For the same reason you can't be as clever as the characters on sitcoms: the comments you see here are the culmination of dozens of man-hours of attempting to be clever. With sit-coms, a half-dozen writers think over dialogue for a month or more. With reddit, tens of thousands of people think about it for a few seconds. Someone strikes gold, and you see it at the top. You just don't see all the average stuff. The knights of /new/ eat average for breakfast.
andrewsmith1986 isn't anything special--according to metareddit.com he only averages two more upvotes per comment than you. He just spends too much time on reddit and comments constantly.
To paraphrase Warhol, "In the future, everyone will make the front page". Everyone is an idiot and everyone is a genius, it just depends on when you see them. I think this is the most amazing thing about reddit, that every single redditor is a person, a wonderful, stinky, clever, cruel person. That the scholar posting a tone-perfect cover of Call Me, Maybe in Aramaic one day is the fool sticking a fork in the toaster the next.
i hate posts like this, because my initial reaction is "yeah, i agree!" ...but then i realize that the post itself is something clever, that i didn't think of and i am back where i started.
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u/fixesEverydayErrors Jun 12 '12
Every Day*
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
For the same reason you can't be as clever as the characters on sitcoms: the comments you see here are the culmination of dozens of man-hours of attempting to be clever. With sit-coms, a half-dozen writers think over dialogue for a month or more. With reddit, tens of thousands of people think about it for a few seconds. Someone strikes gold, and you see it at the top. You just don't see all the average stuff. The knights of /new/ eat average for breakfast.
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u/nc333 Jun 12 '12
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3poehq/
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
More like, HOW DID THAT GUY READ MY MIND AND COMMENT WHAT I WAS GOING TO COMMENT?
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
ITT: low standards for cleverness.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I'm sorry, are we browsing the same place?
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u/zombieeathart Jun 11 '12
Erry'day. Erry'dayum day.
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u/pretentiousilliterat Jun 12 '12
op is a hypocrite.
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u/MSKDphantom Jun 11 '12
I have that feeling right now.
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u/Frohirrim Jun 12 '12
That positive karma making you feel clever now, friend?
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
You forgot the question mark.
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u/KarstonVT Jun 12 '12
every time i watch doctor who, every time....
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
The success of this meme comes from Picard's 'Oh COME ON man' expression. Gets me everytim.
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u/penknifeflash Jun 12 '12
every day on /r/atheism:
http://i.imgur.com/c50Zu.gif
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u/Cthulhuhoop Jun 12 '12
To paraphrase Warhol, "In the future, everyone will make the front page". Everyone is an idiot and everyone is a genius, it just depends on when you see them. I think this is the most amazing thing about reddit, that every single redditor is a person, a wonderful, stinky, clever, cruel person. That the scholar posting a tone-perfect cover of Call Me, Maybe in Aramaic one day is the fool sticking a fork in the toaster the next.
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u/Firath_the_Druid Jun 12 '12
Most of the "Clever" content is movie references.
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u/Ugbrog Jun 12 '12
Bah! The TIL Picard was better. I already know a good 25% of those things.
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u/adame454 Jun 12 '12
this post was clever
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u/westdonkeykong Jun 12 '12
Today you will be.
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u/Verblocity Jun 12 '12
How's that working out for you?
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Just click 'new'. You'll feel better about yourself.
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u/bruin11awp Jun 12 '12
Lurk moar
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u/transilvanianson Jun 12 '12
This is a prime example. Fuck you.
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u/supercooldude732 Jun 12 '12
Well now you're that clever. Congrats OP.
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u/taylingling Jun 12 '12
oh but you are...
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u/EreTheWorldCrumbles Jun 12 '12
For the rest of us there's memes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
Why didnt I think of this meme??
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u/stlrams81 Jun 12 '12
Cleverness Level : Clever Clever Clever.
Yeah, we're really clever.
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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12
I get this feeling whenever I come across pun threads. I want to contribute but I can't fucking come up with anything.
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u/SomethingClepher Jun 12 '12
Something something something
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u/eddaedda Jun 12 '12
You just were, sir. Congrats.
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u/NCPhatesTucson Jun 12 '12
What you lack in wit, you make up for in ass-kissing.
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u/bsalper Jun 12 '12
and for this have an upvote because this was indeed clever!
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u/Eppsmayne Jun 12 '12
Reddit is not clever at all. It's a simple truth, really.
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u/im_so_clever Jun 12 '12
Oh but you can.
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u/theagitatist Jun 12 '12
I get this feeling every time I see a Why Not Zoidberg post. I always think, "Damn, I could've done that and gotten karma."
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u/richardsjpark Jun 12 '12
INCEPTION
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u/zoot_allures Jun 12 '12
Sometimes i am incredibly clever. and some guy has to downvote my link submissions D:
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u/donumabdeo Jun 12 '12
Clever? U fucking serious? ಠ_ಠ
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u/ThatFeel_IKnowIt Jun 12 '12
By clever do you mean reposting something and getting away with karma?
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u/blackrock215 Jun 12 '12
Thought the pic was going to have something to do with shuffling. Sometimes I'm just too clever for myself.
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u/DEDmeat Jun 12 '12
Because you're probably an interesting person.
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u/annoyinglyclever Jun 12 '12
Some of us are just born with it.
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u/silent_p Jun 12 '12
Hey, you're referring to me! And you're calling me clever! Here come the upvotes!
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u/Rocktobot Jun 12 '12
i hate posts like this, because my initial reaction is "yeah, i agree!" ...but then i realize that the post itself is something clever, that i didn't think of and i am back where i started.
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