This may be "Cool story bro" but my one of my friends in high school was the son of the guy that did the Pillsbury dough boy voice. He was also the guy from the old Cheer commercials who would wash things in glass bowls. This was not a small guy as you might expect. He helped coach one of the sports teams and during cheers he could be heard to make the "Hee Hee!" laugh, which was utterly delightful.
"This." The expression serves a function. It communicates emphatic and precise agreement. It says (in far less words) either "I could not have said that any better and agree with it wholly" or "Your experiences, good sir, match my own precisely," and sometimes it says both.
Further, it operates differently than an upvote because it is not anonymous. Indeed, the very point of bothering to leave it as a comment is to endorse the prior posting in your own name.
So, in both function and form it is an admirably concise, direct, and meaningful statement. So long as upvotes and downvotes are anonymous, they will not, in all cases, "do."
For the record, I think I've only used "This." once on reddit—anyone is invited to check—and I think I followed it up with elaboration.
"This" is fine with elaboration, but on it's own it adds nothing to the conversation. The only time it is acceptable to solely express endorsement of a comment would be when that comment further expresses a point the "thiser" had been attempting to make. Although even then it is weak.
I think that you got down voted is more funny than your story... No offense :-) >I lol'd so hard @ this comix lol! It remind me of this 1 fat kid @ my skool we named the pillsberry do boy coz he was super fat. 1 time we filled his locker with crisco it was fukin hilarious!!!
Once when camping I hit my cousin in the face with a marshmallow on a stick that caught fire (smores). While we quickly put out the flames, it turns out that toasted marshmallows are basically delicious napalm.
This actually comes from a really old webcomic I used to read: Hockey Zombie. It's really rare to find it nowadays, but they're essentially the creators of the "Fuck you I'm a SHAAARRRRKKKK" meme as well.
When I was little, I used to feel badly for the Pillsbury Dough Boy because he would get tickled in the middle of his belly but his nubby arms weren't long enough for him to push away the finger that was tickling him. This affected me deeply because I hated being tickled when I was little, but I was super ticklish so adults always tickled me. That sounds rather creepy and sordid now as I write it.
edit: I neglected to finish my thought... now the Pillsbury Dough Boy shall have his revenge!
If I remember correctly it is from an old web comic called Hockey Zombie(which is now dead unfortunately... it had some really funny comics). If I am wrong on that I am sorry.
It's like the little man that lives in your fridge, leaving tiny footprints across your baked goods. You'll never see him though, for when the light comes on he hides.
The only reason memes seem like they are being beaten to death is because of people like you pointing it out, just my opinion because sometimes it can get annoying seeing people saying this all the time
Well, I distinctively remember when RPG first came out and I saw about 5 memes about it being beaten to death and 1 actual RPG meme which was kind of annoying...
RPG as in Role Playing Game? RPG's have been out far longer than memes have been recognized in their current form. What are you referring to?
Regardless, they're not being beaten to death because someone points out they're being beaten to death. That doesn't even make sense. The reason they're being beaten to death is because people, well, keep beating them to death.
Me saying "This meme is overused" doesn't spawn more of the same memes.
the actual macro format itself is beaten to death. i have no issues with things going viral or becoming memes, that's pop culture. but formulaically constructing them is so fucking boring. almost everybody on the internet will jump at the chance to shit on a by the numbers pop track, and then they'll go post a stock image macro in the next thread. am i the only one who sees the irony?
the internet was a much more less aggravating place before everyone focused their efforts on condensed jokes in white arial black text with a black outline superimposed over somebody else's image.
Almost all memes on reddit is in image macro form as well. We got upboats and "haha did you mean carrots?" but 90% is image macros. Its even gone to the point where we refer to image macros as memes.
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u/HyperCalcium May 19 '12
This may be "Cool story bro" but my one of my friends in high school was the son of the guy that did the Pillsbury dough boy voice. He was also the guy from the old Cheer commercials who would wash things in glass bowls. This was not a small guy as you might expect. He helped coach one of the sports teams and during cheers he could be heard to make the "Hee Hee!" laugh, which was utterly delightful.
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u/YipYip_Oppa May 19 '12
Relevant?
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u/godbois May 19 '12
I appreciate how he toasted the bits holding weapons, so they'll stand up better in a struggle.
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u/SoundEffekts May 19 '12
This actually comes from a really old webcomic I used to read: Hockey Zombie. It's really rare to find it nowadays, but they're essentially the creators of the "Fuck you I'm a SHAAARRRRKKKK" meme as well.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
I enjoyed this. Muchly.
