By Rob Bricken in
Miscellaneous
Friday, Sep. 18 2009 @ 5:00PM
It's been a hell of a week here at Topless Robot. Thanks to the efforts of Brickhousebunny21, his horrible bestiacestopediality (hat tip to Kayla for the term) story at Yiffstar, and his clearly lackluster secondary education, we have created a full-on, goddamn meme. Before I get to the pics, I want to celebrate some of the bigger WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS mentions of the last week -- obviously you saw Nerd Hitler's reaction and the song, but here's the rest:
• WRT has a Wikipedia entry.
• It also has a Facebook group -- you should definitely join if you're on Facebook, duh.
• In case you didn't see it, that's Miss MayDay's second WRT song above, "We're All In Trouble Now." It's my new favorite song with my name in it.
• WRT was mentioned on the Tosh.0 blog on Comedy Central. His show doesn't air again until October, but maybe WRT will make it on there.
• There are shirts. Hopefully TR will be able to sell some "official" ones eventually -- meaning ones I make money on -- but if you can't wait, go for it.
• Karl S. gives a dramatic reading of BHB21's comments over at YTMND.
• WRT was recognized by Canada's National Post on apparently a slow news day.
• Maggie K. penned her own song on the entire TR/BHB21/WRT epic titled "Banned from Yiffstar." If this doesn't become a traditional drinking song in the next 20 years I'll be very upset.
• And last but certainly not least, WhoseResponsibleThis.com. I've got nothing to do with it, but it seems perfectly keen -- you can allows add your WRT pics at your leisure.
Not a bad week's work, methinks. But it's certainly not all -- hit the jump to see the multitude of WRT pics sent in since Monday afternoon's post. Unfortunately, this will take the place of this weekend's TR contest because as a pudgy nerd, I'm exhausted even after assembling a lot of photos in a blog post. But I think you'll like them -- they're what people call the best of the best, after all.
Noted lawyer/lunatic Jack Thompson asked the tough questions of Adam Welsh.
Brian Warmouth discovers a filing not found.
TR contributor Chris Cummins found this picture of discussing the Indy 4 script.
Chris Cummins is also scared of the dark, but with good reason.
Ciph3r's pic wasn't nerdy, but YEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH
This whole thing is tearing Clarence Wethern apart!
Commodore Skippy only bought it for the pictures.
Doc Ock 4Mugen could lead a class-action lawsuit on his hands with this pic.
Fawkes won't let nobody give no Brontes no shit. Word!
Friginator has found my origin issue!
Friginator also told Bruce to wait until The Mark of Zorro came out in DVD. But did he listen? Noooooo......
80 comments
Comments
Dr Rotwang! said:
This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy.?!
CRASHER SQUIRREL RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS!
Garyx said:
I just hope Miss MayDay gets a shirt for her songs....
Johnny Luchador said:
SUCH GOOD WORK! I'm JUST GLAD I'm NOT BANNED FROM THE INTERNET! I changed my MAC ADDRESS and Everything for FEAR OF IT!
Katie said:
I lvoe dramatic readings.
And that cross stitching is TRULY the best of the best.
The Great A'Tuin is just itching to be banned from Yiffstar, as he never got the whole fascination. said:
Whose responsible this? We're responsible this. So say we all.
battyChick said:
This whole "Whose Responsible This" has made my week. You have no idea how stressful and crappy it was until I finally got caught up on TR. I lvoe you. You are the best of the best.
cummins said:
So much goodness here...
ilimi said:
This would make a great Web Redemption segment starring Brickhousebunny21 on Tosh.0.
jwla said:
This is great! And I had my own "WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?" moment while looking. My browser froze for a minute or so, and I yelled out "WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?!" and it unfroze!
Friginator said:
The fact that the Fleshlight is green is a nice touch. Horrifying, though. I also like how the photo of Yaddle is inside a plastic cover for protection. Always a good idea to plan ahead.
Also, I'm extrememly glad my Iron Man cover made the cut. It took a lot longer than it should have, but I'm actually very proud of it.
But my favorite is probably the George Lucas/Steven Spielberg underwear pic. I've never seen that picture before, but it's pretty definitive of the meme in general.
