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Base Assignment? 13

Posted by Cliff from the meme-propagation-on-your-own-time dept.
rnayr asks: "Recently, my employer asked me to sign an 'All You Base Assignment Agreement'. Now, as it happens, I have been working on my base in my own time at home, and I don't want it to belong to them. I brought the issue up with HR, and I was basically told 'You have no chance to survive make your time'. I'm beginning to feel like someone set up us the bomb. So, I'm writing to Slashdot for great justice. Has anyone had to deal with a similar issue? All I really want is for this meme to get out of my head."
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  • --> pb has joined #ALL_YOUR_BASE_ARE_BELONG_TO_US
    --- Topic for #ALL_YOUR_BASE_ARE_BELONG_TO_US is
    <pb> YO BITCH
    <pb> ALL YO BASE BE BELONGIN TAH US
    <pb> YA AIN'T GOTS NO CHANCE TAH' SAHVIVE
    <pb> MAKE IT WITH YO HOS
    <mind21_98> FO GREAT JUSTICE
    <pb> SHEEIT
    --- Topic for #ALL_YOUR_BASE_ARE_BELONG_TO_US set by pb at Wed Mar 28 20:12:52 2001
    --- ChanServ gives channel operator status to pb

    nope. :)


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    pb Reply or e-mail; don't vaguely moderate [ncsu.edu].

  • Dwarf or Giant? I get it. Troll, a mythical creature who is either dwarf or giant. Cute.

    I agree. pb is funny as hell.

    -the Pedro Picasso

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  • I had no idea of the source of the whole thing and yet I still found it funny.
  • Is it poorly translated? Or was it supposed to be a message from someone who is not good at speaking English? Just because a military officer is moved from Earth to Polaris does not mean that he can speak the local languages well.
  • Since you have gotten signal, you're fucked unless you take off every zig for great justice.

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  • It's not racist, it's just engrish [engrish.com].
  • Just kidding...

    I'm still wondering if it's a good investment to get me one of those AYBABTU t-shirts on ThinkGeek. Or will it fade out in a few more months?

    Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
  • you only have to worry if your boss's name is CATS
  • That was funny as hell. You are funny as hell. That is to say you are as funny as roasting to death over an eternity while being eaten by maggots. That's funny.

    i am giant
  • The phrase "all you base belong to us" comes from a poorly translated Chinese video game from the 1970s. While it may have been funny at one point, I for one am tired of hearing about it. It has gotten rather old, and I wonder if people aren't still making fun of it for racist reasons.
  • I'm not suggesting that people are intentionally making racist comments. But really, why do you think that people find the phrase "all you base belong to us" so funny? Doesn't it have anything to do with Westerners' perceptions of East-Asian speech patterns?

  • ...But the game in question - Zero Wing (on the Sega Genesis) - was originally Japanese, and the English translation was one of the most pathetic and amusing (for its time) translations ever. And it was made in the early 90's, not the 70's. :)

    I suppose it's one of those things people found amusing at the time, but these days you can barely go anywhere without hearing another AYBABTU quote. But then, there's always geeks like me who only found out about the All Your Base thing recently, so still find it endlessly amusing to suddenly yell "What happen!" or "For great justice!", much to the confusion of my friends.

    More information about Zero Wing can be found here: http://www.sirlinksalot.net/ayb.html [sirlinksalot.net]

    -- Shenzi (who really didn't set anyone up the bomb)

  • Considering Zero Wing was made ten years ago, and the AYBABTU craze is still as widespread as ever - if not more so - it seems unlikely that it'll fade out in a few months. Who knows, in another 10 years' time, people might still be quoting from that accursed game.

    The thing I've always wondered is: why does everyone find Zero Wing amusing, but other badly-translated things annoying? Hmm...

    -- Shenzi (confused)

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