'MERICA!

every single one of those was awesome

I said it before and I'll say it again. Sports, turning stupid into imbeciles.

I have no pity for any of these people.

Still, was kinda hoping the video was of Kimmel encouraging people to give up watching that stupid game in the first place (altogether). Oh well.

I support this.

What a bunch of stupid morons. The anger and violence that erupts when the tv is turned off is uncalled for. It is just a game sheeple.

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try that shit in a sports bar....

I don't really care for the Superbowl. In fact, I don't watch sports at all. But the people in these videos clearly DO enjoy watching, so it's not surprising that turning the TV off at a crucial point in the game would piss them off, just as any of us getting cut off from something we enjoy would piss us off. Is there any harm in pulling this prank? Not at all, though it's not particularly nice. Are those people justified in their anger? Of course. It's like poking a bear in a cage, then laughing at it when it reacts in with impotent fury.

LOL. I can't believe someone still has Christmas tree up!

This is pretty assholish. I can't really see what's supposed to be funny about it. Wow, so hilarious to ruin someone's enjoyment of something they're deeply absorbed in.

Funny, I didn't even turn the TV on all day... and didn't care!

This just seems like a dick move to me. When someone's really into something and you suddenly ruin it, duh, they get upset. That would be like me telling you that Bruce Willis was a ghost all along* or that Tyler is in Jack's imagination* - these things work on suspense, and that only works when they are revealed properly. Try watching a football match (real or American) when you know what's going to happen ... it's not the same, not at all.

I appreciate that people not into sports don't get this, but they should get that people into sports are, gasp, into sports. They don't deserve to be called morons or sheeple, for what, for enjoying something? Screw you. Who the hell are you to judge them?

* Sorry if I just ruined those... Sucks, doesn't it?

Wiki-

A practical joke (also known as a prank, gag, or jape) is a mischievous trick played on someone, typically causing the victim to experience embarrassment, indignity, or discomfort. Practical jokes differ from confidence tricks in that the victim finds out, or is let in on the joke, rather than being fooled into handing over money or other valuables. Practical jokes or pranks are typically lighthearted, reversible or non-permanent, and aim to make the victim feel foolish or victimized to a certain degree. However, practical jokes may also involve cruelty.
The term "practical" refers to the fact that the joke consists of someone doing something physical, instead of a verbal or written joke. For example, the joker who is setting up and performing the practical joke, might hang a bucket of water above a doorway and rig the bucket using pulleys such that, when the door opens, the bucket dumps the water. The joker would then wait for the victim to walk through the doorway and be drenched by the bucket of water.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Practical_joke

>> ^budzos:

This is pretty assholish. I can't really see what's supposed to be funny about it. Wow, so hilarious to ruin someone's enjoyment of something they're deeply absorbed in.


>> ^Quboid:

This just seems like a dick move to me. When someone's really into something and you suddenly ruin it, duh, they get upset. That would be like me telling you that Bruce Willis was a ghost all along or that Tyler is in Jack's imagination - these things work on suspense, and that only works when they are revealed properly. Try watching a football match (real or American) when you know what's going to happen ... it's not the same, not at all.
I appreciate that people not into sports don't get this, but they should get that people into sports are, gasp, into sports. They don't deserve to be called morons or sheeple, for what, for enjoying something? Screw you. Who the hell are you to judge them?
Sorry if I just ruined those... Sucks, doesn't it?

That's fair enough @ctrlaltbleach, I don't have a big problem with this prank. It's dickish, but life goes on and no one will really be worse off for it. What pisses me off is @lurgee's reaction, the idea that people are passionate about something he (presumably) isn't, therefore they are sheep, they are morons. Sod off mate, what should they do? Not care about sports because you deem it unworthy of your interest? That would make them sheep.

I don't like the implication that they only enjoy football because they've been told by the TV networks to enjoy football, which is what I see the word sheeple as implying. I'd like to say I enjoy association football despite the TV networks pimping it, but that's probably naive of me and Sky Sports pushing the Premier League probably has led me to watch more football. However, I still enjoy football because I enjoy football, not because Sky Sports tells me that I enjoy football. I resent the implication that I lack free will because I don't agree with someone.

Jimmy Kimmel likes pulling dickish pranks. I've noticed this especially during 'The Man show' years. He is funny, but sometimes his sense of humor makes me very uncomfortable.

And some of the comments here too are very dickish, deeming people as stupid morons because you don't have an interest in the topic. And ironically reveals the simple-mindedness of its author.

@ctrlaltbleach I know what a practical joke is. A lot of practical jokes are not funny.

I just listened to Jimmy Kimmel on Marc Maron's WTF Podcast, and he said his mom used to fake death for up to 30 minutes while he and his siblings grew increasingly freaked out. He said his mom did a lot of stuff like that. Maybe that explains it.

@Quboid True the word Sheeple may be a little harsh. Frankly I dont like pulling a large group of people into any kind of category.

@budzos I figured you did but I guess in my eyes the prank should be hilarious whether you care about football or not. Oh and my mother in law has done the fake death prank a couple of times and I know my parents did the same thing. I have continued the tradition in my family to my wifes dismay.

But I can care less myself about a bunch of overpaid gladiators killing each other on the field. I was tortured with the game many a family gatherings as a child and the torture continues to this day so I can see how this is would be a bit more funny to me then someone who likes to watch it. cheers!

@ctrlaltbleach not that it matters if you know this, but I didn't watch the superbowl. I couldn't give a shit about it personally.

The Christmas tree one was awesome and completely warranted.

Dick move

I fully endorse turning Madonna off during the halftime show.

He awoke the Sheeple! Ten thousand years they have slumbered! Oh the humanity!

http://xkcd.com/1013/

>> ^Trancecoach:

try that shit in a sports bar....


AdBusters, which was one of the sources of inspiration for the whole Occupy movement promoted this "universal off" remote - one click, cycle through dozens of models... lulz.

Ah, here it is!

http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_tvbg_main.php

I recorded the game, but only for its commercials/advertisement (ads.)/spots. People call me crazy.