7:25 AM on February 24, 2010 [1 favorite]