Forum:Why do people find "Mr winkler is GAY" funny?

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This is a question I've been asking myself ever since this whole thing started. I, to be honest, find it unfunny and so did several people I asked in #wikia. So, since I can't find this out on my own, Why do you think "Mr winkler is GAY" is funny? --Sir Starnestommy (Talk • Contribs • CUN) 00:55, Dec. 29, 2007

Personally, I don't find the article funny, I find several of the spinoffs funny. --Æ 00:58, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I definately agree there, but some of the spinoffs are just crap. --Sir Starnestommy (Talk • Contribs • CUN) 01:10, Dec. 29, 2007

I found the Francis Winkler article funny at first, but because of all these spin-offs, I just find all these articles... well... gay. It's another dead horse, and it keeps getting beaten, only this one is getting beaten with a giant sledgehammer. I'd like it if all spin-offs except Francis Winkler were deleted (might as well keep the featured article). --AAA! (AAAA) 01:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Now that I think about it, I think that if any more spin-offs get created, they should just be deleted on sight and the author banned for a day or two. And we can start by getting rid of those shitty images. --AAA! (AAAA) 01:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we should get rid of all spin-offs, only the non-funny ones. I do however think that we should cease further spin-off creations. Also, don't delete the images unless they're homeless--Æ 01:24, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

ALSO, Get Some Mortgage has nothing to do with Winkler. Just throwin' that out there. Heck no techno | chitchat | stuff..

I just created Red Hulk citing a MadTV clip called Gay Hulk, before I read this forum topic. I wanted to get a jump on all of those Red Hulk rumors before the new comic book came out in January 2008. Bruce Banner tries to cure himself of being The Hulk but turns Red and Gay. He used Mr. Winkler DNA as a serum to try and cure himself. I am sorry if I joined this theme a bit late, but I hope the article can be funny. If not, please feel free to rewrite it so it doesn't have Mr. Winkler references in it. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 03:03, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I think the Francis Winkler spin-offs need to stop. I mean, the first one was kinda' against the rules but more? No, needs to stop. --User:Hippo666/sig 01:25, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I VFD'd Are You Gayer Than Mr. Winkler?. Of all the spinoffs, this is random, and it's already way to similar to Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?.--Æ 01:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

They don't think that Mr winkler is GAY is funny. People just want to make spin-offs of it. It's easier than most other in-jokes because this one has a specific name attached to it, not to mention a whole slew of lines to parody ("GET SOME SICK", "GAY GAY GAY", "X is the worst Y ever he sux"). They consider it an easy way to get a laugh out of someone who thinks the original article is funny, except this second person doesn't exist. Really, we're all under the illusion that someone else finds it funny, and thus we make more jokes and articles about it. Once we all figure out that nobody else actually laughed at it, well, we're all going to break down and cry.

Additionally, it was a fortunate break from the Quality Control crusades. I think a lot of users are a bit sick of "Let's get rid of WIP!" or "Shorten ICU!" or "Make the standards higher!" or "Let's VFD everything in sight!" or, worse yet, "Let's delete everything that's not VFH-quality material!" By latching onto this stub, we've sort of made a mockery out of the whole Quality situation. Person'lly I hate the whole Raise The Quality Standards bit that's been flaring up now and again, so I voted to feature the original article just because of that.

All in all, though, the joke's been old from the start. The only thing that kept it alive were the spin-offs and the whoring. Teh end. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 01:59 Dec 29, 2007

You're such a hater, Skullthumper. I hope you get some s**-----<<>> 02:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC) has died**

Bradaphraser is the worst admin EVER he sux. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 02:42 Dec 29, 2007

“It's funny because it's true.”

