Current Events > Can somebody explain why this imgur post is getting downvoted to oblivion?

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http://imgur.com/gallery/r3WaMis

And saying "it's dumb" isn't good enough because loads of things on imgur are dumb.

I'm pretty sure it's a solid pun and not one I've seen made before, so like is it that it seems like I'm being political? Or are people not getting the pun?
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Haha, I like that. The imgur "community" sucks ass though, that's why.

Some people don't get the joke I guess....
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The point is that the way it's worded really antagonizes the kid, when in reality it's not like it's his decision to get all this press coverage and controversy.
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-11 isn't oblivion, - 11 isjoe40001 posted...

And saying "it's dumb" isn't good enough because loads of things on imgur are dumb

Now stop being sensitive little cupcake who needs up votes for validation
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You're salty as fuck, aren't you? Don't answer - you are.

The joke isn't hard to get. It just isn't funny. Sorry, kid. I'm guessing you showed it to your mom and she threw you a bone and handed out that pity laugh, but she's obligated to love and support you. The internet is not.
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Doe posted...

The point is that the way it's worded really antagonizes the kid, when in reality it's not like it's his decision to get all this press coverage and controversy.

Hasn't he sought out some of this coverage?

Can you word the same joke in a way that antagonizes him less? I really have no beef with him, but I think it's an on point joke.
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Doe posted...

when in reality it's not like it's his decision to get all this press coverage and controversy.

But the controversy is that it WAS his decision. Him and his father knew exactly what they were doing, probably not to the extent that it was, but they knew the controversy would happen.
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I don't get it >_> What's this about 15 minutes?
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-11="downvoted to oblivion"? get over yourself man
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Oh! This is about "15 minutes of fame"!
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Frolex posted...

-11="downvoted to oblivion"? get over yourself man

To get -11 votes very quickly is strange. Particularly on a valid pun.

Yes, it's not -1000 or whatever but really blank pictures of a solid color will get like +5. Nobody gets to negative 1000 because once you get downvoted a few times nobody sees the picture.
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Laserion posted...

Oh! This is about "15 minutes of fame"!

Yep.

Kid who builds a clock a year ago, is somehow still in the news today =
"Can build a clock"
"Can't tell when 15 minutes are up"
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because obsessing over this child nearly two years later is fucking weird

self awareness would really help you

It's a good joke, Joe. Could be a decent meme tbh, don't listen to the haters.
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Learn to be funny.

Better yet, just quit trying and get back to your day job, those burgers aren't going to flip themselves.
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Broseph_Stalin posted...

because obsessing over this child nearly two years later is fucking weird

self awareness would really help you

Is this directed at me?
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Ultima Dragon posted...

It's a good joke, Joe. Could be a decent meme tbh, don't listen to the haters.

Yeah I think it's 2 things:
1. People think I hate the kid or have any sort of political opinion about it
2. Lots of imgurians are like 13-18 and don't get jokes
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Bad Joe topics are sadder than bad RB topics
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Rabid_Banana posted...

Bad Joe topics are sadder than bad RB topics

Probably true, but I still like this topic more than yours.
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joe40001 posted...

Is this directed at me?

Broseph_Stalin posted...

self awareness would really help you

Broseph_Stalin posted...

joe40001 posted...

Is this directed at me?

Broseph_Stalin posted...

self awareness would really help you

I asked a question because your comment makes 0 sense directed at me.
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Sorry TC but I've contributed to the down votes.
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Blue_Dream87 posted...

Sorry TC but I've contributed to the down votes.

That's ok, I wouldn't want to compete with solid gold comedy like this:
http://imgur.com/gallery/OlZrX
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I think it's 1 thing:
1. You are not funny.

Is it sinking in yet, Joe? Let me break this down for you, here's your situation right now:

On IMGUR:
"Look at my joke, everyone! Marvel at how witty and clever I am! Hahahaha!"
"Actually that's not very funny"
"What the fuck, look at how stupid you are. You must be dumb for not getting my joke."
"No, I get it, it just... isn't funny."

(Joe logs into GameFAQs)

"guys wtf these dumb apes don't get my amazing 10/10 joke! someone explain how this could be?"