And Miss Mayday really deserves a t-shirt or something for her songs.
Hugo said:
At this point, brickhousebunny21 is preparing himself for the sacred ritual of the san francisco harakiri, performed by shoving both hands up in the ass and spreading out the cheeks as hard as you can, tearing apart your rectum, your honor and your family as well.
Lo Pan said:
"Pretty Yaddle is Pretty" -bhb21
Johnny Luchador said:
So when is Brickhousebunny21 gonna ban us from the web?
Black Snow said:
I hate to be a downer because I do think this whole "Whose Responsible This?" thing is pretty funny but does anyone else think that the fact that the site which created this meme is doing so much to promote it? What I mean is, the greatest sports stars don't have to tell you that they're great. Talking it up so much just feels a little sad. The meme is great on it's own. It can grow without all of this insane pimping. Also, the more you pimp something out like this the quicker it seems to fad away.
It's still quite funny but it's been a week now. Please stop promoting it so much. It's starting to feel like a little kid begging his big brother to pay attention to him. That's all. I hope I didn't come off as too whiny.
pollardy said:
awesome!
Xanthippas said:
OMG...this is approaching photoshop phriday levels of greatness.
(I'm allowed to reference Something Awful right?)
Oh, but this is a better t-shirt:
Karl Smith said:
Lvoe the cross stitch!
Bigdonkey1 said:
i've seen the awful pic before
i've seen worse
but being reminded was not pleasant, think i may just have to have some of that non alcoholic vodka to cleanse my brain
Xanthippas said:
I hate to be a downer because I do think this whole "Whose Responsible This?" thing is pretty funny but does anyone else think that the fact that the site which created this meme is doing so much to promote it? What I mean is, the greatest sports stars don't have to tell you that they're great. Talking it up so much just feels a little sad. The meme is great on it's own. It can grow without all of this insane pimping. Also, the more you pimp something out like this the quicker it seems to fad away.
Dude, this is TR's 15 minutes of fame. We have to take advantage of every second.
Marvel Man said:
Woo! Not just one, but two made it in!
Success!
"WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS" indeed!
Jack Dooley said:
This has probably been Topless Robot's greatest week, good thing we saved the best for last.
I want to see BrickHouseBunny21's reaction now, after all of this has happened.
spazweez said:
Thanks for a highly amusing week. (And for acknowledging the horror that was "nuking the fridge." Oh, my lvoe/htae relationship with the Indy franchise...)
So...how long until you change the name of the site? ;-)
Belle said:
god, thank you so much for these posts...
when's the shirt coming out? cause i'm all over it!
Zortt1 said:
So my question is...
WHAT HAPPENED ON JUDGMENT DAY??
Steve Harrison said:
You know, if there was just some way to get Michael Dorn to read BHB21's screed in his Worf voice, that would probably be the single most amazing nerd meme thing ever.
Brion said:
AHHHHH! Fuck Yaddle! That thing brings me nightmares beyond imagination!
I hope WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS will live on for my grand children to see.
doc_ock_4mugen said:
@Zortt1: We avoided it, just like John and Sarah Connor have before.
Teagan Blackthorne said:
I, of course, had to educated my fellow residents of SL with free shirts:
http://tealane.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/whose-responsible-this-v-neck-set-freebie/
Steve Harrison said:
MY EYES! oh GOD what I have seen I cannot unsee!
If thy eye offends thee, PLUCK IT OUT!
F**K now I can't see to type...
Okami Hime said:
I made you throw up- even after reading FFF. I'm damn proud of myself now.
ClancyDamon said:
Far more disturbing that the green anal-fleshlight is that non-alcholic vodka. That is Lovecraftian horror, that is.
Kevin said:
Johnny Luchador said:
So when is Brickhousebunny21 gonna ban us from the web?
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I'm waiting...
Laughing Man said:
Being a nerd is fantastic, but I hope I never become such an anal-retentive geek that I start deletion debates on Wikipedia. Just...wow.
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS indeed.
Steve Harrison said:
Maggie K, I golfclap in appreciation. As I am on dialup watching YouTube vids is not really possible but I had hopes you were using Banned from Argo as a base, and yay you!
