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Title: i don't like thing
Post by: lisa needs braces on December 21, 2013, 10:38:30 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/nTaej1C.jpg)
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 22, 2013, 04:15:38 AM
Problem solved.


THEND
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Cato on December 22, 2013, 04:30:50 AM
Is it supposed to be "anything" ?    ???
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: lisa needs braces on December 22, 2013, 04:50:54 AM
Quote from: Cato on December 22, 2013, 04:30:50 AM
Is it supposed to be "anything" ?    ???

No. I think the cartoon is mocking a specific tone you run into sometimes online wherein someone angrily bashes something that other people indicate they enjoy, and this person seems to feel guilty that they can't share in the enjoyment, eg book/film/music. Dude, if you don't like it, it's okay. Perhaps the cartoon should have brackets, as in "I don't like [thing]."
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 22, 2013, 06:05:17 AM
I enjoy it better when I think it doesn't make any sense.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: drogulus on December 22, 2013, 07:32:32 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 22, 2013, 06:05:17 AM
I enjoy it better when I think it doesn't make any sense.

     That's funny. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/smiley.gif)
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Brahmsian on December 22, 2013, 04:33:57 PM
Quote from: -abe- on December 21, 2013, 10:38:30 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/nTaej1C.jpg)

+1

Love this!!  I've seen it before posted by someone on Facebook.  :D

Now, I will use this every time someone says "I don't like that recording" of whatever I'm listening to.   ;D
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2013, 05:31:36 PM
I haven't a clue why anyone would find this funny or amusing. It's like the person who wrote it doesn't know grammar.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: lisa needs braces on December 22, 2013, 05:39:50 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2013, 05:31:36 PM
I haven't a clue why anyone would find this funny or amusing. It's like the person who wrote it doesn't know grammar.

(http://i.imgur.com/nTaej1C.jpg)
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2013, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: -abe- on December 22, 2013, 05:39:50 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/nTaej1C.jpg)
How original (he says dripping with sarcasm)...
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 22, 2013, 05:48:04 PM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2013, 05:31:36 PM
I haven't a clue why anyone would find this funny or amusing. It's like the person who wrote it doesn't know grammar.
That's the appeal.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2013, 05:52:05 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 22, 2013, 05:48:04 PM
That's the appeal.
Ah. I see. Thanks.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Karl Henning on December 23, 2013, 01:59:59 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2013, 05:31:36 PM
I haven't a clue why anyone would find this funny or amusing. It's like the person who wrote it doesn't know grammar.

+ 1
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Karl Henning on December 23, 2013, 02:00:44 AM
Quote from: Greg on December 22, 2013, 05:48:04 PM
That's the appeal.

Don't see it, that is all.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: North Star on December 23, 2013, 02:04:09 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on December 22, 2013, 05:47:31 PM
How original (he says dripping with sarcasm)...
Quote from: karlhenning on December 23, 2013, 02:00:44 AM
Don't see it, that is all.
+1
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 05:50:59 AM
Quote from: -abe- on December 21, 2013, 10:38:30 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/nTaej1C.jpg)

Nothing funny about this comic strip at all.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Gurn Blanston on December 23, 2013, 07:38:01 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 05:50:59 AM
Nothing funny about this comic strip at all.

Art imitates life....   >:D

8)
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: The Six on December 23, 2013, 09:36:41 AM
The grammar is simplified to match the point. The kid's complaint has to be written as "thing," so that we can insert whatever we want in there. We're not looking at something that's supposed to be literal or grammatically "correct." The grammar is as absurd as the event that happens in the strip.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 10:42:23 AM
Quote from: The Six on December 23, 2013, 09:36:41 AM
The grammar is simplified to match the point. The kid's complaint has to be written as "thing," so that we can insert whatever we want in there. We're not looking at something that's supposed to be literal or grammatically "correct." The grammar is as absurd as the event that happens in the strip.

But....it's still not funny.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: The Six on December 23, 2013, 11:10:41 AM
Just because it's a comic doesn't mean it's intended to be hilarious.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Brahmsian on December 23, 2013, 12:15:12 PM
Quote from: The Six on December 23, 2013, 11:10:41 AM
Just because it's a comic doesn't mean it's intended to be hilarious.

