Comments on: The web's best Breaking Bad memes (Season 5 starts this Sunday, w00t!) http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 18:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bill Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1478895 Bill Gilliland Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1478895 Xeni -- your article was the inspiration for me to make another BB meme.  Enjoy! http://cheezburger.com/6431088384 Xeni — your article was the inspiration for me to make another BB meme.  Enjoy! http://cheezburger.com/6431088384

]]> By: Lord Byte http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1478240 Lord Byte Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1478240 Richard Dawkins coined it first in "The selfish gene", by the end he explains how  ideas and concepts, memes, seem to survive and propagate in a similar way to genetic material. Richard Dawkins coined it first in “The selfish gene”, by the end he explains how  ideas and concepts, memes, seem to survive and propagate in a similar way to genetic material.

]]> By: Lodewijk Gonggrijp http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1478013 Lodewijk Gonggrijp Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1478013 DAT PICTURE ! Xeni, you're hilarious ! :P DAT PICTURE !
Xeni, you’re hilarious ! :P

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477679 EH Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477679 The eyebrows make it. The eyebrows make it.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477676 EH Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477676 Your confusion is an reflection of the difference between descriptive and prescriptive linguistics. Your confusion is an reflection of the difference between descriptive and prescriptive linguistics.

]]> By: Kevin Redman http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477649 Kevin Redman Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477649 You have the facial expression down. I LOL'ed. You have the facial expression down.
I LOL’ed.

]]> By: Derek Anderson http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477415 Derek Anderson Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477415 For some of the chemo drugs, EVERYBODY gets that face. Fucking Dacarbazine.  /me remembers making that face  too. For some of the chemo drugs, EVERYBODY gets that face. Fucking Dacarbazine. 

/me remembers making that face  too.

]]> By: vrplumber http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477378 vrplumber Sat, 14 Jul 2012 03:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477378 Why learn the proper word, when you can just make it up as you go?   Sling that slang. Why learn the proper word, when you can just make it up as you go?  

Sling that slang.

]]> By: AwesomeRobot http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477365 AwesomeRobot Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477365 Those eyebrows...  Those eyebrows… 

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477318 Halloween_Jack Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477318  Did it again after reading the memes post on BuzzFeed. The "Hal from <i>Malcolm in the Middle</i>:Walter::Stevie from MITM:Gus" one is especially side-splitting.  Did it again after reading the memes post on BuzzFeed. The “Hal from Malcolm in the Middle:Walter::Stevie from MITM:Gus” one is especially side-splitting.

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477306 Halloween_Jack Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477306 Oh Xeni, that picture made me laugh so hard I ended up doing the Eddie Murphy laugh that I do when I'm completely out of control with the lulz and don't care how it sounds. If you can get your hands on a yellow hazmat suit, you gotta do an "All Hail The Queen" shot, pretty plz.  Oh Xeni, that picture made me laugh so hard I ended up doing the Eddie Murphy laugh that I do when I’m completely out of control with the lulz and don’t care how it sounds. If you can get your hands on a yellow hazmat suit, you gotta do an “All Hail The Queen” shot, pretty plz. 

]]> By: Halloween_Jack http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477305 Halloween_Jack Sat, 14 Jul 2012 01:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477305  Your English language, it evolves and changes meanings of words <i>without your permission or approval</i>. Yee-heekers!  Your English language, it evolves and changes meanings of words without your permission or approval. Yee-heekers!

]]> By: haineux http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477270 haineux Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477270 Cranky word-usage maven is cranky. Because the previous term of record was "image macro," and that's a crappy term. Cranky word-usage maven is cranky.

Because the previous term of record was “image macro,” and that’s a crappy term.

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477261 ocker3 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477261  Useage.  Useage.

]]> By: elix http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477236 elix Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477236 I'm not a BrBa fan, but if that getup helps kick cancer's ass, you wear that shit whenever you want, Xeni. :D I’m not a BrBa fan, but if that getup helps kick cancer’s ass, you wear that shit whenever you want, Xeni. :D

]]> By: jujube http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477214 jujube Fri, 13 Jul 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477214 You're awesome & that bell is a great touch. Hope you recover quickly! You’re awesome & that bell is a great touch. Hope you recover quickly!

