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EVERY time I read a haiku (imgur.com)

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[–]Hopeful_Swine 289 points290 points ago

Five syllable line

A seven syllable line

Five syllable line

[–]Kamakazi1 85 points86 points ago

Still counted it

[–]King_Pumpernickel 22 points23 points ago

Twas the point.

[–]Kamakazi1 14 points15 points ago

Well...it worked

[–]King_Pumpernickel 3 points4 points ago

I think I was just interested in the fact that this was the first time reddit has upvoted someone who pointed out the purpose of a comment.

[–]Kamakazi1 0 points1 point ago

Well there's also /u/mentions_the_obvious or something like that.

[–]breatheitsbacon -1 points0 points ago

Wow!

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    [–]Blamemeta 82 points83 points ago

    Wow.

    [–]haiku_robot 48 points49 points ago

    Five syllable line  
A seven syllable line  
Five syllable line

    [–]darkly39r 20 points21 points ago

    Oh god, you are just going to go to town in these comments.

    [–]speaker_fan_1337 2 points3 points ago

    He's gonna be like this dog right now

    [–]impossibru65 0 points1 point ago

    It's probably going to take forever, but someone needs to make those tennis balls upvotes.

    [–]squirrel_stomper 13 points14 points ago

    It's sort of a requirement for the last line to stand out from the other two.

    [–]Hopeful_Swine 65 points66 points ago

    Five syllable line

    A seven syllable line

    Fuck you, squirrel_stomper

    ...I'm just kidding I saw my opportunity and I look it..sorry :)

    [–]BrazilianRider 9 points10 points ago

    Last line is six syllables.

    [–]MrSexysPizza 27 points28 points ago

    Five syllable line

    A seven syllable line

    Fuck squirrel_stomper

    (Fixed for those who consider "squirrel" two syllables.)

    [–]rjqg327 12 points13 points ago

    People who say squir-rel...

    [–]Ieuan1996 -1 points0 points ago

    I've heard people say it like "sqwurl" and to me that just doesn't make any sense. The vowels before and after the "rr" should give it two syllables.

    [–]rjqg327 -1 points0 points ago

    It's prounpunced sqwerl here in the Midwest. Im pretty sure they say squir-rel in the east coast, and Britain ( from my knowledge of British/east coast media[I don't watch fucking jersey shore])

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      [–]dj_bizarro 3 points4 points ago

      Ok Natasha. Where's Bullwinkle?

      [–]squirrel_stomper 0 points1 point ago

      Isn't that last line 6 syllables?

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        [–]Squatso 6 points7 points ago

        LOOK AT ALL THE SLUTS

        SO MANY TRASHY BITCHES

        WHERE IS MY PENIS?

        [–]freindo 6 points7 points ago

        There are actually a ton of requirements apparently. For a while there was a bot that followed around haiku bot pointing out that none of it was haiku.

        edit: here it is, doesn't look like it happens anymore http://www.reddit.com/user/haiku_rating_bot

        [–]mysticrudnin 0 points1 point ago

        No way that's a bot unless it always gives out the 1/4 rating

        [–]RavarSC 5 points6 points ago

        I wrote a haiku

        but it is not very good

        so I won't share it

        [–]open_ur_mind 6 points7 points ago

        When I see Haiku's
        Appreciate the haiku
        Count the syllables

        [–]Respect38 2 points3 points ago

        I see a haiku

        Appreciate it? No way...

        Count its syllables

        [FIXED?]

        [–]zjb55446 0 points1 point ago

        This isn't a haiku That was six This is three

        [–]Respect38 0 points1 point ago

        I-see-a-hai-ku

        A-ppre-ci-ate-it? No-way...

        Count-its-syl-la-bles

        I do not understand...

        [–]Squatso 2 points3 points ago

        You think you're so smart

        making a goddamn haiku

        like it ain't no thang.

        [–]iamayam -1 points0 points ago

        Wait a minute...you're not HaikuBot!

        [–]Saiing 0 points1 point ago

        The irony is, the second line is wrong. Whether you translate it into syllables or not (which makes the whole thing a bit pointless since that's not how it works in Japanese anyway) an 'n' ending counts as one unit, or 'on', so it doesn't work as it's actually 8.

