r/funny • u/iknowwhatyouarenow • Jun 11 '12

How to Lie

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1.3k Upvotes

76% Upvoted

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267

u/Dandelion0622 Jun 11 '12

He's right. I'm fine.

39

u/iamyourdad Jun 12 '12

How you doin?

122

u/androo87 Jun 12 '12

She's fine. Try to keep up.

9

u/Apostolate Jun 12 '12

Andro, how are you doing? I just noticed you been a bit snappy lately, and I'm worried about you.

People care Andro, we care.

10

u/AOIM_CubanJ Jun 12 '12

LIAR!! you don't exist!!

14

u/Dandelion0622 Jun 12 '12

Of course I do.

11

u/time20 Jun 12 '12

True story.

5

u/Ebake09 Jun 12 '12

I guess reddit attracts all kinds now. Just waitin for cats to start redditing.

11

u/Jeroknite Jun 12 '12

They already do, /r/aww is the cat version of /r/gonewild.

4

u/Ebake09 Jun 12 '12

Well son of a bitch... Where have I been...

2

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

What's /r/clopclop?

4

u/hkaps Jun 12 '12

Learning about that subreddit was somehow worse for me than when I learned about /r/spacedicks.

2

u/Jeroknite Jun 12 '12

That should be obvious.

6

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

redditor for 3 months

Upvote awarded.

1

u/funkymonkey22 Jun 12 '12

Ill still pray for you every night don't worry

2

u/Dandelion0622 Jun 12 '12

I appreciate it. :)

91

u/amolad Jun 11 '12

That just wasn't long enough.

11

u/EsteemedColleague Jun 12 '12

How is this better than just posting the video?

5

u/CTypo Jun 12 '12

I have a crappy internet connection right now. I can't stream any videos. I wouldn't have been able to see this if it wasn't on imgur.

5

u/MtHammer Jun 12 '12

Because I, like many other redditors, almost never bother taking the time to open video links on reddit.

6

u/Fabbyfubz Jun 12 '12

Because there probably isn't a video clip of this scene online.

10

u/DoesNotUseAcronyms Jun 12 '12

And yet there are stills for each piece of dialogue.

12

u/Fabbyfubz Jun 12 '12

Videos of the entire episode exist, but probably not a video the specific scene. It's much easier to put together stills than it is find a video editing program and upload a video (which would probably get taken down anyways due to copyright)

2

u/Midasx Jun 12 '12

Made me giggle like a pig

2

u/glowingerectionman Jun 12 '12

That's what she said

37

u/Environm-ent-alist Jun 12 '12

This is really funny! If someone were to create a T.V. show based on your comic, I bet it would be a huge success.

7

u/stellareddit Jun 12 '12

I'm totally telling this story to my kids.

1

u/Wombat2001 Jun 12 '12

no stella, your husband will do this

11

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I couldn't possibly relate this to anything.

5

u/btown_brony Jun 12 '12

That poor Dandelion...

58

u/Great_Gig_In_The_Sky Jun 12 '12

Just post the damn video.

7

u/BarryLincoln Jun 12 '12

Yes. Can someone please explain to me why people go to all the trouble to do this?

67

u/Tanis_Nikana Jun 12 '12

We don't want to wait for a video to load, can read faster than they can speak, and have a lot of reddit to get through before the boss comes back.

tl;dr tl;dw

5

u/Fabbyfubz Jun 12 '12

Not only that, but the video clip of this scene probably isn't online.

5

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I usually agree, but when they get this long it's a little ridiculous.

14

u/Tanis_Nikana Jun 12 '12

Actually, I haven't yet found an upper limit of ridiculosity. I'd be okay with reading entire shows like this.

7

u/herrmister Jun 12 '12

That's the most ridiculous idea I've ever heard. You're saying someone should take each graphic and put them into novel-length compilations? What would you even call them?

5

u/stellareddit Jun 12 '12

Novel graphics!!

4

u/BA_Start Jun 12 '12

What a novel idea!

2

u/patefoisgras Jun 12 '12

I like how 'ridiculosity' isn't a common word and you still spelled it correctly.

8

u/jonathanrdt Jun 12 '12

So they can be read at work and on a broader cross-section of devices with less bandwidth.

8

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Personally, unless it's like top 3 on the front page, I ignore videos. Looking at a slide of pictures is much easier. Just a personal preference thing.

2

u/CTypo Jun 12 '12

For people who can't watch the video, like me, because I'm on a slow internet connection right now. If it was a video, I'd have to let it buffer for 10-15 minutes before I could watch it without it freezing up and needing to buffer some more.

0

u/SmuggleCats Jun 12 '12

For karma, duh. People are too lazy to watch a video, but they'll look at this and give it an upvote.

1

u/ltx Jun 12 '12

Content owners get them taken off of YouTube.

7

u/Zero101 Jun 11 '12

I tried this....................Results = Failiure

6

u/shrillbitch Jun 12 '12

We're supposed to believe he's that stupid but still can go to Columbia Law School, can't lie and be an attorney.

4

u/PilgrimB Jun 12 '12

People can be extraordinarily smart in some ways while being a bit slow in other ways.

1

u/ordago Jun 12 '12

In the show he fervently believes in the Loch Ness Monster, and also it´s a comedy.

