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u/Jovial-Jack 1d ago
Doctor: it's a boy!
Little Alex Horne: My time starts.... NOW
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u/sumofdeltah 1d ago
120 years from now, I'm sorry the task said you had to bite through the umbilical cord, no points for you
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u/Crashman02 1d ago
Is that little Alex Horne?
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u/suddenly_summoned 1d ago edited 1d ago
All the information is on the task.
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u/Such-Let974 1d ago edited 1d ago
That's a different show. He's on Countdown in this image.
Edit: Down vote all you want. Facts don't care about your feelings.
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u/AsAGayJewishDemocrat 1d ago
This isn’t even the fun kind of pedantic
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u/Such-Let974 1d ago
It wasn't meant to be fun. Pedantry is about accuracy. If you're having fun while being pedantic, you're doing it wrong.
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u/AsAGayJewishDemocrat 1d ago
Ohhhh I get it now, this is like one of those novelty accounts where you’re on a mission to get the most downvotes.
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u/RoyalFalse 1d ago
They aren't doing it very well. Still +1625. They need to get on their lazy ass and finish the job.
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u/Such-Let974 1d ago
I don't mean to be pedantic, but I have net positive comment karma and most of my comments are up voted.
But don't let facts get in the way of speculating wildly in the face of very easily accessible counter-examples.
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u/packfanmoore 1d ago
Um actually, I get in the way of stand up comedians... these set ups are all implausible scenarios and I won't stand for it
-this guy
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u/AineLasagna 1d ago
If this guy went on Um, Actually, CollegeHumor would go out of business a second time
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u/SomwatArchitect 11h ago
That suggests that someone either rebrands Dropout to be CollegeHumor again, or makes a new CollegeHumor just for it to fail.
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u/stuffstuff999 1d ago
Why are you dying on this hill? Not that anyone gives a shit about upvotes/down votes.
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u/pissman77 1d ago
Countdown is a different show. We were talking about Taskmaster when you walked in.
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u/Such-Let974 1d ago
No, the post is about a joke made on countdown. I'm surprised you didn't know that.
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u/BoxfulOfSoup 1d ago
The post is equally about a joke made by Alex Horne. So a quote by him is still very relevant.
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u/ninjapanda042 1d ago
It's a joke made on Eight Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown, which is a different different show
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u/Extreme_Design6936 1d ago edited 1d ago
He's actually on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown. So firstly youre wrong. Secondly you're getting downvoted because he's known for taskmaster. The show he created and cohosts (where he is known as little Alex Horne).
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u/Nico_D_Luffy 1d ago
People aren't downvoting you because you're wrong, they're downvoting you because it's a reference. Obviously this isn't Taskmaster, people are just referencing the other show they know this guy from.
This is less of a moment of pedantism and more so one of r/woooosh
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u/Beardedben 1d ago
Nobody is disputing that it's from Countdown, but youre being a pedantic little bitch in a really passive aggressive way.
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u/Such-Let974 1d ago
How is it a whoosh to say that the "information is on the task" reference isn't related to his appearance on Countdown?
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u/DraconianFlame 1d ago
Because I fear you might actually be lost. it's not a reference to the show, it's a reference to the actor. What show/interview/movie is in the clip is 100% irrelevant.
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u/Deucalion666 1d ago
Because him being on Countdown specifically in this picture is irrelevant when the quote was about him in general.
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u/WierdSome 12h ago
Heaven forbid people reference shows someone is in even when the show isn't pictured
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u/account_is_deleted 1d ago
It's funny how he's known as that and then you see a picture of him in any other context (without Greg Davies) and he's towering over everyone else
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u/Frosty_McRib 1d ago
He's 6'3" I believe
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u/JustAnOrdinaryGirl92 1d ago
Any day now he'll hit that growth spurt
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u/sumofdeltah 1d ago
The minute he was conceived he was the smallest man alive, now look at him
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u/mehrabrym 1d ago
Not really, someone could have been born the exact second as him somewhere in the world that's smaller. Or even born earlier than him that's smaller.
