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Help me out with a metaphor here by Mischief Press Corps 12/11/2010, 3:05pm PST I'm trying to think of pop culture phenomenons that started out as a joke or satire, only to be embraced at face value and become a runaway success on the shoulders of people who missed the satire and take the original theme literally.

Help me out with a metaphor here by Mischief Press Corps 12/11/2010, 3:05pm PST     video game journalism NT by The Cliffs Of Dover 12/11/2010, 3:28pm PST     Glenn Beck NT by Gregory House, M.D. 12/11/2010, 4:14pm PST     Beavis & Butthead, Fat Boy Slim NT by Ray of Light 12/11/2010, 4:18pm PST     The hairmetal revival that ended up with bands like The Darkness. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/11/2010, 4:34pm PST     Jeff Foxworthy / Larry the Cable Guy. Insane Clown Posse. Big Lebowski. by Last 12/11/2010, 8:07pm PST     Amber Lamps NT by Vested Id 12/12/2010, 12:08am PST     The Cable Brothers. NT by Souffle of Pain 12/12/2010, 11:35am PST     Born in the USA NT by Bruce Springsteen 12/12/2010, 11:45am PST         Yeah, or "In the Navy." NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/12/2010, 11:58am PST         Bruce may have been born to run, but he wasn't born yesterday! NT by Walter Mondale 12/12/2010, 7:38pm PST     Fight for Your Right NT by The Beastie Boys 12/12/2010, 1:08pm PST     Cheech & Chong NT by Hans Clastorp 12/12/2010, 1:10pm PST     Wall Street, Glengarry Glen Ross NT by Last 12/12/2010, 1:39pm PST     Any art that includes fascist imagery will invariably attract actual fascists. by Jerry Whorebach 12/12/2010, 2:43pm PST         Oh yeah, and Archie Bunker. NT by Jerry Whorebach 12/12/2010, 2:45pm PST         Starship Troopers NT by Entropy Stew 12/12/2010, 7:37pm PST             I don't think it was intended to be taken as satire by Vested Id 12/12/2010, 11:28pm PST                 Son, do you have Asperger's? NT by Walter Mondale 12/13/2010, 1:19am PST                 I don't think you know anything about the movie or Verhoeven. by Lizard_King 12/13/2010, 6:04am PST                     I don't think splicing "SATIRE" into every 24th frame could make it more obvious NT by Entropy Stew 12/13/2010, 8:55am PST                         I took the scene where the kids pound bugs while the riot cops bust a gut NT by literally as fuck, motherfucker 12/13/2010, 3:35pm PST                             Previous post author. by Gutsby 12/13/2010, 4:08pm PST                     Re: I don't think you know anything about the movie or Verhoeven. by Vested Id 12/13/2010, 4:16pm PST                         Bad marketing is not intent! NT by Entropy Stew 12/13/2010, 9:42pm PST                             Meh NT by Roland Barthes 12/14/2010, 10:57pm PST             I admit, Avatar made me want to cut down trees and pump iron and sip coffee :( NT by Jerry Whorebach 12/13/2010, 7:03am PST         Rorschach. NT by Gutsby 12/13/2010, 1:18am PST             Ooh, that's a good one. Also: Harrison Bergeron. by Jerry Whorebach 12/13/2010, 6:52am PST                 "Airplane! of objectivist literature" should get you an award or something NT by Lizard_King 12/14/2010, 6:36am PST         Helldivers NT by E. L. Koba 03/03/2024, 4:03pm PST         I feel like The Producers is the exception to this, but I can't prove it. NT by Rafiki 03/03/2024, 10:01pm PST     Fight Club NT by E. L. Koba 12/12/2010, 7:27pm PST     The Cosby Show NT by David Duke 12/14/2010, 8:35am PST     Pride and Prejudice NT by E. L. Koba 10/08/2011, 11:01am PDT     The Cavemen from the Geico Commercial NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 10/09/2011, 3:32am PDT     The Noid from Dominos Pizza ads, they eventually started selling plushies of him NT by Tansin A. Darcos (TDARCOS) 10/09/2011, 3:33am PDT     Sasha Grey NT by Worm 10/09/2011, 6:19pm PDT     This Is Spinal Tap NT by captain obvious 10/09/2011, 8:46pm PDT     Cow Clicker NT by talby 10/11/2011, 6:42pm PDT     Re: Help me out with a metaphor here by E. L. Koba 11/18/2018, 12:31pm PST         This is a win-win situation by It's Pretty Bad 11/18/2018, 2:52pm PST     DBZ Power Levels by E. L. Koba 10/11/2023, 3:52pm PDT