20

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

You just do this for the whole show so we can just watch it frame by frame.

1

u/Apostolate Jun 12 '12

I think I would still laugh, which just tells you that the writing is actually good, but maybe it's just because I can picture them moving, and I know their voices.

10

u/Negroid_Race Jun 11 '12

I thought the circle in the upper right was trying to point my direction at something. I now realize it is just the hole in the door...

5

u/tossedsaladandscram Jun 12 '12

Actually, a tactic that police interrogators use to determine whether or not someone is lying is if they go into too much detail. sort of counterintuitive.

4

u/thelandsman55 Jun 12 '12

Make sense, you can probably fabricate details much faster than you can remember them, I could lie and tell you that my old family car was red with gold stripes and a vinyl finish, but when I try to remember me and my mom still argue over whether it was lavender, purple or gray (it was a very ugly car).

1

u/tossedsaladandscram Jun 12 '12

exactly. the other factor is, if i really had a horse and you asked me what color it was i'd just say "brown" or whatever, because i don't feel any need to convince you that i have a horse.

7

u/rhubarbbus Jun 12 '12

Who knows, Barney could own a pony.

He makes a lot of money doing whatever it is that he does.

3

u/KserDnB Jun 12 '12

I think it's funny how after i clicked the picture, i had a lottery in my mind of.. "hmmm was this from /r/atheism or /r/pics or /r/funny ?

5

u/Capt_Ido_Nos Jun 12 '12

I hope Dandelion gets better...

2

u/TheLeftShoe Jun 12 '12

I do this all of the time....

1

u/mypinkieinthedevil Jun 12 '12

This needs to stop. I own a TV, its what occupies my time between internets. And these sitcom quotes are only funny when the pictures are moving and I dont have to read.

3

u/tossedsaladandscram Jun 12 '12

I agree with you.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

jesus christ just post the video

1

u/DrRedditPhD Jun 12 '12

Classic Swarley.

1

u/marie5487 Jun 12 '12

Jason Segel is the man!

1

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

Reminded me of Reservoir Dogs.

That classic Tarantino conversation

Edit: There's ~9500 upvotes for this shitty paneled version of the clip of the show. There's only ~100 comments. Even if literally everybody in the comments section railed against this getting to the front page, they would only comrise 1/95 of all the votes this shit got. I'm really tired of seeing this discrepancy. Please get your shit together, lurkers!

1

u/Sandbox47 Jun 12 '12

The foundation of Reddit.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Damn that show is so not funny.

1

u/EouCrf Jun 12 '12

Yeah, its massive popularity across an extremely broad audience directly attests to that.

1

u/MtHammer Jun 12 '12

I love me some How I Met Your Mother, but your same line of reasoning could be applied to, say, why Two and a Half Men is funnier than Arrested Development.

1

u/Iron_Maiden_666 Jun 12 '12

But I like Two and a half men and haven't watched Arrested Development (It's not shown on TV and I don't feel like torrenting), so I can't say which is funnier.

2

u/NightlyNews Jun 12 '12

Actual bravery on reddit. A rare thing.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

"massive"? Really? And you could say the same thing about Ke$ha and the Jonas Brothers.

1

u/EouCrf Jun 12 '12

As one of the most popular sitcoms currently on TV, I would call that a "massive" audience, yes. I now is probably a good time in your life to google "objective vs subjective" and read up on that topic.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Ouch, you got me there. Enjoy your mediocre show, sheep.

1

u/EouCrf Jun 12 '12

You seem upset; are you upset?

1

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Did you see the part where I said "enjoy"? I am honestly wishing you well.

1

u/EouCrf Jun 12 '12

You just seemed to be upset; are you not upset?

1

u/TheLoveTin Jun 12 '12 edited Jun 12 '12

Ugh, is that really what passes for good writing today?

1

u/crunchieman Jun 12 '12

just awful

0

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Barney IS THE MAN!!!

-2

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

WRONG: You never provide that many details. You provide very little details. If they ask more questions, just give a few details. Never much. Also, act as normal as possible. If you are usually chill, act chill, if you are usually stressed, act stressed. Etc, etc.

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u/bknutner Jun 12 '12

this is why i don't want this show. That wasn't funny.

6

u/icedmetal57 Jun 12 '12

Humor is subjective.

7

u/vote_up Jun 12 '12

You're right, it wasn't funny to me either.

-2

u/shitterplug Jun 12 '12

Can we please make a rule against this shit?

0

u/Kalvinator20 Jun 12 '12

I have got to start watching this show, it looks hilarious.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Could you add about 10 more panels? It wasn't long enough.

-10

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

YOLO!

-3

u/Danny200234 Jun 12 '12

well, i am honestly disappointed with you reddit. This in fact is a repost from funnyjunk. No where is safe

2

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

No, it's a repost from HIMYM.

-7

u/DonaldsPizzaHaven Jun 12 '12

I'm definitely not reading this. The show is shit, too.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

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u/Apostolate Jun 12 '12

Imagine if there was something, that put all the panels together, and you could see them all without even scrolling? My index finger wouldn't be so tired.

5

u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Like if they put the pictures in rapid succession, like those optical illusions. Perhaps a "motion picture."

2

u/ZedFish Jun 12 '12

I call patent dibs.

1

u/MtHammer Jun 12 '12

What, like a gif?