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• papalonian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I hate that I’m writing this because I’m gonna sound like the *"to be fair * copy pasta but, the fact that it’s so lame and stupid is kind of the whole point of the bit.

  He gives his big “I’m pickle Riiiiick!” presentation like it’s supposed to be some big huge awesome thing, and it’s presented like a punchline that you’re supposed to laugh at and find funny… Then it’s a hard cut to Morty’s disappointed, slightly concerned face for a solid 10 seconds. Morty is you, the viewer, painfully unimpressed by what is presented as, well, “the funniest shit ever”.

  Remember in an earlier episode when Rick makes a reference to the non-existent Redgren Grumblholdt, and the kids laugh because they think it’s supposed to be funny and just want to fit in? Those are the people that the “funniest shit ever” meme is about. People that are fed an intentionally bad joke, don’t understand the irony behind the bad joke, but sees that everyone else is laughing at the bad joke, so they pretend the joke is funny. Two people laughing at the same thing for entirely different reasons.

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  • thedoginthewok@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    When this pickle rick stuff went down, I felt like I was taking crazy pills.

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  • Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nail on the head

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• RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It was so dumb that it was funny to me

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  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I share this view. It was so nonsensical that it was actually funny and memorable.

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• lka1988@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The whole show is about how Rick is a selfish prick. That episode was also about Rick being a selfish prick and trying to weasel out family therapy by turning himself into a pickle.

  That’s it. That was the entire reason for Pickle Rick. But the idiots who idolize Rick for some reason cranked it up to full retard.

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• AppleTea@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I liked the bit at the end where the therapist calls him out.

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  • dalekcaan@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    See, that’s the thing. Pickle Rick was funny because he went through all that bullshit just to avoid going to therapy. The show was making an excellent point about how stigmatized therapy is, and how bettering yourself is hard work, work many people just don’t want to do. (Basically, “men would rather turn themselves into pickles than go to therapy.”)

    Of course, any actual nuance is lost on the “high IQ” R&M fans. I’ve always seen Rick as similar to Eric Cartman or the Joker: if you idolize him, you missed the point.

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