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          [–]lauralikescake 136 points137 points ago

          No one asked but I'm going to lay down some of my sick haiku knowledge anyway. Most haikus as we formulate them in English aren't proper haikus according to the traditional Japanese definition. For one thing, Japanese doesn't have syllables in the sense that we do, instead it uses mora, which are like reduced syllables; they can only be formed as consonant-vowel (eg. tu) or one vowel only (eg. o). So say we would consider the word "street" to be one syllable, but if you were to borrow that word in to Japanese it might be more like su-tu-re-e-to; it would take up the whole first line of a haiku.

          Also apparently for it to be a haiku it has to contain at least one word relating to the seasons.

          I graduated with a linguistics degree in July and I haven't used it yet and I'm bored.

          [–]Soulless 28 points29 points ago

          The seasons thing is close, but not entirely accurate. The one element that a Haiku requires is actually called the turn. It is where, in the poem, the opening line/s are contrasted against the remaining one/s. such as:

          On the temple bell

          has settled, and is fast asleep,

          a butterfly.

          Note: not 5-7-5, doesn't really matter all that much. The turn here happens at the first comma. Where the image of noise and loudness (temple bell) is contrasted with the image of a sleeping butterfly.

          source: College literature class.

          [–]Mister_Donut 10 points11 points ago

          There's also the use of the kireji, or the punctuation syllable. It's hard to define in English, but it essentially serves to let the reader know that one should contemplate the meaning and imagery in the preceding line before going on to the rest of the poem.

          The kireji generally, but not always, indicates where the author intended the turn to occur. Basho was quite skillful in his use of the kireji, especially to the extent of knowing when it was OK not to use them.

          [–]sobercontrol 5 points6 points ago

          Yes, the second line is the turn... Also, the first is the pledge and the third is the prestige.

          [–]Polymarchos 2 points3 points ago

          What I learned (from a crazy visiting Japanese professor in a class on Japanese Culture), was what lauralikescake said. The season word is the defining characteristic.

          [–]Soulless 2 points3 points ago

          The wiki says both are necessary.

          [–]Amm0 33 points34 points ago

          When I saw 'syllable' in the title. I knew there would be at least one person coming here to explain that.

          Someone cannot be incorrect on the internet without being corrected.

          [–]Stop_Pun_Threads 23 points24 points ago

          Actually you're wrong. I say incorrect things on the internet all the time, and I'm only corrected about 50% of the time

          [–]Kramernaut 13 points14 points ago

          No you aren't. (It is now at a 51% correction rate.)

          [–]Jfolcik 5 points6 points ago

          That's not necessarily true. Source.

          [–]Doghten2 0 points1 point ago

          Nicely done sir

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            [–]omgzpplz 2 points3 points ago

            Relevant xkcd.

            [–]DontCareHippie 0 points1 point ago

            Also Basho, the Shakespeare of the Haiku said that it is more important to get your point across than to stick to strict structure. Literature major here now going to be a police officer. My college is wasted.

            [–]Squatso 2 points3 points ago

            I do what I want

            because I'm a bad mother,

            so fuck your damn rules.

            [–]stillnotking 3 points4 points ago

            English adapted the haiku form to its own structure. It wouldn't make sense to write poetry according to the phonology of a completely different language, even if the verse form originated in that language. So, in English, a "true" haiku is 5-7-5 syllables. (Although it's worth pointing out that modern haiku, in both languages, often depart from the rules.)

            The part about the seasons isn't true; many famous haiku don't refer to the seasons at all.

            [–]dorekk 1 point2 points ago

            The part about the seasons isn't true; many famous haiku don't refer to the seasons at all.

            Really? I was under the impression that that was a pretty ironclad rule! Citation?

            [–]AuntieSocial 0 points1 point ago

            There is a "subgroup" of haiku known as senryu that are more humanistic, instead of being about nature.

            Fish fry fundraiser / Shaking the politician's / greasy hand

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              [–]cctesta 3 points4 points ago

              As a Japanese studies major, I appreciate you so much now, my bro.

              Have an upvote. And a kireji and a kigo. Frog. Rain.

              [–]RandomMandarin 3 points4 points ago

              Haiku geek pounces!

