Quote from: Weird Al Yankovic
I was really hoping that this blog entry would be all about me announcing the release date of my new album.
Sadly, it's not.
In a metaphorical nutshell, here's what happened.
I wrote and recorded what I thought was going to be the first single off of my new album: a parody of "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga called "Perform This Way." But after hearing it, Lady Gaga decided not to give me permission to release the song, so... it won't be coming out commercially anytime in the near future. Sorry.
Okay, now the long version.
I had written, recorded, mixed and mastered 11 of the 12 songs for my new album and was just waiting to come up with that one elusive "big idea" for a parody that I thought I could turn into the lead single and video. I was well aware that "Born This Way" was coming out, and I thought that just might be the pop culture juggernaut I had been waiting for... but after hearing the song, I was reluctant to tackle it. Because it was such an earnest human rights anthem, I thought some people might consider a parody to be in poor taste. Plus, I was really kinda predisposed not to do a Lady Gaga parody anyway because, well, that's what everybody in the universe was already assuming I would do, and I hate to be so predictable.
But a few weeks later, a parody idea popped into my head, and I thought it had a lot of potential – enough to warrant telling my record label that I'd finally found my next single. Based on my concept, I was reasonably sure that my parody wasn't really going to offend anybody... but I still decided, as an act of good karma, that I would donate all the money from sales of the song and music video to the Human Rights Campaign.
I was very excited now, because I knew that the second I got the official blessing from Lady Gaga, I could lock in an official release date for my album and announce it to the world. (My record company needs 8 weeks of advance notice to confirm an album release date – so in order to be as timely as possible, I almost always have to lock in the date before I've even started writing the lead single.)
I had my manager contact Lady Gaga's manager to see if she would okay the parody. Here was the exact pitch:
I'd like to do a parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" called "I Perform This Way." The basic concept is that I, as a Lady Gaga doppelganger of sorts, describe the incredibly extravagant ways in which I perform on stage. Meat dresses and giant eggs would most likely be referenced, but also much more ridiculous made-up examples of bizarre wardrobe and stage production. As with all my parodies, it would be respectful of the artist, while having a bit of fun with her larger-than-life image.
I hadn't written a single line of the song at this point, but that was the concept I had in my head. Because of my 30-year track record, most artists know that my songs are all in good fun and they're more than happy to approve a parody just based on the concept alone.
We eventually got a response from the Gaga camp: she would need to "hear it" before she would approve it.
Okay, I thought, she wants to know exactly what the lyrics are going to be before she signs off on the parody. Some artists just are a bit more protective of their material and don't want to take any chances. Fair enough.
I was right in the middle of my Australian tour and I didn't have a whole lot of free time, but I cranked day and night until I had a set of finished lyrics.
We send the lyrics to Lady Gaga and wait on figurative pins and needles for her to give us the go-ahead. After a few days, we get our answer: "She actually needs to hear it. Otherwise the answer is no."
Hmm. Well, this was mystifying to me. At this point she has the lyrics... and hopefully she is familiar with her own song... and the parody is basically her music... with my lyrics. It really shouldn't be that hard to decide – based on having the lyrics right in front of you – whether or not you'd be "okay" with a parody. But, alas, we'd been given an ultimatum. If she didn't hear it, she wouldn't approve it.
Okay then. I decided – based on my belief that people are basically good – to go through the trouble and considerable expense of actually recording the song. Now, I never do that – never. But because I was really excited about this parody, I decided I would faithfully jump through as many hoops as Gaga deemed necessary.
After the Australian tour, I was supposed to go on a long-awaited family vacation over my daughter's spring break – but because I now had to record what ostensibly was going to be my "hit single" as quickly as humanly possible, I cut our vacation short and came back to L.A. to spend long days and nights in the studio. The band and I worked around the clock. On April 11, I put the finishing touches on the mix and mastered the track. Done.
Or so I thought.
A couple days later we got the final word: Lady Gaga says "no."
*silent scream*
And that's it. As of this posting, I still don't know specifically what kind of problem she has with the song (obviously I take a few jabs at her, but y'know, it's satire – that's how it's supposed to work). And I'm especially confused as to why she waited until I actually recorded the song (at her insistence!) before saying no. It's not like there were any surprises in the finished song that she couldn't have foreseen by, you know, READING THE LYRICS.
A conventional release for the song and video would have also raised a nice chunk of change for the HRC – an organization which I have to assume Gaga supports. Hopefully, if fans enjoy hearing the song online, they'll make a donation anyway.
