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This made me tear up a little... had to share

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Galleon.frigate
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada721 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 19:22:45
November 10 2011 19:22 GMT
#1
So this is a horrible first blog entry... but I had the blog at started up here ( chickened out and and post my real first entry) and after tearing up a little I wanted to share this with people that might get it.

[image loading]




Will try to track down where exactly this came from as credit is due...


***
bartus88
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Netherlands491 Posts
November 10 2011 19:29 GMT
#2
I read this on reddit a few days ago, here's the source:
http://www.reddit.com/r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu/comments/m1rj5/86th_birthday_rage_very_long_first_post_hello/

Really nice story.
Random master race
FryBender
Profile Joined January 2011
United States290 Posts
November 10 2011 19:30 GMT
#3
I hate to be a cynic but this doesn't seem real to me. I'd love to be proven wrong and I'll eat crow if this is legit but I have to call shenenigans. Just certain things that is said in the comic seem wrong. Like in the 1980's nuclear war seemed inevitable. I'm old enough to remember 1980's and that's just not true. I don't know anyone who was afraid of nuclear war in 1980s. The 50's and 60's sure but the 80's? Or the "Stephen Hawking becoming a name in the 1970's" comment. That is off as well since I doubt anyone outside of astrophysics knew about him before a brief history of time came out (which was in the late 80's). Everything just seems too cliche and "Forrest-Gumpy" to me vs a real life. So again I would love to be proved wrong but until then I'm going to hold on to my tears.
Galleon.frigate
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada721 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 19:44:40
November 10 2011 19:41 GMT
#4
On November 11 2011 04:30 FryBender wrote:
I hate to be a cynic but this doesn't seem real to me. I'd love to be proven wrong and I'll eat crow if this is legit but I have to call shenenigans. Just certain things that is said in the comic seem wrong. Like in the 1980's nuclear war seemed inevitable. I'm old enough to remember 1980's and that's just not true. I don't know anyone who was afraid of nuclear war in 1980s. The 50's and 60's sure but the 80's? Or the "Stephen Hawking becoming a name in the 1970's" comment. That is off as well since I doubt anyone outside of astrophysics knew about him before a brief history of time came out (which was in the late 80's). Everything just seems too cliche and "Forrest-Gumpy" to me vs a real life. So again I would love to be proved wrong but until then I'm going to hold on to my tears.


You're completely correct to doubt - as really we should doubt the authenticity of anything on the internet...(or anything really)

But I took the piece for what it was and enjoyed the thought and message regardless.
I have a habit of just taking these storys at face value and assuming it's about 50/50 it's real or not... thereby letting myself enjoy it as a stroy where the truth of it doesn't matter. (ya forest gump made me tear up a little too)

Not to defend the auther, as I simply don't know, but his point about the war in the 80s makes sense to me as it was the last decade that nuclear war was a reality (just think of all the 80's movies). The issues with the dates don't bother me as much as an 80 year old playing twitch based fps games (when actually there are so many games out there that 80 years can play just as well anyone else) but hey it's all just nitpicking...

