The Office

[cric]

This is the American one.

Anyone else watch it? I saw an episode a few months back and, I love it! I watch the same episodes over and over without it ever being un-funny.

 

[Incaa]

I don't mind it.

 

[Adorno]

I watch it, although it's not what it used to be.
I prefer the original British version.

 

[gamerwiz09]

I think it's hilarious.

 

[QuailLover]

I love the diversity day episode in the first season.

"Umm...you make good food, but you're bad at driving.'

"OH GOD! I'M A WOMAN!"

The fire drill was amazing too.

 

[Weren]

Cant beat the british one. No way.

 

[Captain Pyjama Shark]

I actually prefer the American version, definitely.

 

[Suspect-Device]

Pretty hard to compare them after the first series.

American one is far less subtle but still hilariously funny, British one has painfully awkward moments that are works of art.

Anyway, as shows go I prefer the original.

 

[Apollon-04]

I've watched a bit of both versions, and maybe I'm biases (being American and all), but I prefer the american version.


I love the extremely elaborate plans Jim comes up with just to mess with Dwight.

 

[Dudro]

I've watched them both, and I found that the American one is genuinely funnier.  You think the British one is painfully awkward?  I can hardly watch the American one sometimes!

 

[Ruthven]

As much as I love Ricky and the original Office, unless I'm absolutely without distractions it isn't nearly as good. You lose interest too fast, and then nothing's funneh.

 

[Verbeek]

Good thing they knew when to stop. The show was getting worse and worse since Micheal Scott left.

 

[W00DY]

I've watched both, whilst I feel a lot smarter watching the UK version, I recommend the American version more.. There's more seasons, laughs and immaturity 

 

[havoc]

Parks and Rec is much better, imo.

 

[Leifr Eiríksson]

I prefer the American version, despite being British. Part of that comes from an absolute disgust at Ricky Gervais, dude just isn't funny at all.

 

[Barry_bon_Loyale]

I much prefer the British version, a lot funnier, and lot smarter, and more grounded.  The American one felt like a cheap sitcom version, and the characters were sometimes way too exaggerated to be believable or interesting.  I've met people like Gareth Keenan, never met anyone in my life like Dwight Schrute.  The American version took believable characters from the British version and made them stupid.  Someone stupid/crazy enough to think Ben Franklin is still alive?  Wtf?

 

[Leifr Eiríksson]

Y'know there are Americanspeople who think the Earth is flat, that dinosaurs did not exist and that we've only been in existence for 6,000 years.

 

[Barry_bon_Loyale]

Y'know there are Americanspeople who think the Earth is flat, that dinosaurs did not exist and that we've only been in existence for 6,000 years.

Being an American, and having traveled all over the country, hearing all kinds of crazy beliefs, I've never met a single person in real life who thinks the Earth is flat.  Not a single one.  Nor have I met anyone who thinks dinosaurs did not exist.  Even the Creationism Museum posits dinosaurs existed and Jesus rode them.

So no, not quite the case.

And I can safely say I've never met anyone, however uninformed or uneducated, who can be tricked into thinking Ben Franklin is still alive.

 

[Leifr Eiríksson]

Flat Earth Society

Dinosaurs Did Not Exist

Young Earth Creationist

Yes. These people do exist.
It is very much the case that someone could still think that Ben Franklin is alive.

 

[Barry_bon_Loyale]

Flat Earth Society

Dinosaurs Did Not Exist

Young Earth Creationist

Yes. These people do exist.
It is very much the case that someone could still think that Ben Franklin is alive.

Oh, these people do exist, but I did clearly say I've never heard anyone claim these things in real life.  The internet brings out all kinds of crazies, and trolls.  I myself am a member of a church that celebrates cannibalism and sodomy.  That's the internet, though, not my real life beliefs.  In real life, such beliefs are written off as insanity and are completely fringe.

As far as young Earth goes, that's a religious belief and although I can't agree with the reasoning, I can full well understand people believing that.  However, there is not a widely held religious belief in the United States that people can live that long.

I've met my share of fundamentalists, of people with misguided beliefs, people who are uninformed, uneducated, people with surprising misconceptions, all of these things are perfectly common.  None of those people could *for a second* be told that Ben Franklin is still around.  Is it not remotely believable someone could be fooled into thinking Ben Franklin is still alive.  Living over 300+ years is not part of a religious belief, or crackpot conspiracy theories.  No one thinks that.

If you really believe people over here think like that you put too much stock in stereotypes. 

Real life example:

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Here, real life example.  I've heard someone claim that the Amish were reenacting.  Now, that may sound silly, which it is, but there's a hint of believability about it.  If you had not heard of the Amish, didn't know what they were about, and had seen many reenactments like we all do, you might make that mistake.  It's not a direct violation of what is biologically possible, or a fundamental misunderstanding of human life span, but simply lacking worldly knowledge.  We told her that they were not reenacting, that they live that way and give up technology of their own volition, and she accepted this and corrected her thinking.  Now, as genuinely stupid as she was (and she was otherwise an unintelligent person), it would not be possible to trick her into thinking a 300+ year old man is alive.  Not.  Happening.  Even someone that stupid cannot be tricked into thinking that.