There are probably people walking around that are still "it" 40 years after playing tag on the playground, that don't realize it.

a month ago by thagoat to c/showerthoughts

Not it.

DarrinBrunner 49 points a month ago

Sounds like something that would happen in an Adam Sandler movie.

He's walking down the street in NYC, and some guy runs up behind him and slaps him on the back, yells, "You're it!" and runs off.

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foggy 41 points a month ago

"oh shit! I think that was Davey Roberts! We used to hang out on the playground back at PS 119 back when we were kids. I wonder what the hell that was about..."

Cut to Facebook search for Davey roberts

cut to messenger live conversation

"Davey!! Long time no see buddy! How you been?!"

...

"your it" (misspelled, no punctuation)

Sandlers character gets a notification indicating he's been invited to a Facebook group

sees group name

"PS 119 Tag Never Ended"

This winter...

cut to playground stock footage

Adam sandler is...

fast cuts of adults sprinting down alleys

"Still It"

Rated PG-13

Coming to theaters December 23rd

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chahn.chris 12 points a month ago

This is an snl thing waiting to happen

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Thassodar 8 points a month ago

Give this premise to Musk and he'll swear his AI can make it a movie in a week!

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 2 points a month ago

I mean, it's not impossible for xitter's pedobot to make movies I hear (which is how it earned its name). If you gave me and my old film studio enough cocaine we could script, storyboard, and splice the clips together in about a week. It would not be pretty or up to my [this gets shown to anyone ever] standards for my work, but it could be done.

The only dude at the studio who liked cocaine was the executive producer, and we closed the studio in 2005. We'd realistically need different stimulants or more time

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ech 13 points a month ago

Not Adam Sandler, but... https://lemmy.ca/...

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dogdeanafternoon 4 points a month ago

Actually a pretty good movie

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MrScottyTay 4 points a month ago

Jeremy Renner broke his leg in this film and it hampered summer of the stunts he was meant to do towards the end of the film. If you keep an eye out for it you can see when his leg gets thicker, to cover up the boot

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mastertigurius 8 points a month ago

And the tags get exponentially more forceful as they chase each other down the street, through the park, across a university campus, over the basketball course, until it devolves into a full-on fistfight in the girls locker room ending with Adam Sandler delivering an overly dramatic tearful confession about how he actually cheated at tag that time in school because he was jealous that his friend spent more time with cute Amy, because he missed his friend so much. That means his friend was actually the one who was "it", so they chase each other again.

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Doom 38 points a month ago

Oh we realize. We are waiting. Poised for the moment you least expect to strike and pass on the dreaded curse of it.

Any day now.

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SippyCup 5 points a month ago

Brother you need to pass on the curse? I know a guy who will take it from you, no questions asked. Very minimal fee.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 4 points a month ago

You rang?

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HeHoXa 2 points a month ago

Every town has the guy who will take it from you for a minimal fee

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Danarchy 30 points a month ago

I have collected 19 its so far after being tagged and refusing to relinquish the power & at this point im not sure many could survive a 19x strength tag

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heartSagan5 5 points a month ago

Oof, “tag 19x” lol eek

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daychilde 3 points a month ago

Hey, if tag works like homeopathy, they are gaining superhuman strength here!

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 3 points a month ago

Nah, 19x is concentrated enough to have no effect

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Viking_Hippie 3 points a month ago

Can't tell if you sound like a fun hang, insufferable, or both 😄

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Test_Tickles 1 point a month ago

Your comment is amusing. However, reading this comment, and then yours, makes your comment much funnier.

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gon 14 points a month ago

This is kind of like the movie Tag.

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Kolanaki 14 points a month ago

I stopped being "it" the same time I lost my virginity. Now she's "it." 😌

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SkaveRat 19 points a month ago

STI

Sexually Transmitted It

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Crackhappy 4 points a month ago

It never occurred to me to tag people with my penis.

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partofthevoice 1 point a month ago

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Bubbaonthebeach 10 points a month ago

Nah. Being It always ended when the game ended and a new It was picked at the start of the next game whenever that was.

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DarrinBrunner 3 points a month ago

You keep telling yourself that. It.

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SaveTheTuaHawk 9 points a month ago

I had the cheese touch for 17 years.

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sportsjorts 8 points a month ago

If you sacrifice a witch to the archangel Michael and smear her blood upon you the it will be purified. -Corenthians 69:420.

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Tiral 2 points a month ago

Can confirm this works! Now, unfortunately Bubba makes me "it" every night after lights out.

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Amuro_eat 6 points a month ago

I think “it” resolves when the game ends

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the_fuckler 5 points a month ago

Not me, I was fast as fuck boah!

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protovala 5 points a month ago

I was very slow as a kid due to juvenile arthritis. Thankfully, I outgrew it, but I can almost guarantee I am still it. This is such a whimsical and delightful thought. Thank you for the smile today stranger. I definitely needed it.

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thagoat 3 points 25 days ago

Glad I could help you smile. Tomorrow tag someone random and yell "You're it!"

Preferably at the grocery store 😎

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Akasazh 4 points a month ago

Did... Did they lose the game?

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garbagebagel 1 point a month ago

They most definitely lost the game. I bet they're breathing so much right now.

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YiddishMcSquidish 3 points a month ago

I'm totally it

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JustPlainDave 3 points a month ago

It's probably me. I never was fast enough for tag. I was great at hide and seek though.

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LifeInMultipleChoice 3 points a month ago

Yeah well any of you guys who haven't thought about The Game in awhile, you just lost

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lime 3 points a month ago

what's worse? not knowing, or knowing?

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coralof 2 points a month ago

I lost the game.

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bleustenns 2 points a month ago

Fall into an open manhole xoxo

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diphthong 2 points a month ago

But the bell rang!

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot 2 points a month ago

The turtle won't help.

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HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 1 point a month ago

What about the turtle underneath that turtle

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Atelopus-zeteki 1 point a month ago

No it.

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thisbenzingring 1 point a month ago

So that means they never touched anyone in all that time? Highly unlikely.

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jh29a 1 point a month ago

No, I was tagged when we went inside when the next lesson started, so it was unfair and didn't count, but I tagged them back and that also didn't count

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BlackPenguins 1 point a month ago

There's an entire movie dedicated to this idea. Called Tag.

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RizzRustbolt 1 point a month ago

Due to certain legal contracts and ancient rituals, all "Its" revert to a single person after not tagging for 25 minutes.

That person?

Tom Hanks.

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Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

Rules

All posts must be showerthoughts
The entire showerthought must be in the title
No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
Posts must be original/unique
Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS

If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.

Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.

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