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edited 10th Feb '15 9:24:41 AM by Maridee

oooh following that one.

So, what does everyone think of the shitpostgenerator blog?

Robot or not, some of the posts are pretty amusing.

I found it funny, and new trends are always good for a quick flash. Although I'm waiting for either the hype to die down or for it to be revealed it's not a robot or something.

Feels like the new Horse_ebooks

And now it is no more.

At least it didn't pull a Funnybot and destroy people. I guess the Tumblr equivalent of that would be if it started insulting/offending people or something.

Funny while it lasted though, and it produced some weirdly memorable text posts.

Mild going off topic is OK. Going off topic for pages isn't OK. Heated arguments about off-topic things are especially not OK.

This isn't OTC, but there's a general expectation that stuff in the media subforums stays mostly focused about the media in question.

I think the "problem" is that most hotly debated topics on Tumblr are, more or less, the same as the ones on OTC.

Exactly. So this isn't a place for serious digressions into those topics, but short digressions are fine if civil.

So I saw this image set the other day, and honestly... I don't get it.

Does anyone know what this is from, or what the joke is?

I can't say I get it or recognize it at all. It looks asian, and my inclination is to guess Japanese (if only because they're infamous for weird entertainment that fits along those lines).

So ultimately my guess is to say it's a Japanese thing.

From looking up some of the tags on Wikipedia, this is a J-pop group: Morning Musume. Googling isn't helping me on this parfait thing, but it looks like a goofy sketch in a music video or something.

edited 13th Feb '15 10:55:29 PM by Tealight

Based on the tags, they're members of Morning Musume (a Japanese girl group). I'm not 100% sure of the origins of these caps but I'm guessing it was for a comedy TV skit (e.g. on a variety show or similar) or DVD short of some type featuring the girls.

As for why/how it's funny (to me anyway...), I guess I would explain it as the non sequitur nature of how it plays out. The humor is from the setting being totally mundane but the result being absurd. It kind of reminds me of the pacing style of many Yonkoma? I also find it a little funny because of how it takes the "I like this, so deal with it" attitude (not necessarily a bad thing) and puts it in a situation it doesn't belong - this kind of falls under the 'non sequitur' umbrella.

It's probably funnier in context and, y'know, in motion.

Yeah, I definitely see where you're coming from. Though as Odd1 pointed out, it's probably funnier in context.

Thanks, everyone!

It's still Valentine's Day somewhere.

Dear god that background is...painful to look at X_x

Welcome to Tumblr!

"Painful"?

Thank you!

I only just now got a theme because my sister is smarter than me.

I'm happy with it actually.

The black and white lines are all...disorientating. It might be different to other people though.

The places where the angle of the lines change produce the optical illusion of letters, which read I CAN'T SLEEP - which is when you're more likely to be able to see the illusion. :D It ties in with my URL.

oh shit. that's YOUR tumblr? Well foot meet mouth...

And subscribed.

It's not as though you even said anything rude, AHR. XD I consider that valuable feedback.

I've been meaning to crop the image a bit differently so that the edges wrap properly, but overall "disorienting" is what I like about it. I don't want to stray too far into "painful", though.

Reciprocated. :)

edited 14th Feb '15 11:38:08 PM by Noaqiyeum