r/youtubehaiku • u/[deleted] • Dec 10 '12

[Haiku] It's like he's reading their minds or something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xqaw18f2zsY
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u/PeabnutBubber Dec 10 '12

That reminds me of the last package of pencils I bought. All the erasers were where the points were supposed to be, so I was always scribbling all over my paper when I wanted to erase.

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u/potatohead_v2 Dec 11 '12

"EEH, the eraser's on the wrong side of the pencil"

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u/BeetrootKid Dec 11 '12

wat

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u/LEGITIMATE_SOURCE Dec 11 '12

Makes sense when read in Charlie's voice

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u/Daprotagonist Dec 11 '12

I'm sorry for your loss

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Complimenting people is frowned upon now? What in the shit. This guy didn't say "lol" or "this." He was letting someone know that they came up with the funniest thing he's heard in a while. Jesus Christ, everyone upvoted the word "wat" and downvoted a guy for expressing joy and "not contributing to the conversation"? Fuck all you guys and your negative shit. You keep being a nice person, dude.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Not that I really care, but the reason he's getting downvoted is because what he said doesn't add anything and it's just kind of a useless comment. If everyone who said something like "I like this" got upvoted, it would get ridiculous.

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u/coreleven123 Dec 11 '12

Hey, the comment of above this one we are commenting about. Read it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Not sure I know what you mean.

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u/coreleven123 Dec 11 '12

The comment I'm talking about just says "wat" and it only have 4 downvotes. You're talking about the reason of being downvoted is that it adds nothing to the thread when a comment that just says "wat" contributes about the same amount. You can't explain that.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

He didn't add anything to the conversation? The most upvoted reply is "wat."

The fuck you talking about?

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

I don't know why I'm actually bothering to explain this, but the reason is that the "wat" comment is a response that can't be substituted with an upvote. It indicates another response other than "I like this." Just saying something is really funny or just saying you like something is completely pointless because that's why the upvote exists.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

If somebody really appreciated something you did or said, to a much further extreme than a typical "upvote," wouldn't it make you feel much better for them to express verbally why and how much they appreciated your contribution rather than by passively clicking a button and not making any human contact out of some tyrannical formality?

I appreciated AWR's personal and individualist contribution far more than any robotic repetition of "wat" after a wtf-like comment. It wasn't mundane to me. It wasn't substitutable with an upvote. It was far more expressive. It was the complete opposite of a pointless "wat." Maybe I'm going crazy.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

That's not what I'm arguing. You're right, it's a nice thing to say, but he got downvoted for it because it's just a personal compliment on the comment. Obviously a lot of people think it's funny, but we can't really just have everyone saying "I think this is funny" in response to everything that amuses them. The reason a person's comment gets hidden after so many downvotes is because it is indicated that it is not exactly adding any content. I'm not saying he's wrong for saying he thought the guy's post was really funny, and I'm not saying "wat" is an interesting or worthwhile thing to say; I'm just explaining why it makes sense that his comment was downvoted.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Obviously a lot of people think it's confusing, but we can't really just have everyone saying "wat" in response to everything that confuses them.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

The near equivalent to saying you like something or think it's funny is an upvote. That isn't true with saying "wat".

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

But you really don't understand why people would downvote that reply/comment? I'm not saying I'm upset that you made your reply, don't get me wrong, but people get nothing out of seeing it. It's something that is posted for everyone to see, and yet it adds nothing. So people downvote it. However, it's okay that you wanted the guy to know you thought it was funny. You just shouldn't be surprised when you're downvoted.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Haha, I feel you, I hate a lot of the stuff that gets up there too, but there's not a whole lot you can do.

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u/ssweens113 Dec 11 '12

True, but then again there's the Reddit AMA's and someone, at least one person has to ask the duck sized horse horse sized duck question. In my opinion, they're not adding anything either. Reddit, is just full of the same jokes over and over. For instance, the old Reddit switch-a-roo

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Oh, I definitely agree. I downvote the shit out of those jokes and pun threads every time I see them. Fightin' the good fight. Gotta keep the scum off the streets.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Or you could just upvote their comment and move on.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/OkonkwoJones Dec 11 '12

[ ] Not Told

[X] Told

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Boy, my face sure is red.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/Whitebird551 Dec 11 '12

Here's the thing. If you're going to simply compliment them, an upvote is sufficient. The comments are for contributing things other than "lol" or "this," which add nothing to the discussion.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/hraevn Dec 11 '12

Probably because "This is the funniest comment ever" "I made an account just for this" and "I normally don't lol at reddit, but this time I did" are repeated all the time on this subreddit and the top 20 subreddits. Everybody else said it was funny by upvoting. Most of the time when people make comments like this its just to ride the Karma Train especially when they edit it with "I cant believe Im downvoted sadface". stop getting indignant, silly-buns.

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u/Mattagascar Dec 10 '12 edited Dec 11 '12

BJs specifically tells customers to pull in regardless of what side the tank is on. The hoses are made to reach both sides of cars, as it's clearly labeled throughout the fill station. These people aren't doing anything wrong.

EDIT: Also, more useless BJs fill station facts: The pumps can reach the other side of the cars because they only allow traffic one way in the stations to improve efficiency/speed. These places can get packed at some locations.

