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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#9026: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:38:33 AM

It kind of stops being funny when people keep rehashing the same thing over and over again.

edited 29th Dec '14 7:54:05 AM by LSBK

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#9027: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:50:09 AM

That may be, but when my joke was beaten until it stopped being funny, it took all of my comedy. When THEIRS was beaten until it stopped being funny, I can't finish this joke, my comedy was taken.

edited 29th Dec '14 7:50:47 AM by TobiasDrake

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#9028: Dec 29th 2014 at 8:13:45 AM

sorry, that was just really funny to me. Krillin's the Butt-Monkey for so much of this series, it's a bit refreshing to be reminded that there's someone lower on the totem pole than he is.

edited 29th Dec '14 8:13:57 AM by crimsonstorm15

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#9029: Dec 29th 2014 at 8:44:19 AM

I always found the jokes about both Krillin and Yamcha stupid myself, but that's just me.

[up]You say that like this was something new.

edited 29th Dec '14 8:45:33 AM by LSBK

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#9030: Dec 29th 2014 at 1:50:19 PM

[up]Just let people enjoy the joke. The only person hurt by it is Yamcha. tongue

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#9031: Dec 29th 2014 at 3:43:25 PM

[up] The best case scenario of a joke hurting someone.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#9032: Dec 29th 2014 at 4:37:12 PM

[up][up]I can enjoy the joke, but when there is a long string of people saying the same thing over and over again, it makes that difficult.

Edit: It's not like I said stop making fun of Yamcha in general.

edited 29th Dec '14 4:37:38 PM by LSBK

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#9033: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:07:16 PM

Yeah.

I'm the only guy crazy enough to try and defend Yamcha (and that ship has more or less sailed due to a number of things) but seriously, Yamcha jokes aren't even original. There's no effort (outside of Krillin's burn and even that is simply, ''Yamcha sucks because he does, and everything we say just proves it).

I want to be surprised by my humour. Lets be honest, the joke will lose all meaning if it gets overdone, and I imagine everyone wants to be able to make fun of Yamcha until he day they die.

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#9034: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:07:49 PM

But it is getting old. I'd suggest making fun of Tien for a change.

alekos23 Since: Mar, 2013
#9035: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:09:07 PM

does Yajirobe emptying the basement fridge count as surprising humour? :P

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#9036: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:13:25 PM

The show already makes fun of Tien every time he acts like he could actually hold his own in the fights with Super Saiyans and the creatures that battle them, even though Krillin could wipe the floor with him using only one arm.

edited 29th Dec '14 6:14:14 PM by TobiasDrake

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#9037: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:17:21 PM

What was in the basement fridge?

[up]I didn't think Krillin was that much stronger than Tien.

edited 29th Dec '14 6:17:41 PM by BaconManiac5000

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#9038: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:20:51 PM

The clones of Bulma's mom, mentioned in the previous episode.

And the last time the characters clocked in, Krillin is stronger than Tien by an order of magnitude, weighing in at 75,000 to Tien's 1,830. He spent some time on Kaio-sama's planet, however, and his fans insist that was enough to close the gap and allow him to surpass Krillin, but this is never even mildly suggested. Namek was like a New Year's Party with power-ups instead of shots, and Yamcha and Tien missed that boat.

edited 29th Dec '14 6:21:53 PM by TobiasDrake

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#9039: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:24:27 PM

I don't remember them ever making fun of Ten. Gero was even scared of him.

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#9040: Dec 29th 2014 at 6:56:57 PM

[up]Only Tien jokes in the series were the gay jokes from season 1, and they stopped those for obvious reasons.

The whole Tien vs Krillin debate is a thing because even though Krillin is canonically stronger, Tien actually got to do more shit.

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#9041: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:00:35 PM

What shit did he do? Mildly inconvenience Cell?

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#9042: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:00:59 PM

I think the reason it's a debate is because some people can't wrap the idea around their head that the stoic, tall, muscular "bad ass" is weaker than a friendly wimp with below average height.

[up] Hey, he also got beat up by a pair of severed legs.

edited 29th Dec '14 7:01:29 PM by Saiga

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#9043: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:02:31 PM

[up][up]Actually hold Cell at bay when Piccolo had just earlier been one-shotted by the guy. tongue

edited 29th Dec '14 7:02:43 PM by Lionheart0

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#9044: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:03:36 PM

And then Cell did in fact pass.

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#9045: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:05:03 PM

And all it did was make Cell sweat. Tien almost killed himself being a minor nuisance.

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#9046: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:06:39 PM

Which again, was more than Krillin actually did in the arc. tongue

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#9047: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:10:52 PM

Him and Trunks stopped Cell from coming to life in their timeline and starting the mess all over again.

Hmm, that's an idea for a fanfic. How much stronger could that Perfect Cell be, I wonder?

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#9048: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:16:20 PM

[up]In otherwords, "Krillin, cocoon slayer."

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#9049: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:23:19 PM

Krillin: Future Saver.

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#9050: Dec 29th 2014 at 7:25:27 PM

I hope they take Tien's smugness to set him up for a Break the Haughty moment when he realizes that working himself to death only served to be a temporary speedbump, while he sees that Piccolo and Krillin were both stronger and/or smarter than him in how they treated situations throughout the arc.


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