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[–]chaos_switch 331 points332 points ago

Man wouldn't be great if there was a word that accurately describes things-within-things?

Oh wait,

There already is.

RECURSION

[–]MetaIndescribeable 69 points70 points ago

Also, nesting.

[–]feureau 4 points5 points ago

What do you mean, nesting? Like in nesting hung over, nesting got fired? Help me out here.

[–]MetaIndescribeable 10 points11 points ago

As in dolls.

(Or as in nested parentheses (but it makes it hard to read (which is why it's bad form in writing)))

[–]fretsurfer12 6 points7 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/LcvBW.jpg Redneck nesting dolls

[–]Impstrong 3 points4 points ago

As in comments.

[–]ANAL_QUEEN 1 point2 points ago

Nesting as in having a baby?

[–]youstolemyname 6 points7 points ago

[–]justaguess 3 points4 points ago

Infinite regression

[–]iamleighanne 8 points9 points ago

Google recursion, it's funny :)

[–]TheTalkingCamelAnus 7 points8 points ago

And while you're there, google Lionel Richie.

[–]ImageOfInsanity 1 point2 points ago

Was not disappointed.

[–]WeGotOpportunity 0 points1 point ago

Time to steal that sweet sweet karma of yours

[–]iamleighanne 0 points1 point ago

heh?

[–]Bromazepam 1 point2 points ago

He's gonna post a screenshot of Google in /r/funny for karma.

Edit: oh no, he already did, but in /r/todayilearned.

[–]iamleighanne 1 point2 points ago

At least he was honest about it!

[–]snowboy437 1 point2 points ago

Thank you for being informative.

[–]eos_styx 0 points1 point ago

I came here to say this. Thank you!

[–]Confucius_says -1 points0 points ago

actually recursion is repeating the same thing over and over. it isn't necessarily something within something.

[–]Danmonkey 27 points28 points ago

Just for the record, Inception actually means the beginning or start of something or some idea. The more you know

[–]philge 4 points5 points ago

in·cep·tion    [in-sep-shuhn] Show IPA noun

1. beginning; start; commencement.

2. British . a. the act of graduating or earning a university degree, usually a master's or doctor's degree, especially at Cambridge University. b. the graduation ceremony; commencement.

3. (in science fiction) the act of instilling an idea into someone's mind by entering his or her dreams.

♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒♒★

[–]Krushed_RED_pepperR 0 points1 point ago

mmmmm...IPA.

[–]enginurd 24 points25 points ago

Clip for the lazy.

[–]feureau 8 points9 points ago

Heey! I'm no lazy!

...

clicks

[–]Draiko 1 point2 points ago

Now I want to invest with Dave.

[–]Dont_Panic_Im_Here 69 points70 points ago

Too early, Prepare to fast forward!

[–]studmuffffffin 36 points37 points ago

What the hell am I looking at? When the hell does this happen in the movie?

[–]Webasauraus 47 points48 points ago

Now. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now is happening now.

[–]le_stephanois_55 13 points14 points ago

What happened to then?

[–]Dr_Freeze 17 points18 points ago

We missed it!

[–]facepalminghomer 10 points11 points ago

When?

[–]Dr_Freeze 11 points12 points ago

Just now.

[–]Ardailec 10 points11 points ago

When well then, be now?

[–]facepalminghomer 17 points18 points ago

Soon!

[–]NovaPrime15 4 points5 points ago

How soon?

[–]peppersmith67 3 points4 points ago

When?

[–]facepalminghomer 18 points19 points ago

Go back to then.

[–]Kixile 15 points16 points ago

When?

[–]facepalminghomer 11 points12 points ago

Now.

[–]agentpatsy 8 points9 points ago

Now?

[–]facepalminghomer 6 points7 points ago

Now.

[–]thinkingperson 2 points3 points ago

No, not 'now', that is then already. Now as in now.

[–]kuiperhr1 2 points3 points ago

When will then be now?

[–]studmuffffffin 3 points4 points ago

Now!

[–]KiF1rE 15 points16 points ago

Preparing to fast forward!

[–]youarealldumbasses 7 points8 points ago

Fast forwarding, Sir!