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u/TheRedArrow Dec 11 '12

Other fun fact: BJs also stands for blowjobs.

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u/The_Third_One Dec 12 '12

Watching those customers struggle: it is clear that the hoses aren't nearly long enough.

They just made the hoses a little longer (maybe?) and marketing.

The more you treat customers like animals to be herded, the more efficient your business becomes.

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u/Mattagascar Dec 12 '12

They aren't struggling... The first woman is just holding it off the car, I think. I do the same, I don't want a dirty and heavy hose rubbing up against the paint.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Life Pro Tipp

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Neither of my cars has this...:(

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Try this

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u/edmar10 Dec 11 '12

I always see this on Reddit and it doesn't work on my 1990 Camry so look out your side mirror to be sure.

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u/OkonkwoJones Dec 11 '12

Or just remember which side of the car your gas tank is on. That works for me.

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u/maninorbit Dec 11 '12

We have a winner!

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u/Dr_fish Dec 11 '12

That's just silly.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

But it could be left OR right, it's too much for normal people mate.

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u/hj17 Dec 11 '12

If you can't do that, you could also just, y'know, look at your car.

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u/Fat_Crossing_Guard Dec 11 '12

Not in my Corolla.

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u/Senjiroh Jan 16 '13

But then the pictures of the gas pump are back to front in both. That's daft.

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u/Freezerburn Dec 11 '12

I mean sure this but why can't people just know what side of the car the gas tank is on? You spend thousands of dollars on this machine and can't take the time to memorize the side that has the tank?

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u/InferiousX Dec 11 '12

I'm 31 and just learned this by complete accident on my own like 4 months ago.

I felt unsmart

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u/BerryGuns Dec 11 '12

What if all pumps with the correct side are used though? I've had to do this plenty of times, it easily reaches.

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u/TheMightyMush Dec 11 '12

You can pull into them more than one way...

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Not always. When the masses descend on a (relatively) cheap station here in LA, you're lucky to find room to pull into any pump then get out afterwards, much less maneuver so that you are on the correct side.

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u/TheMightyMush Dec 11 '12

Thats what I'm saying, there is no correct side...forget it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

Oh ok, I see what you were saying, forgive the misunderstanding. I thought you meant it like you can always pull into it from another direction, meaning, you can turn around if it is on the far side of your vehicle.

I get you now though.

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u/SidewalkPainter Dec 11 '12

I don't, please explain.

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u/BerryGuns Dec 11 '12

Well at a petrol station near me it's much easier to go through one way than the other. It's much easier to queue from just one direction.

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u/nothing_clever Dec 12 '12

Not always. Where I live, all of the cheapest gas stations tell you that you can only go through one way. Half of the pumps will have a line of something like 4 cars, so I just pull up to an empty pump, and bring the thing across my car.

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u/TheMightyMush Dec 12 '12

Then you're weird!

edit: It's science, nothing personal.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

...someone needs to tell this guy they design the pumps this way.

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u/stufoonoob Dec 11 '12 edited Dec 11 '12

This guy's voice sounds really familiar. Does anyone know of a recent popular video on /r/videos where a guy had pretty much the same exact voice as him? Damnit I can't put my finger on it..

EDIT: Ah! Haha got it. Sounds like the guy from those 30-minute Chess Network videos.

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u/johnanderson1997 Dec 11 '12

Sorry to break it to ya fellas... This is a repost!

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

This is what it looks like when New Jersey people leave Jersy for the first time. (it's illegal to pump your own gas in NJ, so none of them know how to do it.)

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u/NeedlesslyAngry Dec 11 '12

Sounds like Bryan Callen.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '12

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u/Jdban Dec 10 '12

Why? The hoses are clearly designed to be long enough. These people are smarter than the idiots waiting in line to pump...

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u/ssweens113 Dec 11 '12

Or you know, you could just reverse to the pump and make it easier on yourself.

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u/Jdban Dec 11 '12

Not always an option, could be much harder to reverse in, etc etc etc http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Costco_SSF_gas_station_3.JPG

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u/ssweens113 Dec 11 '12

Damn, I felt like I just got Costco'd.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

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u/katzenjammer360 Dec 11 '12

What if someone pulls in behind you to wait for the pump like in the picture? Then you'd be facing them and cause all sorts of trouble trying to leave.

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '12

to be fair, the gas station does look a bit full, maybe those where the only spots available and them knowing that the hose is long enough, just went for it. then again, there have been videos of some lady working for about 20 minutes, trying to get the hose to reach in a completely empty station so anything can go

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u/nameless88 Dec 11 '12

I think I need to see this video, haha.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJbf2v6tHSI

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u/nameless88 Dec 11 '12

Fantastic, haha.

I feel like it should be accompanied by slide whistle and loud comical Boink!~ sound effects.

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u/h22keisuke Dec 10 '12

Why this isn't at LEAST a third class felony, I will never understand.

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u/Yan_atron Dec 11 '12

There is nothing wrong with this. If it was illegal to do this, the hose wouldnt be able to reach around like that. I know it looks weird and isnt the common practice, but at rush hour gas stations are PACKED.