It apparently originated in the military and was a shortening of "so poor you don't have a pot to piss in" and using the word piss as a way to emphasize, which was common at the time. "Piss-rotton" is another example, meaning really really rotten. Obviously, that one didn't have the same staying power.
Having covered all of that, I think it would be really funny to do the same thing, but with a positive connotation. "He's piss happy about that promotion!" "The piss joy I felt when I held my baby for the first time was transcendent!"
"So, I fired and I missed then I missed again. Then I fired, I hit somethin' but it wasn't what I was going for so I guess I missed. Had myself a popsicle, passed out in the snow, then I woke up and reloaded them I fired and I missed. I had a dream I was firing at something but I missed, then I loaded a snowball into muh gun (that's my secret weapon) and I fired and I missed. Long story short... missed."
In college my friends and I would do this obnoxious joke where someone would say, “I have an idea, we all get two ice cream cones and then we put them ice cream down on the table so it makes like a fence of ice cream cones,” and then someone else would say, “that’s pretty good but what if we each got like, one or two cones full of ice cream and then made a fence with them like cone up on the table?” And then someone else would say, “I like that but what if we made a fence out of ice cream cones,” etc.
I remember this post from a while ago and I noticed then that it is written strangely. It's out of order. The order events would go is: misses, looks around, shoots again. It's written: misses, shoots again, looks around. I noticed when skimming past the post this time because it seemed familiar that I didn't even register the word shoots and so it seemed like it was missing a punchline. Not that it isn't a failure of the reader in some way to miss the shooting part. But this is a post that is a lot easier to misread than most.
I imagine it's because a lot of people are just skimming (probably without even realising it) and since like you said the order of events (while technically a correct way to do it) is arranged unusually and the part where the villain gets shot takes up such a small part of the post, many people just skim right over it without noticing
what tripped me up slightly was "...shoots the villain AGAIN while..." when they missed the first time. just "...and then shoots the villain while theyre frantically looking around..." flows much better
Yeah, it violates the principle of good storytelling that you should order things by how surprising/interesting they are. The example I think I've seen is something like "coming down the stairs I noticed an acrid, disgusting smell and a trail of some viscous liquid on the floor... following it led me to the fridge, which I opened to find Mark's dead body stuffed inside." vs "I found Mark's dead body stuffed inside the fridge, emitting an acrid, disgusting smell and a trail of viscous liquid which had led me to it after coming down the stairs"
But it’s not. That’s an example of what the post is parodying. Instead of the hero having a smug plan when the villain evades or block, they psyche the villain out into thinking they did. Then they just fire again.
How dare you say we should piss on the poor
what’s the origin of “piss poor” anyway? is it like, you’re so poor all you have is piss? or something else
2s later edit: oh right, its probably just “this is the quality of piss”
It apparently originated in the military and was a shortening of "so poor you don't have a pot to piss in" and using the word piss as a way to emphasize, which was common at the time. "Piss-rotton" is another example, meaning really really rotten. Obviously, that one didn't have the same staying power.
Having covered all of that, I think it would be really funny to do the same thing, but with a positive connotation. "He's piss happy about that promotion!" "The piss joy I felt when I held my baby for the first time was transcendent!"
Reminds me of this lmao
https://preview.redd.it/hgqkyiqm46cg1.jpeg?width=432&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea271d7b1734abf6bd1a85b95d269baebbea40f4
Having smelled many a summer outhouse, “piss-rotten” really does conjure an image, lol
"ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴇɴʟɪɢʜᴛᴇɴ ᴍᴇ. ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ ꜱᴏ ɪᴍᴘᴏʀᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴘᴏᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴘɪꜱꜱ ɪɴ?"
That was the only indoor bathroom a lot of people had before plumbing. No piss pot = no toilet.
This wasn’t a serious question
I was just referencing the book Hogfather
Piss poor reading comprehension
It is a grave insult for you to claim we urinate on the impoverished
I hope the two of you are joking by misreading that comment 🥀
the origin
I hope the two of you are joking by misreading that comment 🥀
How dare you say I piss on the poor?! (I was very sleepy at 4 am, that's my excuse)
you missed the poor when you pissed
Did I?
