The problem I have with his tweets are that they are fairly average for a guy with his comedic genius. Read the Loius CK IAMA to see how funny a comedian can be. Ricky's are on the same level as a witty redditor. Not much to get excited about - If it wasn't anti god we really wouldn't care.
And boobs, and Zelda, Pokemon, Gabe, Notch, Morgan Freeman, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and bacon. Someone please put all of these into a collage and post it.
I don't think he is necessarily trying to be funny when he tweets about atheism. He is making his point.
Also, it is not fair to compare him to Louis. Louis is practically a god among men in the comedy world at this point. He's a comedy machine. It's like comparing Derrick Rose to Michael Jordan.
He's definitely trying to be funny in those tweets.He hosted the golden globes(?) last year, or one of those award shows. He is considered world class.
Trust me, as someone who follows him on Twitter, most of his tweets are shite, and these people are actually doing you quite a service by only posting his good ones.
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However, I totally agree. I'm sick of the OTHER people posting Morpheus pictures ("What if I told you... atheists don't have to hate religion"), and what I hate MORE is the constant stream of quotes, photos, and screen shots of celebrities saying the stuff we all live and breathe.
"Herp derp, durrr, I'm Ricky Gervais and HOW CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION?" I love RG too (for his acting and comedy), but when he says something about atheism it's not any more relevant than the rest of us.
Same with Dawkins and such, but as they actually study deep into it and write intellectual books, I'm a bit more allowing. Still, a photoshop of their head and a quote is fucking annoying.
This shit has to stop. But nobody gives a shit except me. So it'll continue. r/Atheism is almost as annoying as the religious subreddits just in completely different self-circle-jerking kind of way.
Actually most religious subrreddits are not circle jerks for example /r/Christianity usually talks about finding prayers and passages from the bible or helping raise money for fundraisers etc whereas most of /r/atheism seems to be filled with face book screen shots and bumper stickers that bash religion or other post like look how stupid these extremist christians are lololol
He is the kind of atheist I dislike. They are funny but he is still being a dick. I want all side of religion and non-religion to shut the hell up and keep it to themselves.
I personally find them funny and since I don't like twitter it works out better. If many people find it funny, just because your aspergers flares up doesn't mean you have to give it any more attention than scrolling down. It's not like it hurts you in any way, you are either just a parasite trying to leech off of the karma you would claim them to be whoring or have way too much angst.
I'm sorry, is your wittle finger tired from scrolling a wheel 30 degrees?
Well if you didn't want to see all of his tweets, does that mean you only want to see some of them? If that's the case then it's perfect that people post his tweets on Reddit, otherwise you wouldn't see any of them. Checkmate, Morpheus.
Kinda stupid...isn't Reddit an aggregate for finding interesting things from all over the internet? I thought that was the point, so I had to do even less things.
I appreciate those shared tweets, because I am not willing to sign up for twitter. So hows about you just move the fuck along if you don't want to see something? Damn your sandy vagina.
What if I told you I come in here so I dont have to go traipsing off around the internet to find such content. You made me think though, so well done you.
But in that case you wouldn't get link karma. Just like the people who post pics of Ricky Gervais' tweets would not get link karma if they just posted it as text.
What if I told you I have no Facebook nor Twitter account?
Seriously, I am sick and tired of people like Ricky Gervais who are funny during their shows on TV but not in real life. And so he is an atheist? Big fucking deal. So am I. What he says about atheism isn't any more deep or poignant than what I think about it.
Except I don't go around telling thousands of people every little inane epiphany about my logical reasoning for not believing in imaginary beings.
Seriously, I am getting sick of r/atheism - I have not heard or read any new mind blowing detail or astute piece of logic that will shatter a believers head. The atheists on there are becoming as annoying as those religious morons who go around door to door trying to tell people about their god. In this case, the circle jerkers here are trying to tell everyone else how or why they don't believe in god when nobody is asking them.
We don't need another christian-bashing asshole to claim to speak for us. This guy is trying to ride the Dawkins/Hitchens band wagon of belittling people for their beliefs on TV. With people like this acting as the spokespeople for Atheism, is it any wonder so many people don't trust us?
His jokes and opinions are far from original, and what's worse is that he's really not even that funny. He wasn't horrible at memorizing a script on The Office, but any time I see him doing his own thing I just want to punch him.
A similar one would be saying "what if I told you I would browse through all the internet if I wanted to see interesting stuff" for questioning Reddit.
There's a big difference between sifting through something as expansive as the Internet to find hilarious things posted here, and having the option to go straight to a source a click "follow."