              Her linguistic katana

              Slicing autumn's fog

              [–]I_TYPE_IN_ALL_CAPS 2 points3 points ago

              JAPANESE IS PHONETICALLY SIMPLE AND CONTEXTUALLY RIDICULOUSLY COMPLEX. HAIKU ARE CHOCK-FULL OF MULTIPLE MEANINGS.

              AMERICAN GRADE SCHOOL TEACHERS FAWN AT HOW SIMPLE AND CLEAN THE LINE ABOUT A FROG LEAPING INTO THE POND IS, WHILE BEING COMPLETELY IGNORANT OF THE COMPLEX, MULTIPLE MEANINGS OF EACH ELEMENT.

              TL;DR: TEACHING HAIKU IN ENGLISH CLASS IS ONE OF THE FINEST EXAMPLES OF INTELLECTUALLY FETISHIZING THROUGH PROFOUND IGNORANCE IN AMERICAN CULTURE. THEY SHOULD BE CALLED "5-7-5 POEMS", NOT HAIKU.

              EDIT: AN ANALOGY FOR YOU: IMAGINE A JAPANESE SCHOOLTEACHER WHO HAS NEVER SEEN WESTERNERS. HE SEES A VIDEO OF WESTERN CHILDREN PLAYING HOPSCOTCH. THE NEXT DAY, THE TEACHER EXCITEDLY TELLS THE STUDENTS, "CLASS, TODAY WE WILL LEARN TO WALK LIKE WESTERNERS!" AND PROCEEDS TO TEACH THEM TO HOP ON ONE FOOT.

              [–]hawthorneluke 1 point2 points ago

              As for the west, I'm pretty sure it goes like this:

              Find out about haiku's, find the rules interesting more than the content itself and go about creating random comments in English that apply to these rules and call what you have a haiku.

              Then you can go even further and just say a haiku "is a short poem", then just take it to mean "short" and there you go we now have a youtube haiku subreddit (ie, short youtube videos).

              I'm pretty sure they made a film about such things being lost in translation.

              [–]delurkrelurker 0 points1 point ago

              Do Japanese hipsters try and write doggerel?

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                [–]HoraceLongwood 74 points75 points ago

                If you had just made the first line "When I read haikus" then the entire post would have been a haiku!

                [–]Volvulus[S] 15 points16 points ago

                You're blowing my mind

                HoraceLongwood, thank you

                But it is too late.

                [–]kromagnon 41 points42 points ago

                Sorry, bro, You're close.
                But "HoraceLongwood, thank you"
                is six syllables.

                [–]RiZe_of_Gingers 2 points3 points ago

                A modern haiku

                Does not always need seven

                to send a message.

                [–]HackeyZach 3 points4 points ago

                Comment of the year nominee.

                [–]ensales 0 points1 point ago

                "HoraceLongwood, I thank you"

                [–]ericksonvu 3 points4 points ago

                I was looking for a haiku in this thing the whole time until I realized there wasn't one and just read it.

                [–]Colonel_Poopcorn 4 points5 points ago

                If you write stuff

                With weird breaks

                It sounds cool

                [–]orange_blue 0 points1 point ago

                hahaha

                it totally does

                lolololololol

                [–]eHawleywood 0 points1 point ago

                I was waiting for this.

                [–]Kinomi 13 points14 points ago

                Play borderlands 2, everything Zer0 says is a Haiku

                [–]Miora 7 points8 points ago

                Play borderlands 2

                The character named "Zer0"

                Speaks only haiku

                [–]Kinomi 4 points5 points ago

                One upped me you did

                I congratulate you sir

                Don't do it again.

                [–]cwmisaword 0 points1 point ago

                Hey, friendly tip: use two enters between lines to space them out the way you want. :)

                [–]Kinomi 1 point2 points ago

                I was wondering

                how to do that.spacing thing

                a complete haiku

                [–]sccrstud92 0 points1 point ago

                kinomi pls

                finish your haiku

                [–]xNidhogg 0 points1 point ago

                Hey, pro tip: use two spaces and then a newline to not have that ugly space between lines.

                Two spaces new line
                Looks visually pleasing
                and easily done

                [–]ShakesBaer 22 points23 points ago

                I bet you're counting. You look like an idiot. Refrigerator.

