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by lisper 2379 days ago
Simone made shitty robots in the same way that Rodney Dangerfield got no respect. Simone was never the Queen of the Shitty Robots, she was the person who created the Queen of the Shitty Robots. And in so doing, she showed how to make a success out of something that appeared on its surface to be a failure. Hell, she even took a fucking brain tumor (in her own brain!) and turned it into humor. It is hard for me to imagine a more worthwhile thing a human being can do. Simone, like Rodney, deserves tremendous respect.

To say nothing of the fact that Truckla is just fucking awesome.
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lawnchair_larry 2378 days ago
How is that similar to Rodney Dangerfield? I’m not very familiar with him, so I missed the analogy.
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nwallin 2378 days ago
Dangerfield's shtick was being as shitty as possible in every possible way. He pretended to be a terrible human being, a terrible comedian, a terrible everything. It was hilarious.

A lot of people weren't in on it though. They thought he was washed up, not knowing that that was the joke.

Another good comparison would be heels in professional wrestling. Those people work hard to get as low as they are, and they suffer for it as much as the medium benefits from it.

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lisper 2378 days ago
Rodney Dangerfield was a comedian who made his career out of portraying a character who was a chronic loser. His tagline was, "I get no respect."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVQB9N__pdc

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