My parodies have always fallen under what the courts call "fair use," and this one was no different, legally allowing me to record and release it without permission. But it has always been my personal policy to get the consent of the original artist before including my parodies on any album, so of course I will respect Gaga's wishes. However, given the circumstances, I have no problem with allowing people to hear it online, because I also have a personal policy not to completely waste my stinking time.
So I uploaded the song to YouTube, and will be making free mp3 downloads available on weirdal.com shortly. Hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxXKfQkswE
Man, I wish you all could have had a chance to see the video we were going to do for this thing. It was going to be BEYOND AWESOME, and disturbing on many levels. Oh well.
Anyway, I realize that this may be way more information than many people would care to know about the whole situation, but I just wanted to set the record straight before any crazy rumors started. There's really nothing more that I have to say about it now, so hopefully I won't have to be answering questions about Lady Gaga in interviews for the next 20 years.
I know this news is disappointing to many of you. Believe me... nobody is more disappointed than I am.
Thanks for listening. I'll keep you posted.
Your pal,
Al
http://alyankovic.wordpress.com/the-gaga-saga/
From the comments on Al's blog:
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Lady Gaga is a great and talented artist and is notable in that she puts social action with her art, standing up for gay rights. Too few, as in almost none, US artists have a meaningful stance on important issues.
Regarding the photography, it is my opinion that Lady Gaga has a lot of man-bones and man-moves and whenever I see her in a video lounging next to some boy/man, it sure looks like drag or a gay video to me. Her wrists, collar bones, facial structure, knees, shoulders, and moves are all boy. I much believe she is either a boy in drag or is a hermaphrodite. I respect that she presents the woman image and sticks with it. Anyway, maybe the reason she is sensitive to the photos is there is risk of something showing that does not support the image script.
:lol:
Yes, clearly her Puritan attire is there to hide her man parts.
She's retracted the denial of permission and given the go to put the song on his album.
Quote from: Habbaku on April 20, 2011, 06:34:11 PM
She's retracted the denial of permission and given the go to put the song on his album.
Isn't it wonderful when a humanitarian crisis is solved so quickly?
Quote from: Habbaku on April 20, 2011, 06:34:11 PM
She's retracted the denial of permission and given the go to put the song on his album.
Heh. Probably finally got the memo that Al didn't actually need her permission. Of course, it doesn't help that being the first person to pull this kind of stunt since Coolio (love the backhanded "don't go there" mention in the post) is tremendously bad PR for a woman who makes a living solely based on her public persona.
Quote from: Jacob on April 20, 2011, 06:38:20 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on April 20, 2011, 06:34:11 PM
She's retracted the denial of permission and given the go to put the song on his album.
Isn't it wonderful when a humanitarian crisis is solved so quickly?
She thought of the children. :bowler:
The funny thing is that Weird Al has more talent in his left testicle than she has in her entire body. :)
Says she didn't even know about it.
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Well, this was a strange day.
After putting my Lady Gaga parody on YouTube this morning – and announcing that it wouldn't be on my next album because Gaga didn't approve it – there was a huge outpouring of disappointment from the Internet.
Apparently the fact that she didn't approve it was news to Lady Gaga herself!
Gaga's manager has now admitted that he never forwarded my parody to Gaga – she had no idea at all. Even though we assumed that Gaga herself was the one making the decision (because, well, that's what we were TOLD), he apparently made the decision completely on his own.
He's sorry.
And Gaga loves the song.
I'm thrilled on many levels to hear this, because 1) I truly respect and admire Gaga as an artist and it pained me to think of her as having less than a great sense of humor, and 2) it means I GET TO PUT OUT MY ALBUM!
As promised, all my proceeds from the song (and the MUSIC VIDEO... I can't wait...) will go to the Human Rights Campaign.
Thank you, Gaga. And thanks to everybody who had my back.
Whew!
Your pal,
Al
That song has some funny lines, but Al's voice just doesn't have the right pitch for this.
I disagree Cal.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 06:46:07 PM
I disagree Cal.
:rolleyes: Only a youngster would think Gaga is some great talent.
Take "Born This Way", for example. It's a pretty good song, yeah. In fact I really liked it when Madonna performed it as "Express Yourself". :rolleyes: But of course ignorant young people wouldn't know a Madonna song. That's why I'm surprised the gays like her so much... they know damn well who Madonna is even if they're young.
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Quote from: Habbaku on April 20, 2011, 06:34:11 PM
She's retracted the denial of permission and given the go to put the song on his album.
Heh. Probably finally got the memo that Al didn't actually need her permission. Of course, it doesn't help that being the first person to pull this kind of stunt since Coolio (love the backhanded "don't go there" mention in the post) is tremendously bad PR for a woman who makes a living solely based on her public persona.
