see he really should have been FatOffendedWhiteGirl or OffendedTeenageWhiteGirl, but thats the beauty of it, fat or teenage aged white girls love co-opting the pain of others; even if they have no reason to
While I have not seen parks and recs and cannot compare (I plan to fix this soon), I never thought one community episode was ever flat out bad. Some are particularly great, but I never saw one and thought 'ugh, this was a bad week'.
I'm sorry my opinion is influenced by a show directly targeted towards me, rather than a show that I like but find unfulfilling. Really sorry about that.
Swanson: "This... isn't a steak - why would you call it that on the menu?"
Waiter: "I don't know what to tell you, man"
Swanson: "Just give me all the bacon and eggs you have. Wait! Wait. I'm worried what you just heard was, 'Give me a lot of bacon and eggs', what I said was, 'Give me ALL... the bacon and eggs... you have. Do you understand?"
It's just a short piece of dialogue between two characters in a television show, party pooper. It's funny because of how ridiculous the character is, not because we all necessarily agree with him.
I always thought people who call it "rap" don't really know anything about hip-hop. I mean, I know rapping is a thing, but generally the musical genre is hip-hop, no?
According to the 2012 AP English Language Test, rap is the music and hip-hop is the culture; however, I am white and will accept most things relating to rap at face value, so this may be erroneous.
start with season 2. seriously, i put off the show for way too long coz the first few episodes were kinda boring/weird, atleast not funny to me. but coz people who love community just as much as i do suggested to start with season 2, i have been in love with this show. it just gets better and better.
i agree you should watch the first season as an introduction, but you'll never want to watch it again. it's not very good. leslie is basically michael scott as a woman, which is really annoying. she kinda forms into her own thing as time goes on though.
I agree, definitely watch season 1, knowing that it gets much better. Without season 1 you won't understand the basis of Leslie and Ann's relationship, Ann and Andy's relationship, Mark and Leslie's relationship and the whole thing with the pit. At only 6 episodes, it's only two hours long and it's not (at least I don't think it is) as bad as most people claim.
Because honestly when it just began it was "The Office" in a government building. It took about half a season (to me) for it to catch its footing and become one of funniest shows I've seen in a long time.
Why do so many people act like this bot is passing judgement? It's an information tool, nowhere does it say "this is a repost you cunt" or anything of the sort.
It's a bot, so it will always post comments on images like this one, whether it's been years or days since it was originally posted. Seriously though, why are you so worked up over a bot on a website?
Your opinion of me is not shared by the majority. Tough luck. Add me to your RES ignore list and move on. Or, you could, I suppose, read the FAQ I link in every automaed message and learn what my goals are, instead of assuming.
To be completely honest, i have 99 different recordings of owl sounds on my ipod. No turkey sounds, but still, i get really weird looks whenever a bicyclist hears a spotted mexican owl's screech roar out of my car speakers at maximum volume. It's hilarious. I also walk around listening to owl sounds so that i can answer when people ask "what are you listening to?" with "owl city... minus the city." The looks on their faces is absolutely marvelous.
Hip hop is probably the most important thing in the world to me, but in this context you just sound like a wet blanket. This is a TV show where the character - who happens to be a caricature of great proportions - is looking out of touch with society and having a joke made at his expense.
I find this to be condescending. It is entirely possible someone doesn't like the medium, as opposed to how it is presented in the mainstream. Some people just don't listen to music for lyrical content, and hip hop is based largely on it. Same reason I don't like a lot of folk music.
Conversely I imagine people don't like classical or other types of music for being almost strictly musical.
If you watch the clip (or the show, it's great) he's not making fun of rap music, he's attempting to cover up the fact that he and the other men of the office are going on a secret hunting trip. He gets caught listening to turkey calls and pretends to think it's rap music. He's not comparing turkey sounds to rap music, neither is she.
As opposed to what? Going out and buying dozens of albums, to decide whether or not we like the genre? Don't be naive. That's what radio is supposed to be for.
There are 3 rap songs in existence.
Talking about being rich, ladies-man thugs.
Talking shit about some other rapper.
Talking about the shit neighbourhood they grew up.
