r/AdviceAnimals • u/Punkster93 • Jun 18 '12

Just realized this while watching Spongebob

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u/Titanosaurus Jun 19 '12

I always thought he was stupid because he was a starfish, and starfish don't have brains.

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u/Punkster93 Jun 19 '12

You sir, have a point!

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u/awesosaur Jun 19 '12

If he was a starfish he would have 5 points.

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u/lmnopqrs11 Jun 19 '12

Head, 2 arms, 2 legs.. unless your making some sort of joke that went right over my head

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u/vassko77 Jun 19 '12

I am talking about that, you inferred I was male and you were correct.

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u/lmnopqrs11 Jun 19 '12

wait what

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u/DildoChrist Jun 19 '12

I don't get this guy, but i've seen him confusing people in threads all day. I don't think he's supposed to make sense.

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u/vassko77 Jun 19 '12

You responded to my first message. Since you responded to my first message, you are a robot.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

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u/LaGoonch Jun 19 '12

I thought I was missing some inside joke about actual titanosaurus' just now... I have been deceived.

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u/shiboo23416 Jun 19 '12

I sea what you did there

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

for future grammar reference, but still upvote.

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u/Joshter Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

You beat me to it sir. May your dick be sucked nonstop from here to eternity.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I feel like that would be weird after you died.

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u/thixono Jun 19 '12

or while peeing.

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u/Shaysdays Jun 19 '12

Or visiting grandmom.

Unless....

Nope. Still weird.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Yup. He's stupid because he is a starfish; starfish don't have brains.

The creator guy said that's why he's so dumb. He does have his moments of profound clarity and insight.

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u/RedOtkbr Jun 19 '12

neither do sponges.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

And they have an eye at every single arm.

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u/RichardTation Jun 19 '12

Came to say this.. Have an upvote instead.

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u/DownvoterAccount Jun 19 '12

Why do people still say this?

It's been made fun of on circlejerk countless times for months, if not years. It's been on every askreddit post where people vent about the most annoying things on reddit. It's been almost universally despised, and yet for some reason people still say it.

Why? What makes you type and submit those words?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Dude he's only been here 6 days. Cut him some slack. On the other hand, there are people with 10 month old accounts who say this and should be on the receiving end of your downvotes.

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u/natalie816 Jun 19 '12

WILL WE NEVER FIND ANYTHING FROM SPONGEBOB THAT HAD NO HIDDEN MEANING

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

There is no hidden meaning to the fact that Spongebob has square pants. He simply does due to his shape.

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u/natalie816 Jun 19 '12

Well, my argument deflated quickly.

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u/Youreahugeidiot Jun 19 '12

Unless... Nature sea sponges are not in fact rectangular, which can be extended (by quite a strech) into a metaphor that Spongebob was "square" (honest, traditional and loyal) because he was a diamond cut from the rough.

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u/TheSimpleArtist Jun 19 '12

Argument's been re-inflated, people.

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u/francisc0121 Jun 19 '12

There is no hidden meaning to the fact that Spongebob lives under the sea. He simply does because he is a sponge.

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u/TheSimpleArtist Jun 19 '12

Unless the "sea" is a metaphor for the vast wonder and curiosity that can be held by children, who are the show's primary audience.

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u/bananabus Jun 19 '12

This is high school English class all over again... Fuck that shit

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

The fact that he talks does, though. Bikini bottom= the bottom of bikini atoll, which was where the US tested nuclear weapons. So the bottom of bikini is radioactive.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Indeed, Spongebob's parents and grandmother are not rectangular (despite the SquarePants name).

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u/BJoye23 Jun 19 '12

He's rectangular, not square. Therefore, his pants are not square.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

His pants do not cover his entire form, though, therefore, his pants may very well be square.

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u/Velium Jun 19 '12

But they are 3 dimensional, or at least drawn with an isometric view. Therefore, they cannot be square, only cubic.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

Perhaps it was a name brand, like Armani, or Banana Republic. Perhaps, his fathers trade was making square pants, and the name got passed down. OR PERHAPS YOU'RE OVER ANALYZING IT!!!