Well, Yankovic has always tried to get permission before hand and has not done songs because the original artist refused permission.
Quote from: Caliga on April 20, 2011, 06:48:45 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 06:46:07 PM
I disagree Cal.
:rolleyes: Only a youngster would think Gaga is some great talent.
Take "Born This Way", for example. It's a pretty good song, yeah. In fact I really liked it when Madonna performed it as "Express Yourself". :rolleyes: But of course ignorant young people wouldn't know a Madonna song. That's why I'm surprised the gays like her so much... they know damn well who Madonna is even if they're young.
I'm old enough to remember Madonna. I think Lady Gaga has a better voice.
@Raz Yeah, he knows he doesn't need it but tries to obtain it as a sort of courtesy.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 06:52:41 PM
I'm old enough to remember Madonna. I think Lady Gaga has a better voice autotuner.
:)
Quote from: Caliga on April 20, 2011, 06:54:12 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 06:52:41 PM
I'm old enough to remember Madonna. I think Lady Gaga has a better voice autotuner.
:)
I think she sounds even better live than recorded.
Quote from: Caliga on April 20, 2011, 06:54:12 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 06:52:41 PM
I'm old enough to remember Madonna. I think Lady Gaga has a better voice autotuner.
:)
It's become hard to tell whether people are using the autotune because they need it or because they just want to sound like Rihanna. It's part fad.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 07:02:06 PM
I think she sounds even better live than recorded.
Doesn't mean it's not autotuned.
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Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 07:02:06 PM
I think she sounds even better live than recorded.
Doesn't mean it's not autotuned.
Maybe I don't understand what autotuned means? :unsure:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 07:04:05 PM
Maybe I don't understand what autotuned means? :unsure:
I wouldn't be surprised, but I don't think Cal does, either. Autotuning isn't the same as "pitch correction" (which, 9 times out of 10, doesn't work). It's basically a more sophisticated cousin to vocoding. With both autotuning and vocoding, you would play a similar melody to the vocal line on a synth or some other instrument, but while vocoding blends the carrier and mod waveforms, autotuning drops the carrier and just applies the pitch to the mod- usually, it means you're hearing keyboard notes from a human voice.
Madonna hasn't actually been autotuning all that long- the first time I heard her do it was when she did the opening song for that abomination of a James Bond movie,
Die Another Day.
Can anyone here repeat Bananarama's post in English?
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Can anyone here repeat Bananarama's post in English?
TRANSLATION: "Autotuning" isn't a magic "sing on key" button, as some people seem to believe. I don't know of any production techniques that will "fix" noticeably flat vocals without sounding really electronic.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 20, 2011, 08:10:20 PM
Can anyone here repeat Bananarama's post in English?
Nice to know I wasn't the only one who was confused by that.
Who listens to Weird Al these days? :huh:
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2011, 09:02:31 PM
Who listens to Weird Al these days? :huh:
Likely people in the future when he releases more parodies, long after Gaga ODs on cocaine.
Quote from: Razgovory on April 20, 2011, 09:06:31 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2011, 09:02:31 PM
Who listens to Weird Al these days? :huh:
Likely people in the future when he releases more parodies, long after Gaga ODs on cocaine.
Oh just found out his last album was 5 years ago. So it turns out that no one has been listening to him. :D
Gaga's pretty all right, with a fair number of great songs, which makes her a standout in the anemic wasteland of current popular music. Her persona and some of her songs highly reminiscent of Madonna, of course, but it strikes me as intentional homage, and even if you do want to characterize her act as a ripoff, at least it's a ripoff of talent rather than being originally terrible.
(Bad Romance is, of course, a simply spectacular song.)
Of course, she go fuck herself with a loaded firearm for wearing a meat dress. So very uncool.
Also, Yankovic is usually very funny, with a fantastic back catalogue of songs that are admittedly cheap but either simply funny or, as in the case of "Perform This Way," rather decent satire. He also seems like a really great guy. Finally, his RiffTrax of Jurassic Park with Mike Nelson was hilarious.
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2011, 09:02:31 PM
Who listens to Weird Al these days? :huh:
He's done some of his best material in the last decade. White & Nerdy and Craigslist were fucking brilliant.
EDIT: Craigslist was released after his last album in 2009.
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Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2011, 09:02:31 PM
Who listens to Weird Al these days? :huh:
Likely people in the future when he releases more parodies, long after Gaga ODs on cocaine.