I'll say it again: You're not funny. But you are one thing. You want to know what that one thing is? You want ol' Azure to lay it down for you? Let me tell you what you are: You're pretentious. You are straight-up pretentious.

Too bad they don't upvote for that or you'd be rolling in your precious internet points. Call me salty, call me a troll, I don't give a fuck.
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Wait. joe4001 is K3lys?
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joe40001 posted...

Rabid_Banana posted...

Bad Joe topics are sadder than bad RB topics

Probably true, but I still like this topic more than yours.

Booty eating is 0 calories
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AzureAnihilator posted...

I think it's 1 thing:
1. You are not funny.

Is it sinking in yet, Joe? Let me break this down for you, here's your situation right now:

On IMGUR:
"Look at my joke, everyone! Marvel at how witty and clever I am! Hahahaha!"
"Actually that's not very funny"
"What the fuck, look at how stupid you are. You must be dumb for not getting my joke."
"No, I get it, it just... isn't funny."

(Joe logs into GameFAQs)

"guys wtf these dumb apes don't get my amazing 10/10 joke! someone explain how this could be?"

I'll say it again: You're not funny. But you are one thing. You want to know what that one thing is? You want ol' Azure to lay it down for you? Let me tell you what you are: You're pretentious. You are straight-up pretentious.

Too bad they don't upvote for that or you'd be rolling in your precious internet points. Call me salty, call me a troll, I don't give a fuck.

I won't call you anything. But how about this:

If "Real Time with Bill Maher", or the Daily Show, or Colbert, or Jon Oliver, or anybody like that make this same joke in the next month or to an audience that laughs. You have to say "I'm a dumb dumb who doesn't know what the fuck I am talking about."

But if a month goes by and nobody on tv makes that joke to an audience that laughs I have to say "I guess my joke wasn't that funny" or a similar phrase of your choosing, deal?
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joe40001 posted...

If "Real Time with Bill Maher", or the Daily Show, or Colbert, or Jon Oliver, or anybody like that make this same joke in the next month or to an audience that laughs. You have to say "I'm a dumb dumb who doesn't know what the fuck I am talking about."

literally no normal person is still talking about him you fucking weirdo

Broseph_Stalin posted...

joe40001 posted...

If "Real Time with Bill Maher", or the Daily Show, or Colbert, or Jon Oliver, or anybody like that make this same joke in the next month or to an audience that laughs. You have to say "I'm a dumb dumb who doesn't know what the fuck I am talking about."

literally no normal person is still talking about him you fucking weirdo

https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/400-current-events/75364154

Was on the first page of CE

Which prompted me to go "wait this guys is still in the news?"

Which prompted me to google "clock boy"

Which prompted me to see that even CNN was talking about him as recently as a week ago

Which prompted me to go "isn't his 15 minutes up by now?"

Which prompted me to go "hey that's a good pun"

Which prompted me to post that on imgur, thus talking about him for the first time however long it's been since the initial thing happened.

So yeah, how am I a fucking weirdo?
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Just because a user or two are obsessed about him on a message board on a gaming website doesn't mean everyone else is.
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Can't people just agree that if "Real Time with Bill Maher", or the Daily Show, or Colbert, or Jon Oliver, or anybody like that make this same joke in the next month or to an audience that laughs.

You have to say "I'm a dumb dumb who doesn't know what the fuck I am talking about."

I really want somebody to take this bet, somebody who is certain that it's a bad joke.
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Salty little snowflake needs a safe space
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Lmao that's pretty funny.

1. it's not funny
2. it's blaming the kid for being racially profiled
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Go make homemade spinners and then wonder why yours don't catch on as much as the real ones, but do it once the fad is over, like you do with every single one of your projects.
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I'll take that bet. PM me with the video when it happens.

I'm going to enjoy watching you make a fool of yourself. If I don't get bored and forget about this, that is, or you don't welch which you probably will.
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averagejoel posted...

1. it's not funny
2. it's blaming the kid for being racially profiled

I disagree with the second point, but if you believe point 1 then would you participate in the bet:

If "Real Time with Bill Maher", or the Daily Show, or Colbert, or Jon Oliver, or anybody like that make this same joke in the next month or to an audience that laughs. You have to say "I'm a dumb dumb who doesn't know what the fuck I am talking about."

