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PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. The two types of Pokemon are casual meme Pokemon and competitive meme Pokemon. All Pokemon fall into these two categories. Vaporeon? Casual. Landorus Therian? Competitive.. YEAH... 8 7-1 Furret? Casual. Gholdengo? Competitive. Despite having a competitive history, Pachirisu is casual. Maro

PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. The two types of sports are cross line and murder. All sports fall into these two categories. Sprinting? Cross line. Boxing? Murder. 8 7-1 Baseball? Cross line. Hockey? Murder. Despite crossing line, football is murder. YEAH...

ARE YOU PLAYING A KIRBY GAME? ILL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. THE TWO TYPES OF KIRBY GAMES ARE EAT CAKE AND KILL GOD. ALL KIRBY GAMES FALL INTO ONE OF THESE TWO CATEGORIES. DREAM BUFFET.? EAT CAKE. STAR ALLIES? DREAMLAND? EAT CAKE. PLANET ROBOBOT? KILL GOD. DESPITE KILLING A GOD AT THE END, SQUEAK SQUAD IS AN EAT CAKE GAME. 7-1 00 KILL GOD. YEAH... My

PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. anime anime The two types of Zunk are lesbians and the horrors. Alle fall into these two categories. Bocchi the Rock? Lesbians. Gurren Lagann? The horrors. 7-1 Kill la Kill? Lesbians. Jujutsu Kaisen? The horrors. Despite being about a heterosexual crush, Space Patrol Luluco is lesbians. YEAH... M S @imGhostKitty

PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. Rhapsody? Christmas. Powerwolf? Halloween. despite the imagery Kamelot is actually Christmas 7.1 The two kinds of power metal are Christmas & Halloween. All power metal falls into those two categories. Dragonforce? Christmas. Gamma Ray? Halloween YEAH... M

PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. The two types of VTubers are furry and anime All VTubers fall into these two categories. Korone? Furry. Kizuna Al? Anine. Buffpup? Furry. Apricot? Anime. Despite the mouse in her name, IconMouse is anime, YEAH... M Indie Alpaca

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About

Playing X? I'll Show You Something Interesting is an exploitable meme format based on a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip in which a father shares trivia about record players. The original strip has been mostly recaptioned, with the four-panel format being to divide a certain phenomenon, such as video games, into two humorous categories, like "parkour" and "menus."

Origin

On June 5th, 1990, comic artist Bill Waterson released a four-panel comic of his "Calvin and Hobbes" daily comic strip in which Calvin's father, noticing Calvin listening to a music record,^[1] shares some amusing trivia on angular velocity, leading to Calvin losing sleep that night as he thinks about it (shown below).

PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. ©1990 Universal Press Syndicate COMPARE A POINT ON THE LABEL WITH A POINT ON THE RECORD'S OUTER EDGE. THEY BOTH MAKE A COMPLETE CIRCLE IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME, RIGHT? YEAH... BUT THE POINT ON THE RECORD'S EDGE HAS TO MAKE A BIGGER CIRCLE IN THE SAME TIME, SO IT GOES FASTER. SEE, TWO POINTS ON ONE DISK MOVE AT TWO SPEEDS, EVEN THOUGH THEY BOTH MAKE THE SAME REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTE! / 8 6.5 MAKESSON

Prior to April 2024, several edits of the comics were shared online. For example, on April 17th, 2019, X^[2] user @tiegmusic posted an edit in which Calvin's father talked about music theory, which garnered over 60 reposts and 220 likes in five years.

On April 2nd, 2024, Redditor Super-Contribution-1 posted an edit of the comic that replaced most of the original text with Calvin's father talking about how all jobs can be categorized into two groups: "email" and "farm." The edit (shown below) received over 500 upvotes in the /r/okbuddyrosalyn^[3] in five months.

PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. Waiter? Emails. Engineer? Farm. Despite frequently sending emails, accountants are farm. The two types of jobs are emails or farm. All jobs fall into these two categories. Lawyer? Emails. Doctor? Farm. YEAH... M T made with mematic

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On April 25th, 2024, Redditor imGhostKitty posted a similar edit of the comic, categorizing video games into "menus" and "parkour." The edit (shown below) received over 1,800 upvotes in /r/okbuddyrosalyn^[4] in five months.

PLAYING A RECORD? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. The two types of games are menus and parkour. All games fall into these two categories. Counter Strike? Menus. Apex? Parkour. 8 7-1 Baulder's Gate? Menus. Minecraft? Parkour. Despite jumping around a lot, Destiny 2 is menus. YEAH... @imGhostKitty

On April 26th, X^[5] user @tz_toast_rider reposted the image to the platform, where it received over 4,100 reposts and 33,000 likes in five months. On July 29th, 2024, X^[6] user @BitsHammer made another repost that gained over 3,900 reposts and 50,000 likes in one month.

The second repost was followed by more users on X and Tumblr posting similar edits of the comic. For example, on July 31st, 2024, X^[7] user @DownThrowDownB posted an edit categorizing Super Smash Brothers Ultimate characters into "Wolf" and "Luigi," which garnered over 1,400 reposts and 23,000 likes in one month (shown below).

PLAYING Smash Ultimate I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. The two types of characters are Wolf and Luigi All characters fall into these two categories. Joker? Wolf Bayonetta? Luigi Cloud? Wolf ROB? Luigi Despite being a space animal, Falco is Luigi YEAH... M @imGhostKitty

On August 1st, 2024, Tumblr^[8] user eikotheblue posted a version dividing indie video games into "Earthbound" and "Cave Story," which received over 23,000 likes and reblogs in one month and was widely circulated online (shown below).

PLAYING indie games? ILL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. The two types of indie game are earthbound and cavestory. All games fall into these two categories. STARDEW ? earthbound. CELESTE? cave story. 7.1 THE PAINFUL? Earthbound. HOLLOW KNIGHT? cave story. Despite being a story that's in a cave, UNDERTALE is earthbound YEAH... @imGhostKitty

Various Examples

Reading a manga? I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. The two types of ships are yaoi and yuri. All ships fall into these two categories. Ed and Winry? Yuri. Revy and Rock? Yaoi. Shinji and Kaworu? Yuri. ©1990 Universal Press Syndicate 週 6.5 Baiken and Anji? Yuri. Baiken and I-No? Yaoi. Despite being two girls in a yuri series, Reimu and Marisa are yaoi. WESSON YEAH... MI

PLAYING Street Fighter? I'LL SHOW YOU The two types of characters are Cammy and Dhalsim. All characters fall into these two categories. Rashid? A Cammy. SOMETHING INTERESTING. Vega? A Dhalsim. Zangief? Cammy. Ryu? Dhalsim. Despite his long limbs, Necro is a Cammy. YEAH... M @imGhostKitty

PLAYING video games ILL SHOW YOU SOMETHING INTERESTING. 7-1 The two types of video games are overwatch and dress to impress All characters fall into these two categories. minecraft? overwatch god of war? dress to impress pokemon? overwatch farm simulator? dress to impress Despite being a game with cosmetic skins, fortnite is overwatch YEAH... @imGhostKitty

Search Interest

External References

^[1] GoComics – Calvin and Hobbes Record Player – by Bill Watterson for June 05, 1990

^[2] X – @tiegmusic

^[3] Reddit – The duality of man

^[4] Reddit – menus and parkour

^[5] X – @tz_toast_rider

^[6] X – @BitsHammer

^[7] X – @DownThrowDownB

^[8] Tumblr – eikotheblue

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