Oh just found out his last album was 5 years ago. So it turns out that no one has been listening to him. :D
I listen to his polka medleys when I need cheering up.
Quote from: Ideologue on April 20, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
Of course, she go fuck herself with a loaded firearm for wearing a meat dress. So very uncool.
^ This is why that was funny.
Madonna is an ancient hag.
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Quote from: Ideologue on April 20, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
Of course, she go fuck herself with a loaded firearm for wearing a meat dress. So very uncool.
^ This is why that was funny.
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
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Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2011, 10:47:02 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on April 20, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
Of course, she go fuck herself with a loaded firearm for wearing a meat dress. So very uncool.
^ This is why that was funny.
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
She didn't make you eat it. :rolleyes:
I'm not a Hindu, doofus. It's not like it's all right unless someone makes me eat it.
Although that would render her nude. Life is full of tough choices. :hmm:
So Weird Al is pro-gay? Cool. :cool:
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Quote from: Habbaku on April 20, 2011, 06:34:11 PM
She's retracted the denial of permission and given the go to put the song on his album.
Isn't it wonderful when a humanitarian crisis is solved so quickly?
She thought of the children. :bowler:
The Human Rights Campaign is not exactly a children charity...
At best it is PG-13. :P
Quote from: Caliga on April 20, 2011, 06:48:45 PM
In fact I really liked it when Madonna performed it as "Express Yourself". :rolleyes:
:D
In fact, I heard a critique of "Born This Way" based on the fact that the message it sends, while positive, is a "passive" one, unlike "Express Yourself" which is active. :P
Quote from: Caliga on April 20, 2011, 06:54:12 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 06:52:41 PM
I'm old enough to remember Madonna. I think Lady Gaga has a better voice autotuner.
:)
Well, I've seen both of them sing unplugged, and Lady Gaga has better voice (she is actually musically trained). Not that it matters much when it comes to performing in music videos, but just saying.
Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 02:20:21 AM
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Quote from: Ideologue on April 20, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
Of course, she go fuck herself with a loaded firearm for wearing a meat dress. So very uncool.
^ This is why that was funny.
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
Strong words for someone named "Hunter". :rolleyes:
Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 02:20:21 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 20, 2011, 10:47:02 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on April 20, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
Of course, she go fuck herself with a loaded firearm for wearing a meat dress. So very uncool.
^ This is why that was funny.
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
Fag. It was hilarious.
I don't understand the "Madonna did it first" criticism. Just because some porn actress in the 80s sucked cock doesn't mean that I cannot appreciate today's young talent doing the exact same thing. I mean wtf.
Killing vegetarians is murder. Delicious murder. :mmm:
Seriously bitchy from Gaga, glad someone pointed this out to her and undid it.
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Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 20, 2011, 06:52:41 PM
I'm old enough to remember Madonna. I think Lady Gaga has a better voice autotuner.
:)
It's become hard to tell whether people are using the autotune because they need it or because they just want to sound like Rihanna. It's part fad.
I like it better when Fear Factory does it, but it's called an iron lung.
Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2011, 09:09:21 PM
Oh just found out his last album was 5 years ago. So it turns out that no one has been listening to him. :D
:lol: The modern music industry has passed you "album" people by. One can listen today to songs that never were, and never will be, on "albums." You might wanna look into that. You seem to be missing a lot.
Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 02:20:21 AM
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
In other words, the joke's on you, so you don't get it. Got it. :P
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Who listens to Weird Al these days? :huh:
Likely people in the future when he releases more parodies, long after Gaga ODs on cocaine.
Oh just found out his last album was 5 years ago. So it turns out that no one has been listening to him. :D
I listen to his polka medleys when I need cheering up.
I saw what you did there.
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Quote from: garbon on April 20, 2011, 09:09:21 PM
Oh just found out his last album was 5 years ago. So it turns out that no one has been listening to him. :D
:lol: The modern music industry has passed you "album" people by. One can listen today to songs that never were, and never will be, on "albums." You might wanna look into that. You seem to be missing a lot.
Yeah because Weird Al's postings weren't about how he wanted a killer song for his album. :mellow:
Also, what's an "album"?
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2011, 08:10:32 AM
Also, what's an "album"?
Generally, one or two songs you like, a couple others you've heard on the radio, a hidden gem if you're lucky and 5 or 6 mediocre songs to round it out.
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2011, 08:10:32 AM
Also, what's an "album"?
From http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=album
"one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc."
Ide's gone vegetarian? Combined with his love of independent air forces, he's one step closer to being Redneck Hitler.
Quote from: grumbler on April 21, 2011, 08:38:37 AM
Quote from: garbon on April 21, 2011, 08:10:32 AM
Also, what's an "album"?
