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2011/08/04 20:14:20
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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A lot of threads contain criticism of things on the basis that “all xxx are YYY”, completely ignoring any factors that might deviate from the core concept.
As a way of gently mocking that blinkered way of thinking, I thought it would be amusing to compare some completely unrelated things on the basis of a practically irrelevant common factor. Here are a few to get going with.
Wall-E (film) and Battle Of The Bulge (film) are basically the same because the main vehicle in both of them has tracks.
Pole Dancing is boring because it mainly consists of very fit, lithe young women cavorting athletically to music, wearing tight skimpy clothes. That’s like synchronised swimming.
Gone With The Wind (book) and The Holy Bible (book) are basically the same because the title contains the word The. This also makes them basically the same as the rock band The The. The The is the best of course, because they have two Thes.
American Football is boring because all the guys involved are bundled up in thick, bulky protective equipment. That’s like people walking to the North pole, or Victorian divers.
Hungary and Japan are basically the same because in both countries you put your family name before your given name.
All of history is boring because everyone knows Michael Jackson’s last good album was Bad.
Casablanca (film) and Spanish hardware stores are basically the same because blanca means white and hardware stores contain white paint.
Warhammer 40K is boring because TK Max is a crappy chain store and they both have TK in their name.
See how many more you guys can invent!
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2011/08/04 20:19:50
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Phanobi
oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....
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the internet is boring because all you do is read a bunch of stuff. its like going to the library.
i just committed a great sin...it hurts...im so sorry internet...
*sits in corner of shame*
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 Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f  g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
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2011/08/04 20:20:18
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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Spiderman and Superman are both Jewish because their names end in the suffix -man.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2011/08/04 20:21:00
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Ruthless Interrogator
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KFC workers are neo-nazis because K is part of KKK.
Sorry, that's all I got.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
I am Darko and Darko is I because our avatars both feature animals.
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Coolyo294 wrote: You are a strange, strange little manchicken.
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2011/08/04 20:23:06
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Phanobi
oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....
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TrollPie wrote:I am Darko and Darko is I because our avatars both feature animals.
you asking for death there man 
orks and orcs are the same because there both green.
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Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
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2011/08/04 20:26:21
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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The West Wing and the West are both terrible things things because Aaron Sorkin is somehow involved in both.
Into the Wild and Girls Gone Wild are essentially the same thing because they both have the word Wild in their title. And both involve college age people making really good choices.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2011/08/04 20:27:53
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Ruthless Interrogator
Confused
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Kan Walls are GW apologists, for obvious reasons.
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Coolyo294 wrote: You are a strange, strange little manchicken.
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2011/08/04 20:34:17
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Dive-Bombin' Fighta-Bomba Pilot
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This is one I actually hear a lot unfortunately:
Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia were the same because their dictators both killed millions of people...
Lets see, what else can I think of?
Cops and orks are the same because they both think the red ones go faster...
Tyranids and zombies are the same because Om nom nom nom nom...
Terminators and Necrons are the same because....wait...nevermind...
Rugby and Football are the same because they both use an oval shaped ball...
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2011/08/04 20:37:09
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Phanobi
oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....
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WARORK93 wrote:Terminators and Necrons are the same because....wait...nevermind...
there weapons are different 
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Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
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2011/08/04 20:42:17
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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KK is bored
and as a consequence invented the best OP I have read in a long time!
Lateral thinking is bad because sideways promotion is a euphemism for being shuffled off somewhere out of the department.
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2011/08/04 20:45:41
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Dive-Bombin' Fighta-Bomba Pilot
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lord commissar klimino wrote:WARORK93 wrote:Terminators and Necrons are the same because....wait...nevermind...
there weapons are different
Actually, they are the same because the both go "Pew" and they both vaporize the feth out of whatever they hit...
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2011/08/04 20:47:33
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Fixture of Dakka
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Tomato Beef Chow Mein and Spaghetti with meat sauce are the same because they both contain noodles, meat, and tomatos (to some degree).
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2011/08/04 20:50:13
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Purposeful Hammerhead Pilot
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The SPARTAN Project and the Adeptus Astartes are the same because they're both military organizations. (And for absolutely no other reasons!  ) Warhammer is the same as Monopoly because they both use dice. Tyranids must be American because they'll eat anything that isn't nailed down. The Imperial Guard is a type of aquarium, since they both have lots of tanks. Blood Angels sparkle... (Sorry, couldn't resist  )
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Imagine the feeling when you position your tanks, engines idling, landing gear deployed for a low profile, with firing solutions along a key bottleneck. Then some fether lands a dreadnought behind them in a giant heat shielded coke can.