I agree.  I like the comic strip.  It is there to point out the absurdity of people saying "I don't like this", and "I don't like that" ad nauseum.  And the angel has the perfect and appropriate response to any "I don't like this" comments.  It is simple, clever and effective.

It is meant to send a message to any 'generic nay-sayer', perhaps more so, than to be 'ha ha' funny.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Karl Henning on December 23, 2013, 12:20:45 PM
Had the angel responded, meh, that might have been funny 8)
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: North Star on December 23, 2013, 12:31:21 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 23, 2013, 12:15:12 PM
I agree.  I like the comic strip.  It is there to point out the absurdity of people saying "I don't like this", and "I don't like that" ad nauseum.  And the angel has the perfect and appropriate response to any "I don't like this" comments.  It is simple, clever and effective.

It is meant to send a message to any 'generic nay-sayer', perhaps more so, than to be 'ha ha' funny.
I still don't like it. :D
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: The Six on December 23, 2013, 12:48:04 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 23, 2013, 12:20:45 PM
Had the angel responded, meh, that might have been funny 8)

OK
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 01:19:42 PM
Quote from: North Star on December 23, 2013, 12:31:21 PM
I still don't like it. :D

Karlo, long time, no speak. You don't get on FB much anymore?
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 01:20:23 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on December 23, 2013, 12:20:45 PM
Had the angel responded, meh, that might have been funny 8)

:P
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Szykneij on December 23, 2013, 02:58:47 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 10:42:23 AM
But....it's still not funny.

.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 23, 2013, 06:39:31 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 10:42:23 AM
But....it's still not funny.
You probably just don't like antihumor.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 08:25:11 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 23, 2013, 06:39:31 PM
You probably just don't like antihumor.

On the contrary, I enjoy a wide range of humor. I had a friend tell me one time I have one of the darkest senses of humor he'd ever seen. My reply to him was "Go jump off a cliff." ;D
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: ibanezmonster on December 23, 2013, 08:28:02 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 08:25:11 PM
On the contrary, I enjoy a wide range of humor. I had a friend tell me one time I have one of the darkest senses of humor he'd ever seen. My reply to him was "Go jump off a cliff." ;D
Couple good ones from here:
http://anti-joke.com/

QuoteWhat's worse than finding a worm in your apple?

The Holocaust.



QuoteWhy did the boy drop his ice cream?
Because he was hit by a bus.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 08:31:55 PM
Quote from: Greg on December 23, 2013, 08:28:02 PM
Couple good ones from here:
http://anti-joke.com/

I'm more of an observational and situational humorist. To give you some ideas of humor I enjoy, and laugh at on a regular basis, are the sitcoms Seinfeld, Frasier, Wings, NewsRadio, Everybody Loves Raymond, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Becker.
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: drogulus on December 23, 2013, 09:55:47 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 05:50:59 AM
Nothing funny about this comic strip at all.

     OK.

Quote from: Szykneij on December 23, 2013, 02:58:47 PM
.

     Damn, T, makin me look bad. (http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/Smileys/classic/cheesy.gif)

Quote from: Greg on December 23, 2013, 06:39:31 PM
You probably just don't like antihumor.

      This is part of the "Idon'tlikethingOKit'snotfunnyOKit'sstillnotfunny" syndrome that's tearing this country apart.
     
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Brahmsian on December 24, 2013, 04:28:24 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on December 23, 2013, 08:31:55 PM
, Curb Your Enthusiasm

John, I just started re-watching 'CYE', I'm into Season 3 right now.  Hilarious, brilliantly done.  :)
Title: Re: i don't like thing
Post by: Mirror Image on December 24, 2013, 07:17:06 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on December 24, 2013, 04:28:24 AM
John, I just started re-watching 'CYE', I'm into Season 3 right now.  Hilarious, brilliantly done.  :)

Indeed. Such a great show. Larry David is just too damn funny. 8)