I bought two copies of the LP that filk was on from Leslie way way back in the day at Mediawest*con. Glad to see the song is still out there :)
-d said:
You know, I don't post here very often because I don't usually have anything nice to say and I don't win any t-shirts even though my entries are always the by far the best (Gilligan wasn't the weakest link... really?), but someone needs to say that you guys (and I use that term loosely) are being very very lame. I'm obviously not as geeky as most of you posting and I'm not exactly sure what happened, but here is what I think is going on:
The lesser geek known only as Brickhousebunny21 has been posting fan fiction on another Web site about anime animals copulating, Topless Robot re-posted (without permission?) one of these "stories" (always by far my least favorite weekly installment on this Web site), the lesser geek found out his "work" had been reproduced without his permission and (rightly?) got pissed, the lesser geek misspelled some words and used poor grammar, and finally the patrons of the Topless Robot Web site have opened up a figurative can of Whoop Ass on the lesser geek.
It's like a bunch of people with wedgies are giving an atomic wedgie to the biggest outcast. Ask yourself, does it really make you feel better about your wedgy?
At this point this whole thing says way more about you than it does about the "idiot commenter." It's like the nerd version of Lord of the Flies. Besides, from ANOTHER perspective, he's the only one here who has created anything original. The rest of you are just haters.
On the other hand, I probably shouldn't click on Post right now because it's definitely going to hurt my chances of ever winning a Topless Robot T-shirt.
Patracolos said:
@Blacksnow
What about Mohamed Ali?
cocacolaoso said:
This was what they call the best of the best week ever!
I felt the lvoe and nerd bonding that Sir BrickHouseBunny21 bring upon us with his witty & fierce personalitity and his naughty furry stories with intense typos.
Here's to you BHB21, the bestiacestopediality gods bless you!
MattK said:
@Black Snow
Actually a LOT of great potential superstars and movies are overlooked because of poor promotion. Look at the overhype and promotion on pure tripe like Transformers 2, and movies like Donnie Darko and Memento have a strong, yet relatively small, cult following, and that's ONLY because of positive word of mouth. Hell, even Repo: The Genetic Opera, got total shaft for poor distribution. You're right, such masterpieces should (and mostly do) receive proper recognition sometime down the line, but that don't pay the rent.
And memes live and die by such overhype. An unhyped meme is an oxymoron. Rickroll and such were spawned by groups like 4chan, so the fact that we've gotten THIS much exposure on the strength of the pics and vids we've posted this week is actually pretty good. Hell, every time I send 'Hitler - Whose Responsible This' out to friends or recommended sites, I include the original story and links to TR. Really, all this will come back to recognition for TR, and THAT is the real reward of all this.
Davidh said:
The Hitler Manga and Iron-Man cover is pure comedic genius.
DangU said:
Some funny stuff. I am amazed at the serious discussion on the deletion page at Wikipedia. Unbelievable. Them guys are almost as nerdy as me!
... I'd love to see some official TR T-shirts. I'm good for one at least!
Laughing Man said:
@-d
Hi there! Welcome to the internet! The internet is quite a serious place at all times. Please be careful.
demoncat said:
this just shows the internet can cause something to become so interesting it takes a life of its own . and so far dooms day has not hit yet
toplessnerd said:
rob, i would be very interested in a WRT shirt, and i don't mind waiting :D
Friginator said:
I realize there's been some joking about the Wikipedia entry's proposed deletion, but if anyone here is interested, the discussion on the subject could use some input, all jokes aside.
X-Porter said:
"-d said...
It's like a bunch of people with wedgies are giving an atomic wedgie to the biggest outcast. Ask yourself, does it really make you feel better about your wedgy?
At this point this whole thing says way more about you than it does about the "idiot commenter." It's like the nerd version of Lord of the Flies. Besides, from ANOTHER perspective, he's the only one here who has created anything original. The rest of you are just haters."
This is real talk, and I'd like to rap serious with you peeps about this. -d brings up some issues that need addressing.
First, like most of you, I have never EVER done anything stupid. As a result, no one has ever laughed at me and I have never gotten over it.