                [–]honestdirt 13 points14 points ago

                That haiku was nice, maybe ill reply with one, on second thought no

                [–]pseudolobster 16 points17 points ago

                That's bad formatting;
                You really should use line breaks.
                Rain falling on leaves.

                [–]Malgas 10 points11 points ago

                When writing haiku,

                Last line always non sequitur.

                Snow melts in the spring.

                [–]Tryptophane 21 points22 points ago

                Amateur mistake.
                Eight syllables in one line?
                Go to haiku school.

                [–]Squatso 20 points21 points ago

                Do you know what they

                call a haiku school 'round here?

                It's called a "hai-sku."

                [–]shadedpencil 3 points4 points ago

                Quit making haikus

                I've counted every poem

                And my fingers hurt

                [–]Tryptophane 1 point2 points ago

                And after hai-sku,
                comes hai-kuniversity,
                if you're good enough.

                [–]Bwenj 4 points5 points ago

                I wasn't gonna reply, but RES is weird. 7 points according to RES.

                [–]cctesta 0 points1 point ago

                Actually, no.

                Basho rarely did.

                Neither should you; spring

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                  [–]fobindianman 7 points8 points ago

                  That looks more like 98% of the time you read a haiku

                  [–]redditsuckshit 6 points7 points ago

                  haikus are stupid

                  [–]mrcheeseweasel 0 points1 point ago

                  Haikus are not that stupid

                  [–]redditsuckshit 2 points3 points ago

                  indeed, yes they are

                  [–]ChaosBozz 0 points1 point ago

                  Combo Breaker Bitch!

                  [–]sccrstud92 2 points3 points ago

                  What combo has been broken?

                  [–]ChaosBozz 1 point2 points ago

                  Looks like I was late.

                  [–]tmbgfan1234 5 points6 points ago

                  I see you drivin'
                  'Round town with the girl I love
                  And I'm like FUCK YOU

                  [–]n3rv 1 point2 points ago

                  We doing this again? The last one was great.

                  [–]angelfromthecoast 4 points5 points ago

                  i always read them like I'm captain kirk

                  [–]itsnick137 2 points3 points ago

                  I wrote a haiku about work.

                  No no no no no No no no no no no no No no no no no

                  [–]BonTonVon 3 points4 points ago

                  I do this every time Zero speaks in Borderlands

                  [–]Damascius 0 points1 point ago

                  Haiku are small things
A single note, leaf, drop, look    
You wish you could save

                  [–]Farjuan 2 points3 points ago

                  How hilarious. / You just set off my trap card -- / Your death approaches.

                  [–]S1ayer 1 point2 points ago

                  Your eyes deceive you

                  An illusion fools you all

                  I move for the kill.

                  [–]Zyu 2 points3 points ago

                  I like how the pie chart actually look like Japan's flag.

                  [–]umokumok 1 point2 points ago

                  Was expecting this

                  to be the top comment here.

                  I guess I was wrong.

                  [–]Xedma 0 points1 point ago

                  Here we go again. Now everyone will make one. Oh well have fun guys.

                  [–]Schpangen 2 points3 points ago

                  If the title was: "When I read Haiku" the pie-chart would be a Haiku.

                  [–]DrMonkeyLove -1 points0 points ago

                  I'm really good

                  at writing haikus.

                  But I'm not so hot at counting.

                  [–]wabushooo 1 point2 points ago

                  I tried way too hard to make this work as a haiku.

                  [–]blooping_blooper 0 points1 point ago

                  if you changed the title to "finding a haiku", then it would be a haiku

                  [–]That_Tall_Guy 0 points1 point ago

                  i clap or nod my head to count the syllables too.

                  [–]AzureCale 0 points1 point ago

                  Should have been labelled "When I read haiku's" so it could be a haiku.

                  [–]nacapass 0 points1 point ago

                  "It looks like Wayne's basement. Only, thats not Wayne's basement. Isn't that weird?"

                  "Garth, that was a haiku"

                  [–]DavidHK 0 points1 point ago

                  I can't believe I

                  Really knew what a haiku is

                  Thank you english class.

                  [–]jxcream -1 points0 points ago

                  I read that the whole syllable thing is misconception and that haikus must have 17 'on' although i dont really know what an on is.