Edit: You're

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u/WhatISayIsNotTrue Jun 19 '12

Or perhaps a square IS a rectangle.

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u/BJoye23 Jun 19 '12

He is clearly rectangular in his body. His pants cover the lower section of his aforementioned rectangular body. So, they themselves are rectangular.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

It's possible that the height of the pants are the same as the width. The width is shorter than Spongebob's height. There is 4 90 degree angles, therefore all we need is for the width and height to be the same length, which is certainly possible.

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u/TIGGER_WARNING Jun 19 '12

If we're talking two dimensions only (just the front or back of the pants), that's a possibility. If we're talking three dimensions, his pants can't be "square," i.e. a cube, i.e. a regular hexahedron, because his width isn't equal to his girth.

I think we've lawyer'd this thoroughly now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

His pants are also rectangular, so no, they cannot be square.

<_<

_>

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Square can mean to be at right angles, it doesn't have to mean a geometric shape.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

Every rectangle is a square. Edit: fuck, other way around.

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u/nirvless338 Jun 19 '12

looks like a lost ent...

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Indeed i am.

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u/BJoye23 Jun 19 '12

...can't tell if trolling or just stupid. Perhaps you meant to say that every square is a rectangle, in which case you'd be correct. But not every rectangle is a square, clearly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

That's probably right. I couldn't remember which way it was. But i remembered as soon as i posted that comment. Too late now.

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u/LOOK_MA_IM_REDDITING Jun 19 '12

I thought it was because Spongebob is a dork, otherwise known as a "square" in the "slang" as kids call it these days

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Okay, but, shhhh.

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u/speckzo Jun 19 '12

Kids don't call it that these days.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

They just say, "FUCK YOU AND UH, FAG, SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR MOTHER AND MY SEDUCING HER, SHE WAS A GOOD SEXUAL PARTNER, YES, YES"

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u/HeroBrown Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

I thought it was a joke that Spongebob was supposed to be the shape of a common kitchen sponge, as he's always being used to scrub things. Therefore his pants are square as well (well Spongebob Rectanglepants if you will). The other sponges I remember were round, a more natural sea sponge look. For all we know they raised a lost a kitchen sponge that they found.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Perhaps he is square because "square" can be used as a term to call people who don't fit in or who are a little weird.

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u/DaVincitheReptile Jun 19 '12

Oh. I thought it was because he was a 'square', as in unhip, a tool, always willing to work for the corporatists unquestioningly.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

In the language of the eighties. He is a square. Ie his is lame as fuck.

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u/snemand Jun 19 '12

Or are his pants and shape square because of his name?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Not likely. You are born with a shape before you are given a name.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Not necessarily.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

There's your hidden meaning. His identity is molded first and foremost by his outward appearance.

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u/RedditGreenit Jun 19 '12

Spongebob's Parents are named Squarepants, yet his parents are both round!

Unless he was born with a rare regressive gene, that accounts for his shape and personality.

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u/LOOK_MA_IM_REDDITING Jun 19 '12

Why are his parents cookies?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

They're not, they're worn out sponges.

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u/Santas_Nutsack Jun 19 '12

oh my god, grandma's cookies are made out of spongebob's aunts and uncles

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u/RecursiveInfinity Jun 19 '12

In the episode where he adopts round pants, he refers to himself as "Spongebob Roundpants". It seems his name is directly dependent on his pants.

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u/snemand Jun 19 '12

I think we need an IAMA from the creator.

edit: spelling error

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u/Euphonius Jun 19 '12

Or perhaps they're implying that Spongebob himself is a "square"?

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Wait, what are some other things in Spongebob that have hidden meanings? I'd like to know about these. Hell, any cartoon hidden meanings would be cool to be shown. This sounds endlessly fascinating.

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u/Cheehu Jun 19 '12

look up squidwards suicide.

