Shit you don't get

[Great Rumbler]

Getting back to the topic of the thread:

-People that watch, enjoy, and defend bland, boring, and insipid shows/movies.

Examples?

Anytime someone pulls out the old chestnut "Guys, you just gotta turn off your BRAIN for a couple hours, then you can enjoy it!". Speaking specifically though, I'm talking about the myriad of people whose posts I read every day at MyAnimeList. To be even more specific, the people at MAL who defend the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya where the characters get caught in a time loop [The Endless Eight arc] and the same events repeat themselves for EIGHT FULL EPISODES with only minor alterations to dialogue and slightly different camera angles. And people enjoy and defend this sort of thing.

Also, anyone that supports the insipid stylings of Sacred Blacksmith. Just take 'em out back and put them out their misery, the poor sons of guns.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Heroes

[Boogie]

2) A lot of people have been around that board for a while and there is a very noticeable change.  I think bitching about NeoGAF is like ragging on your hometown if it is a shithole.  You don't actively hate it but you see something stupid happen there every once in a while and you shake your head laughing at how much your hometown is a joke.  Well, that is like this board is NeoGAF

Yeah, I think that's a pretty good comparison actually.  I can relate to that.

[Cormacaroni]

People who stab at the 'close door' button in elevators as if poking their finger in the eye of a child rapist. Come the fuck on, you only have to wait like one more second. If you need to get there that much faster, you're already fucking late.

[cool breeze]

People who stab at the 'close door' button in elevators as if poking their finger in the eye of a child rapist. Come the fuck on, you only have to wait like one more second. If you need to get there that much faster, you're already fucking late.

If it makes you feel better, holding it down actually causes the doors to close.  Them pressing it once of repeatedly shows their incompetence at being an asshole. 

[Reb]

laid

[twerd]

Heroes

Family Guy
Lost

[Bildi]

I don't get Family Guy either.  It's.... odd.

[Robo]

Heroes

Family Guy
Lost

Chuck

[brawndolicious]

When you're about to shit yourself and your legs are trembling and you get on the pot and a pebble comes out, why?  It feels so disappointing.

[ch1nchilla]

People who stab at the 'close door' button in elevators as if poking their finger in the eye of a child rapist. Come the fuck on, you only have to wait like one more second. If you need to get there that much faster, you're already fucking late.

If it makes you feel better, holding it down actually causes the doors to close.  Them pressing it once of repeatedly shows their incompetence at being an asshole. 

Nah, in Japan pressing it once closes it. I don't want to sound like one of those "in Japan" people though.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I dun get Family Guy either.

I'm guessing the writers don't think much of the viewers and want to make sure that every joke is made without the slightest hint of cleverness.  They want it IN YOUR FACE and as offensive as the FCC will allow them to be.  They also want you to laugh just because they can reference something from the 80s.  It might elicit a chuckle because the viewer says "Hey, I remember that!"  The writers' goal is to make sure that every joke can be very clearly understood by the dumbest of viewers.

I miss shows like The Simpsons classic seasons because it had jokes for the Family Guy set interspersed with jokes that took a few brain cells to register.  Both groups could walk away satisfied with almost every episode.  A shame that The Simpsons is now a reskin of Family Guy but as far as I'm concerned - the show never really existed past Season 8.  I don't watch them on TV these days, if I want to watch them, I just have the seasons I want to watch on DVD.

[Mupepe]

Family Guy is genuinely funny sometimes.  There are a lot more misses than there are hits, but every once in a while they make an awesome joke.  Then again, my humor is pretty random and the show is very random.  My problem is when they reuse the same unfunny joke over and over again.  And goddamn, do they ever.  Evil monkey.  Peter falling and cradling himself for a whole two minutes.  Dodging an actual resolution of the show by saying here's mr conway twitty or some shit.  The chicken and peter fight.  they're all terrible and they reuse them way too much.

[Mupepe]

The point is, the women who leave do so because they are unhappy.  No matter how insignificant you think it is, she ultimately left because she (was) unhappy.

Damn. In over 3 months of dwelling on this relationship and breakup night and day, I've never thought about it in such simple and accurate terms. You're a pretty smart dude.

Cool.  Glad I could help.  Now you can get over it.

