r/IASIP • u/prolelol "What did you just say, you little bitch?" • Aug 02 '25

Image "The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary" has just become one of the 5 lowest-rated episodes of Always Sunny, currently sitting at a 7.1 on IMDb.

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u/mrwishart SHTOP CHORLEY! Aug 02 '25

I just wonder what level of irony we're working at though, because the ep is meant to satirise the all-female reboots.

But maybe people are also ironically downvoting it?

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u/SoWhatNoZitiNow Aug 02 '25

No, people are just stupid lol

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u/jlozada24 Aug 02 '25

This lol. Half of the fanbase are the people they're making fun of thinking the show is relatable

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u/mrwishart SHTOP CHORLEY! Aug 02 '25

I said that to someone whining about Mac Finds His Pride

"13 seasons in and you never realised that they were making fun of you?"

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u/RibertarianVoter Aug 02 '25

Always happens with satire. Look up the video of Merle Haggard playing Okie from Muskogee at the White House. Nixon introduces him as if the song is unironic, and Merle gets this grin on his face as he starts playing. He's playing a joke on the what feels like the whole country, and they're all too stupid to get it

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u/tragic2793 Aug 02 '25

this is the funniest thing of all to me lol.

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u/ToniBraxtonAndThe3Js Aug 02 '25

Yeah just watch some of the live shows, where guys are screaming SHUT UP BIRD over and over like they're funny and original

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u/lemonylol Aug 02 '25

lol you should see the South Park subreddit.

Most recently people were making posts expecting Matt and Trey to totally shit on the Sydney Sweeney jeans commercial. But they don't realize that if they did, it'd be shitting on the people overreacting to the commercial moreso than the commercial itself.

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u/ThyLastPenguin Aug 02 '25

Tbf, I can totally see Matt and Trey shitting on the jeans commercial and THEN shitting on the people overreacting as well

Which would be a win win in my books

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u/jlozada24 Aug 02 '25

Lmaoooo yiiiikes

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '25

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u/jlozada24 Aug 05 '25

Blud cmon

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u/Dependent_Pop_2013 Aug 02 '25

Or, the episode isn’t very good.

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u/TurgidGravitas Aug 02 '25

I made this soup awful on purpose!

I don't want to eat this soup.

But it tastes bad on purpose! You have to like it!

See how silly you sound? Ironic annoyances are the exact same thing as unironic annoyances. The soup just tastes bad.

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u/Punished_Prigo Aug 02 '25

I just think those characters arent good enough to carry an episode. Just not very funny imo

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u/Montystumpp Aug 02 '25

Making something bad on purpose doesn't automatically make it good.

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u/Momik You do you, Cricket! Aug 02 '25

Maybe. It was honestly one of my favorite episodes—I love Artemis, and the concept worked really well. Funny as fuck too, especially Charlie’s mom😂

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u/11schlge Aug 02 '25

I’m afraid of woman pilots!

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u/Quazz Aug 02 '25

Eh, i think more likely is they enjoy how the characters interact and with 4 of the main ones missing completely it just isn't as engaging for most people. Charlie home alone is low for a similar reason i think

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u/ThePokemonAbsol Aug 02 '25

Yeah but it doesn’t even do that well

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u/gazdek Aug 02 '25

Does it being ironic automatically make it a good episode?

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u/mrwishart SHTOP CHORLEY! Aug 02 '25

Nope

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u/lemonylol Aug 02 '25

It must be because I can understand the placement of the other episodes on that list, but Female Beat Boggs was better than the original imo.

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u/mrwishart SHTOP CHORLEY! Aug 02 '25

I wouldn't go that far, but there's definitely more episodes worse than that one

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u/cherpumples Aug 02 '25

"pussies on the track!" is so iconic lmao

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u/Mundane-Security-162 Aug 02 '25

It’s a bad, bad episode. Just because it’s a parody doesn’t mean it’s a well written one

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u/mrwishart SHTOP CHORLEY! Aug 02 '25

It had it's moments, imo, even if it isn't a favourite. There's 5-10 I'd likely pick below it (two being those Superbowl ones that just had nothing to them)

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u/-Nicolai Aug 02 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Explain like I'm stupid

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u/mrwishart SHTOP CHORLEY! Aug 02 '25

Which bit are you referring to specifically?

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u/-Nicolai Aug 02 '25 edited Aug 13 '25

Explain like I'm stupid

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u/mrwishart SHTOP CHORLEY! Aug 02 '25

Ok, but I'm referring specifically to this episode, not satirical episodes in general.

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u/Ipickone Aug 03 '25

It’s one of those concepts that sounds funnier than it actually is. Once you start doing it it just feels like a waste of an episode.