                  [–]crayons932 0 points1 point ago

                  EVERY time I see a pie graph

                  [–]Brouje 0 points1 point ago

                  if the title had been 5 syllables, then this would also have been a haiku

                  [–]Terox15 1 point2 points ago

                  I suck at haiku's Refridgerator

                  [–]DBECKK -1 points0 points ago

                  False. ~1% of the time, you appreciate the Haiku, according to your pie graph.

                  [–]Crim91 0 points1 point ago

                  ITT: Everyone replies with a haiku.

                  [–]shawn789 0 points1 point ago

                  proceeds to count syllables

                  [–]snakedog001 0 points1 point ago

                  Came for haikus, reddit delivered, thank you reddit

                  [–]LuckyNumberHat 0 points1 point ago

                  Why didn't you make the graph a Haiku?

                  [–]hemingxi 0 points1 point ago

                  If your title was "When I see Haikus", your pie chart would be a haiku.

                  [–]Sfdavidbest 0 points1 point ago

                  Here is a Haiku

                  Appreciate the Haiku.

                  Count the syllables.

                  [–]TheRiot530 0 points1 point ago

                  When I read haikus

                  Appreciate the haiku

                  Count the syllables

                  [–]Bezzie 0 points1 point ago

                  It would have been better if the title was 5 syllables, the first option 7, and the last 5. NO UPVOTE FOR YOU

                  [–]nowakattack 0 points1 point ago

                  Did anyone else think that the three lines in the graph were a haiku?

                  ...And I counted the syllables in it. Damn you, irony!

                  [–]NinjaDog251 0 points1 point ago

                  five seven then five
                  syllables mark a haiku
                  remarkable oaf

                  [–]majicpowaz -1 points0 points ago

                  Really? I think of that Threadless T-Shirt, http://www.threadless.com/product/623/Haikus_are_easy_but

                  It reads:

                  Haikus are easy

                  But sometimes they don't make sense

                  Refrigerator.

                  [–]ZombieSnake 1 point2 points ago

                  Try Borderlands 2

                  Make sure to play as Zero

                  Dude speaks in haiku

                  [–]Kind_Of_A_Dick 1 point2 points ago

                  This is a haiku.

                  Here are seven syllables.

                  Now go fuck yourself.

                  [–]bscotty919 0 points1 point ago

                  This was so close to being a haiku. you just needed to change the title to "When I read haikus," or something else that has three less syllables than it does now. SO CLOSE, OP

                  [–]Slurmoholic 0 points1 point ago

                  Totally agree Only the maker likes Haikus are boring

                  [–]Robots_In_Disguise 0 points1 point ago

                  Works 90% of the time, every time.

                  [–]dacookeymonsta 0 points1 point ago

                  I would like to express my disappointment that this in itself was not a haiku.

                  [–]Zaulk 0 points1 point ago

                  *EVERY time I read a bad or average haiku.

                  The truly profound haikus are the ones you never have to count the syllables .

                  [–]gomtuu123 1 point2 points ago

                  Counting syllables
                  Is no way to read a poem
                  But I made you do it

                  [–]sartreofthesuburbs 0 points1 point ago

                  When I read haikus,

                  I count up the syllables,

                  To make sure they're right.

                  [–]Wetish 0 points1 point ago

                  Refrigerator

                  [–]Captain_d00m 0 points1 point ago

                  Often write Haiku's

                  Not too good at counting though

                  I do not give a fuck

                  [–]Count_Spockula 1 point2 points ago

                  that's six syllables

                  you broke the rules of haiku

                  i would never do that

                  [–]Captain_d00m 0 points1 point ago

                  We are rule breakers

                  We don't give a fuck at all

                  Six motherfucking beats

                  [–]Jonny_Watts 0 points1 point ago

                  I, too read like this

                  I simply can't trust the poet

                  I check it myself

                  [–]Ninjakoalas 1 point2 points ago

                  And also picture it in Zero's voice.

                  [–]boson_plus_one 1 point2 points ago

                  A haiku doesn't actually have a specific syllable requirement.

                  Excerpt from Wikipedia: Traditional haiku consist of 17 on (also known as morae), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on respectively. Any one of the three phrases may end with the kireji. Although haiku are often stated to have 17 syllables, this is inaccurate as syllables and on are not the same.