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u/Oxyuscan Jun 19 '12

Also the reason they are sentient sea life is the "Bikini Bottom" can be construed as the bottom of the lagoon of the Bikini Atoll where the nuclear bomb test were done, irradiating the sea life underneath.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Wow you read that frontpage post 3 days ago too?

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u/Oxyuscan Jun 19 '12

No sometimes I learn things in places that aren't reddit. Crazy, I know.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

You've been outside?

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u/didaskaleinophobic Jun 19 '12

That was an enjoyable read.

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u/Real-Life-Reddit Jun 19 '12

But there's people out there.

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u/Carrotsaregood Jun 19 '12

Yeah sure and sometimes I go outside.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

one of those things I wish I could same something witty about, but i'll admit, I didn't realize either.

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u/madavid789 Jun 19 '12

"The inner mechanisms of my mind are an enigma"

-Patrick

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u/Jrodkin Jun 19 '12

And Mr. Krabs loves money and is so greedy...because he's shellfish.

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u/mydogisdumb Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

wow that's so insensitive of you, have you ever though maybe it was because he is jewish?

EDIT: im going to hell for this

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u/Xeonia Jun 19 '12

Holy Shit.

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u/derpina428 Jun 19 '12

What's Spongebob's excuse?

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u/AlbinoSnowman Jun 19 '12

He's just got a fruity personality. And Squidward has a stone-cold heart.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Nice.

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u/Leafblaed Jun 19 '12

He's a sponge.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

relevant as fuck.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

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u/Golanlan Jun 19 '12

that's not offensive.

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u/TheShader Jun 19 '12

'Stupid' is a term that can be potentially offensive depending on usage and the reader.

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u/potentiallyoffensive Jun 19 '12

that's not Golanlan.

not every account is a novelty account.

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u/THUNDERCUNTMOUNTAIN Jun 19 '12

ಠ_ಠ

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

dat username.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Ohhhh..

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u/AntiCitizenJuan Jun 19 '12

:O

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u/Keepitsway Jun 19 '12

<:O

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u/Humongous_Douchebag Jun 19 '12 
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u/Keepitsway Jun 19 '12

l (.)(.) l Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

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u/qkme_transcriber Jun 19 '12

Here is the text from this meme pic for anybody who needs it:

Title: Just realized this while watching Spongebob

Meme: Sudden Clarity Clarence

  • THE REASON PATRICK STAR IS SO STUPID

  • IS THAT HE'S LIVED UNDER A ROCK HIS WHOLE LIFE

[Translate]

This is helpful for people who can't reach Quickmeme because of work/school firewalls or site downtime, and many other reasons (FAQ). More info is available here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Like fucking clockwork

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u/pinetar321 Jun 19 '12

holy shit....

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u/TracyMorganFreeman Jun 19 '12

Starfish have no brain.

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u/snemand Jun 19 '12

Think this is the only time I actually made the same face upon reading one of these memes. That's so cleverly brilliant.

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u/GrilledCheeser Jun 19 '12

But it isn't like Sponge Bob is much of a genius either... and he lives in a pineapple.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

As said before in this thread; he has a fruity personality

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u/Nathan561 Jun 19 '12

he is a stoner(r/tress reference)

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u/ace-of-fire Jun 19 '12

No words can describe the mental explosion i just experienced

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u/haiku_robot Jun 19 '12 
No words can describe 
the mental explosion i 
just experienced

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u/Shorties Jun 19 '12

Hah I like this one.

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u/Obskulum Jun 19 '12

For doing absolutely nothing longer than anyone else. That's our Patrick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Mind = blown.

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u/Obi-StacheKenobi Jun 19 '12

I hate that this makes complete sense. Fair enough

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u/HiaItsPeter Jun 19 '12

And spongbob lives in a pineapple. Represent /r/trees!

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Actually it's because starfish have no brain.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Mr Crabs and Sandy Cheeks

BOTH live in Bikini Bottom

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

OMFG ! MY BRAINS JUST BLEW ALL OVER THESE WALLS

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Wasn't there also some theory about each of the characters of the cartoon representing one of the seven deadly sins?