You can pick what I say if it doesn't happen. You are confident it's not funny so this is a 0 risk bet. Are you in?
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AzureAnihilator posted...

I'll take that bet. PM me with the video when it happens.

I'm going to enjoy watching you make a fool of yourself. If I don't get bored and forget about this, that is, or you don't welch which you probably will.

Great!

You are a better person than a lot of people who talk smack but then wuss out at the slightest hint of stakes.
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Oh, and the phrase of my choosing, which I expect you to post in a new thread here on CE just as I would if I lost, is...

"Hi. I'm Joe. I'm a massively pretentious tool that thinks my lame jokes are funny and can't understand why other people don't agree with me like I want them to."

Do we have a bet?
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AzureAnihilator posted...

Oh, and the phrase of my choosing, which I expect you to post in a new thread here on CE just as I would if I lost, is...

"Hi. I'm Joe. I'm a massively pretentious tool that thinks my lame jokes are funny and can't understand why other people don't agree with me like I want them to."

Do we have a bet?

That's a little sharper than mine, but in the interest of quickness sure, we have a bet.

Somebody keep this topic bumped for the next month or so.

It feels like a Maher type joke so if he reports on this story that's probably going to be the best bet for this joke.
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joe40001 posted...

averagejoel posted...

1. it's not funny
2. it's blaming the kid for being racially profiled

I disagree with the second point, but if you believe point 1 then would you participate in the bet:

If "Real Time with Bill Maher", or the Daily Show, or Colbert, or Jon Oliver, or anybody like that make this same joke in the next month or to an audience that laughs. You have to say "I'm a dumb dumb who doesn't know what the fuck I am talking about."

You can pick what I say if it doesn't happen. You are confident it's not funny so this is a 0 risk bet. Are you in?

I get what you're trying to do here, but those are awful metrics for judging the legitimacy of a joke.

Bill Maher is awful
Jon Oliver often makes good points but isn't very funny
most late night talk shows are just... bad

if you can come up with a better metric for whether the joke is good, I'll gladly accept
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Yikes
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averagejoel posted...

if you can come up with a better metric for whether the joke is good, I'll gladly accept

Ooh, I have an idea! How about we post the joke to two separate online platforms and let the general populace of each decide if the joke is funny!

Wait, I think we've already tried that... Nevermind.
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averagejoel posted...

joe40001 posted...

averagejoel posted...

1. it's not funny
2. it's blaming the kid for being racially profiled

I disagree with the second point, but if you believe point 1 then would you participate in the bet:

If "Real Time with Bill Maher", or the Daily Show, or Colbert, or Jon Oliver, or anybody like that make this same joke in the next month or to an audience that laughs. You have to say "I'm a dumb dumb who doesn't know what the fuck I am talking about."

You can pick what I say if it doesn't happen. You are confident it's not funny so this is a 0 risk bet. Are you in?

I get what you're trying to do here, but those are awful metrics for judging the legitimacy of a joke.

Bill Maher is awful
Jon Oliver often makes good points but isn't very funny
most late night talk shows are just... bad

if you can come up with a better metric for whether the joke is good, I'll gladly accept

Ok so your standard of humor is above that of very successful late night comedians.

I've got to hear your jokes, please share!
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AzureAnihilator posted...

averagejoel posted...

if you can come up with a better metric for whether the joke is good, I'll gladly accept

Ooh, I have an idea! How about we post the joke to two separate online platforms and let the general populace of each decide if the joke is funny!

Wait, I think we've already tried that... Nevermind.

Because the people here being down on it are all about fairness, CE is all about objective fairness.

Don't bitch out on our deal, they'll have audiences, the audiences will have to laugh for the joke to count, if they do then that's a pretty fucking solid metric of "funny".
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Who's bitching out? You must not realize how massive my balls are. I'm more worried about you welching than I am the actual bet.

Or did you think because I took the bet I was going to stop mocking you? Not happening.
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AzureAnihilator posted...

Who's bitching out? You must not realize how massive my balls are. I'm more worried about you welching than I am the actual bet.

Or did you think because I took the bet I was going to stop mocking you? Not happening.

It seemed like you were suggesting that a large audience laughing was an insufficient metric of comedic merit.
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Are you a neutron star?
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AzureAnihilator posted...

Are you a neutron star?

No....?
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