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PunkyKat
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25 Aug 2008, 6:17 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jkBOU9etRA :evil:



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25 Aug 2008, 7:17 pm

It's kinda funny.

You know, only because it is obvious that quite a lot of people put quite a lot of work into making a short video almost completely devoid of anything resembing entertainment.

Of course that's in the traditional sense of the word "entertainment". Because of the internet the term has been bastardized so much it is entirely conceivable that a video of genocide could be considered entertainment.

Hell, dub in some farting noises and it would probably get over a million views.


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25 Aug 2008, 7:27 pm

This video is a light-hearted parody. The actor who plays the police officer is someone with Down's Syndrome who is in other videos on YouTube. I don't see anything so terribly damaging about this film.


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25 Aug 2008, 7:31 pm

hee hee hee hee :)

I like!



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25 Aug 2008, 8:16 pm

I think I lost a few brain cells watching that.



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25 Aug 2008, 8:58 pm

I actually thought it was funny. 'Tis a mere play on the name, nothing more. If you can't laugh at yourself, how can you laugh at all? :)



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25 Aug 2008, 9:10 pm

Maybe it is just me or my Asperger's, but I didn't think that was funny at all. That was wrong...


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25 Aug 2008, 10:21 pm

Rynok wrote:
I think I lost a few brain cells watching that.

Probably, since you lose around a thousand a day anyways.


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26 Aug 2008, 12:30 am

from my comment:

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You know what. Honestly, this vid is funny. It's offensive to Autistic people (BTW I have Aspergers) and VERY inaccurate (Autistic people aren't ret*d), but it's funny.

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26 Aug 2008, 1:11 am

It was funny, how is this offensive.



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26 Aug 2008, 2:38 am

Well AS does sound like Assburgers when some people say it. So they made a joke about it. I don't think it had anything to do with the condition, just about the way it sounds. Nothing to do with us.

Info about the video on youtube in case anyone didn't read it:

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Before you leave mean comments, just know that our friend Ponce (the Cop) is an awesome and talented young dude who loves performing and making light of his Down syndrome. He's a smart and funny guy, and has complete awareness of his actions and decisions. And we all have an awesome time shooting "ret*d Policeman!" Also, it is a widely accepted fact that Assburgers Syndrome is hilarious, but Asperger's Syndrome is not.



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26 Aug 2008, 4:02 am

I thought it was ok.. Mildly amusing.



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26 Aug 2008, 7:05 am

I'm not offended, but I didn't find it funny, either.


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26 Aug 2008, 9:45 am

That was not even a slightly bit funny.



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26 Aug 2008, 10:32 am

Pick any topic and you'll find just about every attitude imaginable expressed towards it on the Internet, and on YouTube alone in many cases.

Personally, I have nothing against anything that is obviously not meant to be taken seriously.



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26 Aug 2008, 2:17 pm

Spokane_Girl wrote:
I don't think it had anything to do with the condition, just about the way it sounds. Nothing to do with us.


they were saying he has Aspergers on the vid and saying "he's not ret*d" then being ret*d.


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