Are lame parody threads a sign of mental retardation?
 

I'm not really asking. The answer is

FUCK YES.

I don't know. it depends on how you do them.

originality isn't really a bonus. you still get soapbox points though.

Re parody threads:

Hey dude is that a mars volta related track

or is it me being bored.

From my last.fm? Yes, it is. Go ahead, bash away. I'll not argue.

You'll notice I ain't done any parody thread this time.
yet.

Ok.


A picture tells way more then a story.

But for the rest I like you so. I will keep it with that.

put skies in a canoe and see how they vanquish

That's a good child.

They're just a sign of lameness.

By God, if I were half the man I was 5 years ago, I'd come in with a FLAME thrower and clean up this place. I'd start first by getting rid of all the lame parody threads, my own included.

shut your mouth

The fact that this place isn't "cleaned up" is what makes its awesomeness. I don't see why anyone would want to clean it up.

Go get your cleaning kits.

The only thing that needs to be cleaned up on there really is our dear Mister charles webster of baer, also known as "god", "anuspoo", "weeee", or "ah yeah lets get it on". Now that's lame. And repellent.

It's against my better judgment but I'll consider this parody thread an exception to the rule.

You all will go burn in hell.

But you guys knew that since ages

We are already in hell.

they're a sign of witlessness, or a retarded developement of a person's sense of humour

plus, parody threads are more lame than when the board got dominated by nirvana threads a few years ago

A parody thread bashing parody threads..

WWAMD?

Humor is serious business.

I think this is the third or fourth anti-parody thread already, if memory serves me well. What a waste. Let's try making it an atsonicpark-free one, for a change.

some people think being stupid is the same thing as being funny

Or maybe some people think that silliness is both stupid and funny?

it depends on the silliness, nothing is inherently funny, aside from farts.

I don't think parody threads are inherently not funny.

But their track record is pretty low.

into the ground and onward toward china!!

I rarely start them (I like the #3-4 spot) but the hive of angry bees they bring is better than fireworks.

and by fireworks, I mean, it works every time.

i would say that's a stretch, it more like people are tired of them and want the 5 or 6 people who post them all the time to give it a rest.

To me parody threads are like ''prog'' music: mostly shit, rarely well done , but when you come across one that hits the spot, you tend to linger and perhaps outstay your welcome.

I was actually thinking about making an official ''parody thread'' thread....

yr right, "hive" might not have been the best use of word.

every parody thread has SOMEBODY in it complaining.

message boards are the ultimate democratic process, offending threads that nobody wants to see will fall quickly. so who cares?? if bandwidth is a problem, just don't click!

even though I'm guilty of a parody or two myself, it's usually after there's already been an explosion with each thread becoming worse than the one before it. most don't last but an hour or two, but those that do become epic. that's the internet for ya. I'll also admit that passing out facepalms is verrrrry funny to me. dif'rent strokes.

my burning question is: why let the little things bother you? I'm all for taking a stand...but against parody threads???

Yeah, but why so often these parody threads leave you with the impression that not even the person who starts them find them funny? I think 90% of the time it's only a case of someone being stubborn just because of other posters saying that they're stupid, not because they themselves find them amusing.

Done this before.

only the lame ones.

what else would you take a stand against on the interwebs, after all?

gotta keep those protest muscles exercised, even against the inevitable tide of world imbecilification

so it's kinda like a treadmill-- you get your exercise, but you go nowhere.


^^EXACTLY. it's like a 10 year old saying "look mommy, i can be annoying!"-- or worse-- "look at me! look at me! i'm desperate! look at meeeee!!!!"

if that's the case, then the anti-parody threads/posts are like the 10 year old's 8 year old sister screaming "look at what billy just did, mommy! look at what billy just diiiiiid!!!!".

although, just as with parody posters, I support yr right to post whatever the fuck you want (even if I do think that yr fighting a pointless battle about pointless threads).

no, it's more like the 12 year old bully that beats up on the annoying 10 year old to make him shut up.

things change very little over the years.

Everyone has the right to post whatever the fuck they want. Who gives a fuck if someone doesn't like it. I really am not a big fan of coming across cunts, dicks, and asses unexpectedly on nearly every thread, but who cares. If you are going into the den of thieves that's what yr gonna find. I'm sure there are alot of yall who don't like me butting my nose into every thread and spouting out my opinion. It is our right to post parodies, privates and obnoxious unwanted comments on here whenever we want. SO FUCK IT!

exactly. we can also post shit like this:



it's our fucking right. right? riiiiight!

plus it's the interwebs--

(mr. t wasn't addressing you by the way-- mr. t is just representing my position on LAME parody threads-- the good ones, mr. t has no problem with)

if the internet is a democracy then it's my goddamn democratic right to tell people to shut the goddamned hell up whenever i goddamn choose. if i was to make people shut up then that would be undemocratic and the closest thing to making people shut up is trying to get a mod to ban them, and i've never done that and i don't understand why people do.
and for what it's worth i think pooter and westernquinox are both way more entertaining than most of what passes for humour around here, i'm just saying that because i know people have tried to get them both banned.