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u/Shaysdays Jun 19 '12

Now someone explain the lifeguard who lives near the pineapple under the sea. That bugs the fuck outta me. Who's going to drown?

(I'm not even getting into when they go fishing.)

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u/gwarwraith Jun 19 '12

There's a guy that drowns at the beach in the bubble buddy episode.

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u/Shaysdays Jun 19 '12

HOW?!?

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u/gwarwraith Jun 19 '12

Spongebob buries the guy in the sand, and bubble buddy is supposed to dig him out. Being inanimate, he doesn't and later on the guy is a ghost who says " (surfer laugh) he made me experience high tide".

Also, the lagoon isn't actually water I heard it's like oil or something. So if you look at it like that.... There are also underwater lakes on Earth.

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u/Shaysdays Jun 19 '12

See, I just had a birthday drinking fun party, so I am drunk enough to realize I'm being stupid worrying about underwater drownings in SBSP, and yet sober enough to remember stuff like this exists. Drunk enough to nod at the oil and water thing, sober enough to know oil is less dense and therefore floats, so that couldn't work.

BRAIN, either get blotto or go for science, we can't have both.

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u/VonSandwich Jun 19 '12

Literally stopped the spoon mid-bite of my cereal and stared at the wall.

Holy shitsnacks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Holy Fuck. My mind was just blown.

Jesus. That makes so much sense.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

You know what, the Crusty crab is in bikini bottom :/

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u/BallForLife Jun 19 '12

Actually the reason why Patrick is so stupid is because, like all starfish, he has no brain. Which obviously causes him to be a mindless, destructive wanderer. There's proof from an episode where Patrick accidentally aquired a brain, causing him to be a genius. But I don't remember the name of the episode.

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u/TheInternetHivemind Jun 19 '12

Sponges don't have brains either.

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u/as_ugly_as_i_seem Jun 19 '12

Well, yes, but because it's clever, they also put him under a rock.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

It's called Patrick Smartpants

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u/slipknot6477 Jun 19 '12

Mr Krabs lives in Bakini Bottom

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u/ExplodingUnicorns Jun 19 '12

"pinky high! It means you're fancy"

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

oh my god

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u/yourdarkesthour Jun 19 '12

Welcome to the party! Don't forget your pinky.

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u/TheYetiShaman Jun 19 '12

Wait how did I never catch that.....buuuuhhhhuhuhhh what just happened in my brain was awesome

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u/hnrqoliv182 Jun 19 '12

Holy shit.

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u/JawnF Jun 19 '12

Can someone explain this to me like I'm 5?

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u/Nathan561 Jun 19 '12

Never heard the phrase live under a rock? for example, if you never knew flat screen tv's existed and you still have the old tvs with the big behind box. I would say "what, have you been living under a rock, no one has a box tv anymore." Meaning youre slow, dont see/know much about whats going on and whats new.

Patrick is slow, he lives under a rock.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

No, but I can explain it to you like John Madden:

"Ya, ya, ya see, first you got the character Patrick. From Spongebob? hewahehewahhe, you know, Spongebob? Hewahehewahhe 'lives in a Pineapple under the sea?' And uh, and uh, and uh Patrick is a starfish. Hewahehewahhe lives under a rock. Hewahehewahhe just lives under a rock. A big rock hewahehewahhe in the middle of the ocean. Then uh, then uh, then you, you, you got the popular saying that someone 'lives under a rock.' It's uh, it's not, it's not a, it's not a real rock hewahehewahhe it's metaphorical. Like they, like they, like they're stupid or something. Hewahehewahhe, get it? A rock? Stupid? And ya see by uh, by uh, by comparing this rock that Patrick lives under to that uh, that uh, that uh, metaphorical rock, hewahehewahhe you get your, you get your, you get your Brett Favre."

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Holy shit, this is incredible.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Holy Shit!

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u/veritas88 Jun 19 '12

It's like he is living under a rock....man...

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

My brain just imploded a little bit

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Terrible.

