[ SECRET POST #2196 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2196 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 060 secrets from Secret Submission Post #314.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - empty image with a text comment ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I've seen it used in board games and references on television. I think it counts as "minor pop culture" if nothing else.

[insanenoodlyguy]

Pop culture and culture are very different.

Star Wars is culture. Like it or not, it's famous. Gone with the Wind is culture.

Firefly, though I do love it, is at best a cult hit that is relatively unknown and not all that popular.

Nobody is going to open a history book 30 years from now and see "I'll be in my bunk" talked about. This is not necessary cultural research and suggesting to OP otherwise is arrogance at best.

[(Anonymous)]

Boy you have feelings about this don't you.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, insanenoodleguy is pretty emotional for a troll.

COULD IT BE WE ARE SEEING THE REAL INSANENOODLEGUY?

[(Anonymous)]

POSSIBLE HM VERY POSSIBLE

*strokes mustache*

It's usually pretty easy to figure out when it's really me actually

[insanenoodlyguy]

[(Anonymous)]

I guess completely rational negative feelings about Firefly are not as acceptable as over-the-top irrational positive feelings about Firefly.

[(Anonymous)]

Dude I don't even have a horse in this race. It's just funny when the con side is all YOU CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS, AND LET ME COMMENT TWENTY TIMES TO TELL YOU HOW at the pro.

[(Anonymous)]

I guess, for me, the concept of YOU MUST WATCH THIS OR ELSE YOU ARE UNCULTURED OR YOU HAVEN'T TRIED ENOUGH rather outweighs, in terms of silliness and irrationality, the concept of WHY WOULD ANYONE HAVE TO WATCH SOMETHING?

Everyone involved cares, obviously. But I feel like the pro side is just a bit more ridiculous than the con.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think I've seen anyone actually say "you haven't tried hard enough" or judge the OP on this, and obviously the OP wants feedback on this situation or why submit the secret (unless they hoped it would explode in wank, which... yep) so I guess I don't comprehend the con side's major complaint here.

If this thread were about any other show I'm pretty sure "maybe you should give it another try" would not be so controversial.

[(Anonymous)]

There are a number of individuals who take OP to task for not watching more than one episode. This thread admonishes the OP for not watching the whole thing, despite the OP's lack of interest. And there's a thread a little ways down that suggests that OP cannot possibly be familiar with sci-fi, because if OP was familiar, then OP would understand that it's necessary for one to stick with a show even when one dislikes it.

To me, that all smacks of "you haven't tried hard enough."

[(Anonymous)]

/Pop culture and culture are very different./

Not on the internet it isn't.

For frame of reference, how many times have you heard any line from GWTW quoted online? Even the highly quotable famous line?

Even offline, compare the number of times you heard any refernce to GWTW spoken of typed anywhere to the number of times you've heard the 'I'll be in my bunk' online.

I'd also argue that Starwars is pop culture and is of no greater significance culturally than any other highly quoted geek phenominon but you've either got a bee in you're bonnet about this, or you're arguing for the sake of it, and I have no time for either of those today.

Ooo, one last thing, How do you know what's going to be quoted on 30 years time? People (well not people, studio execs) didn't think 'That's no moon' would still be being referenced in 40 years time. Time will tell.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I don't know, "I'll be in my bunk" may become regular parlance without Firefly ever being more than the cult hit you say. Never underestimate the power of the internet to spread memes, and the possibility of most people not knowing where it's from, even with sites like "Know Your Meme" and Urban Dictionary.

[rmg]

why does that still necessitate watching an entire television series though

you don't need to do serious research into the 19th century fad for incorrectly spelled acronyms to be allowed to use the word "OK"

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

Yeah well, I tend to agree with that - we don't need to watch the series to get the gist of the saying.