Sony Releases A New Device - Page 2

PGP_Protector · 03-14-2009, 11:14 AM

Love the Onion

Wetdogeared · 03-14-2009, 11:44 AM

This was funny the 1st time it was posted, and funny the 2nd time it was posted and it was even funny in this current thread.

WDE. (I may have missed a few prior postings.)

Nate the great · 03-14-2009, 12:19 PM

I agree that it would have been as funny without the cursing.

Ea · 03-14-2009, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dragonbone

I honestly was shocked and didn't find it even in the least bit funny! All I could think about was the shock and horror and SHAME, of the poor mums of those people, (that is of course if people like that actually HAVE mothers) if they ever saw that show by accident!
What about their kids? What if their kids saw that show?

It's a sketch, a joke. But of course, if you didn't know what The Onion is it could probably easily pass over one's head.

cerement · 03-14-2009, 01:04 PM

Big part of the problem is how artificial the cursing is. The actors actually look uncomfortable each time they say a swear word, as if they're not used to using them. Listen to a mechanic or a longshoreman or other stereotypical blue-collar worker, and the cursing is a part of speech, given no more thought than any other word, unlike this video where they pause before the word then emphasize the word itself ("Ooh, look at me, I just said a bad word!")

@dragonbone - These swear words have become so overused, they no longer have the impact with current generations as they did with their parents. The words are now a part of the language with no more emotional impact than saying "shoe", "firetruck", or "jumping". The same thing happened with our parents and grandparents, horrifically obscene swearing like "gosh darn", "jeese", "hell". FCC requires bleeping out "fuck" and "shit", but little else. BBC will allow both of those but bleep out "bloody". And what about "ass"? Are you talking about an animal or a bunghole?

Dr. Drib · 03-14-2009, 02:15 PM

I think one needs to look at the Culture of Consumerism that makes this video possible (whether one thinks it's funny or not).

Overly complicated f**king pieces of sh*t like this DO indeed come to market. That, to my mind, is what makes this video possible and potentially funny. (Personally, I think it would have been more effective with only half of the cursing in it.)

Not all of us are toothless hillbillies - Hell, I still have my original teeth! - but I sometimes feel exactly that way when something like that piece of garbage actually comes to market.

Don

Sydney's Mom · 03-14-2009, 02:26 PM

My face is all wet, I laughed so hard! No, I don't talk like this, but I sure would like to sometimes!

cerement · 03-14-2009, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Overly complicated f**king pieces of sh*t like this DO indeed come to market.

Witness the flack over the new iPod Shuffle ...

03-14-2009, 11:44 AM	#17
Wetdogeared Storm Surge'n Posts: 5,776 Karma: 8213195 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lobster Capital Device: S0ny PRS-300/350/505/700/T1	Rerun This was funny the 1st time it was posted, and funny the 2nd time it was posted and it was even funny in this current thread. WDE. (I may have missed a few prior postings.)

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PGP_Protector Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 208 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: PRS-505	Love the Onion

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I agree that it would have been as funny without the cursing.

03-14-2009, 01:04 PM	#20
cerement Groupie Posts: 170 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San José, CA Device: Amazon Kindle 1, Sony PRS-300, Amazon Kindle 3	Big part of the problem is how artificial the cursing is. The actors actually look uncomfortable each time they say a swear word, as if they're not used to using them. Listen to a mechanic or a longshoreman or other stereotypical blue-collar worker, and the cursing is a part of speech, given no more thought than any other word, unlike this video where they pause before the word then emphasize the word itself ("Ooh, look at me, I just said a bad word!") @dragonbone - These swear words have become so overused, they no longer have the impact with current generations as they did with their parents. The words are now a part of the language with no more emotional impact than saying "shoe", "firetruck", or "jumping". The same thing happened with our parents and grandparents, horrifically obscene swearing like "gosh darn", "jeese", "hell". FCC requires bleeping out "fuck" and "shit", but little else. BBC will allow both of those but bleep out "bloody". And what about "ass"? Are you talking about an animal or a bunghole?

03-14-2009, 02:15 PM	#21
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,748 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	I think one needs to look at the Culture of Consumerism that makes this video possible (whether one thinks it's funny or not). Overly complicated f*king pieces of sht like this DO indeed come to market. That, to my mind, is what makes this video possible and potentially funny. (Personally, I think it would have been more effective with only half of the cursing in it.) Not all of us are toothless hillbillies - Hell, I still have my original teeth! - but I sometimes feel exactly that way when something like that piece of garbage actually comes to market. Don

03-14-2009, 02:26 PM	#22
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,895 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	My face is all wet, I laughed so hard! No, I don't talk like this, but I sure would like to sometimes!

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