From http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=album
"one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc."
Sorry should have asked what does the quotations around albums denote. Are they albums that "album people" listen to?
Maybe an "album" is a virtual album that doesn't ship to stores in hard copy, just downloadable.
Quote from: Habbaku on April 21, 2011, 08:49:29 AM
Ide's gone vegetarian? Combined with his love of independent air forces, he's one step closer to being Redneck Hitler.
He's been vegetarian for a while... which is kind of funny since when we met up in Columbia I made him to go a BBQ place. :blush:
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Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 02:20:21 AM
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
In other words, the joke's on you, so you don't get it. Got it. :P
Nah, it's just too easy a target, like going for the nuts in a fight, making Holocaust jokes at a Jew, or saying "Boo" to someone with a heart condition. Beither neither hard nor especially clever, and therefore not cool.
So you're saying vegetarians are fragile? Probably something to do with not getting enough protein.
Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 09:57:53 AM
Nah, it's just too easy a target, like going for the nuts in a fight, making Holocaust jokes at a Jew, or saying "Boo" to someone with a heart condition. Beither neither hard nor especially clever, and therefore not cool.
It is true that vegetarians are an easy target, like neo-Nazis or special Olympics contestants, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun to watch them squirm. The amusement isn't in thinking them clever (they obviously are not) but in watching them think themselves clever.
I'd say there's nothing really wrong with a vegetarian diet (except that it's kind of boring), it can be quite healthy. Still, meat packs a lot of protein and calories that can be useful in the diet. Plus it's very tasty.
Quote from: Ideologue on April 20, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
(Bad Romance is, of course, a simply spectacular song.)
Damn you. Now I am going to have that song stuck in my head all day.
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Quote from: Ideologue on April 20, 2011, 09:11:25 PM
(Bad Romance is, of course, a simply spectacular song.)
Damn you. Now I am going to have that song stuck in my head all day.
Je veux ton amour. :wub:
Poker Face is much catchier.
Speaking about female pop artists Robyn's latest, er, album is pretty fucking great. :)
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Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 02:20:21 AM
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
In other words, the joke's on you, so you don't get it. Got it. :P
Nah, it's just too easy a target, like going for the nuts in a fight
If you're in a fight, and your opponent gives you a chance to go for the nuts, you're a fool not to.
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 21, 2011, 12:18:14 PM
Poker Face is much catchier.
Well...there is just no accounting for taste.
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Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 02:20:21 AM
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
In other words, the joke's on you, so you don't get it. Got it. :P
Nah, it's just too easy a target, like going for the nuts in a fight
Sure, but I oughtn't considered clever for doing so.
If you're in a fight, and your opponent gives you a chance to go for the nuts, you're a fool not to.
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Quote from: Ideologue on April 21, 2011, 02:20:21 AM
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
In other words, the joke's on you, so you don't get it. Got it. :P
Nah, it's just too easy a target, like going for the nuts in a fight
Sure, but I oughtn't considered clever for doing so.
If you're in a fight, and your opponent gives you a chance to go for the nuts, you're a fool not to.
I fucked up the quotes.
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Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
In other words, the joke's on you, so you don't get it. Got it. :P
Nah, it's just too easy a target, like going for the nuts in a fight
Sure, but I oughtn't considered clever for doing so.
If you're in a fight, and your opponent gives you a chance to go for the nuts, you're a fool not to.
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I think I just had a seizure.
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Of course, she go fuck herself with a loaded firearm for wearing a meat dress. So very uncool.
^ This is why that was funny.
Pissing off vegetarians isn't hard enough to be funny. It's just lame, and evil, with no redeeming qualities.
If vegetarians want to be cunts about, then fuck 'em. People who get excited about how other people use animals need to chill out and die.
Quote from: Neil on April 21, 2011, 06:52:03 PMIf vegetarians want to be cunts about, then fuck 'em. People who get excited about how other people use animals need to chill out and die.
Normally it happens the other way, no? People die and then they cool off. Unless we're talking hypothermia, of course.
Quote from: Jacob on April 21, 2011, 07:06:10 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 21, 2011, 06:52:03 PMIf vegetarians want to be cunts about, then fuck 'em. People who get excited about how other people use animals need to chill out and die.
Normally it happens the other way, no? People die and then they cool off. Unless we're talking hypothermia, of course.
I meant they that they should just relax for a while, and then either take poison or shoot themselves. Then, their body temperature can lower to whatever they like, and they can have themselves an envirofriendly burial in a burlap sack under a tree or something.