B)I have never considered what it would be like if Isabel Lucas had cornered Megan Fox in Bayformers 2 and pumped her for information. Let alone publish fan fiction to a public forum about really kinky stuff like two dogs making love with a cat...or a bat and a pig.
So now, as a treat to the interwebz, I'll create something new and not be a hater.
PLATYPUS NAVEL KOWABUNGA!!
The result? Unintentional hilarity is still better, and get over yourself.
Jay said:
I think Teeks wins with the "Khan" image.
Steve Hester (UK) said:
Clarence W - You Have GOT To Kidding Me.
When I posted the Yiffie Kay-Yay MuppetF***ers Gag I didn't mean it to be literal.
Karl Smith said:
Half tempted to do a dramatic reading of -d's post now...
Lily412 said:
@Black Snow:
I don't think this post is an attempt to "pimp" the meme or make it more popular, and I think the same was true for all the previous TR posts. Rob isn't forwarding these posts to other sites or news networks or anything, fans are doing this of their own accord. I think all Rob's posts are because he thinks all these new contributions are funny and he wants to share them within the Topless Robot "family". I agree that lots of people (including some TR contributors) have made this a force-meme, but I don't think you can pin that on Rob.
Cannon Fodder said:
I love that the fleshlight is green. It's the little details like that that really make the difference (if I stab my eyes out, will it make the image go away?)
Lily412 said:
@ -d:
I can't really say anything for the commenters, including myself, but this blog is about nerd news and humor. This humor includes a lot of mocking and such. So since Rob mocks people and lauds nerds on a daily basis, it's only fair that nerds are also game for said mocking; he even makes fun of himself fairly regularly. I believe that your declaration of BrickHouseBunny21 as a "lesser nerd" puts him under the umbrella term of "nerd". Also, as someone has pointed out before, this would have gone away if BHB21 hadn't stormed into TR, threatening us. It's tough to victimize someone who provokes others. Did he have a right to be angry? That's debatable. But he had to expect a reaction.
In any case, now I think it's more about the phenomenon than the base material. But the important thing to remember is, it's just the internet, we'd should really just relax.
RobP said:
I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed my comic strip wasn't posted on here... Click on my name, I guess, if you're curious about it.
@Lily412
"It's just the internet, we should really just relax." That sounds like inspiration for a shirt that would read "BhB21 Says Relax".
@-d
BhB21 Says Relax.
Ophenix said:
This isn't promotions or pimping, this is us taking responsibility this :P
Keepoffthegrass said:
The worst part about that "yaddle set up" isnt so much the green fleshlight, nor the fact that its wedged between the mattress, its the fact that the yaddle picture is in a plastic sleeve...
....to protect it.
kevin tomorrow said:
Sorry to call you out for being wrong about something, but the fleshlight is a butt, not a vagina. So the creepy guy wants to have gay sex with an muppet. I have worked in a sex shop for 2 and 1/2 years, so i can regonize the shapes of the different Fleshlights by now. To back up my claim, check out the link and compare the shape (NSFW http://www.fleshlight.com/original-fleshlights/original-butt/ ).
Bugdodger said:
Clarence Wethern?!?!
Whhhaaaat? Tommy Wiseau, writer/director/producer/actor of The Room, surely deserves his own mention!
Revelo said:
Rob, this has possibly been the best week on TR ever. Thank you for all the fun. You are responsible this.
loci said:
How to manufacture your own meme in order to promote your website and sell crappy goods.
ZeroCorpse said:
Just be glad we didn't get that Yaddle picture *after* the money shot all over Yaddle's face.
Maybe he fantasizes that he's Yoda while he does her. "Mmmmm... Like this, do you? Take this, you will, yessss!"
Ad said:
I'm just weirded out that there's an entry for this on Wikipedia but nothing yet on Encyclopedia Dramatica...
Bruce D. Spruce said:
Kanye West isn't sure Whose Responsible for this, but he thinks it might be Beyonce.
Gleeman said:
Did my part with the Titanic WRT. Enjoy!
lou-bert vs. q-bert said:
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?
I know whose responsible this, I just LVOE asking.