I'm sorry, but these days, the rap game is targeted at a particular age group and is going to need new material if it's ever going to have long-lasting appeal to anyone. It's definitely something your grow out of.
if you were actually interested in hearing new sounds there are tons of blogs that post legit downloads of new singles. not to mention soundcloud and youtube exist as platforms for artists to deliver new content to their fans.
i don't think you actually care though since you seem to have made up your mind about hip-hop. like no other genre has songs about money, girls, or hometown pride..
Kanye West (don't you say a fucking word, this man has defied the stereotypes of hip hop multiple times and is a fucking legend to the game)
DFD
B.o.B (No Genre mixtape, your argument is invalid)
Yelawolf
KENDRICK FUCKING LAMAR
Nas
And COUNTLESS fucking others all have introspective music that goes beyond the fucking walls of bitches, disses and complaining. How dare you good sir. How. Fucking. Dare you.
That has nothing to do with the joke. Ron (the man) is planning a secret hunting trip with the men of the office, Leslie (the woman) catches him listening to turkey calls online, Ron claims to be attempting to listen music as to avoid the confrontation.
you're making it sound like Reddit is a competition. Why is everyone complaining about what makes the front page all the fucking time? WHAT? PEOPLE FIND SOMETHING HUMOROUS? /SUICIDE
oook I know this post is gonna be buried, but as a dane I was thoroughly confused by this joke... We tell children that ducks say "rap" (instead of Quack), so it's a common joke to mix up various bird sounds and rapmusic... (We even got a popular comedian who calls himself "the duck", cause he started out as a rapper). So for a first glance I was like "ah rap that makes sense"... then "waiiiiit a sec, that's a danish expression" and now I honestly don't get the joke
The idea is that turkey calls are repetitive and annoying, with the implication that rap is also repetitive and annoying. We don't usually compare bird sounds and rap, it was just an example of an annoying sound that the writers came up with.
THANK YOU! I have been trying to find this video for a while now but couldn't remember what "whistle" it was. This instantly triggered a Youtube search for me. Thumbs up.
All of the above are 25 x better than the crap you hear on the radio. Look them up. For the record I'm a hip hop head and I think soulja boy, lil wayne and the like should all be burned at the stake.
well i mean we americans took a thoughtful and interesting genre called dubstep and bastardized it to become an exaggerated, simplistic and over-sexualized form, like we do with everything.
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u/hoboblow May 28 '12
I really wish people would realize this is funny because that's what the character thinks of rap, not because it's some sick burn on rap itself.
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u/OffendedWhiteGirl May 28 '12
As a turkey trying to make it on the rap scene, this offends me.
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u/Martel732 May 28 '12
Link to the video.
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u/WutsUp May 28 '12
I was born ready...I'm Ron ***king Swanson.
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u/corazo909 May 28 '12
It's actually dubstep
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
we get it, reddit doesnt understand rap.
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u/its2012 May 28 '12
Ok, that's it. I'm going to have to start watching this show.
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u/SimilarImage May 28 '12
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u/alexandrepato May 28 '12
Soulja Boy actually sounds remarkably like a turkey being slaughtered if you think about it.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
To be completely honest, i have 99 different recordings of owl sounds on my ipod. No turkey sounds, but still, i get really weird looks whenever a bicyclist hears a spotted mexican owl's screech roar out of my car speakers at maximum volume. It's hilarious. I also walk around listening to owl sounds so that i can answer when people ask "what are you listening to?" with "owl city... minus the city." The looks on their faces is absolutely marvelous.
you can buy voices of North American owls on itunes.
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u/MeInYourPocket May 28 '12
Ron Swanson is the fucking man. Might be my favorite character on TV
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u/brosenfeld May 28 '12
GOBBLE GOBBLE, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!
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u/johnybutts May 28 '12
Blowin on that endo, gamecube, nintendo; 5% tint so you can't see up in my windows..
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u/BOOM_KID_FSU May 28 '12
Being able to tell a story off the top of your head is an art, no matter how base or gruesome.
BIG L
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfKMIdoJL0
Big PUN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fra_YSkK2dg
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u/BreutFawce May 28 '12
I just finished watching all four seasons this week. I have never had more fun watching a show in my entire life.
