HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YOU PUNY LITTLE BASTARD. I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE A MAN OUT OF YA, OBVIOUSLY, BUT COME BY ANY TIME AND I'LL WHIP YOUR SUPPLE LITTLE GIRL BODY INTO A SHAPE
I just took a political subject and inserted a joke that relied on a fairly low level of pop culture. Here are the assumptions I made about my audience that caused things to go wrong wrong.
1) They know what the capital of the United Arab Emirates is.
2) They were born before 1988.
3) They have the ability to detect irony in my voice, which is significantly less monotone than when I was 13.
4) They're not kind of dumb.
Anyways. Here's an actual snippet of REAL LIFE DIALOG I vocalized earlier today, posted completely out of context so as to sound that much cooler.
"Yeah, as soon as I finished explaining that story, I knew there was something interesting I'd left out. I eventually remembered that I have a picture of her disembodied head that I took when I was fifteen."
I just took a political subject and inserted a joke that relied on a fairly low level of pop culture. Here are the assumptions I made about my audience that caused things to go wrong wrong.
1) They know what the capital of the United Arab Emirates is.
2) They were born before 1988.
3) They have the ability to detect irony in my voice, which is significantly less monotone than when I was 13.
4) They're not kind of dumb.
I just got the strangest mental image of the people that you talk to, Seth.
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I'm about to stop playing "Who Should I Kill First" in my head, and go with what feels natural.
You're thinking of it's boner. Hugs don't involve boners. Once you start messing around with other people's boners you start having kids out of wedlock.
I went 1-1 playing Madden 08 on Live. The loss was a great reminder of why I don't like playing games on Live. I'm a pretty sore loser and a poor sport.
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...and so Hurley said: "Get your money, man. Don't be no couch potato hustla."
You're thinking of it's boner. Hugs don't involve boners. Once you start messing around with other people's boners you start having kids out of wedlock.
...wait?
I think it would fun to be offended by that
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I'm about to stop playing "Who Should I Kill First" in my head, and go with what feels natural.
In the User Blog suggestion thread I wanted to make a comment but I couldn't think of a nice way of saying that no one here is interesting enough to deserve a blog.
No, seriously, I've read your livejournals, myspaces, & xangas & on the whole? No Thanks.