[–]Lithirm 11 points12 points ago

Preparing, you're always preparing! Just go!

[–]ninjaneer76 7 points8 points ago

No, no. Go past this. In fact, never show this again.

[–]fobindianman 59 points60 points ago

COMB THE DESERT!

[–]DisterDan 60 points61 points ago

WE AIN'T FOUND SHIT!

[–]Draiko 6 points7 points ago

  • Tuvok

[–]paul_swimmer -4 points-3 points ago

I was JUST about to say that! Hahaha!

[–]comb_the_desert 3 points4 points ago

I'm too late :(

[–]AreWeNotMenOfScience 10 points11 points ago

Only one man would dare give me the raspberry!

[–]facepalminghomer 7 points8 points ago

LONESTAR!!!

[–]samalynn 20 points21 points ago

I'm surrounded by assholes

[–]TheTalkingCamelAnus 8 points9 points ago

Yo!

[–]sumebrius 4 points5 points ago

Keep firing, Assholes!

[–]instaldave 10 points11 points ago

"When does this happen in the movie?" "Now. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now. Is happening now, sir." "What happened to then?" "We past then." "When?" "Just now!" "We're at now, now." "Go back to then." "When?" "When?" "Now?" "I can't!" "Why?" "We missed it." "When?" "JUST now." "When will then be now?" "Soon..."

[–]Readerrocket 24 points25 points ago

inception does not mean meta

[–]raplahn 20 points21 points ago

I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate.

[–]facepalminghomer 9 points10 points ago

So, what does that make us?

[–]gidjun 11 points12 points ago

Absolutely nothing.

[–]rocketman10404 10 points11 points ago

Which is what you are about to become!

[–]DemeGeek 0 points1 point ago

Excuse me if I am wrong, but couldn't that mean that they were once roommates?

[–]Collateraldunlap 2 points3 points ago

It would make be his cousins ex roommate.

[–]DemeGeek 0 points1 point ago

oh... after going through it I realized that your father's brother's nephew didn't have to be your cousin...

[–]blkdevil 50 points51 points ago

How is that inception???? Do you even know what that means?

[–]GreenAndOrange 13 points14 points ago

Yeah this is just trolling, it's humor for 11 year olds.

But it's always fun to be reminded of space balls.

[–]Hamsamwich 31 points32 points ago

How is that trolling???? Do you even know what that means?

[–]UnknownUser404 15 points16 points ago

Yeah this is just Space Balls, it's humor for 20 year olds.

But it's always fun to be reminded of trolling.

[–]lethrowface 9 points10 points ago

How is that Space Balls???? Do you even know what that means?

[–]FastTurtleFour 15 points16 points ago

I don't think inception means what you think it means.

[–]LiveLikeLuis -1 points0 points ago

The word 'inception' means the beginning, start, or commencement of something. The word 'Inception' (capital I) means a movie that had a lot of layers in it.

[–]webchimp32 2 points3 points ago

The word 'Inception' (capital I) means a movie that had a lot of layers in it.

Inception from the film means placing an idea in someone's mind in such a way that they believe it was their own idea to begin with, the inception (beginning) of an idea.

[–]autodidact89 0 points1 point ago

You can still refer to the movie as a proper noun for a joke.

[–]LiveLikeLuis -1 points0 points ago

No. That's not what 'Inception' means, that's what 'inception' means. The Capital I matters because it's a different word. Capital-I-Inception means a movie made by Christopher Nolan. The word inception means what you just stated from the movie Inception.

[–]brubakes 1 point2 points ago

Come back here you fat bearded bitch!

[–]Jsiw1017 6 points7 points ago

How many assholes are on the ship?!

[–]facepalminghomer 7 points8 points ago

[–]midnight-midday 3 points4 points ago

If you notice in the background, just behind Darth Helmet, is more Mel Brooks movies. Very nice product placement, Mel.

[–]TheIrish 8 points9 points ago

Merchandising, Merchandising... Merchandising.

[–]DQLouise 3 points4 points ago

Yoghurt! I hate yoghurt, even with Strawberries!

[–]LiveLikeLuis 0 points1 point ago

Inception had a bunch of layers in it. It's a title to a movie. Notice the capital I in the post.