Tubes and Trucks said:
From -d
You know, I don't post here very often because I don't usually have anything nice to say and I don't win any t-shirts even though my entries are always the by far the best (Gilligan wasn't the weakest link... really?), but someone needs to say that you guys (and I use that term loosely) are being very very lame. I'm obviously not as geeky as most of you posting and I'm not exactly sure what happened, but here is what I think is going on:
The lesser geek known only as Brickhousebunny21 has been posting fan fiction on another Web site about anime animals copulating, Topless Robot re-posted (without permission?) one of these "stories" (always by far my least favorite weekly installment on this Web site), the lesser geek found out his "work" had been reproduced without his permission and (rightly?) got pissed, the lesser geek misspelled some words and used poor grammar, and finally the patrons of the Topless Robot Web site have opened up a figurative can of Whoop Ass on the lesser geek.
It's like a bunch of people with wedgies are giving an atomic wedgie to the biggest outcast. Ask yourself, does it really make you feel better about your wedgy?
At this point this whole thing says way more about you than it does about the "idiot commenter." It's like the nerd version of Lord of the Flies. Besides, from ANOTHER perspective, he's the only one here who has created anything original. The rest of you are just haters.
On the other hand, I probably shouldn't click on Post right now because it's definitely going to hurt my chances of ever winning a Topless Robot T-shirt.
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Evidently, a sandy vagina responsible this.
Getsu said:
@-d
Welcome to the internet. And yes, my wedgie does feel better... Sharing is caring.
Eozen said:
I just lvoe the fact that TR has given us a happier reason to remember September 11.
Hawkeye said:
kevin tomorrow said:
Sorry to call you out for being wrong about something, but the fleshlight is a butt, not a vagina. So the creepy guy wants to have gay sex with an muppet. I have worked in a sex shop for 2 and 1/2 years, so i can regonize the shapes of the different Fleshlights by now. To back up my claim, check out the link and compare the shape (NSFW http://www.fleshlight.com/original-fleshlights/original-butt/ ).
Posted 09/19/2009 at 11:06:33 AM
Dear Kevin,
Girls (even Muppett girls) have butts too, and guys can sex them if they like. Sodomy =/= gay.
Ok, bye.
kevin tomorrow said:
Dear Hawkeye -
Didn't know yaddle was a female (i fucking hate star wars). My point was that it was a butt not a vagina. Bottomline, wanting to fuck a female muppet in the poopshoot is still way fucked up.
Snoodle said:
Not much more to say other than Epic Win, my good fellow.
Chris Fairfield said:
No Topless Robot posts today? WRT?
drgnrbrn316 said:
Maybe Rob got banned from the internet.
King Psyz broadcasting from Little Big Planet said:
what's odd is I saw new post earlier and they're gone now...
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?!
Did BB get Rob banned from the internets, did the NewTimes mods ban him?
Don't ban TR, I lvoe it! It's what you might call the best of the best.
King Psyz broadcasting from Little Big Planet said:
what the... I just saw a ton of articles and now they're all gone again...
I need my Heroes live blog tonight damnit.
NameofRain said:
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?!
Gets my husband and I LOL'ing every time. I know what I am writing about for my Communication and the Internet class!
That person should really stop whining. Not everyone gets their own internet meme, even if it was for stupidity.
Gene Hoyle said:
I have an interview with BHB21 up at www.fancentral.ning.com
It includes such tidbits as this
9- What else would you like the world to know? I want to be treated with th upmost respect and kindness, I don't have many friends and my past life wasn't a pleasant one.
doc_ock_4mugen said:
The wikipedia article has been deleted...
WHHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?
crazy_astronomer said:
Dudes, this might already be very late by now, but here goes: WRT made it into The Guardian!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/sep/20/kanye-west-meme
I bought the printed newspaper just a few days ago and read the article. I must say that as both a casual reader of TR and The Guardian, I happened to witness the birth of a meme and the event even made it to The Guardian!
renQuixotic said:
holy christ.
i feel kind of bad for the kid, but it's so damned funny...
but, if brickhousebunny had just read the rules of the internet, this would never had happened. a lesson to us all.
Fleshlight said:
As odd as we may thing it to be, you have to give the guy some props, I mean, he went so far as to have a green Fleshlight!
