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CyberCubed
08-24-2016, 10:53 PM
https://media.giphy.com/media/l3vRiFjTggXDDNMek/giphy.gif

It's Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs, a silent picture from the 20's.

Looks eerily similar to The Joker, a character who wouldn't be created till 1940...16 years later.
Autbot_Benz
08-24-2016, 10:55 PM
http://www.themarysue.com/the-man-who-laughs-the-movie-that-inspired-batmans-joker-sort-of-turns-86/
Ninjinister
08-25-2016, 02:54 AM
https://media.giphy.com/media/l3vRiFjTggXDDNMek/giphy.gif

It's Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs, a silent picture from the 20's.

Looks eerily similar to The Joker, a character who wouldn't be created till 1940...16 years later.

Jesus, Cubed. Way to be 76 years late with this question.
Candy Kappa
08-25-2016, 03:18 AM
I don't think even the Slowpoke meme is sufficient here...
snake
08-25-2016, 03:22 AM
Next thread Cubed will be asking our opinions on the recent JFK assassination
ToTheNines
08-25-2016, 03:31 AM
Cubed be like, who would win in a fight of Cain vs. Abel?
Casey
08-25-2016, 11:55 AM
It has been confirmed numerous times that he is the influence on his appearance, but there are several others for his personality.

"Bob Kane: Bill Finger and I created the Joker. Bill was the writer. Jerry Robinson came to me with a playing card of the Joker. That's the way I sum it up. [The Joker] looks like Conrad Veidt — you know, the actor in The Man Who Laughs, [the 1928 movie based on the novel] by Victor Hugo. [...] Bill Finger had a book with a photograph of Conrad Veidt and showed it to me and said, 'Here's the Joker'. Jerry Robinson had absolutely nothing to do with it, but he'll always say he created it till he dies. He brought in a playing card, which we used for a couple of issues for him [the Joker] to use as his playing card" - May 17, 1994, Entertainment Weekly Interview
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 12:02 PM
Yes, Cubed.

Also, Richard Nixon was indeed a criminal. And George H.W. Bush did raise taxes. And Bill Clinton did live a protein stain on Monica's dress.

Spoiler alert.
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 12:04 PM
Does anyone else use the wheel?
I've been hearing a bunch about it online, apparently the kids are really into it.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 12:20 PM
Does anyone else use the wheel?
I've been hearing a bunch about it online, apparently the kids are really into it.

Wheels... fire... animal pelt tunics...

Kids these days.
TheSkeletonMan939
08-25-2016, 12:21 PM
I read in the newspaper that God will say, "Let there be light!"
Can anyone give me any details? I'm really interested to see what this 'light' thing will be like.
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 12:23 PM
Wheels... fire... animal pelt tunics...

Kids these days.
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CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 12:31 PM
I read in the newspaper that God will say, "Let there be light!"
Can anyone give me any details? I'm really interested to see what this 'light' thing will be like.

You can't read the newspaper if there's no light.

PARADOX!!!!
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 12:33 PM
You can't read the newspaper if there's no light.

PARADOX!!!!

...braille?
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 12:38 PM
...braille?

I didn't think of that.

SkelMan939, I am so sorry. I did not mean to overlook your condition. Sorry.

Guess I'll see you around?

... Dammit.
TheSkeletonMan939
08-25-2016, 01:03 PM
lol I'm not blind.
If I were blind, how would I have an avatar?
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 01:27 PM
lol I'm not blind.
If I were blind, how would I have an avatar?

It was a joke; I was hoping you'd see the humor in it.

Damn, again, sorry.
TheSkeletonMan939
08-25-2016, 01:30 PM
It was a joke; I was hoping you'd see the humor in it.

I got the joke, I just didn't want other people reading to suddenly think I was blind. :lol:
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 01:36 PM
I got the joke, I just didn't want other people reading to suddenly think I was blind. :lol:

Eye don't think they will. Sorry, I don't think they will.
snake
08-25-2016, 01:43 PM
Huh, I never knew Skeletonman was blind
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 01:46 PM
Huh, I never knew Skeletonman was blind

Can't you see that he's very sensitive about his condition!?

...

DAMN IT. Man, I cannot get this right...
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 01:48 PM
Can't you see that he's very sensitive about his condition!?

...

DAMN IT. Man, I cannot get this right...

This is how rumors get started.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 01:48 PM
This is how rumors get started.

Through satire and bad puns!?
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 01:56 PM
Through satire and bad puns!?

That would be an affirmative, red leader.
Ninjinister
08-25-2016, 02:46 PM
Cubed be like

http://i.imgur.com/LZwV5.png
snake
08-25-2016, 03:01 PM
Cubed is so old, he was the one that called the cops when Moses parted the Red Sea
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 03:05 PM
Cubed be like

http://i.imgur.com/LZwV5.png

I am required by law to offer you your choice of a high-five or fist-bump in response to posting an Archer quote.

