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I figured that they can't die without fulfilling their task, and the extreme pain and suffering existence brings them is the proverbial fire under their asses to motivate them to do their tasks and do it as well as they can.
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I don't think they dislike existence, it's just that they're only meant to exist for a short time. Once that gets stretched out is when they start suffering and desiring death.
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Feb 15, 2014 17:50
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Fast Luck posted:I don't think they dislike existence, it's just that they're only meant to exist for a short time. Once that gets stretched out is when they start suffering and desiring death. One one hand they aren't born fumbling for meaning in a cruel and chaotic universe, they come into existence with a clear sense of purpose which counteracts the baseline suffering of being alive. For short periods of time, at least.
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Feb 15, 2014 18:28
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LeJackal posted:He never explicitly states it, but I am getting the message that low-grade semi-functional alcoholism is probably also important. I always kind of wonder what his own take on his drinking is. It seems like he's developed a pretty effective and adaptive coping mechanism, but I also think he has enough insight and is cynical enough to understand that it's dysfunctional as all hell. I don't think he's ashamed of it or views it as a flaw per se, but I also don't really see him wanting Morty to follow in his exact footsteps there.
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Feb 15, 2014 18:40
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Maybe there will be an episode that addresses it. Maybe Rick drinks some kind of super-booze that he concocted with -- eh fan fiction territory. Staying out.
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Feb 15, 2014 18:43
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Last Chance posted:Maybe there will be an episode that addresses it. Maybe Rick drinks some kind of super-booze that he concocted with -- eh fan fiction territory. Staying out. With mega fruit seeds.
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Feb 15, 2014 19:10
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"Dick and Mortality". Anyways, Rick has a Gandalf vibe to me, as in he only uses his technology or intellect when he needs to. There are tons of ways I'm sure Rick could use science to solve any problem much more efficiently then he actually does solve it, but he knows it within his power to solve it more directly. Also sometimes replacing "let science do it" with "make Morty do it".
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Feb 15, 2014 23:20
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I think that Rick's just a lazy sociopath who says "make Morty do it" because he's just a lazy sociopath. No higher Maiar-esque higher reasoning behind it, really.
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Feb 15, 2014 23:37
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Rick's very clearly not a sociopath. He's not even that aggressive a dick when it comes to Morty-- he pushes Morty hard but he knows when to stop, listen, and slow his roll. We have seen this demonstrated multiple times.
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Space T Rex posted:Anyways, Rick has a Gandalf vibe to me, as in he only uses his technology or intellect when he needs to. There are tons of ways I'm sure Rick could use science to solve any problem much more efficiently then he actually does solve it, but he knows it within his power to solve it more directly. Also sometimes replacing "let science do it" with "make Morty do it". This is like the exact opposite of what happens in the show. Rick is hilariously irresponsible with his incredibly powerful technology. From Lawnmower Dog to the Meeseeks to Chronenberging the entire world, he'll hand out gadgets and formulas to his family that are capable of destroying the planet because they're being a minor inconvenience to him at the moment, or because he wants to teach them a lesson. He has a habit of letting things go too far and a lot of the messes he has to clean up are his own. Also if the latest episode is anything to go by, Rick using science to solve his problems is a really loving bad idea.
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Feb 16, 2014 00:52
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I'm referring more to the little things in life. With Rick's abilities there are so many ways to get, say, Mega-seeds back to his lab/daughter's garage without shoving them up his butt. He said hes done that a lot. I just feel like if something doesn't REQUIRE technology to be done, he wont use it. Many of his issues do require technology so this trait isn't on display much. (edit) I also think that Rick isn't a sociopath, I think he just feels completely numb and disconnected from reality. In line with the nihilistic theme of the show, I think he just knows that absolutely nothing really matters in the end. If I abandoned a bunch of realities in an infinite sea of realities, I'd become a numb alcoholic and treat everyone like a stranger eventually too. Every time he shows sympathy, like for Morty, its just his instinctive human core at play. Also, a thought about the most recent episode. At one point Rick opens the fridge, shakes a soda and puts it back in the fridge. Later they go to an alternate dimension, and there he opens the "same" fridge and grabs a soda and fearlessly opens it. It could be a different soda but it could also be that this reality's Rick never shook one earlier that day. Please hold your thoughts while I write a very extensive fan-fiction on this matter. Space T Rex fucked around with this message at 02:26 on Feb 16, 2014 |
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Space T Rex posted:I'm referring more to the little things in life. With Rick's abilities there are so many ways to get, say, Mega-seeds back to his lab/daughter's garage without shoving them up his butt. He said hes done that a lot. I just feel like if something doesn't REQUIRE technology to be done, he wont use it. Many of his issues do require technology so this trait isn't on display much. He was going to use his portal gun (technology) to get the megaseeds back, but he used up the batteries in the portal gun and Morty had to put them in his rear end.
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Feb 16, 2014 06:05
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He could have just gone straight back home through the interdimensional customs area, grabbed fresh batteries for his portal device and then gone back for the seeds 
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Gorilla Salad posted:He could have just gone straight back home through the interdimensional customs area, grabbed fresh batteries for his portal device and then gone back for the seeds Yea that would have been just as fun. Idiot.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Y-you know, Rick, you could have just gone straight back home through the interdimensional customs area, grabbed fresh batteries for your portal device and then gone back for the seeds MariusLecter posted:Yea that would have been just as fun. Idiot.
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Feb 16, 2014 10:42
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I thought getting the seeds up mortys butt was the whole point, to trick his parents into thinking rick was a good influence.