                  [–]vincentk18 1 point2 points ago

                  This is a haiku

                  It has seven syllables

                  That was a haiku

                  I like poetry

                  Haikus are the best kind though

                  Piss tits lol wut gay

                  [–]HitMeUpGranny 0 points1 point ago

                  upvote for the last line of the second haiku

                  [–]jump_the_snark 0 points1 point ago

                  1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 through 7 1 2 3 4 5

                  [–]x13lackmagickx 0 points1 point ago

                  I thought this was going to be a haiku.

                  [–]Johngazm 0 points1 point ago

                  Came to the comments Expecting to see haikus Not disappointed

                  [–]AbleSeacat 0 points1 point ago

                  Every time I read a haiku, I read it in William Shatner's voice.

                  [–]falcownpawnch 0 points1 point ago

                  In all haiku threads, There is never anything But contrived poems.

                  [–]RavarSC 0 points1 point ago

                  every time i see

                  formatting like this i just

                  assume it's a haiku

                  [–]Eliot_2000 0 points1 point ago

                  Title should be "when I see haikus".
                  That would be perfect.

                  [–]ocelotalot 0 points1 point ago

                  I see a haiku, Appreciate the haiku? No, count syllables.

                  [–]felixfelix 0 points1 point ago

                  fall on a haiku

                  appreciate the haiku

                  count the syllables

                  [–]iAMtheJoe 0 points1 point ago

                  If you had made the title of the graph "Seeing a haiku" the graph, when read from top to bottom, would have been a haiku.

                  [–]jrobos 0 points1 point ago

                  anyone else count the syllables in the pie chart?

                  [–]EitanWolf 0 points1 point ago

                  Look at the haiku.

                  Appreciate the haiku.

                  Count the syllables.

                  [–]angepocalypse 0 points1 point ago

                  When I read haikus
                  Appreciate the haiku?
                  Count the syllables.

                  [–]PinkClaydoh 0 points1 point ago

                  Zer0 from Borderlands 2 only speaks in haiku. Unless it's one-liners.

                  [–]ukiyoe 0 points1 point ago

                  They're usually not even haiku, but senryu. This one grinds my gears.

                  [–]Pythosblaze 1 point2 points ago

                  Zer0, the Assassin class character in Borderlands 2, occasionally speaks in haiku (lol, that rhymes). Anyway, I almost always pause to check behind him and make sure he has his syllables right. This has nearly gotten me killed on more than one occasion.

                  My personal favorite thus far:

                  "How hilarious.

                  You just set off my trap card

                  Your death approaches."

                  [–]brandnewtothegame 1 point2 points ago

                  Counting syllables

                  Makes me sneeze, I know not why.

                  Haiku! Gesundheit.

                  [–]YNot1989 0 points1 point ago

                  Five, seven, then five

                  syllables mark a haiku

                  remarkable oaf

                  [–]Acaz 1 point2 points ago

                  The first line of the graph should be "When I see Haiku"

                  Then the graphic would be a haiku...

                  [–]mateogg 0 points1 point ago

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXr2uJi3k-g

                  [–]faintpremonition 0 points1 point ago

                  I don't want to watch

                  Who's the Boss at 2 AM

                  Get out of my head

                  [–]omni_presents 0 points1 point ago

                  can't you do both?

                  [–]starface18 0 points1 point ago

                  Where's haiku_bot when you need him?

                  [–]IAMA_Ghost_Boo 0 points1 point ago

                  These colors are screwing with my eyes!

                  [–]Sly_R -1 points0 points ago

                  I watched Nichijou.

                  Some Haiku fun in that show.

                  Mogami River.

                  [–]Michael_McGillicutty -1 points0 points ago

                  I just knew that there

                  Would be shitty haiku posts

                  In response to this

                  [–]zamboniman46 0 points1 point ago

                  this is so true that i started to check for a haiku before i even read what the graph said

                  [–]Sethr56 1 point2 points ago

                  http://i.imgur.com/nEq0m.jpg

                  [–]writ24 0 points1 point ago

                  I had to count the words by the pie chart, just in case.