[–]ThatIsMyHat 0 points1 point ago

It also had Leonardo DiCaprio in it. Should we start calling everything with Leonardo DiCaprio an "inception"?

[–]LiveLikeLuis 0 points1 point ago

No, and nobody called it an 'inception'. They called it The Original Inception. Capital I. Proper noun. They said that this scene from a movie is like another movie, which happens to be called Inception, and which happens to be about a bunch of layers.

[–]Abnmlguru 7 points8 points ago

Mr. Rental? I think you mean Redbox.

At least get the name right 20 years ahead of time.

[–]SanchoDeLaRuse 4 points5 points ago

They have the name correct 50 years ahead of time, just wait for this Redbox thing to pass.

[–]mbrady 1 point2 points ago

VHS will rise again!

[–]feureau 1 point2 points ago

I'm still trying to figure out what are the movies they have on display on the background there

[–]exactly9000 7 points8 points ago

other Mel Brooks movies

[–]9212 5 points6 points ago

<a line from the movie>

[–]traveler_ 2 points3 points ago

<the next line from that movie>

[–]ThatIsMyHat 0 points1 point ago

<A misquoted line from a different part of the movie>

[–]El_Impresionante 3 points4 points ago

[–]pixelbits 2 points3 points ago

Ahem, the true original Inception:

A Dream Within A Dream by Edgar Allen Poe, 1849.

Take this kiss upon the brow!

And, in parting from you now,

Thus much let me avow-

You are not wrong, who deem

That my days have been a dream;

Yet if hope has flown away

In a night, or in a day,

In a vision, or in none,

Is it therefore the less gone?

All that we see or seem

Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar

Of a surf-tormented shore,

And I hold within my hand

Grains of the golden sand-

How few! yet how they creep

Through my fingers to the deep,

While I weep- while I weep!

O God! can I not grasp

Them with a tighter clasp?

O God! can I not save

One from the pitiless wave?

Is all that we see or seem

But a dream within a dream?

[–]epitomeofawesome1[S] -2 points-1 points ago

i guess you've got me beat!

[–]Cactusy 2 points3 points ago

Is that Doc Scratch?

[–]Firehippo782 0 points1 point ago

heh, looks like it

[–]mr_tomorrow 0 points1 point ago

What happen to then?

[–]patejam 1 point2 points ago

Nah man, La jetée.

[–]Gortonis 0 points1 point ago

I was hoping for Russian Nesting Dolls

[–]Roberek -1 points0 points ago

Up-vote for a classic funny-as-hell movie

[–]CornySpark 0 points1 point ago

One of my all time favourite movies.

"What's the matter with this thing, what's all that churning and bubbling, do you call that a radar screen?" "No sir, we call it, Mr. Coffee."

[–]kerbogasc 0 points1 point ago

Spaceballs: the inception

[–]gaylordsforce 1 point2 points ago

He's an asshole sir.

[–]McDragan 2 points3 points ago

I know that, what's his name?

[–]Metroidman -1 points0 points ago

When is that in the movie?

[–]endline80 0 points1 point ago

when will then be now

[–]Corain 0 points1 point ago

You keep using that word...

[–]LiveLikeLuis 0 points1 point ago

It's not a common noun, it's name of a movie. It makes sense if you remember that. Inception, the movie, was very layered.

[–]dpadjune 0 points1 point ago

somebody has jammed the radar

[–]chmodBacon 0 points1 point ago

when will then be now?

[–]Guild_Navigator 0 points1 point ago

Oh shit,there goes reddit...

[–]Vicious_Seraph 0 points1 point ago

Hahahahahaha. That is all.

[–]barnabyjones7 -1 points0 points ago

Never noticed that Mr. Rental thing on the side

[–]MrDanger -2 points-1 points ago

Blazing Saddles anyone?

[–]WatchedTheWorldBurn 0 points1 point ago

TIL the original Netflix was known as Mr. Rental

[–]kentnasty 0 points1 point ago

I had a dream that I was Martin Luther King Jr. INCEPTION.

[–]PicardsShinyHead 0 points1 point ago

Is it just me, or was Mel Brooks braking the 4th wall the worst thing that happened in all of his movies?

