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Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« on: August 23, 2016, 10:28:15 pm »
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I asked jsh about writing an introduction, and how he does it so successfully. I can hear his words now: "Look, Seprix. You have to be endearing to your audience, but then you also have to make them slightly uncomfortable." I told him that I wasn't the most endearing person on the planet, and then he told me that I had no future in comedy.

I was shattered. I contemplated my humanity. And then that was when I realized. I didn't have to be funny. I could make a lame poll instead.

So here it is. Vote for the worst annoying thing of all time. And don't forget, I didn't come up with all of these. Jsh and Tracer helped me with this list of sad sad things you would never wish on anyone but your grandmother who betrayed you that one time.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2016, 12:44:46 am »
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2016, 01:13:43 am »
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I placed my vote for an existing answer, but I also wanted to point out that the Worst *Idea* of All Time is a podcast wherein two comedians from New Zealand watch the same film once a week and review it for a year, then proceed to do the same thing twice again before deciding enough is enough, but still committing to their other podcast where they join up with three other comedians to watch the same film once a year for the rest of the forseeable future.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2016, 07:53:55 am »
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why are the results hidden?

I voted pointless fanservice

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2016, 08:04:50 am »
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why are the results hidden?

I voted pointless fanservice

You must have misread — this is the worst thing of all time, not the best.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2016, 08:10:46 am »
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If I had known the poll was hidden before I voted, I would have voted for "polls with hidden results" or something to that effect
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2016, 08:49:14 am »
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"Videos playing automatically when you go to a news article"

The bane of my existence, though this is mostly when the video playing is an ad or something else that is not related to the news article.

In fact, news articles with no written transcript in general.

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2016, 09:00:08 am »
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Question: when you say "fanservice" do you mean "sexually titillating scenes" or do you mean "in-jokes that only fans will get"?

In fact, I would vote for "terms that have ambiguous/unrelated meanings" as one of the worst things ever. ;P

P.S.: How interesting is it that simply writing "clickbait" on the title makes it more likely that people will click it? It's like we're approaching the meta-clickbait singularity.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2016, 09:24:55 am »
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Question: when you say "fanservice" do you mean "sexually titillating scenes" or do you mean "in-jokes that only fans will get"?

In fact, I would vote for "terms that have ambiguous/unrelated meanings" as one of the worst things ever. ;P

P.S.: How interesting is it that simply writing "clickbait" on the title makes it more likely that people will click it? It's like we're approaching the meta-clickbait singularity.

I meant the former. I think fanservice implies that it's sexual; if it's the latter, it'd just be "pointless pandering"

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2016, 09:32:16 am »
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Question: when you say "fanservice" do you mean "sexually titillating scenes" or do you mean "in-jokes that only fans will get"?

In fact, I would vote for "terms that have ambiguous/unrelated meanings" as one of the worst things ever. ;P

P.S.: How interesting is it that simply writing "clickbait" on the title makes it more likely that people will click it? It's like we're approaching the meta-clickbait singularity.

I meant the former. I think fanservice implies that it's sexual; if it's the latter, it'd just be "pointless pandering"

I've never understood "fan service" to have a sexual connotation. Can you elaborate on the etymology of this term so I can better understand it?
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #10 on: August 24, 2016, 09:42:59 am »
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Fan service doesn't necessarily need to be sexual, but sexual fan service is common enough that I certainly think of something sexual when someone talks about fan service without context.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #11 on: August 24, 2016, 09:57:15 am »
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Fan Service isn't just sexualized, but just also dumb things that you know in that back of your mind are for fandom reasons more than actual story. It's fun to have one of those once in awhile, but when it's constantly done, like in Doctor Who, it's very very cringy.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2016, 10:34:53 am »
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Question: when you say "fanservice" do you mean "sexually titillating scenes" or do you mean "in-jokes that only fans will get"?

In fact, I would vote for "terms that have ambiguous/unrelated meanings" as one of the worst things ever. ;P

P.S.: How interesting is it that simply writing "clickbait" on the title makes it more likely that people will click it? It's like we're approaching the meta-clickbait singularity.

I meant the former. I think fanservice implies that it's sexual; if it's the latter, it'd just be "pointless pandering"

I've never understood "fan service" to have a sexual connotation. Can you elaborate on the etymology of this term so I can better understand it?

No, because I have no idea. But whenever I hear it used it does have it, so that's what I learned.

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #13 on: August 24, 2016, 10:35:16 am »
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Seprix, can you make the poll public please?

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #14 on: August 24, 2016, 10:36:02 am »
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Seprix, can you make the poll public please?

Why? I gather you despise Christmas.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2016, 11:06:42 am »
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Seprix, can you make the poll public please?

Why? I gather you despise Christmas.