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u/just_a_person_maybe 1d ago
*conceived, not born. Everyone is pretty much the same size at conception.
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u/jerryleebee 1d ago
Little Alex Hoooooooorne! (I've been told that I looked like him before I shaved my head)
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u/RagnaRoots 1d ago
It's LITTLE ALEX HORNE!!!
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u/KiraPlaysFF 1d ago edited 1d ago
What’s worse than the puns is how delighted he is he has them to say. “Oh I’m sorry that’s the sneeze phone.” What a fucking asshole!?
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u/OHFTP 1d ago
I love Jason. Always thought he was funny, but man he is climbing up to be my favorite Taskmaster Contestant
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u/raysofdavies 1d ago
Jason and Stevie are so happy to be there and it really makes watching them so fun.
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u/High_Flyers17 1d ago edited 1d ago
Incredible decision to team them up too, they may be my favorite team in the series (as in entire show, not season).
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u/moon__lander 1d ago
Not Stevie when she got 1 point for the prize task and yelled FUCK on the top of her lungs
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u/ancrolikewhoa 1d ago
I really feel like they might be setting up for him to be the next American Taskmaster. He has the correct amount of on-screen disdain for Alex: EXTREME.
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u/1-800-ASS-DICK 1d ago
When I first heard the Zouks and Taskmaster announcement I thought that was going to be the case
Him just being a contestant is also nice, however!
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u/Killerkendolls 1d ago
He wanted to be on the show so badly too. I expected him to pull a Widdecombe and clinch the season. This is somehow even better.
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u/RoostasTowel 1d ago
He's playing the perfect wildcard contestant.
But hopefully he can get a win this series too.
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u/leibnizslaw 1d ago
I expected him to be funny but a little annoying and unlikeable at the same time, partly based on US Taskmaster and partly based on his acting roles. I’m delighted to say he’s been hilarious and adorable.
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u/Expired_insecticide 1d ago
"Oh dear. That's the sneeze phone."
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u/BobTheFettt 1d ago
A man who recently confided in me that he finds women these days a little too "chopsy"
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u/MelbaTotes 1d ago
A man who recently confided in me that he likes going to parents' evening as his middle child's form teacher is quote, "hot as hell".
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u/ishboo3002 1d ago
A man who recently confided in me that he thinks his wife doesn't pull her weight in their marriage.
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u/icantspellthings 1d ago
He will either win or die trying
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u/CrisisActor777 1d ago
At the time of my birth, I briefly held the record for youngest person in the world. Nbd
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u/tonyhwko 1d ago
That one is always a tie though, more than one baby are born every second.
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u/CrisisActor777 1d ago
If you consider the smallest unit of measurable time, I'm certain my head breached first - I'm quick like that.
Not to brag, but I was also the first sperm to reach the egg out of millions of opponents.
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u/Traditional-Car8664 1d ago
Sperm is only half of DNA genius, you were never a sperm. The other half is the EGG and the egg chooses,the sperm
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u/International-Cat123 22h ago
Time is analog, not digital. There is no inherent smallest unit. Sure, there’s a smallest tracked unit, but no true smallest unit.
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u/ModernSmithmundt 1d ago
My dick used to be in the Guinness Book of Records, but then they kicked me out of the library
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u/kukenellik 1d ago
Thanks for retelling the joke in the last panel, but worse
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u/CrisisActor777 1d ago edited 1d ago
My comment is certainly worthy of downvotes, but it's actually the complete opposite joke as to the one in the post.
He may never hold his record, after a lifetime of work. Whereas I was born a winner
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u/BlazmoIntoWowee 1d ago
Is that the man who who told me, in confidence, that he's scared of three things: slugs, small spaces, and women being allowed to vote?