but still I enjoyed it
Ikidomari
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Australia485 Posts
November 10 2011 19:45 GMT
#5
I don't mean to start an argument Fry, i somewhat agree with you that this doesn't seem quite legit. but the nuclear war fear in the '80s was very real. my history teacher (who is in his 40's now) was telling our class about his childhood, when he was ~17 him and his friend decided if war broke out and was inevitable, they would run and camp in the desert rather than get conscripted and fight.
Just break the rules, and you see the truth.
SpoR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1542 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 19:52:10
November 10 2011 19:50 GMT
#6
This isn't real until an 80+ year old man makes a youtube/livestream video about this. And even then it could still be an imitator.]
regardless if it's a troll it definitely has an uplifting meaning to many people.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Alejandrisha
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States6565 Posts
November 10 2011 19:59 GMT
#7
I really liked this
get rich or die mining
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actionbastrd
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Congo598 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 20:08:03
November 10 2011 20:07 GMT
#8
not gonna lie, those stupid pictures that are popular for whatever reason ruined it for me. I have always thought those were the dumbest things ever. I dont understand meme's sometimes. they are not even funny, and usually get used to make something funny that well... isnt. :-/
It rained today inside my head...
tw!tch
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States563 Posts
November 10 2011 20:18 GMT
#9
This was also posted on the funny pics thread iirc
keiraknightlee
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States301 Posts
November 10 2011 20:36 GMT
#10
He's right you know, the 2000s was pretty much the most boring decade ever
~~~Happiness. Dreams. Love~~~Good Luck
Torenhire
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States11681 Posts
November 10 2011 20:55 GMT
#11
On November 11 2011 05:07 actionbastrd wrote:
not gonna lie, those stupid pictures that are popular for whatever reason ruined it for me. I have always thought those were the dumbest things ever. I dont understand meme's sometimes. they are not even funny, and usually get used to make something funny that well... isnt. :-/


That's like 99% of memes haha.

Touching story, even if fake though
SirJolt: Well maybe if you weren't so big and stupid, it wouldn't have hit you.
bonifaceviii
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2890 Posts
November 10 2011 21:00 GMT
#12
Fake, and ruined by retarded meme pictures.
Stay a while and listen || http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=354018
nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
November 10 2011 21:11 GMT
#13
On November 11 2011 05:07 actionbastrd wrote:
not gonna lie, those stupid pictures that are popular for whatever reason ruined it for me. I have always thought those were the dumbest things ever. I dont understand meme's sometimes. they are not even funny, and usually get used to make something funny that well... isnt. :-/

See it as a way for the internet to unite around common symbols sort of like a nation has its own icons so should the internet! it's going to be the nation where everyone is a citizen, and we need a common culture!
Dfgj
Profile Joined May 2008
Singapore5922 Posts
November 10 2011 21:21 GMT
#14
On November 11 2011 05:07 actionbastrd wrote:
not gonna lie, those stupid pictures that are popular for whatever reason ruined it for me. I have always thought those were the dumbest things ever. I dont understand meme's sometimes. they are not even funny, and usually get used to make something funny that well... isnt. :-/

Agreed.

Would have been significantly better if it was simply well-written out, instead it just looks like more internet derpery.
Arthemesia
Profile Joined May 2011
United States292 Posts
November 10 2011 21:29 GMT
#15
On November 11 2011 06:00 bonifaceviii wrote:
Fake, and ruined by retarded meme pictures.


Yea and not to mention it just sounds to cliche for that time. Just looks to me like a typical troll trying to get attention.
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
November 10 2011 21:46 GMT
#16
Regardless of their age or life story I'd downvote that on reddit for those meme pics.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/*tlusernamehere*/
mizU
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States12125 Posts
November 10 2011 22:08 GMT
#17
Yeah... not very moving to me.
if happy ever afters did exist <3 @watamizu_
Glurkenspurk
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1915 Posts
November 10 2011 22:51 GMT
#18
Remember back when rage comics were 4 panels without more than a line of text?
Symbioth
Profile Joined October 2011
Poland103 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 23:39:59
November 10 2011 23:09 GMT
#19
On November 11 2011 06:46 HwangjaeTerran wrote:
Regardless of their age or life story I'd downvote that on reddit for those meme pics.


What ? That's mean..


On November 11 2011 06:21 Dfgj wrote:
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On November 11 2011 05:07 actionbastrd wrote:
not gonna lie, those stupid pictures that are popular for whatever reason ruined it for me. I have always thought those were the dumbest things ever. I dont understand meme's sometimes. they are not even funny, and usually get used to make something funny that well... isnt. :-/

Agreed.

Would have been significantly better if it was simply well-written out, instead it just looks like more internet derpery.



They aren't terrible or stupid, it's subjective anyways and their purpose doesn't have to be to make things humoristic. It's just something that author decided to put there - and this something usually doesn't have a lot to do with the reasons some people react with sharp disagreement and rejection. Some people just like to pick on something and talk about how stupid it is and when you look at the reasons they have, they really don't have any valid ones, they just want to criticise something. Not saying it cannot be disliked, it's just that some people ignore what author could have in mind - in effect, they criticise something without understanding it.

Symbioth
Profile Joined October 2011
Poland103 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-11-10 23:29:07
November 10 2011 23:27 GMT
#20
Sorry, double post delete please
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