ralph's time to shine
― A B C, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
restore strongo's mod powers imo
― brad whitford's guitar explorations (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Although the literalist interpretation never occurred to me before all this, I don't necessarily think it's a "wrong" interpretation, it's just so much of a less funny interpretation that it makes me sad that that's what people have been going around thinking for years and years. Like their world must feel dreary and sepiatoned while mine is technicolor + dolby.
― congratulations (n/a), Monday, April 26, 2010 2:06 PM (Yesterday)
god this is so depressingly wrong, like i don't want to live in a world where adolescent synonyms for "badass" are cooler than actually becoming a viking in your dreams, or actively voicing your desire to sleep so you can be a viking
― ban c u tty (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:13 (fourteen years ago) link
havent read the thread so i'm sure by this 400 post mark we've started with the picture bombs and euthanasia calls, but i just wanted to say that
― ban c u tty (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
can't wait til the murders start....
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:16 (fourteen years ago) link
theres something totally grating about the EVERYONE WHO INTERPRETS IT AS 'A' IS A TOTAL MORON perspective. what is w/ so many otherwise-sensible ppl getting wrapped up in it?
especially since it seems much more likely 2 me that it was written w/ a slightly different meaning -- viking doesn't mean 'excels,' its more like ... vikings were explorers, sailors, adventurers, etc. at least in the received understanding, and in sleep, ralph isnt 'excelling' he's a viking, which means he both literally dreams about being a viking but also implies a level of success/exploration/leadership that he doesnt have in the real world -- i think the 'viking' is specifically chosen to indicate that hes more hero/less zero in his dreams -- like, they wouldnt have said "sleep! thats where i'm a goldfish!"
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:22 (fourteen years ago) link
meaning, i interpreted it as a reaction to his 'irl' failure -- well, at least in sleep im a viking! -- the writers were obviously calling on this as a reaction to his set-up for failing. so i get why ppl are saying 'excels,' although i think its more like 'explores' -- imo both answers are opposite sides of the same coin & thats why its super aggravating reading ppl act all self-righteous about this shit WHINEY & HI DERE & KEV & etc
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I think that's completely right, and the answer would still be B and not A...
― ban c u tty (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
that is 100% the correct interpretation imo
― ban c u tty (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm a little more mad about the super nintendo chalmers thing.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:28 (fourteen years ago) link
so i get why ppl are saying 'excels,' although i think its more like 'explores' -
yeah but you are not arguing that ralph is saying he "explores at sleep" you are just arguing about him being something else in his sleep. as k3v said you aren't really bridging anything here.
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
B.― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:25 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― tokyo so icey club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:31 (fourteen years ago) link
any interpretation that has ralph truly grasping what a viking is/does is wacky to me
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i am arguing that he explores sleep, absolutely -- that it implies he is a viking at sleeping as well as literally being a viking. i think the writers intentionally built ambiguity into it, so no, not b. both
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
why would ralph not know what a viking is? thats not exactly an obscure bit of history
pretty clear that Ralph is a cipher
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
So, what this thread really needs to explore is the issue of who would win in a fair fight: Ralph Wiggum or a napkin dispenser?
― Aimless, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
btw lol @ this being the one meaningless dumb argument where ppl like to climb up and say "gee fellas it really sucks that you just can't respect people's opinions and consider the other side"
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:35 (fourteen years ago) link
deej are you familiar with the character of ralph?
You guys this thread is killing me. This is like .00000000000125 steps away from those dudes that post 35 page long Simpsons "episode guides".
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
deej is attempting to make the a. people look good by coming up w/ an even worse answer
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
ffs it is patently clear that the reason this argument is so popular is that it allows people to argue, for fun, with absolutely nothing at stake. it's really not so surprising that we're all going round and round on it.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:37 (fourteen years ago) link
this isn't like a us politics thread or some iltmi bullshit where *feelings might be hurt*
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
not nothing at stake! i would hate to see ralph co-opted by rightwingers.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:38 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
btw I just got a call that I'm getting a book deal out of this thread so nyah nyah
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.partyprosrental.com/tn_easyStriker9.jpg
― Aimless, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
right wingers pretty much ruined Groundskeeper Willy's "surrender-monkeys" for me.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:41 (fourteen years ago) link
GO TO THE FUCK YOU SONS OF PICHES!!1!1!!!
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
― iatee, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:36 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
no. in context, "A" makes a fair amount of sense -- the word 'viking' certainly leads u to believe he might have meant that he is an explorer/on the frontier/cutting edge of sleep. i think the choice of 'the viking' was intentional & suggests that the 'real answer' is ambiguity -- that we're not entirely supposed to understand ralph's meaning
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
cad is otm tho it's not like we have anything better to do on a Tuesday night
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
deej, you realize that like EVERYONE you are calling out by name for being disappointing are not taking this argument nearly as seriously as you seem to be, right
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:42 (fourteen years ago) link
please don't devalue the efforts of usenet simpsons recapper weirdos, if those things didn't exist there would have been nothing to do in seventh grade computer lab but search encarta for swears
― A B C, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i don't think this would be a 95 page thread if Ralph said "yay, sleep, where I'm a hedgehog" or "yay sleep where I'm a Geisha"...
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
― iatee, Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:36 PM (2 minutes ago)
― iatee, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
"it is super disappointing that people are having mutually-understood fun, I really expected better of you guys" *shakes head*
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:43 (fourteen years ago) link
wooster
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
okay let's not go there, Mr Begging-To-Be-Banned
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh I don't even know why it's a zing
― If You Ain't Gonna Wash It, I Ain't Gonna Eat It (Cattle Grind), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
if those things didn't exist there would have been nothing to do in seventh grade computer lab but search encarta for swears
crackin up at this
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:47 (fourteen years ago) link
― Marriage, that's where I'm a Viking! (HI DERE), Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:42 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
i dont see how im taking it any more seriously than u aside from avoiding any hairs-breadth away from Ned Raggett type "*chuckles*" posts
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:49 (fourteen years ago) link
who is cattle grind
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
how is 'the writing is intentionally ambiguous' a bad answer
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
cattle grind is bjo
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
why is he being creepy itt
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:55 (fourteen years ago) link
btw granny dainger the bulls lost and iirc 'bulls' starts with a 'b' so you lose
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:56 (fourteen years ago) link
the word 'viking' certainly leads u to believe he might have meant that he is on the cutting edge of sleep.
― tokyo so icey club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 02:59 (fourteen years ago) link
like gucci mane is on the cutting edge of rap music maybe
― tokyo so icey club (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 03:00 (fourteen years ago) link
I went with option A - that's where I excel. I don't think Ralph knows the literal meaning of viking
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link
this thread is now complete
― Oh boy, sleep! That's where I'm a ILXing! (dyao), Wednesday, 28 April 2010 03:01 (fourteen years ago) link