Why talk about it?!

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

My friends and I don't use that sort of 'it's like on...' line, but we do often quote other shows to each other, if that counts.

I guess that's more of an in-joke thing...

Which, by the way, I'm Bill Pardy!

 

[Xanadu84]

Establishing common ground and common interests help cement a tribal identity, which provides an evolutionary advantage.

Also, callbacks are funny, and when they are appropriate, there is a good chance that a professional writer laboring over a piece of writting expressed a sentiment in a more humorous fashion then any of us could off the top of our heads.

Also, ever since "The Zombie Island of Doctor Ned" came out, every time a friend of mine tells another what to do, they usually respond with, "You're not the police of me!"

 

[Xanadu84]

My friends and I don't use that sort of 'it's like on...' line, but we do often quote other shows to each other, if that counts.

I guess that's more of an in-joke thing...

Which, by the way, I'm Bill Pardy!

Excellent, my friends aren't the only ones who reference that. Constantly.

 

[BonsaiK]

Why do friends feel like its necessary to punctuate a perfectly good conversation with anecdotes of cartoons or comedians

I agree with you. If the people I talk to are incapable of forming original thoughts in their brain, and instead just riff on endless comedy shows, computer games and movies, I just stop talking to them because it's clear that they are not intelligent or worthy of my time. In one situation, this cost a client of mine thousands of dollars because I refused to put him in touch with people who wanted to give him money because doing that would have meant that I would need to have a communication with him, and that would have just been far too painful because I would have had to endure stupid quotes and memes. Instead I just told the payer that we lost touch with the guy and didn't even have his address or phone number, and that they would have to follow it up some other way. I said this knowing that my client is almost impossible for them to reach. The funny thing is, later on when I explained why I did this my boss, she congratulated me, she could actually see my reasoning. She said "good work - that person is an idiot". So kids: there's a lesson here - that Portal or Family Guy quote could cost you money, jobs, respect in your community or success in your personal relationships. Think twice before being unoriginal.

So you would be happy to screw someone over simply because you do not like them? I think thats more you being a dick than anything else.

I'm more than happy to wear the "I'm a dick" hat if it means I get to live a meme-free life. That's a compromise to my reputation that I'm willing to accept.

 

[Strategia]

Well, it depends, I guess. I sometimes do this, but only among friends who appreciate it - I don't punctuate every other sentence with a quote.

In one situation, this cost a client of mine thousands of dollars because I refused to put him in touch with people who wanted to give him money because doing that would have meant that I would need to have a communication with him, and that would have just been far too painful because I would have had to endure stupid quotes and memes.

So - regardless of what your boss says - you're willing to screw people out of huge amounts of money because you don't personally like them? Now that's what I call being professional.

You're making a bigger fool out of yourself than he is.

You wouldn't like me then. I constantly regurgitate the same jokes and lines from games/tv all the time...

"This was a triumph..."

GAAAAAAHH, NOOOOO! It's back in my head!

"....I'm makeing a note here..."

"a huge success!"
damn ninjas!!! >_<

THIS STOPS NOW!

Spoiler: NO!

too late!

"It's hard to overstate my satisfaction..."

"Aperture Science - We do what we must, because we can"

 

[BonsaiK]

Well, it depends, I guess. I sometimes do this, but only among friends who appreciate it - I don't punctuate every other sentence with a quote.

In one situation, this cost a client of mine thousands of dollars because I refused to put him in touch with people who wanted to give him money because doing that would have meant that I would need to have a communication with him, and that would have just been far too painful because I would have had to endure stupid quotes and memes.

So - regardless of what your boss says - you're willing to screw people out of huge amounts of money because you don't personally like them? Now that's what I call being professional.

In my industry, it's the standard modus operandi. This is a pretty tame story tbh, there's plenty worse where I work. Anyway I'm sure he'll get his money eventually... after all, people have the internet now. Just might take a little while longer, that's all. I didn't screw him out of money, it's not like I profited from it, and he's not exactly relying on it, he's a lot richer than me. Just means he has to wait a bit. Maybe in a couple months if the payer hasn't caught up with him, I might let slip a phone number. Although for every time he talks about the cake being a lie, I'll probably tack another month onto the waiting period.

I'm doing what I must, because I can. It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.

 

[rynocerator]

Why do friends feel like its necessary to punctuate a perfectly good conversation with anecdotes of cartoons or comedians

I can't stress this enough, people. If you saw it, and I saw it. And especially if we saw it together - WHY BRING IT UP?! So we can laugh about it AGAIN?

I might sound petty because I know some people that love to talk about tv shows or cartoons or films. And that's cool with me. But if I hear someone say 'it's like on Family Guy when...' one more time I am going to throw a punch.

GAH! Who's with me?!!

hah, this reminds me of the time that guy said: "THIS IS MADNESS!"

in continuing with the theme of quoting:
Madness? This is SPARTA!!!!!

 

[Pokeylope]

there's a few my pals dont mind, usually if we're ever told to be careful someone's gonna hear and shout YOU'LL BE DEAD! Oh and I constantly quote TF2 even though nobody i know plays it

the worm has turned

 

[Snowalker]

You wouldn't like me then. I constantly regurgitate the same jokes and lines from games/tv all the time...

"This was a triumph..."

GAAAAAAHH, NOOOOO! It's back in my head!

"....I'm makeing a note here..."

"a huge success!"
damn ninjas!!! >_<

too late!

"It's hard to overstate my satisfaction..."

"Aperture Science - We do what we must, because we can"

"For the good of all of us.
Except the ones who are dead."

 

[Stevo_s]

Because people get hypnotized by television thus advertise TV to others who aren't hypnotized.
I hate TV... but i do like movies !! @.@

 

[Gildan Bladeborn]

I have a family chock full of nerds and film buffs, so we'll chalk out appropriate quotes and references whenever it ends up being funny or otherwise relevant to whatever we were talking about. But those conversations are typically about other films/television shows/etc. The only thing that gets referenced in otherwise ordinary conversations about contemporary events would probably be South Park, thanks to the bit where it's biting political satire that's probably making fun of the events we're talking about.