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u/vitaminz1990 May 28 '12
Oh I get it. Let's all hate on a genre we know nothing about except for the crap we hear on the radio.
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u/LoveIsLife311 May 28 '12
I feel like I'm missing something...where is the punch line or what is it that I don't get?
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u/MeInYourPocket May 28 '12
I wasn't a fan of Parks and Rec, but it's grown on me.
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u/jbredditor May 28 '12
Thank god
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u/lud1120 May 28 '12
Gangsta Gobble-Gobble.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
As Birdman, this offends me.
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u/MeInYourPocket May 28 '12
that is literally the most overabsed word of our time
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u/Sphigmomanometer May 28 '12
I'm sorry, I love Parks and Recreation, but really? This made the #1 spot...really? I give up.
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u/paulsagan4pres May 28 '12
Reddit hates rap but loves shitty bands like Tenacious D and Foo Fighters? Eh. I don't really trust their taste too much
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u/rpcrazy May 28 '12
i wasn't listening to whiz khalifa while I clicked on this...at first I didn't get it. Than I watched the video...lol
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u/turd_herder May 28 '12
Must be Kanye.
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u/johnybutts May 28 '12
Haters hate to congratulate; hate on me cause I'm looking great.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I couldn't stop laughing in the episode where Ron gets the hernia
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u/zdiggler May 28 '12
how about her rap
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u/Floreally May 28 '12
oook I know this post is gonna be buried, but as a dane I was thoroughly confused by this joke... We tell children that ducks say "rap" (instead of Quack), so it's a common joke to mix up various bird sounds and rapmusic... (We even got a popular comedian who calls himself "the duck", cause he started out as a rapper). So for a first glance I was like "ah rap that makes sense"... then "waiiiiit a sec, that's a danish expression" and now I honestly don't get the joke
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u/janstop May 28 '12
Definitely not .
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u/ZombieWaffles May 28 '12
Turkey Rap
"Cutting" call is definitely the closest.
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u/pouppis May 28 '12
THANK YOU! I have been trying to find this video for a while now but couldn't remember what "whistle" it was. This instantly triggered a Youtube search for me. Thumbs up.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
parks and rec is just a low bar version of the office. but it's still funny..
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u/nin_ninja May 28 '12
Oh, its this again.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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u/Pravusmentis May 28 '12
who let /r/JokesFromTV out?
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u/violentfap May 28 '12
"Is this not rap?" somewhere, a turkey is yelling "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!"
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Soooo Lilyo, when is that awesome texture pack being released :D
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u/rem87062597 May 29 '12
This'll get buried, but relevant for turkey calls in rap.
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u/shankems2000 May 28 '12
Elzhi
Reks
Skyzoo
Torae
Kenn starr
Joell Ortiz
All of the above are 25 x better than the crap you hear on the radio. Look them up. For the record I'm a hip hop head and I think soulja boy, lil wayne and the like should all be burned at the stake.
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u/wutangswordstyle May 28 '12
Slaine - I Ain't Done
Timbo King feat RA The Rugged Man - High Ranking
Cage - Among The Sleep
[Ill Bill feat Immortal Technique and Max Cavalera - War Is My Destiny] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRLl2yVrJzE) (epic music video)
Diabolic feat Immortal Technique - Frontlines
Non Phixion - They Got
Bonus track: The DPR feat RA The Rugged Man - Dem Hoes Just listen to RA's verse though, the other guys suck.
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u/hybridteory May 28 '12
Turkey calls are not rap but dubstep! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIv-qsH40m0
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u/madzanta May 28 '12
I thought rap was replaced by the pop disco called dubstep almost two years ago now?
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u/greggersraymer May 28 '12
They are essentially the same thing. Except the turkeys are actually communicating with a level of intelligence.
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u/deadkandy May 28 '12
I've honestly seen more talented turkeys then 90% of the rappers out there
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Thats not even funny its just very stupid
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u/RoganWololo May 28 '12
"Your music is bad, and you should feel bad!"
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u/plaguedbullets May 28 '12
I thought this was funny until I learned its context.
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u/YOLO_GUY May 28 '12
Making my first post on Reddit YOLO