(looks around frantically)
The piss ricochets directly onto the poor
Fuck it
https://preview.redd.it/b5qhhma2f3cg1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b51defda233c8ef94b4f608c6f3edf0c80c9ece8
https://preview.redd.it/a6ufi7w5x3cg1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e1c881edc43f547c81988ed3a0aa8308a0f07680
💥
Pfft, I will just put a screwdriver there, that should stop the halves from closing.
oh, someone left their screwdriver here. i should take it out and give it back to them, surely i won't be struck with a bright blue flash of radiation
https://i.redd.it/z4dapsttn6cg1.gif
We can post image in the comment now???
"So, I fired and I missed then I missed again. Then I fired, I hit somethin' but it wasn't what I was going for so I guess I missed. Had myself a popsicle, passed out in the snow, then I woke up and reloaded them I fired and I missed. I had a dream I was firing at something but I missed, then I loaded a snowball into muh gun (that's my secret weapon) and I fired and I missed. Long story short... missed."
The Danimated of this one is great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EXC_rjs7tg
Absolutely one of my favorites, Brandon Turner is a fantastic animator.
What do you MEAN this video is 10 years old???
It should be five, maximum. Maybe 6.
This animated one is really funny too: https://youtu.be/w3m5z-MO-is?si=smOZGX1cRtCSJwf7
In college my friends and I would do this obnoxious joke where someone would say, “I have an idea, we all get two ice cream cones and then we put them ice cream down on the table so it makes like a fence of ice cream cones,” and then someone else would say, “that’s pretty good but what if we each got like, one or two cones full of ice cream and then made a fence with them like cone up on the table?” And then someone else would say, “I like that but what if we made a fence out of ice cream cones,” etc.
Reminds me of mmm watcha say on SNL
Love that skit
Probably my favorite post chain on the whole of Tumblr
I hadn’t seen it and the third image had me actually laughing out loud
Samesies
https://preview.redd.it/3wr83jnxd4cg1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=004f42c7cd02c7f370be7e5e86e5dc1c42476545
Ha! You missed.
It would be funny if you missed the choccy milk though it would be sad because it’s really yummy
It would be funny
[Kris drinks the chocolate milk while I'm distracted talking to you]
I'm going to be honest I don’t even know what I'm doing anymore.
When did Kris enter the post?
.... That's Chara, isn't it...
I just saw the chocolate milk and didn't look any closer.
Yeah lmao, I figured.
Gonna be honest I did not see shoot the first time around
Same, and I am really wondering why that posts structure has that effect. Because it's clearly a pattern.
I remember this post from a while ago and I noticed then that it is written strangely. It's out of order. The order events would go is: misses, looks around, shoots again. It's written: misses, shoots again, looks around. I noticed when skimming past the post this time because it seemed familiar that I didn't even register the word shoots and so it seemed like it was missing a punchline. Not that it isn't a failure of the reader in some way to miss the shooting part. But this is a post that is a lot easier to misread than most.
I imagine it's because a lot of people are just skimming (probably without even realising it) and since like you said the order of events (while technically a correct way to do it) is arranged unusually and the part where the villain gets shot takes up such a small part of the post, many people just skim right over it without noticing
what tripped me up slightly was "...shoots the villain AGAIN while..." when they missed the first time. just "...and then shoots the villain while theyre frantically looking around..." flows much better
Yeah, it violates the principle of good storytelling that you should order things by how surprising/interesting they are. The example I think I've seen is something like "coming down the stairs I noticed an acrid, disgusting smell and a trail of some viscous liquid on the floor... following it led me to the fridge, which I opened to find Mark's dead body stuffed inside." vs "I found Mark's dead body stuffed inside the fridge, emitting an acrid, disgusting smell and a trail of viscous liquid which had led me to it after coming down the stairs"
Ha! You missed.
I didn’t know what you meant so I read it again and realized I did the same thing. What in tarnation…
Did you?
Rob Schrab discovers tumblr
The moment in The Avengers when Loki catches the arrow and looks smugly at Hawkeye before it explodes is 100/10 example of this.
But it’s not. That’s an example of what the post is parodying. Instead of the hero having a smug plan when the villain evades or block, they psyche the villain out into thinking they did. Then they just fire again.
Yeah, yeah, /r/yourjokebutworse, we've all seen it.
Oh no, a ricochet super move...!
Stop the violence.
What an adventure
Reading comprehension on the internet.
OP got hit with the "I did appreciate your warmth" there at the end
The tumblr is strong with this one
I love tumblr
But if you posted the shot, then what did I miss?
And then the first bullet actually shoots them XD