Cubed is so old, he was the one that called the cops when Moses parted the Red Sea

I swear, I'm stealing that one. :tlol:
Cure
08-25-2016, 03:33 PM
I dunno, everyone's making fun, but I didn't know this.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 03:42 PM
I dunno, everyone's making fun, but I didn't know this.

But you DID at least know that JFK was assassinated in Dallas, right?

Spoiler alert: James Franco doesn't save him.
CyberCubed
08-25-2016, 03:50 PM
I didn't know about this till yesterday. What's next, we learn The Penguin was based on a real life person too?

*waits for someone to say yes*
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 03:52 PM
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Was+The+Penguin+based+on+a+real+person
CyberCubed
08-25-2016, 03:53 PM
Man, what's next, people are going to say Batman was based on Zorro?
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 03:54 PM
Scarlet Pimpernel, not Zorro.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 03:56 PM
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Was+The+Penguin+based+on+a+real+person

I don't know how you did that, but you are absolutely my favorite person now. Absolutely. I laughed loud enough to get a dirty look from my manager.

If I'm fired for interrupting his conference call with hearty boisterous laughter, I blame you.
plastroncafe
08-25-2016, 03:59 PM
I don't know how you did that, but you are absolutely my favorite person now. Absolutely. I laughed loud enough to get a dirty look from my manager.

If I'm fired for interrupting his conference call with hearty boisterous laughter, I blame you.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/780524050eb66c78efd654aa8e332198/tumblr_njtx7rqtK41u3h32ao1_500.gif

Let Me Google That For You (http://lmgtfy.com/) is one of the best sites to have been coded.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 04:02 PM
https://66.media.tumblr.com/780524050eb66c78efd654aa8e332198/tumblr_njtx7rqtK41u3h32ao1_500.gif

Let Me Google That For You (http://lmgtfy.com/) is one of the best sites to have been coded.

Bookmarking for future use.

Ah, Taylor Swift... have totally cast her for one of my characters.
Ninjinister
08-25-2016, 04:07 PM
I dunno, everyone's making fun, but I didn't know this.

Because Google is a thing and this is a silly place to ask about it.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 04:09 PM
Because Google is a thing and this is a silly place to ask about it.

Hey, at least we got to make historical and other, less tasteful, jokes.
ToTheNines
08-25-2016, 04:15 PM
I dunno, everyone's making fun, but I didn't know this.

You're so normal though. I mean, you're geeky enough to hang here obviously. But by Drome standards... you might actually qualify as sane!
Cure
08-25-2016, 05:09 PM
Because Google is a thing and this is a silly place to ask about it.

Nooow I get it.

Yeah, CyberCubed, you dummy!

Got him.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-25-2016, 05:10 PM
Nooow I get it.

Yeah, CyberCubed, you dummy!

Got him.

Lemme ask you something. Do you ever join a thread to do anything other than take the opposite stance of the prevailing majority?

'Cause I've been pretty sure for awhile that you're an overlooked gem, forever doomed to stand in Cubed's satirical shadow.
snake
08-25-2016, 05:13 PM
Lemme ask you something. Do you ever join a thread to do anything other than take the opposite stance of the prevailing majority?

'Cause I've been pretty sure for awhile that you're an overlooked gem, forever doomed to stand in Cubed's satirical shadow.

Cure is the most normal dude here. Not everyone is gonna have a wild and out there opinion about everything. I don't see anything wrong with that.
Cure
08-25-2016, 05:26 PM
Lemme ask you something. Do you ever join a thread to do anything other than take the opposite stance of the prevailing majority?

'Cause I've been pretty sure for awhile that you're an overlooked gem, forever doomed to stand in Cubed's satirical shadow.

I'm just easy to please. And I'd rather go into threads and say I like thing than to go into threads and say I dislike thing. Focus on what I like, you know.

Also why I feel kinda bad for TigerClaw. Dude gets ragged on for liking things.
Ninjinister
08-25-2016, 05:26 PM
Nooow I get it.

Yeah, CyberCubed, you dummy!

Got him.

T'be fair, or at least on my part, I'd have reacted the same regardless of who asked. I mean if someone asked this in a topic already dedicated to the movie, or to the Joker, or even to the Suicide Squad movie, it wouldn't be as weird. Or old an old movie/Batman/Joker/whateves message board. The way the topic was started for the sole purpose of asking this, with such odd wording, on a board unrelated to the subject matter, makes it seem like A) deliberate trolling or B) steam of consciousness posting without thinking first.
Cure
08-25-2016, 05:37 PM
No, I agree with you on that. Google stuff first.
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-26-2016, 09:27 AM
I'm just easy to please. And I'd rather go into threads and say I like thing than to go into threads and say I dislike thing. Focus on what I like, you know.

Also why I feel kinda bad for TigerClaw. Dude gets ragged on for liking things.

Very well; I can see that.

And yes, TC catches a lot of flak.