Unusual Opinions
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Who does that?
I’ve seen it a couple of times on tv clips, but no one remarkable enough to remember.
Comedians who think they just said something Earth-shattering at the end of their routine. There's also the metaphorical phrase "drop the mic" that came from this, used for various situations.
Kor
I'm an atheist, living in Texas. I couldn't possibly have a more "unusual opinion" if I tried.
I'm an atheist, Democrat, sports-hating, non-drinker who has no interest in guns, living in Texas. And I have no desire to own a truck.
Needless to say, I spend a lot of time alone.
Look on the bright side, you (and me) live in a liberal island called Houston. Texas does have those liberal islands, though they are surrounded by a endless sea of backwoods rednecks.
And wadaya mean you don't want a truck? That's approaching treason in Texas. LOL
Well, the mortality of Democrat Presidents in Texas is just a little too high for my taste.
I think mic dropping is also a rap battle thing. A way of saying “No possible way to respond to the argument I just made that you, in fact, suck, so no reason to hand this back to you.”
Bachelorette is way faker than pro wrestling. Pro wrestlers are actually hitting each other, it’s just choreographed.
My unusual opinion: Standard high school curricula need a major overhaul. Economics 101, World Religions 101, Basic Computer Programming, Critical Thinking/Debate, and at least one world history course for a region not on the great Ancient Greece-America continuity should be required for graduation. All of these should be treated as fundamental as the Big 5 of Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Language.
Also all the blue states that eliminated Shop, bring it back. I’m learning basic stuff about home maintenance on the Internet that I should have been taught in school. All kids (Male or female) should know basically how to build things and fix basic car problems.
Bachelorette is way faker than pro wrestling. Pro wrestlers are actually hitting each other, it’s just choreographed.
My unusual opinion: Standard high school curricula need a major overhaul. Economics 101, World Religions 101, Basic Computer Programming, Critical Thinking/Debate, and at least one world history course for a region not on the great Ancient Greece-America continuity should be required for graduation. All of these should be treated as fundamental as the Big 5 of Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Language.
Also all the blue states that eliminated Shop, bring it back. I’m learning basic stuff about home maintenance on the Internet that I should have been taught in school. All kids (Male or female) should know basically how to build things and fix basic car problems.
I totally loathe comedies where they cut in laughter from a tape to create the impression there is an audience.
It's inelegant, it's an utterly crude attempt at manipulating the audience, and at the same time it shows how much they despise their customers by practically saying "you are too stupid to get the joke so we marked it for you".
I am intelligent enough to see the joke *if* there is one. And mature enough *not* to laugh if something isn't funny at all, no matter how many fake laughs they insert. And a distasteful joke doesn't get any better by enwrapping it in hysterical laughter from a tape redcorder.
Argh! I could rant on on this for hours
It's inelegant, it's an utterly crude attempt at manipulating the audience, and at the same time it shows how much they despise their customers by practically saying "you are too stupid to get the joke so we marked it for you".
I am intelligent enough to see the joke *if* there is one. And mature enough *not* to laugh if something isn't funny at all, no matter how many fake laughs they insert. And a distasteful joke doesn't get any better by enwrapping it in hysterical laughter from a tape redcorder.
Argh! I could rant on on this for hours
Agreed. The only show where I ever enjoyed the laughter is The Red Green Show, and even then it's only because the audience is literally part of the show.
I’m not really sure that’s an unusual opinion, though. You don’t hear too many people saying how much they like laugh tracks.
Why do they continue to be used, then? Apparently, because they are effective, and...
... perhaps not for every individual, but overall, it appears it does.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d...-do-actually-make-jokes-funnier/#.XTjCk2llASE
Here's an interesting distinction, and something of an unusual opinion. When I created the thread, I deliberately chose to not call it "Unpopular Opinions". So technically, an opinion that is potentially commonly shared might still be unusual to have brought up, and an interesting thing to have discussed
For example, I really don't like bar soap anymore. I keep some, for minimal use in specific areas, but more often than not, I'm using body wash now, or liquid soaps. Now I bet that's not terribly uncommon, but it is probably an unusual topic of discussion, not often brought up. It's not your garden variety opinion lol
I kind of feel like laugh tracks might fall in line with that
I think the real question is whether a laugh track is preferable to no response at all. Some shows can work with nothing at all, but some old comedy shows really struggle to reach an audience without a reaction, which is why they had traditionally been shot in front of an audience, back in the beginnings of TV, but when you get into the era of lot shooting, like MASH or Gilligan's Island etc... that option is not possible, even though the writing & production values still sort of need it. A lot of MASH doesn't work without the laugh track, as corny as it can be. Some comedy plays TO a reaction
Plus, even shooting in front of a studio audience can be inauthentic, when you consider that they've seen multiple takes, and are being directed, when to laugh etc... This is why I love a show like It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The way they pace the show, they don't even give an audience a chance to laugh anyhow, plus, they have little bookmark moments, that the silly soundtrack music chimes in, to complete the gag or sketch. It's a really evolved way to shoot, that they just hadn't figured out yet, in the old days, & it doesn't rely on a crutch like all the mocumentary style shows that we've gotten in the last 20 years. Frankly, an old style sitcom like Big Bang Theory is faking that laughter just as much as if it were canned, not always, but enough
Think of it like this. TV comedy has spent over 50 years weening us off of the live studio audience, & there had to be some crossover period, where they had a substitute.. I don't even pay attention to it. It's just ambient noise to me now
Actually that's not that unpopular an opinion
Personally I think early Connery is the benchmark, but many film buffs and fans alike were impressed by Lazenby's portrayal.
I've always loved cats, but I don't dislike dogs. I've never had a dog and never will, but I don't mind pet-sitting other people's dogs once in a while.
Is that unusual or is it common?
^I think it's getting more and more uncommon as nowadays fewer people grow up with both species. Thus, to a certain extent they might perhaps be raised to be dog lovers or cat lovers, and since they lack experience with the respective other species they would propably have communication problems with them.
I've grown up with dogs, horses, ferrets, jackdaws, rabbits, rats, mice, hamsters, turtles, parakeets, beos and a gazillion others but we never had cats. I like them but never really get on their wavelength. It took me 6 years to get accepted (and adopted) by my neighbour's three cats but I still don't quite understand their thoughts.
@Mojochi : in Germany, we got MASH in a translated version without the laughs. I had no idea the original had laughs cut in! It seems very weird to me since over here it sold not so much as a comedy but as an (anti-)war series. It seems to be a tpically German character trait to make fun of one's problems (basically like Harry Potter's "riddikulus"-spell, just on a purely psychological level - we laugh in order to prevent dying from shame or despair). I've always considered MASH in that same sense: coming to terms with America's almost permanent warfare in a satirical way.
I've grown up with dogs, horses, ferrets, jackdaws, rabbits, rats, mice, hamsters, turtles, parakeets, beos and a gazillion others but we never had cats. I like them but never really get on their wavelength. It took me 6 years to get accepted (and adopted) by my neighbour's three cats but I still don't quite understand their thoughts.
@Mojochi : in Germany, we got MASH in a translated version without the laughs. I had no idea the original had laughs cut in! It seems very weird to me since over here it sold not so much as a comedy but as an (anti-)war series. It seems to be a tpically German character trait to make fun of one's problems (basically like Harry Potter's "riddikulus"-spell, just on a purely psychological level - we laugh in order to prevent dying from shame or despair). I've always considered MASH in that same sense: coming to terms with America's almost permanent warfare in a satirical way.
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