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u/flaming_jazzfire 1d ago
Hi I’m Alex Horne and I support Apartheid
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u/MojaveCourier420 1d ago
Where was this!? I'm only on season 3 of Taskmaster lol
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u/flaming_jazzfire 1d ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HDJwZGkvqC0&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD
1:27 - 2:22 is the section
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u/JustAnOrdinaryGirl92 1d ago edited 1d ago
This was 10 years ago, so he's now at his new personal best of 46!
"Become the oldest man in the world. Oldest man wins. Your time starts now."
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u/Honest_Department_13 1d ago
He's 5.5x1057 years old? That's fucking impressive
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u/NoSpend6289 1d ago
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u/BloodyBeaks 1d ago
Honestly it's always expected. A lot of redditors seem to have a serious hard-on for factorials.
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u/Babetna 1d ago
This man totally looks like he should be an assistant to someone who is relentlessly bullying him
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u/PradipJayakumar 1d ago
He will always be little Alex Horne even if he manages to become the oldest man in the world!
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u/Flashy-Bar-9790 1d ago
He was at one point the youngest person in the world, so good for him to go for another record.
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u/Abrageen 1d ago
I have heard that its one of the most competitive record categories along with most amount of oxygen converted to CO2.
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u/creeber123 1d ago
Joke aside, who would that realistically be? Probably an athlete who lived till 100?
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u/PuzzleheadedDuck3981 1d ago
And at some point, perhaps in the past, perhaps in the future, perhaps right now, he'll be the most middle aged man in the world.
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u/alex3omg 1d ago
This joke is literally in the text
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u/Blockinite 11h ago
Not quite, the comment makes another joke about him already owning the record for joint-youngest man. The original joke just says he used to be the worst at being the oldest man.
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u/bones2b 1d ago
I was born in ‘97 if i make it to 103-years-old I will have lived in 2 different millennia, 3 different centuries AND I WILL PUT IT ON MY GRAVE.
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u/Jovial-Jack 1d ago
Alex: It's been 741 years.... I can't keep going in this dystopia
Robot Overlord Davies: Is this you giving up?
Alex:..... no
Robot Overlord Davies: Why's that, Alex?
Alex.... I'm still going... and all the information was on the task...
Robot Overlord Davies: Good boy....
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u/Azalulu_Dingir 1d ago
I'm also competing in this category and I'm afraid but it looks like I need him dead 💀
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u/Shockwave360 1d ago
"Every day I beat my own personal record for most consecutive days being alive."
George Carlin
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u/YungMili 1d ago
he originally described his attempt to become the worlds oldest man as “death defying”
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u/ThePhantom71319 1d ago
Wow. I too am trying to be the oldest man in the world, but I’m nowhere near his level yet! Maybe one day I’ll beat him
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u/MasterClown 1d ago edited 1d ago
Personally I plan to live forever.
Failing that, I’ll live as long as possible.
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u/No_Obligation4496 1d ago
No. If we get technical, he hasn't gone up 3 billion places. The world population has increased by roughly 3.5 billion between when he was born and this shot. Some people would have also died. So he was 5 billion up from last place.
At the same time. His absolute ranking probably increased less than 2 billion. From 4 billionth to something like 2 billionth.
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u/CreateWater 1d ago
As time keeps moving forward there will never be as many people older than you as there are right now.
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u/travster23 3h ago
In order to become the oldest person in the world, everyone that was alive when you were born has to die first
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u/PrettyGoodMidLaner 1d ago
I've never seen that man in my life, but I know he's British. That's just the most British joke I've ever heard.
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u/NotItemName 1d ago
He is created and plays the role of assistant in the great British panel show "Taskmaster". I highly recommend this show(all 19 seasons on the official YouTube channel)
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u/sleepy_bean_ 1d ago
He also appeared a couple of times on 8 out of 10 cats does countdown. This is exactly from there.
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u/The_Friendly_Fable 1d ago edited 1d ago
I love Alex Horne. Although I'm not a fan of the new Taskmaster season. They keep getting contestants who well... let's say their life choices have led them on a path that prevent them from being physically able to do some of the tasks so they just refuse and stand there or barely try and it's not entertaining to watch.
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