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Feb 16, 2014 11:36
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My theory on the necessity of the "Look at me!" catchphrase is that since a Meeseeks tends to need the cooperation of his summoner to complete a task (not always, like with the pickle jar, but in countless other cases), they compulsively encourage people to pay attention to them.
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Feb 16, 2014 17:17
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Ah yes of course, but why are they BLUE?!
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Feb 16, 2014 17:42
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Because Blue is a peaceful color, and easy to look at. If they were red, people would be all sorts of pissed off.
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Arrrthritis posted:Because Blue is a peaceful color, and easy to look at. If they were red, people would be all sorts of pissed off. People associate red with evil. I'm Mr. Mephistopheles, look at me!
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Feb 16, 2014 18:03
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If some random red dude popped out of a
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Mr. Meeseeks instantly struck me as a sort of distant future version of the Microsoft Office paperclip and other various dumb software "digital assistants" from the 90's.
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Space T Rex posted:Ah yes of course, but why are they BLUE?! Holy poo poo Mr. Meeseeks conforms to the blue/orange colour aesthetic.
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Fast Luck posted:I don't think they dislike existence, it's just that they're only meant to exist for a short time. Once that gets stretched out is when they start suffering and desiring death. It's like hunger, and they come into existence just having "ate breakfast", they're fine for like 4~6 hours, then they get hungry for "lunch", but for them lunch is oblivion. They can skip it and hold out until "dinner", but they won't like it. Make them wait past that and it all starts to break down.
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Chairman Mao posted:I know you guys edited it out but I absolutely love the idea that the people making this show live and work in perpetual darkness, their offices lit only by the bleak glow of their wacom tablets. Whenever I hear about Korean animation studios I think of this before the monster from The Host breaks the place open.
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Feb 17, 2014 21:42
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How can you not think of this instead? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-ReoBPl4mM (Clip from Clerks the animated series)
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While rewatching the scammers episode, I noticed that Ricks safe passcode is 1053. I'm guessing that's his birthdate, and he was born in October 1953, which would make him 61 now.
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Feb 18, 2014 04:52
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JT Jag posted:While rewatching the scammers episode, I noticed that Ricks safe passcode is 1053. I'm guessing that's his birthdate, and he was born in October 1953, which would make him 61 now. Theeeere we go. We've officially gone too long between episodes.
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Feb 18, 2014 05:40
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Chairman Mao posted:Theeeere we go. We've officially gone too long between episodes.
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Chairman Mao posted:Theeeere we go. We've officially gone too long between episodes. I think the Rick that we're following stayed close to his wife and shared science adventures with her, ultimately leading to her death, then dimension-hopped to a world where he'd kept her at a disatnce and replaced or maybe traded places with his alternate self so he could be in a universe where he hadn't made that mistake and she had a normal life. Morty is his attempt to reclaim the good old days of sharing science adventures with his family, and this time not loving it up. (Which happens anyway because he's still Rick.) Now It's been too long between episodes. I know now why the Meeseek cries. Look at me!
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Brightman posted:It's like hunger, and they come into existence just having "ate breakfast", they're fine for like 4~6 hours, then they get hungry for "lunch", but for them lunch is oblivion. They can skip it and hold out until "dinner", but they won't like it. Make them wait past that and it all starts to break down. Existence is pain to a Meeseeks Jerry.
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New Rick and Morty viewer here so excuse this question which has prob been answered already but where are we in the current season (s1), how many new episodes are remaining and when do new ones begin airing again? Last night's was a repeat. Im not sure if i hae seen all the episodes, are there more than ~8 or so? Someone help me get my bearings Edit: \/\/\/ ty kind sir thathonkey fucked around with this message at 16:58 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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thathonkey posted:New Rick and Morty viewer here so excuse this question which has prob been answered already but where are we in the current season (s1), how many new episodes are remaining and when do new ones begin airing again? Last night's was a repeat. Im not sure if i hae seen all the episodes, are there more than ~8 or so? There's been six episodes ('Pilot', 'Lawnmower Dog', 'Anatomy Park', 'M. Night Shaym-Aliens!', 'Meeseeks and Destroy' and 'Rick Potion #9') with another five to go in this series, with new episodes starting March 10. A second series has been confirmed but there's no other details as yet.
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A_Raving_Loon posted:I think the Rick that we're following stayed close to his wife and shared science adventures with her, ultimately leading to her death, then dimension-hopped to a world where he'd kept her at a disatnce and replaced or maybe traded places with his alternate self so he could be in a universe where he hadn't made that mistake and she had a normal life. Morty is his attempt to reclaim the good old days of sharing science adventures with his family, and this time not loving it up. (Which happens anyway because he's still Rick.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8H5B2YVCY
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Hey look what I found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbZdNDzTGY
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Planet Piss posted:The most beautiful part of the Meeseeks storyline is that Summer and Morty's mom ask for these nebulous, vague ideas, which end up being simple for the Meeseeks. Morty's dad asks for something relatively simple and almost gets people killed for it. Everything I've thought would be cliche in this show has been turned on its head and I love it! You got featured on the facebook! Now tell me how you did it....
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CelticPredator posted:You got featured on the facebook! He had a Meeseeks do it for him.
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CelticPredator posted:You got featured on the facebook! Holy crap that's awesome! Thanks for telling me, I don't have a Facebook so I'd have never known otherwise, haha It must have been the power of the Meeseeks
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WickedHate posted:He had a Meeseeks do it for him. "Is he adding in the shading?" "Oh he's trying!"
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I'm pimping this as hard as I can while it's on hiatus. I've rewatched a few of them and Morty does a lot better with the ladies than the show would indicate. I mean they all disappear/fail quickly or have puffy vaginas but for a 14yr old he's doing alright.
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