The Ironwatch Magazine
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2011/08/04 20:57:48
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Ruthless Interrogator
Confused
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darkPrince010 wrote:Tyranids must be American because they'll eat anything that isn't nailed down.
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Coolyo294 wrote: You are a strange, strange little manchicken.
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2011/08/04 21:02:29
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Phanobi
oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....
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WARORK93 wrote:lord commissar klimino wrote:WARORK93 wrote:Terminators and Necrons are the same because....wait...nevermind...
there weapons are different
Actually, they are the same because the both go "Pew" and they both vaporize the feth out of whatever they hit...
..touche......
america is pretty much just like russia,they both have a government,both have borders,and both have people.
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Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
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2011/08/05 05:16:40
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Borders went into administration earlier this year. Automatically Appended Next Post: http://www.borders.com/online/store/Home
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2011/08/05 05:20:35
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Shadowy Grot Kommittee Memba
The Great State of New Jersey
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Kilkrazy wrote:
Hungary and Japan are basically the same because in both countries you put your family name before your given name.
Being of Hungarian descent, I have to ask, wtf? I have never heard or seen this before, either this isn't right, or something has changed in the last 20 years...
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2011/08/05 05:26:21
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Lady of the Lake
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Texas is just like Mexico because both have a lot of guns.
Am I doing it right?
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2011/08/05 05:29:55
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Phanobi
oh,you know. in a basement...cooking ponies into cupcakes....
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australia is just like africa because they both have a big dry desert.
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Deathshead420 wrote:As your leader, I encourage you, from time to time and always in a respectful manner, to question my logic. If you're unconvinced a particular plan of action I've decided is the wisest, tell me so! But allow me to convince you. And I promise you, right here and now, no subject will ever be taboo … except, of course, the subject that was just under discussion. The price you pay for bringing up either my Chinese or American heritage as a negative is – I collect your f g head. [Holds up Tanaka's head] Just like this f r here. Now, if any of you sons of bitches got anything else to say, now's the f g time! [Pause] I didn't think so.
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2011/08/05 05:32:04
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Rifleman Grey Knight Venerable Dreadnought
Realm of Hobby
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lord commissar klimino wrote:australia is just like africa because they both have a big dry desert.
and many animals that can kill you...
CSM are top tier because they are space marines
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We can't help that american D&D is pretty much daily life for us (Aussies)
Walking to shops, "i'll take a short cut through this bush", random encounter! Lizard with no legs.....
I kid Since i avoid bushlands that is
But we're not that bad... are we? 
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2011/08/05 05:36:05
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Sinewy Scourge
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Me and fairy tales are the same because we both have massive balls.
/thread
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 Kabal of the Void Dominator - now with more purple!
"And the moral of the story is: Appreciate what you've got, because basically, I'm fantastic." |
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2011/08/05 05:47:30
Subject: Re:Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Dive-Bombin' Fighta-Bomba Pilot
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Mr. Self Destruct wrote:Me and fairy tales are the same because we both have massive balls.
/thread
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n0t_u wrote:Am I doing it right?
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2011/08/05 06:16:35
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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chaos0xomega wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:
Hungary and Japan are basically the same because in both countries you put your family name before your given name.
Being of Hungarian descent, I have to ask, wtf? I have never heard or seen this before, either this isn't right, or something has changed in the last 20 years...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_names
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2011/08/05 06:20:59
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Shadowy Grot Kommittee Memba
The Great State of New Jersey
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Kilkrazy wrote:chaos0xomega wrote:Kilkrazy wrote:
Hungary and Japan are basically the same because in both countries you put your family name before your given name.
Being of Hungarian descent, I have to ask, wtf? I have never heard or seen this before, either this isn't right, or something has changed in the last 20 years...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_names
Thats at odds with what I've actually witnessed (correspondence exchanged between my father and family relations), but whatever, the family is half German, so that could explain it.
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2011/08/05 11:16:36
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Noble of the Alter Kindred
United Kingdom
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I have invaded Poland because I am a vegetarian
Have also written a successful stageplay about Superman
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2011/08/05 14:04:11
Subject: Bizarre identifications and generalisations
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Ruthless Interrogator
Confused
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Egypt and Antartica are the same because they both feature deserts.
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Coolyo294 wrote: You are a strange, strange little manchicken.
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