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kdrudy posted:Like a viking. 
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I appreciate the foreign language versions all took the metaphor option. Especially French which just cut the Vikings out of the whole thing.
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I am the strongest at sleeping
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I was hoping it was 'Sleep that is when I am a Breton!' myself.
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Ralph sleeps pajama'd in a bed which he believes gives him viking powers.
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Bring back Rice-A-Roni posting, I find it irresistibly funny
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Golden Bee posted:Bring back Rice-A-Roni posting, I find it irresistibly funny 
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spaceblancmange posted:Hi Jims, if you are still reading this thread please do a video about ray j memes
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Banana Canada posted:TheRealJims just released a video on the Ralph viking debate and this thread got a rather positive mention. My sad life is complete when I'm the face of this dead forum in regards to an incredibly idiotic argument. csammis posted:Oh boy, getting screenshotted in a Twitter thread featured in a YouTube video! That’s where I’m a viki- 
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Mmm, combinatory
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But does he literally think he’s a roni?
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It's a testament to the power of The Simpsons to shape language that someone would listen to that and invent a new meaning for the word Viking, which had never before been used to mean "really good at something". This is probably what it was like in Shakespeare's time when he was making up words left right and centre and people just rolled with it.
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when you think about it, language was where Shakespeare was a Viking
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I personally like how the expression "said the quiet part loud" has entered into mainstream usage.
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"cromulent" was coined entirely by the Simpsons and I've since heard my boss use it unironically.
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Kitfox88 posted:Mmm, combinatory Has "combinatory" left this thread at all?
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Whybird posted:"cromulent" was coined entirely by the Simpsons and I've since heard my boss use it unironically. It’s in the OED, not that weird. Of course, the OED also says that one definition of the word “literal” is “figurative”, so gently caress ‘em.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Has "combinatory" left this thread at all? It does show up elsewhere, but I don't think that's quite what you mean.
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Nigmaetcetera posted:It’s in the OED, not that weird. Of course, the OED also says that one definition of the word “literal” is “figurative”, so gently caress ‘em. literally figurative is a perfectly cromulent definition, OED are vikings.
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Nothing is truly unpossible
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Bluey, the best kids tv show ever, used the term "dollarydoo" in at least one episode so I can only assume it's gained acceptance in Australia.
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I like the idea that Ralph only has dreams about being a viking
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On the Ralph/Viking question, let me ask anybody on the metaphor side, if you replace the word "viking" with just about any other noun, does it still hold up in your head a a metaphor? Oh, boy, sleep! -That's where I'm a firefighter -That's where I'm a baseball player -That's where I'm a dog -That's where I'm a Warhammer 40k Death Paladin -That's where I'm a swimming pool He didn't say "That's where I'm a rockstar" or a "champion", or a "superstar", or a "winner", where those could be interpreted as metaphors, or it could be ambiguous.
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you've demonstrated a level of commitment we can all learn from. i will pray to steel your resolve.
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LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:you've demonstrated a level of commitment we can all learn from. i will pray to steel your resolve. They're a Viking at psalmposting
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CzarChasm posted:On the Ralph/Viking question, let me ask anybody on the metaphor side, if you replace the word "viking" with just about any other noun, does it still hold up in your head a a metaphor? I think the argument here is that Ralph meant to say champion but got it wrong. I sort of immediately got both interpretations of the joke originally, but literal isn't very funny to me and metaphor is a real stretch. Ultimately it just isn't a very good joke. The fact that EVERY localization went metaphor is just nuts though.
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CzarChasm posted:On the Ralph/Viking question, let me ask anybody on the metaphor side, if you replace the word "viking" with just about any other noun, does it still hold up in your head a a metaphor? Let me ask you, if he said "potatoes" instead of sleep, would your interpretation still make sense? Would you, upon hearing, "potatoes, that's where I'm a Viking" think "hmmm, Ralph is saying that when he sees potatoes he dreams about being a Viking?" It seems that replacing words might alter the meaning of the sentence, how odd.
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LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:you've demonstrated a level of commitment we can all learn from. i will pray to steel your resolve. 
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I will wholeheartedly accept that the intended reading of that joke by the original writer was literal. But for a quarter of a century, the metaphorical reading was my only interpretation and understanding of the joke until the debate about it started in this thread.
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Baron von Eevl posted:Let me ask you, if he said "potatoes" instead of sleep, would your interpretation still make sense? Would you, upon hearing, "potatoes, that's where I'm a Viking" think "hmmm, Ralph is saying that when he sees potatoes he dreams about being a Viking?" No, because the act of dreaming isn't anything to do with potatoes...?
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