~ Homer Simpson

• It's not the article it's self that makes it funny,there's joke in it, it's the irony. These kind of articles would of been deletedon sight if it had not been for some admin to think for some reason it's worthy to suffer being burned with click of mouse button but then it lives and something happens that is actually funny.I'm too tired to explain the entire proccess--Scott 04:48, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

In my opinion lots of people here are caving in to LotofLOLS request to delete all the Mr. Winkler references, and I say why give that spoiled rotten brat his way? LotofLOLs has for two months tried to manipulate Uncyclopedia to do his bidding, and now Uncyclopedia is doing LotsofLOLs bidding. When did Uncyclopedia become a dictatorship with LotsofLOLS in charge of which articles should get deleted? --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 05:01, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It's not LotofLOLS that's driving us: The spinoffs, save two or three, are shit. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 05:24 Dec 29, 2007

Here's the factors that killed the Winkler joke:

• Everyone went crazy the first week of it's birth.
• Massive spin-offs. Some good/great, some extremely shitty.
• LotofLOLS comes back and starts drama. Also, creates sockpuppets.
• Too many forums about it.

Even now, you people will not just let it die. It's no longer just a joke that's been told a lot. This is a genuine dead horse. -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 05:23, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Can we discuse this here and not VFD

The Mr.Winkler articles are flooding VFD I think we should disuse them here not at VFD.--Scott 04:31, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree, we should discuss them here. Leave room in VFD for articles that really need deleting. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 04:33, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

These need to be deleted. LotofLOLS wasn't 4.252.99.182. That guy was a genius! --Dexter111344 04:38, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

We already voted in the Forum:I would like to request that Mr winkler is Gay be removed. thread to keep the Mr. Winkler articles. Why are they being deleted now? Not all of them are written by LotofLOLS. By deleting the Mr. Winkler articles aren't we giving in to LotofLOLs anyway? Because he wants them deleted, right? --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 04:42, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

So, delete all but two? The original and some other piece of crap? --Dexter111344 04:44, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Which ones are you talking about? Some of the Mr. Winkler articles are funny enough to be saved, but not all of them. That is the whole point of discussing it here, so it doesn't clutter up the VFD page with dozens of Mr. Winkler themed articles. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 04:46, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Just the original, and then randomly point to another one. Simple as that. And besides, this is Mr. Winkler. --Dexter111344 04:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

But there are more than two funny Mr. Winkler articles out of the dozen or so that were created. --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 05:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

So, you want to discuss VFD'd articles here? What next, vote on The View on your talkpage? Madness! If they're crap, then they should go. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 04:50, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes that exactaly what were doing.Flooding on VFD is bad but flooding on VFD with the potential to cause flamewars is not good for the entire system. Also Modusoperandi if you want to talk about The View on my talk page you can.--Scott 05:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Nobody cares about The View after Rosie O'Donnell left as she obviously carried the show. It is like The O'Reilly Factor getting rid of Bill O'Reilly, WTF? Yeah you got a lot of controversy, a lot of heated arguments, a lot of right verses left political flamewars, but it was entertaining enough to get high ratings. But Flooding the VFD page with Mr. Winkler articles is just doing a denial of service to prevent real uses for the VFD page, because new crappy articles are created each day and there is a limit to the number of entries on the VFD page. Why not discuss all Mr. Winkler articles here and free up VFD for those vanity articles, etc? --Lt. Sir Orion Blastar (talk) 05:07, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

No, because you can't argue the mean of Winkler. Every article is discussed and voted on based on its own merits. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 05:19, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

We're not deleting them 'cuz they're spinoffs. We're deleting them because they suck. We're using the same criteria as any other articles. Frankly, Winkler is a namedrop, just like Norris or Satan. So unless the articles have redeeming value past "GAY LOL" and "WINKLER LOL", they're gone. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 05:23 Dec 29, 2007

Not all of them suck. People are just so sick of the Winkler joke an everything Winkler related, which they themselves are partially responsible. (See my comment above.) -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 05:26, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not going to deny people are sick of it, and overkill is overkill, but geez, imagine these articles that are on VFD now if they weren't Winkler related. They'd get QVFD'd, ICU'd. They'd be dead within a week. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 05:27 Dec 29, 2007

I agree with you on "COOL", but I'm not so sure about "Dr. Jekkel". -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 05:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Not saying they all suck, just the majority. There were a few good ones before everyone decided to jump on the bandwagon. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 05:50 Dec 29, 2007

And I just created Are You Gayer Than Mr. Garrison?. Pretty much the stuff as Are You Gayer Than Mr. Winkler? minus the vandal-inspired in-joke. So that is one you can kill off. --Dexter111344 05:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Can I answer the original question now?