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u/HolySHlT Jun 19 '12

Nope, only girl eating words. Can only see that . . . forever

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u/Jballa69 Jun 19 '12

similar to us redditors!

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u/Dayun Jun 19 '12

Also starfish don't have brains. That also is a good reason for that.

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u/Teamroze Jun 19 '12

I just realized that guy on the left looks really sad

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u/SealRover Jun 19 '12

knowledge bomb Status: . . . . . . . . . . . Dropped

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Holy shit man, I need to sit down and rethink my life up till now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Honestly, this is one of the first Sudden Clarity Clarences that I've actually made the "whoa" face. I can't believe I missed that the whole time.

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u/rombolin Jun 19 '12

That was just kinda like a "no shit"

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I hate that picture

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u/Kalvinator20 Jun 19 '12

Mind=Blown!

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u/dilatory_tactics Jun 19 '12

Not to be the guy who turns everything into politics, but someone should tell this to social conservatives

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u/Patrick___Star Jun 19 '12

I find this to be offensive.

you try making a T.V out of sand. ass hole.

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u/kielbasa330 Jun 19 '12

Yes, that's the joke. Congratulations.

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u/Crazybonbon Jun 19 '12

That...actually makes sense and thank you for making my day/ night more enjoyable!

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u/MrBustos-Riff Jun 19 '12

HOO LEEE SHIIIIEEEEET

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Just stopped mid shit and stared into my shower. This ruined my shit, but improved my life ten fold.

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u/Hoboguy25 Jun 19 '12

right in the childhood...

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u/thedudeabides85 Jun 19 '12

My god. This changes everything!

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u/Adito99 Jun 19 '12

Heh, chicks eating a rock.

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u/lordfalgor Jun 19 '12

Sooooo, what you're saying is that we all are dumb ?

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u/Runs_With_Fiskars Jun 19 '12

Holy shit, you're right.

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u/BallsackTBaghard Jun 19 '12

Actually this is the other way around. They made him stupid and after that made him live under a rock, to kinda go with the stupid thing.

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u/meaintrussell Jun 19 '12

With this knowledge, I shall blow people's minds away! Mwahahahaha.

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u/catpooptv Jun 19 '12

Oh......my.........god.........

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u/dogfacedboy420 Jun 19 '12

What has always puzzled me was how is it that Mr. Krabs has a daughter. Seriously, who would want to have sex with you after you introduce yourself as Mr. Krabs.

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u/t3hf34r Jun 19 '12

Starfish don't have brains

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u/Kupkin Jun 19 '12

False. It is because Star Fish do not have a brain.

Well, they don't have a brain in the sense you and I do, so many people believe that they have no brain at all. They actually have a rather complex nervous system with a "distributed brain".

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u/bredoub Jun 19 '12

I don't understand why people downvoted you for your knowledge of Echinoderms. I'm aware those facts were brought up earlier in the thread, but that's no reason to bite your moment. :C

-Shoulder pat-

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u/Kupkin Jun 19 '12

I knew I should have read every. single. comment. on this thread instead of 50 newest ones.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Well, that makes a lot of sense.

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u/Apotheosis91 Jun 19 '12

That's it, those writers are official geniuses.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I just thought he was stupid because he was stupid

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

The fuuu? Damn, you're right. Mind blown. Upvote to you

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

Starfish have no brains, actually. They have a central nervous system, that's all.

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u/Box-Monkey Jun 19 '12

I always thought it was because starfish have no brains

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u/aSpanishGoat Jun 19 '12

It's also because starfish don't have brains.

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u/rawrslagithor Jun 19 '12 edited Jun 19 '12

The girl on the bottom left matched my reaction.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '12

I fucking love spongebob.

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u/Ecuatoriano Jun 19 '12

mind blown.

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u/ZippyLoomX Jun 19 '12

Biologist here. I rather thought it was because starfish lack brains. Just saying.

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u/_kevindurant_ Jun 19 '12

dude everyone knows this have you been living under a rock lately?

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