I am considering changing my vote to "Seprix"....
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #16 on: August 24, 2016, 11:49:19 am »
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Vote: Seprix
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #17 on: August 24, 2016, 01:41:27 pm »
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Seprix, can you make the poll public please?

Why? I gather you despise Christmas.

I am considering changing my vote to "Seprix"....

Maybe this thread is an elaborate experiment to see how many people at one time I can piss off. I'm currently in second place for the worst thing of all time.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #18 on: August 24, 2016, 01:46:38 pm »
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rebuttals:


socks in water dish: doing this means you get to have a dog. whooo!
walking into a room...: hopefully you don't have any rooms that you wouldn't be happy to be in
dat boi: it's fine. you get to share experiences with people without even having to join the army
joke, too many times: these are called memes. they are still fine.
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rickroll: it's really not a bad song.
us: generally not so bad, as a whole. especially juffowup
tongue: remembering that i get to have a tongue feels very nice for me. tasting is enjoyable
changing n juggling: it would only be bad if you didn't have a video camera and well, everyone has phones now
news videos: honestly all you really want is to hear trump saying stuff and this skips the middleman
you: whatever
which dominion expansion: another person is buying dominion! yeah!
fanservice: shows do things because people want to see them. whatever thing you're referring to made a bunch of people giddy.
food hair: free hair!
driving behind a bicycle: people riding bicycles is a good thing for plethora reasons
mf: i have played a little bit more than 1400 games on it
old salvager log: that gives you time to read reddit or whatever. and then there's a free log at the end!
soggy cereal: i thought people wanted that
adblock: ad revenue is the reason that you can view websites
the game: winning things too much is boring. this makes your total wins and losses for stuff more diverse
film industry: i've heard there has been some great movies lately. i don't really watch them
cars: people already noticed faces on the front of cars. the movie was the intuitive next step
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #19 on: August 24, 2016, 02:44:45 pm »
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socks in water dish: doing this means you get to have a dog. whooo!
walking into a room...: hopefully you don't have any rooms that you wouldn't be happy to be in
dat boi: it's fine. you get to share experiences with people without even having to join the army
joke, too many times: these are called memes. they are still fine.
high school rejection postmortem: both of you will be better people and will have probably dated better people for you
rickroll: it's really not a bad song.
us: generally not so bad, as a whole. especially juffowup
tongue: remembering that i get to have a tongue feels very nice for me. tasting is enjoyable
changing n juggling: it would only be bad if you didn't have a video camera and well, everyone has phones now
news videos: honestly all you really want is to hear trump saying stuff and this skips the middleman
you: whatever
which dominion expansion: another person is buying dominion! yeah!
fanservice: shows do things because people want to see them. whatever thing you're referring to made a bunch of people giddy.
food hair: free hair!
driving behind a bicycle: people riding bicycles is a good thing for plethora reasons
mf: i have played a little bit more than 1400 games on it
old salvager log: that gives you time to read reddit or whatever. and then there's a free log at the end!
soggy cereal: i thought people wanted that
adblock: ad revenue is the reason that you can view websites
the game: winning things too much is boring. this makes your total wins and losses for stuff more diverse
film industry: i've heard there has been some great movies lately. i don't really watch them
cars: people already noticed faces on the front of cars. the movie was the intuitive next step

So you're saying Seprix is in fact the worst thing?
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #20 on: August 29, 2016, 11:00:23 am »
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The girl thing. Sadness.

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #21 on: August 29, 2016, 11:19:04 am »
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Definitely the bike rider thing.  Hate that with a passion.
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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #22 on: August 29, 2016, 12:09:57 pm »
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Incidentally, I recently had the opposite of the girl thing happen. I was in a supermarket, and I heard a kid screaming from several isles over, and I got very angry (I don't like kids in general, poorly behaved kids are rage-inducing, mostly towards the parents). I walked over that way despite this because I needed stuff over there, and I round the corner to see a girl that once rejected me semi-disinterestedly holding onto this kid's hand, apparently not giving a damn about it. The feeling was strange, but much of it was a feeling that justice had been served. The relevant ages involved and lack of a ring (yes I looked) made it even more triumphant in a way.

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #23 on: August 29, 2016, 12:49:50 pm »
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fanservice: shows do things because people want to see them. whatever thing you're referring to made a bunch of people giddy.

Other people liking it does not make it not the worst thing ever.

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Re: Worst Thing Of All Time Clickbait Extravaganza
« Reply #24 on: August 29, 2016, 01:03:32 pm »
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fanservice: shows do things because people want to see them. whatever thing you're referring to made a bunch of people giddy.

Other people liking it does not make it not the worst thing ever.

If you're a fan, why wouldn't you like fan service? It's service for you.
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