MWIG is funny because there is a nearly illiterate person trying to rant about, ironically, their English teacher, who has given them an F. It's similar to a joke in the Simpsons when Ralph says "Me fail English? That's unpossible!"

The spelling and grammar are so atrocious that they shock you into laughter. The writer has a limited vocabulary, and uses the word "gay" as their only insult. The page has no direction, and reads like a rambling rant. We've been laughing at stupid people for ages, and now you can't see why one's funny? Well, that's perfectly normal; humor will always be relative, an issue of perspective. Either way, that's why it's funny.

The spinoffs are different, though. I personally like Andorin Kato's and Mordillo's very much, and I think the latter was just a victim of bad timing. But, there are getting to be too many, and, as Kip said above, the joke is getting stale. Do you want the spinoffs to stop? All you have to do is to stop posting in the dump about this whole thing. People will forget, and we can all go back to living our lives.

End rant.

God I hate typing with one hand. - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 05:48, Dec 29

Interesting. Could you elaborate on that? – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 05:49 Dec 29, 2007

Yeah. FU. - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 05:52, Dec 29

He meant the "typing with one hand" part, Led. --Dexter111344 05:54, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

He knows my good arm's broke. Pa had to tape a board to each side n' duct tape 'em together to make me a brace. I hurt a lot, but every 2 hours I get a shot of whiskey. And the FU was because typing over 2 lines is STILL REALLY ANNOYING. I'm getting better, though. - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 05:58, Dec 29

Damn, if only those illegals weren't using our tax dollars for free Medicare. Then your arm wouldn't have to nigger-rigged. --Dexter111344 06:01, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Shut up. – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • critchat) 05:53 Dec 29, 2007

Led sprained his anus. The doctors have to wait for the swelling to go down before they pull out his thumb. Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 05:59, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It was a one-in-a-million shot, doc, I swear. - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 06:00, Dec 29

Why do people find Contents funny?

Just thought I'd throw that question out there. Is it because it has the same form of humour as AAAAAAAAA!, but with a new twist? Was it the flamewar? Just wondering. -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 08:14, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

A threat promise to anyone who makes another spin-off

If anyone ever makes another Mr winkler spinoff, I will personally find a grue, fly to your house, destroy your water heater, force you into a shower, then start inserting random things into your left nostril while the grue rips your ears out and while you're listening to emo music on a non-waterproof radio with the water on cold, then I will cut your head off with a herring, put the body in a BlendTec blender, make a "Will it Blend" short, post it on youtube, then feed your body to the grue, then burn and incinerate his poop and bury it in the ground. --Sir Starnestommy (Talk • Contribs • CUN) 09:26, Dec. 29, 2007

You know what, let's just leave Mr. Winkler in peace.

It doesn't need any spinoffs, the joke is only funny only one time. I suggest that Mr winkler is GAY be protected.

Score: +1

• Nom & For Let's just protect it and get on with our lives. --NXWave 11:21, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
• For protecting it, Against deleteing the spin-offs. You people are just overreacting. Sometimes I still laugh at Chuck Norris facts. -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 11:28, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

• Also, I think you're a slight hypocrite because you are writing a Winkler spin-off yourself. -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 11:35, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

It was too much like the truth as it actually guided people into how to become a LotofLOLS impersonator, I made a retrospective which is a Bio of the Mr. Winkler fad, so we can look back on it. --NXWave 11:58, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I agree with you on that, but as I stated a thousand times, we don't have to get rid of the spin-offs. A year from now when we're no longer irriatated and we look back, we will actually laugh at them again. -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 12:02, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Again? Sir Modusoperandi ^Boinc! 12:09, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh fuck off. I'm tired of defending it. -- Kip the Egg Talk Works 12:12, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Its the culture of buggery thats causing articles like winkler to become a sort of venereal disease. Ive been against this stuff since euroipods. Im always over-rulled though, so I dont really care. As long as this site doesnt change its name to encyclopedia dramatica, I am content with the level of butt buggery in this site. --Nytrospawn 17:14, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Just remember, the last time we had a culture of buggies, we saw the automobile rise because of it! -- » Sir Savethemooses Grand Commanding Officer ... holla atcha boy» 17:45, 3 January 2008 (UTC)