[Himu]

I used to really like Family Guy in the first 2-3 seasons. They had pop culture and,"Remember the time when..." jokes, but not an over-abundance of them.

[Barry Egan]

I remember when South Park utterly eviscerated Family Guy and the shows reputation NEVER EVER recovered. 

[Himu]

That episode of South Park was awesome

[Great Rumbler]

I used to really like Family Guy in the first 2-3 seasons. They had pop culture and,"Remember the time when..." jokes, but not an over-abundance of them.

First few seasons were pretty good, but when I watch it now it's just...painfully unfunny.

[Tauntaun]

I used to really like Family Guy in the first 2-3 seasons. They had pop culture and,"Remember the time when..." jokes, but not an over-abundance of them.

First few seasons were pretty good, but when I watch it now it's just...painfully unfunny.

Yeah I popped in Season 1 a few months back, mmm, not good. 

[Himu]

Really? I haven't seen them in years.

[Human Snorenado]

I remember when South Park utterly eviscerated Family Guy and the shows reputation NEVER EVER recovered. 

Manatees.  Brilliance.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Watch the Season 1-3 DVDs and I guarantee you it isn't as funny as you think.

Well, that is how it was for me.  A lot of people overhyped and overrated the pre-cancellation episodes in order to get it back.  Then it did.  The jokes do seem a little more inspired but it's the same shitty formula they use now.  It is just that the dead horse that is the shock factor is long since beaten and that Stewie being gay is an issue well explored (well, explored as best as Family Guy wants to explore anything).

The show is basically designed for the dumbest people so they can make sure every joke is very clearly understood.  Don't worry if you didn't get it, the writers will reuse the same joke down the road.

[chronovore]

People who stab at the 'close door' button in elevators as if poking their finger in the eye of a child rapist. Come the fuck on, you only have to wait like one more second. If you need to get there that much faster, you're already fucking late.

If it makes you feel better, holding it down actually causes the doors to close.  Them pressing it once of repeatedly shows their incompetence at being an asshole. 

Nah, in Japan pressing it once closes it. I don't want to sound like one of those "in Japan" people though.

You know, over here in Japan, the hand can be used as a knife.

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[Joe Molotov]

Family Guy has always been lame. Futurama is where it was at.

[Don Flamenco]

I've been on a futurama kick all semester.  I quote it wayyyy too much. 

[Bildi]

That's OK cos Futurama's awesome.

[Joe Molotov]

Well, thanks to the Internet, I'm now bored with sex.

[Bildi]

These new hands are great, I'm going to break them in tonight.

My fave.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I hear that. I spent most of my teen years loving my body. Of course, it was tough love

[Great Rumbler]

You know what show's way funnier than Family Guy? Astro Fighter Sunred.

[bork]

Family Guy was definitely better in its first few seasons, but I still enjoy watching it.  (Although last week's episode was pretty bad.)  If you don't want the stupid random jokes, watch American Dad (which is definitely the better show).  Even The Cleveland Show is getting better.  I think having three shows from the same people is just overkill, but at the same time, any one of them is still 10 times better than The Simpsons.  Cancel that shit and make a Life In Hell cartoon, please.

[cool breeze]

Serving sizes

I was just eating a pickle and I look on the side of the jar to see "Serving Size: 3/4 spear".  wtf? who eats 3/4th of a pickle spear.

[Himu]

  I think having three shows from the same people is just overkill, but at the same time, any one of them is still 10 times better than The Simpsons.  Cancel that shit and make a Life In Hell cartoon, please.

No.

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[archie4208]

People who drink soda at the gym.  I saw a guy take a swig of Mountain Dew after a set.  wtf

[Robo]

Serving sizes

I was just eating a pickle and I look on the side of the jar to see "Serving Size: 3/4 spear".  wtf? who eats 3/4th of a pickle spear.

While I think it's kinda bullshit and deceptive, I believe the FDA encourages "lowered" serving sizes as an effort to reduce the portions people eat.

[Bildi]

I just saw that the Glee soundtrack CDs are top sellers.  WTF.

[Cormacaroni]

People who drink soda at the gym.  I saw a guy take a swig of Mountain Dew after a set.  wtf

Some people work out to gain weight, not to lose it.