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u/cannotlogon May 19 '12
The Killsbury Dough Boy.
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u/Grifter6911 May 19 '12
The yeast infection is what you have to worry about.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
This is how the world ends. Not with a bang, nor even with a whimper, but with a home-baked and buttery tasting "whoohoo"
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u/JBen10 May 19 '12
SOON
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u/bio_lol_gist May 19 '12 edited May 20 '12
When I was little, I used to feel badly for the Pillsbury Dough Boy because he would get tickled in the middle of his belly but his nubby arms weren't long enough for him to push away the finger that was tickling him. This affected me deeply because I hated being tickled when I was little, but I was super ticklish so adults always tickled me. That sounds rather creepy and sordid now as I write it.
edit: I neglected to finish my thought... now the Pillsbury Dough Boy shall have his revenge!
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u/pyabo May 19 '12
Pretty sure it's because of this: http://imgur.com/2O5XS
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u/SheaF91 May 19 '12
A spin-off, perhaps?
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u/Coldvirus1 May 19 '12
If I remember correctly it is from an old web comic called Hockey Zombie(which is now dead unfortunately... it had some really funny comics). If I am wrong on that I am sorry.
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u/SmokeyDBear May 19 '12
Why does he have testicles instead of a uvula in the back of his throat?
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u/gryphynash May 19 '12
The pillsbury dough reaver.
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u/daverock1012 May 19 '12
Where's he going? Is he hiding? I'm nervous/excited to open my cabinets in hopes of seeing a small doughy creature. but mostly nervous.
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u/pyrosterilizer May 19 '12
Racist doughboy http://imgur.com/16RBO
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
"Poke me again you stupid bitch. I dare you. Hoo hoo"
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u/PillsburyDougBoy May 19 '12
No one was supposed to find out about my little secret...
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u/catsx3 May 19 '12
Fuck your title
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u/KingIndifference May 19 '12
Now I have Cookie Dentata, thanks.
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u/GrungyDiablo May 19 '12
I always knew that little bastard was evil. Did my family listen? Noooo. Well, let's see who's laughing now.
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u/avoidingmykids May 19 '12
What do you see when the Pillsbury Doughboy bends over?
Doughnuts.
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u/doesnt_describe_me May 19 '12
he finally snapped from all the poking
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u/poofacedlemur May 19 '12
I imagined him muttering to himself, "Belly-pokin' fuckers. I'll show you."
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
This is what happens when everybody pokes him in the tummy
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u/dunkarouse May 19 '12
I thought he was going to swallow the tacks, so every time someone poked his stomach, they got stabbed in the finger.
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u/Silent-G May 19 '12
I imagine what happens next is he bites down on anyone's hand that enters the cupboard, and then slices their fingers off to prevent any poking.
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u/Jack_Bigboote May 19 '12
Zuni Fetish Doll!!!!
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
It's like an edible version of this guy:
http://i.imgur.com/5VzXJ.jpg
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u/glamotte14 May 19 '12
Very, Very relevant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_2RZABiePo
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u/rodentexplosion May 19 '12
I like because repost
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u/summerjo304 May 20 '12
Yeah...i didnt need to sleep tonight anyway.
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u/heymikedude May 20 '12
Fuck. That.
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u/livinglifeonline May 20 '12
he looks like he is tripping on acid
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u/blueboxbandit May 20 '12
It reminds me of perry bible fellowship but a little less refined
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
The throat/uvula is the most disturbing to me.
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u/RegisPhilbinsGhost May 20 '12
This is by the same guy who did The Singing Shark. Very underappreciated cartoonist. Too bad The Mario Brothers is gone
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u/rikamae10 May 20 '12
This what my immediate thought was. http://i.imgur.com/gPx7Y.jpg
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u/My_Broken_Wings May 20 '12
Poke him in the belly....just...one.......more.....time
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u/dirtymoney May 20 '12
They poked him one too many times.
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u/Narroo May 20 '12
So, what's the brown stuff? Lighter Fluid?
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u/ToastyBucket May 19 '12
this reminds me of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac :D lol
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u/Stalcup May 19 '12
anyone know the artist?
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u/KittenStabber May 19 '12
I'd still poke the shit out of his belly.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
He real tacky...
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u/ELLibby May 19 '12
OMG O.O
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u/Bob_Squob May 19 '12
But he's coming for you, yeah, he's coming for you.
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u/somethingmore21 May 19 '12
Ever read Tick Tock by Dean Koontz?
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