Holy Fucking Shit This Question Is Fucking Lame

September 10, 2008 10:01 AM

Trying to hunt down a minor internet meme. Looking for examples of someone (fictitiously) trying to sell something online, using copious amounts of foul language. Ex: "Holy shit, you've got to buy these motherfucking oranges, they are goddamn flavorful as hell."

I know I've seen a few examples of this recently, but my google-fu if fail.

posted by ekstasis23 to grab bag (25 comments total)

Like this?

I've only seen it on the chans, so I don't know the origin of it.
posted by cimbrog at 10:04 AM on September 10, 2008

I think they all start with "LOOK AT THIS FUCKING (noun)". Here's LOOK AT THIS FUCKING CANDIDATE.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:06 AM on September 10, 2008 [4 favorites]

It's so big, it's fucking great. Not online, but great Mr. Show skit about swear-loaded advertising.
posted by yellowbinder at 10:12 AM on September 10, 2008

LOOK AT THESE FUCKING ADS!
posted by Caduceus at 10:13 AM on September 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

It's from the Onion: Why Can't I Sell Any Of These Fucking Bibles?

(An excerpt: "I honestly have no idea what the hell is going on. Why can't I seem to sell any of these fucking Bibles? I'm offering the best goddamn Bible I've ever seen--not some piece-of-shit Bible that'll fall apart before you're halfway through Matthew--and still, everywhere I go, I get the door slammed in my face. What gives?")
posted by mothershock at 10:18 AM on September 10, 2008

I think this satirical car commercial predates the Onion story.
posted by Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese at 10:20 AM on September 10, 2008

Peppers! Peppers! It was peppers, not oranges...

Thanks, everyone! Ask Mefi rules.
posted by ekstasis23 at 10:25 AM on September 10, 2008

Girls's Costume Warehouse is a very funny example of what you are talking about.
posted by supermedusa at 10:26 AM on September 10, 2008

Look at this fucking question

This question is so fucking great it has a fucking shit ton of links goddam
These fucking links will make you laugh so fucking hard your fucking food will get stuck in your motherfucking nose
I love this goddam post and ekstasis23 is a fucking asshole for not bringing this meme to my fucking attention sooner
Holy shit we got Caduceus, we got yellowbiner, we got Kraftmatic Motherfucking Adjustable Cheese, we got mothershock and oh my shit we got cimbrog
legendary goddam thread

On preview we even fucking got supermedusa holy shit
posted by lostburner at 10:30 AM on September 10, 2008 [28 favorites]

Encyclopedia Dramatica has plenty of examples of Extreme Advertising
posted by jjb at 10:31 AM on September 10, 2008

Holy crap, lostburner. I just about choked to death laughing at your comment.
posted by ekstasis23 at 10:33 AM on September 10, 2008

Here's a forum photo dump of a bunch of extreme advertising. Goddamn.
posted by Solon and Thanks at 10:47 AM on September 10, 2008

Have a look at this beautiful motherfucking dog!
posted by moonmilk at 10:49 AM on September 10, 2008 [3 favorites]

There was a SNL skit within the last year or so, an ad for "Sofa King" whose prices were "Sofa King low!"

Not bad for network TV.
posted by mikewas at 11:11 AM on September 10, 2008

Poncho!
posted by dreadpiratesully at 11:23 AM on September 10, 2008

Holy shit, this isn't the shit you're looking for, but the goddamn Onion has been fucking all over this motherfucking shit since Man Walks On Fucking Moon in fucking 1999 or some shit.
posted by Metroid Baby at 11:51 AM on September 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

or 1989 with Andrew Dice Clay touting the benefits of the "fucking Pert".
posted by crapmatic at 11:57 AM on September 10, 2008

More from Onion. I think this pretty much closed the book on that particular word.
posted by fuse theorem at 12:44 PM on September 10, 2008

Fuck no! There's more from The Onion where that came from.

That's right, kids! Summer's a whole fucking lot cooler with a delicious Frosty Fritz ice-cream treat!
posted by vodkaboots at 12:49 PM on September 10, 2008

This is my new fuckin' haircut.
posted by clearly at 12:49 PM on September 10, 2008

I get emails from someone calling himself The Rich Jerk that are basically insulting spam.
posted by Solomon at 1:18 PM on September 10, 2008

There was a SNL skit within the last year or so, an ad for "Sofa King" whose prices were "Sofa King low!"

The Sofa King skit on Hulu.com
posted by Lokheed at 2:08 PM on September 10, 2008

It popped up on 4chan about last fall, give or take? Mostly was bland, generic products -- produce predominantly -- and didn't really have too many giant words initially.
posted by Damn That Television at 4:19 PM on September 10, 2008

I just about choked to death laughing at your comment

Holy fucking shit this thread has motherfucking self-fulfilling prophecy i cant believe it christ come get this shit while its still hot
posted by lostburner at 4:31 PM on September 10, 2008

I shit you not, I can't fucking believe I haven't heard of this god damn meme before. This shit is fucking awesome. Oh hells yes. That Obama ad upthread: that's what i'm fucking talking about.
posted by chunking express at 11:08 AM on September 11, 2008