hello sirs, i manufacture and sell internets

Discussion in 'Esther's Follies' started by Mickolous Naylor, Mar 20, 2007.

  1. Mickolous Naylor

    Mickolous Naylor First Time Poster

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    This pic is interesting to me because it's so ******* funny, yet I can't quite pinpoint the reason it's so ******* funny. I mean, there are certainly clearly identifiable aspects about it which are funny, but none of them seem to sufficiently account for the photo's overall comedic value. That's what makes the pic so compelling; it rewards endless examination and analysis, yet yields no insight on an intellectual level. The more you realize it is funny, the more you want to articulate why, and the more you realize there is no rational explanation that's easy to explain. It just works, at a gut level.

    Something about the font, and total lack of capitalization and punctuation, maybe. Also, the text suggests that the cat is somehow greeting a potential buyer of his warez, yet cannot use proper punctuation and capitalization (or that's implied), and of course the very idea that he'd manufacture or sell 'internets' is ridiculous, but what amplifies that literary incompetence is the cat's facial expression--so nonchalant, diffident and self-serving, almost used-car-salesmanesque, I get this uneasy feeling like 'this cat's trying to screw me on these internets'. Then I realize I'm actually getting sucked into believing and rationalizing the viability of a cat selling anything. Then I want to pet the cat.

    I could honestly analyze and critique this single pic more than any work of art I've studied in any art appreciation class I've ever had. And, I've probably already accomplished that. It'd be worth following up on the source and asking him how he created it, or where he got it from to find that out. I mean, an artist should be commended for creating any kind of artwork that elicits such a powerful and inexplicable reaction from its audience.
     
  2. HornMafia

    HornMafia 100+ Posts

    What adds to the humor is that someone analyzed this picture and made their first post about it. [​IMG]
     
  3. LordHornAustin

    LordHornAustin 100+ Posts

    I believe this was posted 12 days early.
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  4. shotgun427

    shotgun427 250+ Posts

    I kind of like this picture. I saw it a while back on some aggie thread. I hated all the other cat pictures but this one I found kind of cool.
     
  5. Orange&White

    Orange&White 1,000+ Posts

    I work in a City Planning office and one of the main issues that the engineers deal with is stormwater drainage so I always found this one funny for some weird reason.

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  6. NCAAFBALLROX

    NCAAFBALLROX 1,000+ Posts

    Shotgun, add a "]" (right close bracket) to your sig line & the pic will pop correctly.

    Yeah, I like those odd "cat as other object or anthropomorphized" pics.

    The "O rly [orly or oh, really?] Owls" are cool, too.

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  7. Macanudo

    Macanudo 2,500+ Posts

    I got nothin'.
     
  8. EuroHorn

    EuroHorn 2,500+ Posts

    I don't think that cat is good at sales. The tie and shirt clash.
     
  9. HenryGandorf

    HenryGandorf 250+ Posts

  10. GreenDragonSix

    GreenDragonSix 100+ Posts

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    This is not gonna be a happy baby!
     
  11. TheChocolateMonk

    TheChocolateMonk 25+ Posts

    That pick always cracks me up. I would buy internets from that cat.
    He is distinguished looking, but not too distinguished looking. Plus he
    called me sir.

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  12. Bill Brasky

    Bill Brasky 25+ Posts

    people who laugh at this **** probably think Friends is the greatest sitcom of alltime
     
  13. gobears92

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  14. TheYoungHorn

    TheYoungHorn 25+ Posts

    I laugh at this crap, and think friends sucks.
     
  15. TyphoonSe7en

    TyphoonSe7en 100+ Posts

    Actually, Cats selling internets might have helped Friends
     
  16. OPdotcom

    OPdotcom < 25 Posts

    http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_RqrfqABGZUYB_HajzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTBsMW5yM3VoBHNlYwNwcm9mBHZ0aWQDSTA2Nl84OA--/SIG=129c6a42f/EXP=1174534751/**http%3A//www.biwook.net/gallery/funny-****/dead-cat.jpg
     
  17. hookem2102

    hookem2102 250+ Posts

    hg wins.



    yes, rly.
     
  18. TXHornsWHAAT

    TXHornsWHAAT 25+ Posts

  19. blacklab

    blacklab 250+ Posts

  20. SMDhorn

    SMDhorn 250+ Posts

    I love the invisible boobies...

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  21. HenryGandorf

    HenryGandorf 250+ Posts

  22. jmatt

    jmatt 1,000+ Posts

    I think this one is downright hilarious....

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  23. numbereleven

    numbereleven 250+ Posts

    I hate Friends, but everyone at work now believes I have lost my mind. I'm laughing like an idoit. The prom guy sent me over the edge.
     
  24. GakFoo

    GakFoo 500+ Posts

    i know funny, and these are funny
     
  25. DAGMAR

    DAGMAR 250+ Posts

    "The voices in my head are telling me to kill you"

    That one is hilarious
     
  26. LostinTime

    LostinTime 25+ Posts

    I thought you were Al Gore .
     
  27. NEwherebutA&M

    NEwherebutA&M 100+ Posts

  28. Mrmyke709

    Mrmyke709 1,000+ Posts

  29. NCAAFBALLROX

    NCAAFBALLROX 1,000+ Posts

    I am lyking this thread.

    It is sitting on me well.
     
  30. CleverNickname

    CleverNickname 500+ Posts

    the sparta one kills me
     

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