                  [–]RiZe_of_Gingers 0 points1 point ago

                  Almost a haiku

                  [–]ChaosBozz 0 points1 point ago

                  Came close but still no cigar.

                  [–]Kjl0330 0 points1 point ago

                  Haikus can be fun

                  But sometimes they don't make sense

                  Refrigerator

                  [–]soap_dispencer 0 points1 point ago

                  Haiku's are stupid They impose limitations On syllables used

                  [–]IzkaMenomi 0 points1 point ago

                  Everytime I read one I don't even notice it is a haiku.

                  [–]drumstyx 0 points1 point ago

                  You could have made this chart a haiku by making the title "When I see haikus"

                  [–]Dustin- 0 points1 point ago

                  Five, seven, then five

                  Syllables in a haiku.

                  You miserable oaf.

                  [–]awesomeman23 0 points1 point ago

                  My name is Sokka

                  From the southern water tribe

                  I am not an oaf.

                  [–]TheBlasianBruski 0 points1 point ago

                  How hilarious,

                  You just set off my trap card

                  Your death approaches.

                  [–]Assaultman67 0 points1 point ago

                  How do you appreciate haiku's?

                  I think it is probably how I appreciate Christmas cards from relatives who are in the room.

                  You look at it, wear an expression saying "oh, how nice", flip through it and read the text as if you're impressed, examine the card for at least 10 seconds, put it down and thank them.

                  [–]Klaue 0 points1 point ago

                  Looks like I'm the only one  
That thinks haikus are trite  
No this isn't one.

                  [–]ChesterTheGecko -1 points0 points ago

                  Right as i read this A haiku came on TV I am scared shitless

                  [–]FutureJustin 0 points1 point ago

                  I can't appreciate them, I just don't get them. But without further ado,

                  I see you drivin'

                  'round town with the girl I love

                  And I'm like, fuck you!

                  [–]Sauraku 0 points1 point ago

                  Every time I play Zer0 in Borderlands 2.

                  Most of his voice-over lines are haiku.

                  [–]DookieXplodr 0 points1 point ago

                  That pie chart looks like the Japanese flag.

                  [–]ITheWestSideI 0 points1 point ago

                  Every time Zero says anything in Borderlands 2.

                  [–]Elanthius 0 points1 point ago

                  Funny, I always check for a reference to the season and a turning syllable. 99% of reddit haiku's completely fail to be haiku's at all except in the same sense that a pile of garbage can be considered art I suppose.

                  [–]badgerhax 0 points1 point ago

                  Three lines were in that image;

                  so I counted them,

                  but it was not a haiku.

                  [–]thawed_out_trout 1 point2 points ago

                  FIXED:

                  WHEN I SEE HAIKU

                  APPRECIATE THE HAIKU

                  COUNT THE SYLLABLES

                  [–]Cyborg771 0 points1 point ago

                  If the title of the graph had been "When reading haikus" the content of the picture would have been a haiku. Just saying.

                  [–]stokd 0 points1 point ago

                  Reading "Fight Club". /end

                  [–]theruski43 0 points1 point ago

                  Count those motherfucking syllables like it was the law...

                  [–]SXHarrasmentPanda 0 points1 point ago

                  When I see a haiku I look at it and think 'why the fuck is everybody creaming over haikus these days?'

                  [–]_sledje_ 0 points1 point ago

                  Everyone stop please

                  I'm so sick of these haikus

                  A non sequitur!

                  [–]ILovePopPunk 1 point2 points ago

                  I counted the number of syllables on the pie chart.

                  Not a haiku :(

                  [–]UnicornAkira 0 points1 point ago

                  Haikus are easy

                  But sometimes they don't make sense

                  Refrigerator

                  [–]Cullenoscopy 0 points1 point ago

                  Critical killing

                  Is an art unto itself

                  And I am Rembrandt

                  [–]pokepokepokitypoke 0 points1 point ago

                  This is a haiku!

                  This is a haiku for you!

                  What a great haiku!

                  My friend wrote this in 5th grade.

                  [–]Amlethus 0 points1 point ago

                  Every time I

                  See a beautiful haiku

                  Refrigerator

                  [–]Simple_Technique 0 points1 point ago

                  Every time? you're pie chart suggests other wise.

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