The Big Chair Returns

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#1: 5/1/2009 at 2:12 a.m.

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#2: 5/1/2009 at 2:19 a.m.

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— Protestorone your sister | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#3: 5/1/2009 at 3:44 a.m.

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I don't know, maybe I'm coming out of left field here, but I think it's pretty endearing and don't get the complaint. But then, what else can we expect from self-righteous Swatties?


— D | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#4: 5/1/2009 at 6:22 a.m.

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Wait, the big chair IS back, right?


— Swattie Expat | Registered, Swarthmore

#5: 5/1/2009 at 7:33 a.m.

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Yes, the big chair is back, just in another reincarnation. This one was designed to last longer- it looks just about the same, but is a bit stronger and made from different materials, I believe.


— anne | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#6: 5/1/2009 at 9:32 a.m.

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Well, I thought it was funny. Good job, DG :) At least someone has a sense of humor.


— Mr. Mistaker | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#7: 5/1/2009 at 9:42 a.m.

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Rickrolling wasn't ever funny. It is basically a shitty form of goatseing...

Besides, it is a legitimately good song and I would do anything for Rick Astley's voice


— Dr House | Registered, Swarthmore

#8: 5/1/2009 at 12:03 p.m.

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The big chair actually DID return, and I know that people got photos of it, so why not post them?

Seriously, what is the point of this?


— are you kidding me | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#9: 5/1/2009 at 12:37 p.m.

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Q: What's the point of this?

A: See comments 1, 2, 8.

That's the point.


— Yes, we're kidding you | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#10: 5/1/2009 at 12:50 p.m.

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Gotta love when Swatties are actively hostile toward humor/silliness/awesome music.


— Peter '11 | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#11: 5/1/2009 at 12:51 p.m.

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And this one's an INTELLECTUAL rickroll. It comes with a wikipedia link for research purposes!


— Peter '11 | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#12: 5/1/2009 at 1:57 p.m.

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OLD MEME


— oldmeme | Unregistered, Non-Swarthmore

#13: 5/2/2009 at 10:23 a.m.

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Not gonna lie, I still think it's funny. I think linking to the explanation undermines the random humor of it; let people who live under rocks be confused.


— still funny | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#14: 5/3/2009 at 12:21 a.m.

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not silly in the least at this point. now completely overdone, banal, dead horse beating, etc.

what's next, lolcats? how unoriginal can you be?


— sadmemeissad | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#15: 5/3/2009 at 1:18 p.m.

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hahahaha people are seriously perturbed by this.


— nice | Unregistered, Non-Swarthmore

#16: 5/3/2009 at 2:42 p.m.

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i'm sorry, it's not not funny because it's an old meme, it's funny because it's so old that it's funny again. it no longer feels overdone.


— j | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#17: 5/3/2009 at 11:07 p.m.

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I am both offended and seduced.


— Sugar | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#18: 5/6/2009 at 11:22 a.m.

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If the DG really wanted to push the envelope, they would have posted this under the armed intruder headline. Now THAT would have been tastelessness in the name of humor.


— j | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#19: 5/6/2009 at 5:06 p.m.

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Commentors 1,2,7, and 8.
you people suck. way to give fulfill the swattie sterotype. take a joke. laugh. you people are the reason why i can never say i love the people here.
maybe you're all just mad that you didn't get what you thought you were promised you were gonna get, that there is some injustice in posting a link to something that actually turns out not to be what it read. stop crying all the time and laugh for once.


— swatties are so predictable | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#20: 5/6/2009 at 5:07 p.m.

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hm, well i guess i broke the discussion rules, but sorry, i got a little carried away.
i also made a typo, i meant to say "way to fulfill the swattie stereotype".


— swatties are so predictable | Unregistered, Swarthmore

#21: 5/6/2009 at 9:28 p.m.

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Rickrolling has the right idea-- the element of surprise, the facepalming afterward. I think it just may need an update with a fresh song or something.

My candidate for successor is this song, Minivan Highway from Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dQo0fNaQx0


— The evolution: | Unregistered, Non-Swarthmore

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