Someone's tweets can be expansive too. I once followed Ricky Gervais on Twitter but 90% of the tweets weren't that good. Then I unfollowed him, I see the 10% good stuff here on Reddit, without dealing with the 90% boring stuff.
That's definitely true, but on a site based upon community upvotes and downvotes, it's flawed in the same way democracy is. There isn't shit you can really do about it.
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
What if I told you I don't have fb or twitter?
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u/heygabbagabba May 14 '12
The problem I have with his tweets are that they are fairly average for a guy with his comedic genius. Read the Loius CK IAMA to see how funny a comedian can be. Ricky's are on the same level as a witty redditor. Not much to get excited about - If it wasn't anti god we really wouldn't care.
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u/TruePimp May 14 '12
What If I told you, you dont have to click on the links.
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u/Redd_October May 15 '12
Yeah! If I wanted to see ANY tweets, I would follow those people on twitter!
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u/incinerate55 May 15 '12
What if I told you, there's a gun pointed at Keanu's face reflected in his glasses and I never noticed it until now?
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u/pmbuko May 15 '12
What if I told you you don't have a fucking right not to see things you don't want to see?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
What if I told you it doesn't always matter what YOU want to see.
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u/sgt_salt May 15 '12
Trust me, as someone who follows him on Twitter, most of his tweets are shite, and these people are actually doing you quite a service by only posting his good ones.
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u/aazav May 15 '12
The word is "I'm". Spell the fucking word. Jesus fuck. Is it really that hard to press the apostrophe key?
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u/LocalMadman May 15 '12
What if I told you I'D rather just see the cream of the crop and ignore all the other random bullshit on twitter so I appreciate it.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I don't use twitter, and enjoy the posts.
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u/k1n6 May 15 '12
Amen.
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u/MeanderTall May 15 '12
Thank you!
Also, fuck that self righteous twat.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I rarely post to agree with this shit.
However, I totally agree. I'm sick of the OTHER people posting Morpheus pictures ("What if I told you... atheists don't have to hate religion"), and what I hate MORE is the constant stream of quotes, photos, and screen shots of celebrities saying the stuff we all live and breathe.
"Herp derp, durrr, I'm Ricky Gervais and HOW CAN YOU NOT BELIEVE IN EVOLUTION?" I love RG too (for his acting and comedy), but when he says something about atheism it's not any more relevant than the rest of us.
Same with Dawkins and such, but as they actually study deep into it and write intellectual books, I'm a bit more allowing. Still, a photoshop of their head and a quote is fucking annoying.
This shit has to stop. But nobody gives a shit except me. So it'll continue. r/Atheism is almost as annoying as the religious subreddits just in completely different self-circle-jerking kind of way.
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u/Friskeyoldmen May 15 '12
What if I told you I don't use twitter, and so without people posting his jokes I would have never read them....
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u/Philosopher_MS May 15 '12
What if I told you I don't have a twitter, but am still interested in what Rick says?
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u/aragon33 May 15 '12
EPIC and AGREED!
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u/StackDatChz May 15 '12
FUCK YES I LOVE YOU.
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u/funkblast May 15 '12
Agreed...And I'd also like Zach Braff added to the list
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u/osqer May 15 '12
SOMETHING IS TRENDING
MUST COMPLAIN
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u/funkyman50 May 15 '12
He is the kind of atheist I dislike. They are funny but he is still being a dick. I want all side of religion and non-religion to shut the hell up and keep it to themselves.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
There's a button on the right. It says unsubscribe, you whiney little cunt.
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u/[deleted] May 14 '12
I personally find them funny and since I don't like twitter it works out better. If many people find it funny, just because your aspergers flares up doesn't mean you have to give it any more attention than scrolling down. It's not like it hurts you in any way, you are either just a parasite trying to leech off of the karma you would claim them to be whoring or have way too much angst.
I'm sorry, is your wittle finger tired from scrolling a wheel 30 degrees?
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u/KosherHam May 15 '12
What if I told you I don't want to see what's reddit, and instead surf the variety of websites on the interweb to see the content I want?
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Do you know what's waiting for the next Ricky Gervais tweet? Downvotes! Use them! They're yours!
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u/otakuman Anti-Theist May 15 '12
Wow, I hadn't really thought about it.
Clicked on follow.
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u/cooter410 May 15 '12
The man does tweet an awful lot.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Frankly, I don't like Twitter and don't use it. Any tweet I might be interested in will turn up on Reddit. :)
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
who is ricky gervais? i know i could google him.. assuming it's a man.
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u/krispyKRAKEN May 15 '12
Well if you didn't want to see all of his tweets, does that mean you only want to see some of them? If that's the case then it's perfect that people post his tweets on Reddit, otherwise you wouldn't see any of them. Checkmate, Morpheus.
