Briareos H on 28/4/2006 at 14:50
Quote Posted by Gingerbread Man
More interesting to me are the predictors and mechanisms of meme death.
Some sort of similar thing is happening right now all over the internet. Difference is that it's hours instead of days. Nintendo's decision to name their console "Wii" has unleashed a tidal wave of Wii jokes over the last 20 hours. During these 20 hours, it seems that a general trend was to consider you
in if you could find a witty Wii joke.
The trend is currently dying (I mean, as I speak) and now people are more and more getting flamed for making Wii jokes.
Don't say "This is sooo 1999". Say "This is sooo 10 hours ago". The reasons and mechanisms are obvious, but I still find it fascinating.
Agent Monkeysee on 28/4/2006 at 15:04
Quote Posted by Briareos H
Some sort of similar thing is happening right now all over the internet. Difference is that it's hours instead of days. Nintendo's decision to name their console "Wii" has unleashed a tidal wave of Wii jokes over the last 20 hours. During these 20 hours, it seems that a general trend was to consider you
in if you could find a witty Wii joke.
How the hell do you pronounce that? Like "wee" or like "double-u two"? Also I thought it was called the Revolution.
Briareos H on 28/4/2006 at 15:07
Indeed like "wee". Hence the jokes (at least for british and australian people). And Revolution was just a codename, like Dolphin was for the Gamecube. The announcement has been done yesterday.
Paz on 28/4/2006 at 15:22
Oh Nintendo, urine for it now.
(what do I win, a slap in the chops?)
Para?noid on 28/4/2006 at 17:07
Quote Posted by Thief13x
1337 = leet = elite = something you're not!
Code:
if ((1337 > hxxorz) && (haxxorz != (mod(pwn * lol))) || (haxxorz < mod(haxxorz / (pwn + lol)))) && ((pwn / brb) != (hxxorz - lol)))
More like something you're not. That is disgusting
Agent Monkeysee on 28/4/2006 at 19:50
Quote Posted by Briareos H
Indeed like "wee". Hence the jokes (at least for british and australian people). And Revolution was just a codename, like Dolphin was for the Gamecube. The announcement has been done yesterday.
Why are the codenames always cooler than the actual names? I've witnessed this same phenomenon at Microsoft.
Kolya on 28/4/2006 at 22:12
Because they are not protected, copyrighted, foreign backchecked brand-designer's inventions but just names? What keeps people from using the codename anyway?
Myoldnamebroke on 28/4/2006 at 22:24
Nothing, but you still have to go ask the nerd behind the counter in Game for a wee.
That or say you want a Revolution and face them singing.
Kolya on 28/4/2006 at 22:28
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
Turtle on 28/4/2006 at 23:00
Excuse me, do you have a wee hiding behind the counter? How big is it? I heard they're kind of weirdly shaped.
Nobody I've asked has a wee and I'd like to check one out while my girlfriend gets her hair cut.