]]> By: Evert Jan Boon http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477095 Evert Jan Boon Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477095 Didn't know you were sick. All the best. Get through it! Didn’t know you were sick. All the best. Get through it!

]]> By: yarnivore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477081 yarnivore Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477081 If you crochet, you can make Walt and Jesse amigurumi, from the pattern by Allison Hoffman!  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mini-set-of-cooks-walt-and-jesse-amigurumi-w-hazmat-suits If you crochet, you can make Walt and Jesse amigurumi, from the pattern by Allison Hoffman!  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mini-set-of-cooks-walt-and-jesse-amigurumi-w-hazmat-suits

]]> By: djcarlito http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477074 djcarlito Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477074 your sense of humor gives you an incredible advantage Xeni.. stay strong and don't put up with no funny bizness  your sense of humor gives you an incredible advantage Xeni.. stay strong and don’t put up with no funny bizness 

]]> By: YourOldBuddy http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1477045 YourOldBuddy Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1477045 I used to think Breaking Bad was the best series ever, but was finally browbeat into watching The Wire. It is better. Speedy recovery.  I used to think Breaking Bad was the best series ever, but was finally browbeat into watching The Wire. It is better. Speedy recovery. 

]]> By: Michael Sheehan http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476960 Michael Sheehan Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476960 I missed the point at which "meme" moved from being a word coined by an evolutionary biologist to help describe the movement of concepts and ideas through a culture to being (more or less) an exclusive reference to Internet pictures with funny/ironic captions. Not sure how that happened, or how "tropes" seemingly became synonymous (for many) with "cliches." I missed the point at which “meme” moved from being a word coined by an evolutionary biologist to help describe the movement of concepts and ideas through a culture to being (more or less) an exclusive reference to Internet pictures with funny/ironic captions. Not sure how that happened, or how “tropes” seemingly became synonymous (for many) with “cliches.”

]]> By: thatbob http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476961 thatbob Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476961 Oh no, not the dread Listicular cancer!Speedy revocery! :-) Oh no, not the dread Listicular cancer!Speedy revocery!
:-)

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476918 Rezeya Montecore Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476918 Okay, I have been a Xeni critic in the past but this is awesome. I think I like her much better now. Supervillainess-scary kinda flatters her. :D Okay, I have been a Xeni critic in the past but this is awesome. I think I like her much better now. Supervillainess-scary kinda flatters her. :D

]]> By: Rezeya Montecore http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476919 Rezeya Montecore Fri, 13 Jul 2012 20:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476919 Not "half" as weird as seeing the other guy. O:) Not “half” as weird as seeing the other guy. O:)

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476911 Stefan Jones Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476911 It has been deeply strange seeing the actor who played Uncle Hector appear in other roles (where he talks . . and walks) after his, ah, sudden exit.  @xeni, mind you that AMC is only showing EIGHT EPISODES next summer. So you've got something to make positron bombardment tolerable! It has been deeply strange seeing the actor who played Uncle Hector appear in other roles (where he talks . . and walks) after his, ah, sudden exit. 

@xeni, mind you that AMC is only showing EIGHT EPISODES next summer. So you’ve got something to make positron bombardment tolerable!

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476899 EH Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476899 Disregard Marie is the best! Disregard Marie is the best!

]]> By: yoshua http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476897 yoshua Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476897 Well, I'm about five episodes into season one, and none of these memes make sense! Must watch more breaking bad... Well, I’m about five episodes into season one, and none of these memes make sense! Must watch more breaking bad…

]]> By: Petzl http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476865 Petzl Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476865 [Br][B] ended on such a note of finality, it will be interesting to see where Vince Gilligan takes it next. [Br][B] ended on such a note of finality, it will be interesting to see where Vince Gilligan takes it next.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2012/07/13/the-webs-best-breaking-bad-m.html#comment-1476857 Jake0748 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 19:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=171118#comment-1476857 Nice picture!!  :D   <3 Nice picture!!  :D   <3

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