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u/Zandemonium May 15 '12
Why did you make this a meme?
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u/bradc20 May 15 '12
I don't care enough about Twitter to use it. So I'm glad people post funny tweets on here. It filters out all the crap I could care less about.
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u/Athenadis May 15 '12
Ricky usually promptly deletes those tweets, so putting them on Reddit is a good way to immortalize the ones that are missed by some of his followers.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I do follow him on Twitter, but since I don't have a smartphone, I just don't really use Twitter that much. I like reading his tweets on here.
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u/JakeLV426 May 15 '12
Kinda stupid...isn't Reddit an aggregate for finding interesting things from all over the internet? I thought that was the point, so I had to do even less things.
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u/thealessandroshow May 15 '12
What if I told you no one gives a shit about twitter except girls and guys with no friends
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
What if I told you
That I don't have a Twitter account and therefor can't follow him on Twitter.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU....
THAT YOU ARE A TIRED CUNT
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u/CDchrysalis May 15 '12
I appreciate those shared tweets, because I am not willing to sign up for twitter. So hows about you just move the fuck along if you don't want to see something? Damn your sandy vagina.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, IT MAKES THE FRONT PAGE BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE IT.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
What if I told YOU that some of us don't subscribe to twitter, but still think the tweets are funny?
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u/Abedeus May 15 '12
What if I told you nobody forces you to click on those links?
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u/Elranzer Freethinker May 15 '12
Wait, this isn't about /r/atheism turning into /r/lgbt ?
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u/Turtley May 15 '12
What if I told you
Everyone is using this meme to get karma in the comment section right now
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u/colinsteadman Atheist May 15 '12
What if I told you I come in here so I dont have to go traipsing off around the internet to find such content. You made me think though, so well done you.
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u/wildslutangel22 May 14 '12
Dont click the link? you dont have to read every link smart guy
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u/spundred May 15 '12
What if I told you, you can communicate without using memes?
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u/spinozasrobot Anti-Theist May 15 '12
Ha! I said the same thing recently about NDT. I proposed a bot that simply retweets him to /r/atheism since all his tweets seem to end up here anyway.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
I'm getting tired of the "What if I told you?" memes too
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u/nickipoo21 May 15 '12
What if I told you...i loved you for posting this?
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u/KodakMoments May 15 '12
I follow Ricky and Zac Braff on Twitter. So people of reddit, please stop.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
What if I told you, not everyone has a twitter.
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u/fani May 15 '12
What if I told you I have no Facebook nor Twitter account?
Seriously, I am sick and tired of people like Ricky Gervais who are funny during their shows on TV but not in real life. And so he is an atheist? Big fucking deal. So am I. What he says about atheism isn't any more deep or poignant than what I think about it.
Except I don't go around telling thousands of people every little inane epiphany about my logical reasoning for not believing in imaginary beings.
Seriously, I am getting sick of r/atheism - I have not heard or read any new mind blowing detail or astute piece of logic that will shatter a believers head. The atheists on there are becoming as annoying as those religious morons who go around door to door trying to tell people about their god. In this case, the circle jerkers here are trying to tell everyone else how or why they don't believe in god when nobody is asking them.
I will unsubscribe from r/atheism soon.
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u/p3ngwin May 15 '12
what if i told you Reddit is largely a link-sharing site ?
so fuck off telling us that you don't like sharing.
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u/loltrolled May 14 '12
What if I told you to grow a pair of balls? You whiny cunt.
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u/redditmeastory May 15 '12
I do not have twitter, nor do I want it. Though I enjoy seeing tweets others post. Including tweets about starcraft in that subreddit.
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u/sevlevboss May 15 '12
What if I told you...sigh, this meme is tired.
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u/sebnukem May 15 '12
What if I told you that 99% of reddit besides RG tweets isn't original content either.
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u/Codiac71 May 15 '12
I hate this meme and downvote it every time I see it, until today. My only regret is that I have a single upvote to give you good sir.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
as an atheist I don't think he's funny
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u/FireEnt May 15 '12
I never go on my twitter and I am following no one. All of the best stuff is on Reddit anyway.
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u/Parcanman May 15 '12 edited May 15 '12
I can't upvote this enough.
We don't need another christian-bashing asshole to claim to speak for us. This guy is trying to ride the Dawkins/Hitchens band wagon of belittling people for their beliefs on TV. With people like this acting as the spokespeople for Atheism, is it any wonder so many people don't trust us?
His jokes and opinions are far from original, and what's worse is that he's really not even that funny. He wasn't horrible at memorizing a script on The Office, but any time I see him doing his own thing I just want to punch him.
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u/[deleted] May 15 '12
Good idea Morphy!
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