Aperture Science

In the comments on every story on the front page for the last several weeks:

mindless.unoriginal.troll:
this was a triumph

pleasegivemeattention:
Im making a note here : HUGE SUCCESS

etc

/annoying

Imagine this. A bunch of people are gathered around, watching a guy who can eat fire or something. Then, a moose comes and tramples the guy, and he has to be taken to the hospital. An ambulance arrives and takes him, as as he's being loaded into the back, someone in the crowd says "'tis but a flesh wound". You realize that the comment wasn't really appropriate, but it was funny, so you chuckle a bit. Then, another person says "Your arms chopped off!" Then another, "I've had worse!". Before you know it, the entire Monty Python and the Holy Grail script is being recited, even though it really stopped being remotely funny or original after the first comment.

Still Alive by Jonathon Coulton is a brilliant piece of music. Lyrically and musically, it is perfect for Portal, an excellent game. I have learned to play it on guitar. However, stating lyrics is not noteworthy. "This was a triumph" has become more annoying than "THIS IS SPARTA" to me, only because no one recants the rest of the dialogue in 300 whenever someone says the latter.

So, quote portal when appropriate. Quote anything you want when appropriate. Just stop talking when you stop being original or funny.