Moon Called's Random Banter #86 of Sexy Anime Boys and Fangirl Squeals

[Mr. Moon]

The Rules. You! Read these!

In order to try and keep these threads from becoming unmanageable, some rules have been created, and they accent the forum rules. Please read those first.

1. Spam. For the purposes of RB one word posts should be spam everywhere. Likewise, posts that are nothing but *actions like this* should also be considered spam. Quality of content trumps speed of response.
2. Ditch the "competition for control of the universe". It has ceased to be funny, and often branches out into little mock battles that fall into the spam definition laid out above. We've got a PbP section for fights, and even the Town has an arena, I believe.
3. If it's already a thread, don't bring it to RB. RB has such a huge range of subject matter even restricted to the little snippets that probably don't warrant their own thread, it doesn't need legitimate thread topics cluttering it up as well.
4. Stop advertising other threads in RB. Just because these new threads move at speeds more appropriate to a message board than an IM session doesn't mean you need to come over to RB and brow beat people into posting in your latest brainchild.
5. Please stop with single line posts alerting us to your current status -- as in "I'm back." This is Random Banter, not "How to stalk Random GitP forum members."
6. Do not poke, kick or bump the thread. It will move at whatever pace it wants to. Also, please refrain from Captain Obvious comments akin to "My, the thread is fast today."
7. Random Banter can only be as good, or as entertaining, as you make it. Demands to be entertained will fall on deaf ears unless you can add something more meaningful to the conversation.
8. No asking "What's the topic" or the ilk. This is *not* a conversation where you could've missed the begining, it's a forum where the current topic is nicely recorded for you. So read up a bit first.
9. Thread Creator must include the words "Random" and "Banter" as well as the thread #. Try to be concise as well.
10. Every post should contain two visible, legible complete sentences, Subject and Predicate. C'mon, make your old English teachers proud.

Anyone found breaking the rules will be sent to stand in the corner and receive a very stern talking to!

Previous Threads:
(We all have too much spare time)

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This thread is for random discussion, not random chit chat. There is an IRC chat thingy set up for that sort of thing. Not only will you not annoy the people here, you will also help increase the popularity of the IRC chat. It's win/win/win!

[EmeraldRose]

Yay!! New Thread-ness!!

EDIT: There won't be any pictures will there, MC?!?

[Cyrano]

Gosh Darnit! There are no active boogiers nearby that I know of! I may need to pull off an Emergency Replacement Disco
Infernooooo!
if things get rough!

@TGS, you correct me on spelling, Rawhide corrects you on math, I correct Rawhide of pigheadedness, and we begin again.

[FdL]

Congrats, Moon Called for the thread

Then it's dibs at page 30-ish, right? Let's make the rules clear

[Rawhide]

Do we really need the boogieing/etc of the threads? They are really nothing more than spam.

[Cyrano]

Garsh darnit, rawhide! The boogie is sacred! I mean, we'll all listen to you, because we are advent traditionalists, not suicidal maniacs, but....BOOGIE! It's like denying cheese because, erm, actually it's not at all like denying cheese. It's just natural to boogie up the thread.

[Grim Greyscale]

Ha! I has cake. (Well, I will soon).

And you don't.

Nyah.

[Vespe Ratavo]

You has cake?

Well...I has a bucket.

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[FdL]

Also, Moon, you happen to know your anime/manga. You must have heard of GANTZ, haven't you?

Edit: Someone should invest some time in teaching those animals how to speak correctly before taking the picture :p

[The Great Skenardo]

But then they wouldn't be nearly so twee.

Stupidity is a full third of cuteness.

[Grim Greyscale]

Teaching them to speak at ALL is hard, let alone teaching them to speak correctly. Besides, it's developed into it's own individual language now, usually known as Catspeak.

On a side note: *takes Vespe's bucket*

[Vespe Ratavo]

*gasps*
NOoooooOoOoooOoOOooOooooOOooOo! PADME-Er,-MA BUCKET![/darthvader]

[The Great Skenardo]

I would venture to say that Vespe just turned Pail!
( )

[Grim Greyscale]

Isn't it supposed to be "Nooooo! They be taking mah bucket?"

<_<

Hm. I wonder how many puns it'll take to send me on a murderous rampage this time...

[FdL]

But then they wouldn't be nearly so twee.

Stupidity is a full third of cuteness.

That's so right, now that you mention it :o It must be a scientifically known fact. I shall experiment on this further.

But then again not all of us like the "cute but stupid blonde" cliche, don't we? Hmm...Barely started and this thread is full of thoughtfulness.

[Vespe Ratavo]

I prefer to go for the obvious Star Wars reference, seeing as how I've been really into Star Wars lately.

Probably because of Lego Star Wars II.

Damn you Lego.

[The Great Skenardo]

Here's a simple experiment you can try in the comfort of your own home.

A kitten: =^_^= Cute.

A kitten trying unsuccessfully to bat at a piece of string placed just out of reach:
Adorable.

[Grim Greyscale]

What about those of us allergic to cats? I can't do it in my own home, and most certainly not in comfort. Therefore, I can't try it!

HA! I win. Somehow.

[The Great Skenardo]

What about those of us allergic to cats? I can't do it in my own home, and most certainly not in comfort. Therefore, I can't try it!

HA! I win. Somehow.

The same works with puppies and mirrors.

[Grim Greyscale]

The same works with puppies and mirrors.

Bah! And where I am supposed to get a puppy from, at this time of day? The nearest store that sells them isn't open right now.

Though, I could go up to Spit Roast. I'm sure they'd have one...

[The Great Skenardo]

Bah! And where I am supposed to get a puppy from, at this time of day? The nearest store that sells them isn't open right now.

Though, I could go up to Spit Roast. I'm sure they'd have one...

There's a scale (the level of appeal being equal)
smart_____________________________stupid
<------------------------------------------>
sexy______________________________cute

There are exceptions, of course, but it's a good rule of thumb.

[FdL]

Fear not, for Science is here.

Experiment #1:

Testing the cuteness level of agrammatical captions in potentially cute cat pictures.

Select which one among these pairs of photos is the cutest and funniest one.

Pair 1:

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Photo A

Photo B

Pair 2:

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Photo A

Photo B

Pair 3:

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Photo A

Photo B

Discuss.

Notes on field research: There's a frickin' amount of cat pictures in the internet :o

[The Great Skenardo]

I submit as conclusive proof:
www.lolcode.com

Proof that if it's stupid, even COMPUTER CODE can be cute

[Vespe Ratavo]

It should be "A" not "ME" or "ME A" in my opinion.

And yes, for some reason lolcatspeekthingy is funnier than regular speech.

[FdL]

It should be "A" not "ME" or "ME A" in my opinion.

Noted. The choice of grammatical abnormalities seem to be more restricted than thought at the beginning of the experiment.

Thanks for your valuable input. :)

*looks up from glasses, scribbles in notepad*

Writing in all capitals does have an effect, doesn't it?
I want to distill the inherent humorous effect of the phenomenon known as "the cat meme". I want to get to the gist, to be able to define the intersection of funny/cute.

[Grim Greyscale]

Yes, capitals do have an effect. Though, it should be noted that cats and other animals usually only speak in either all Capitals, or no Capitals.

[SDF]

I prefer, "I'm in your blank, blanking your blank."

[FdL]

I prefer, "I'm in your blank, blanking your blank."

Illustrate and expand, please.

[The Great Skenardo]

For example,
IM IN UR COMPUTER
STEALIN UR INTERTUBES

or
IM IN UR BASE
KILLIN UR MANS

[SDF]

Illustrate and expand, please.

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