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Haaa. The fact that 4Chan was an answer on Jeopardy is not inherently funny. I can think of lots of questions for which the answer would be “what is 4Chan?” Almost none of them are very nice, though, and hyper-aggressive nightmare trolls who, unlike me, actually understand how the Internet works (and how it breaks) is just NOT something I need in my life right now. So I will keep those questions to myself. (If anyone is a Question Writer for Jeopardy, DM me, and I will be happy to share with you some inverse-structured-questions that I have for which the answer is “what is 4Chan?”.) What IS hilarious about the fact that 4Chan was an answer on Jeopardy is how it was the answer to literally the most generic and benign question that applies to every single site on the entire Internet (except for the Jukt Micronics homepage, which itself is the answer to so many other Jeopardy questions). It would be like if Videogum was an answer on Jeopardy for the following clue: “Videogum, a homepage on the Web, uses this type of code in order to make text appear italicized or bold.”
In any case, iHats e-0ff to 4Chan, because the banality and simplicity of the question for which any homepage could have been the answer suggests to me that they had something to do with their own appearance. Perhaps they hacked into Jeopardy‘s big board, Sneakers style? “I think we drove by a cocktail party.” “That was 4Chan.” Getting on a game show would be a pretty good Videogum Everywhere “mission,” though. “Agents,” ACTIVATE! AGENTS?
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What is self potato.
BUT WHO WAS PHONE???
I can’t. He’s football team.
Our categories Are:
LolCats | Faces of Death | NSFW | Potent Potables | Feces Play | Government Watch List
Sure, I’ll play too. Amber Lamps.
“This is the most important part of a Videogum reader’s week.”
“‘What’s up with Topher Grace?,’ Alex.”
“Correct, for $400!”
We all know your favorite part is the Monster’s Ball. It’s all of our favorite
I’m sorry, the correct answer is “What is ‘What is up with Topher Grace?’”
DAMMIT Where’s my preview button
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I saw this when it aired (Yeah, I watch usually Jeopardy and sometimes even Wheel, so sue me) and I had a moment when I saw the word(?) 4chan and wondered just what the hell Jeopardy was going to get at but then I had a few lolz to myself when I realized how stupid and innocent the questions were.
But seriously, What’s a 4Chan?
You know that quantum physics explanation that says that an infinite number of monkeys with an infinite number of typewriters will eventually produce the complete works of Shakespeare? Its like that, but with internet memes. It is, in no joking way, the worst place on the internet which once in a generation gives us something like lolcats.
And that’s being nice about it.
Quaere de hoc.
I like to think this inspired my Grandmother to visit 4chan.
Today’s CNN.com headline: “Millions of Elderly Dead from Blown Minds.”
Well, my grandmother-in-law is a gamer at her assisted living facility, and I read an article about the rise of STDs amongst the elderly, so perhaps all the olds will love 4Chan.
We’ll know it happended if Kountry Kitchen Buffett tops a Time Magazine 100 most important people list.
I specialise in knowledge of people who should relax and not interrupt
It is hilarious and sad how many poor old Jeopardy fans are going to end up on 4chan looking for cat pictures.
since I don’t have audio on my work computer, I assume the answer was “Hentai”?
“what is hentai?”
“collaborative”…ha
“Hey, let’s all work together and make something useless.”
I don’t know why anyone is asking the most important question: “When is 4chan?”
Oh GOD, now my great Aunt who thinks she’s still hip and with it (at 67) b/c she was the Youngest of her 9 siblings is going to seek me out b/c I’m still the “cool” nephew (that torch came and passed long ago) and ask me some ridiculous half question along the lines of “How bout them 4chan sites huh? Pretty Nifty.” and I’m just gonna be all
Sometimes my boyfriend and I try to answer questions in the form of Jeopardy! answers. So, for instance, if one of us were to ask the question, “What is 4chan?” the other might answer “Well, this website is a collaborative community known for posting pictures on the net, usually in .jpeg or .gif form.” Usually that only happens when we’re actually watching Jeopardy! because good god, it is exhausting.
I kind of wanted Alex to say it like “jiff”.
And I’ll take 4chan for OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAND
Ha. I was waiting for this. Nice.
(pushing up my nerd glasses) Isn’t the /b board really where most of the … “stuff”… goes on? 4Chan really is just a giant image board. Regardless, in a just world the answer would have been Pedobear.
4chan is all like:
WHISTLER
Fellas, Janek’s little black box is on his desk between the pencil jar and the lamp.
MOTHER
Uh, Whistler, I hate to tell you this, but you’re blind.
WHISTLER
Play the tape back again.
MOTHER
You can’t even see anything!
WHISTLER
Don’t look, listen!
Whistler strikes a tuning fork.
BISHOP
Play it back.
RHYZKOV
(on tape)
I leave message here on service but you do not…
BISHOP
He’s got a service.
They zoom in on the answering machine.
WHISTLER
What’s he need an answering machine for?
MOTHER
There’s our little black box.
cattle mutilations are up….
Setec Astronomy is the new Jukt Micronics.
I didn’t understand one bit of this, but then again my favorite game show is that one on Nickelodeon where they spill green stuff on children.
UH OH!
Do you think they would have accepted the verbatim response, “What is CP?”
For clarification, this was not Chris Hanson coming for you, it is what would probably happen to a contestant for asking that.
For further clarification, I’m just excited to embed images again.
Embarrassingum guys, but is gif not pronounced how it’s spelt? Am I supposed to say G.I.F?
I like to say “gif” with a hard G, because then I can say this:
Beware of geeks bearing gifs.
hehehe.
But you are closing the door forever on “Choosy mothers choose Gif”
My roommate is on 4Chan on the constant. In other words, I have terrible roommates.
I literally went “What are LOLcats!” Boo.
4 Chan is boring as HALE.
Fark was also a topic for questions (whatever those headings are).
What is Japanese animated tentacle porn?
(i lurk 4chan way too much)
BZZT
“What is ‘what is this’”?
Sneakers-reference? Well played, Gabe. Well played. You are the vice-president of SETEC Astronomy (an anagram for “shit i’m old”)
“I can think of lots of questions for which the answer would be ‘what is 4Chan?’”
I’m no rocket surgeon, but I’m pretty sure on Jeopardy! it goes answer/question. Not question/answer. Thus, “What is 4chan.org?” would be an question given to “4chan.org is a…”, which is an answer.