Important News For Videogum Commenters • As a temporary fix to an on-going bug, you can now type:
Posted at 4:30 PM in Technical Difficulties
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July 29, 2009
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This week's five highest rated comments as voted on by you, the lowest rated comment as voted on by you, and the editor's choice.
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The Videogum Movie Club: 2012
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))>(( Yep, it's true.
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Whoops! ))>((
:(
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)) kinda like a party hat for leslie gore
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I'm downvoting for my lack of poop and sad face
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That ))>(( didn't display right and is further establishing the ))>((ness of this entire situation.
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Finally!
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That felt so good.
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NOOOO!
Now I feel worse than before!
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Thanks!
This is directly relevant to my interests!
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))(( ?
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More like ))>:(( !!
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I love that this was so big of an issue that it had to be fixed and announced. We are a strange family...
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Back and forth, forever.
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Word.
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)_) > (_( *Turns on Sir MixALot* (Seriously, this still isn't working Lawnmower Man.)
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))<>((
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The less than sign needs to be replaced by ampersand l t semicolon
This is our best temporary solution, working on fixing it completely
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Friends you have to type it like this: )) & lt ; > (( minus all the spaces
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(>^_^)>
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I did it wrong.
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kirby?
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bueller?
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))<>((
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That showed up as not working! Ugh I WILL JUST DOWNVOTE EVERYTHING I DO NOW.
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These problems with the Lawnmower man are always ))<>((
:(
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Ellen--guess who's joining the olyyyympics of temporary fixes to ongoing blog comment posting problems?
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))<>((
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????
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now that Lindsay is gone, who will post Gabe's Manstyle videos?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlrfujEp_X4
man style forever ))<>((
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I Lots of Loved at work at literally everything about this post, and had to explain to people why I couldn't explain why I was laughing. Anyway it's just gonna be BAFF for me from now on because what's a computer and I just broke my hip. Oh my god I'm still laughinggggg make it stop!
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endparenthesisendparenthesislessthangreaterthanparenthesisparenthesis
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))<((
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What the fuck? I keep getting shat on no matter what I do.
))<((
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i would make a /b/ reference, but i don't know what /b/ is
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i love that gabe and videogum have taken ownership over that symbol. like taking back the N word; we've commandeered the only good part of a shitty movie.
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it feels so right
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This post reminds me of why videogum is so awesome. But it's also evidence of a potentially growing issue for our fucked up family of monsters and hellspawn: the inside jokes. Videogum is kind of like Arrested Development. It's infinitely hilarious because each post builds on the posts before. But as someone who tried to jump into AD in the middle of Season 2, I also know how frustrating that can be to newcomers. Luckily, you can go buy AD on DVD, start at episode one, and laugh your ass off for days. You can't really do that with videogum. Sure, sometimes Gabe links to past posts when referencing them, but we've also developed a mini-language of one-liners like "ugh," "the worst," "your boyfriend," etc. Those are somewhat self-explanatory and easy to pick up on, but others...not so much.
So, in the future, if I find anything particularly opaque, I'm going to post a helpful link to the source. I expect this may generate a number of "-1"s. This is a risk I'm prepared to accept. Do your worst, monsters.
))<>(( = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQoJo81lujk
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Ugh. Life is so hard sometimes!
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I've been here since March or so. Do you know how hard it has been to Google what that meant? So many things ran thru the mind. And with this crew of Juggalos, it could be ANYTHING. But, the one thing I NEVER thought of was "pooping back and forth. Forever." Or whatever. Of course that's what it is! So, thanks. I'm a more well-rounded person now. I think...
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I still don't know what C.R.E.A.M. means.
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C.R.E.A.M. means Cash Rules Everything Around Me and is from the Wu-Tang song by that name.
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As long as we're talking inside jokes, is anyone able to point me to the origin of Relax Technojeremy? I've googled the hell out of it, but all I can find is stereo/videogum posts.
))<>((
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I'm not sure how to link to the comment specifically, but, it's very close to the top of this comment section. Basically, dude points out a secretary joke Gabe made from a few months ago that is similar to one in this post. That's when the magic happens.
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You have my thanks. I like that this thread became a place for people to admit they don't know what the hell is happening sometimes. ))<>(( is our safe space.
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How about "No, David Blaine." That's the one that's taken me a while to figure out. It seems to be very nuanced. PS I find myself wanting to use VG-speak in conversations occasionally, and then my inner monologue is like, "No, David Blaine."
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Tada! It comes from this series of internet shorts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYxu_MQSTTY
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I often say out loud to my friends: "is you really a squirrel??"
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can someone explain where the handjob joke came from? I think I was off the internet that day.
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I think it originated here: http://videogum.com/archives/free-advertising/tiny-little-boy-vs-wild_075582.html
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You got the right idea. I think it was 2 posts before. First comment here. Sounds like a Rushmore reference (Sorry. I haven't seen it enough to know).
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i'd gotten around it by posting this picture:
but NO MORE!
all hail gabe!
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You couldn't type ))<>(( just normally before?
))>(( weird
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I'm glad this issue was fixed (is being fixed?) as it is clearly The Most Important Issue Facing the Videogum Today.
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To all,
Please accept from me this unpretentious bouquet of very early-blooming parentheses:
(((((((((())))))))))
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now i want a bloomin' onion
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I'd do @lt; and @rt; to be safe (replace @ with an &)
))<&rt;((
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don't listen to me.
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Yes! Now I don't have to be afraid to try it anymore!
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Yes!
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I FEEL SO ALIVE!!!
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))<&rt;((
back and forth
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Ugh, and I'm supposed to be a web programmer by day.
I'm fired.
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When do we get a ))<>(( tag?
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Yes, but can you triforce?
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And that, children, is how you internet,
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How many man hours went into getting this figured out?
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))><((
/memento'd
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This currently stands as the 7th most-commented post. Just thought we all might want to reflect on that for a moment.
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Make that number 4!
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I'll add to it.
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OH dear god. What has happened? Did I will this? You leave the innerwebs for a few days...well thank god we fixed THAT, right? Now we can really all go back and forth forever. Oy.
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