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[Vector]

Your government thinks you're morons. Do me a favour and start WWIII already. Humanity's had a good run, it's about time we hand over this planet to jellyfish anyways.

The government needs to get young people insured so that the older population can be covered, even though it's not as much benefit directly to the young and young people often go without.  So they're trying to at least speak our language.

[smjjames]

Uh, all I see is a bunch of stuff about obamacare.

Also, for some reason the text input is lagging on my iPad all of a sudden.

[Loud Whispers]

If we're going to hand over the planet to some animal, I'd suggest bonobos.

Bonobos are awful, and not likely to do much except die in a thermonuclear Russian rave. Jellyfish have many brains, and are sure to find a way to build civilization out of the radioactive ocean somehow. Crab people is an acceptable alternative.

So they're trying to at least speak our language.

If they're trying to speak reddit they have succeeded, and I still wish for the destruction of humanity if this is what our hegemony thinks the bright future is only capable of understanding.

[kaijyuu]

Bonobos? They are just too busy fucking everything to do any kind of planet ruling, unless it exclusively involved fucking the planet.

Aside from the massive amount of sex, they're also known for having deep compassion for each other and strong social bonds.

They'd be the perfect hippie rulers.

[Loud Whispers]

Uh, all I see is a bunch of stuff about obamacare.

Presumably you missed the stuff about the American government only YOLOing once.

[Vector]

So they're trying to at least speak our language.

If they're trying to speak reddit they have succeeded, and I still wish for the destruction of humanity if this is what our hegemony thinks the bright future is only capable of understanding.

Also tumblr, and ... a whole lot of the young internet?  It's not about what we're capable of understanding, it's about using our language so that we feel more comfortable.  Of course we're all versed in speaking Old Powerful Mandude talk.  But our demographic is seldom discussed... it's usually the middle-aged folks with kids who count as "people," so they're making it clear that they're talking to us in particular, and care that we get the message.

[kaijyuu]

I actually looked at the page and quite like it.


Don't be such a fuddy duddy, LW.

[Loud Whispers]

But our demographic is seldom discussed... it's usually the middle-aged folks with kids who count as "people," so they're making it clear that they're talking to us in particular, and care that we get the message.

And in the most insulting way possible at that. Might as well dangle car keys on the web page. I honestly do prefer speaking in English than poorly coddled macros, and I find this to be as eye-bleeding as that senator commissioning a doge meme because this keeps happening.

Don't be such a fuddy duddy, LW.

Epic

[Vector]

I really don't think it's "the most insulted way possible."  It's coded language.  Too bad for you--this is our generation's slang.

EDIT: For reference, I've used a gif exactly once, and that was because it was appropriate to an essay I was writing.  This isn't my preferred mode of communication, either, but I respect it as an attempt at outreach.

[Loud Whispers]

I really don't think it's "the most insulted way possible."  It's coded language.  Too bad for you--this is our generation's slang.

Honestly I do prefer slang to this monstrosity, the weight of the American state somehow becomes all the more bearing when its public image is... Catz.

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Somewhere along the line of history, this is the path we chose and we are all the more poorer for it. Every thought starts with language and this is the language without words, one without thought. But hey, fuzzy cheezburgers 2016.
I don't suppose I can hammer on my thoughts on this any more without dragging it through the mud; but this is the government of the USA. Have some decency dammit.

[Vector]

Because visual communication is inferior somehow o_O

[Helgoland]

-snip-

That episode was awesome.

Also, Vector: Someone here said a similar thing about the doge meme. Something along the lines of "much annoy" being more compact than saying "I don't like that, please stop." Applying this idea to the concept of memes itself is very interesting.

[Owlbread]

Your government thinks you're morons. Do me a favour and start WWIII already. Humanity's had a good run, it's about time we hand over this planet to jellyfish anyways.

Smells a lot like the American Politics Megathread in here.

[smjjames]

What the heck does obamacare have to do with Ukraine anyway?

[kaijyuu]

Probably posted in the wrong thread.