[–]greensalt 0 points1 point ago

The Game

[–]madarapt1 0 points1 point ago

is.. is he a nightingale?

[–]TheRealSilverBlade 0 points1 point ago

This isn't inception, this is breaking the 4th wall.

[–]LiveLikeLuis 0 points1 point ago

It isn't inception. It's Inception. There's a difference. It's a movie title.

[–]jajison 0 points1 point ago

Original Netflix: Mr. Rental

[–]MugatusDog 0 points1 point ago

yo lord...

[–]mrskeetskeeter 1 point2 points ago

What happened to Rick Moranis? He needs to come back.

[–]thorofasgard 0 points1 point ago

He quit acting to take care of his family after his wife died.

[–]ketchum1313 0 points1 point ago

Lol space balls ima go watch that now

[–]ViceroyRogers 0 points1 point ago

Clicked on this. Wanted to talk about eXistenZ. Nobody ever wants to talk about eXistenZ.

[–]ramona-ramones 0 points1 point ago

Oh, I thought you mean "Original CONception."

[–]TocallRetal 0 points1 point ago

Wait, when will then be now? Soon sir!

[–]skinnylemur 0 points1 point ago

And, I guess, the original Redbox?

[–]ishi05 0 points1 point ago

Something tells me Xzibit is looking at this with a rather large smile on his face

[–]boilermakermatt 1 point2 points ago

Mr. Renter, the original Redbox

[–]large-farva 0 points1 point ago

[–]quinnmartini -1 points0 points ago

I just wish I could up vote this more than once. I had to down vote then up vote so it seemed like two

[–]sc21 0 points1 point ago

I came in here just to read people correct what inception really is. I wasn't disappointed.

[–]ruff0214 1 point2 points ago

His tie looks like a penis

[–]DeathInTightPants 0 points1 point ago

Thanks...now I have to go watch this, thus taking away from precious Reddit time.

[–]jtcompound 0 points1 point ago

I like how angry his tie looks.

[–]PalladiumTurtle 0 points1 point ago

[–]Uphoria 0 points1 point ago

I was actually looking at the MR RENTAL on the wall and thinking Space Balls predicted Red Box.

[–]gfantom 0 points1 point ago

I fucking love this movie. That is all.

[–]RedRox 1 point2 points ago

I'm gonna guess how this shot is done. The black square to the right of the TV contains the video camera pointing outwards towards a large Mirror. The Darth vader character is looking directly at the camera box in the mirror. And the TV is connected to the video camera feed.

[–]rachelbythebay 0 points1 point ago

My money is on a second camera (video, not film) just to the right of the film camera used on this shot, with its output fed into the (sync-corrected) monitor. Notice that the guy on the right is blocking that black box in the video (on the monitor) but not in the outermost view that we have.

[–]J-Unit 1 point2 points ago

I just noticed all of the penises on Dark Helmets chest.

[–]layzor 0 points1 point ago

why is Squidward's face there...

[–]brianblack2b 0 points1 point ago

That's... that's not what Inception is... in any context that I can fathom.

[–]Geronimo15 0 points1 point ago

There's an entire generation of kids on the internet who think this is what the word inception means because of that movie and the resulting jokes.

[–]Low023 0 points1 point ago

You just found the origin to Red Box! Mr. Rental.

[–]storyfornosleep 0 points1 point ago

MISTER COFFFEE

[–]TheActualAWdeV 1 point2 points ago

Droste effect, jackass! Existed for atleast a century and I have no doubt it existed before that.

[–]Newemb 0 points1 point ago

whats the movie called? I'd like to see it once again.

[–]GrumpyDingo 0 points1 point ago

Space Balls

[–]Syrina_Inavi 0 points1 point ago

But you can clearly see that in the tv the one with the white cap is in the middle of that monitor. And in that "real" picture they he's more on the right side! ಠ_ಠ

[–]ivanmarsh 0 points1 point ago

Still the most mind-bending scene in any movie ever.

[–]lichnor 0 points1 point ago

This was the first movie I ever laughed out loud at a movie theater, and laughed out loud a lot. Perfect example of Classic American Cinema.

Oh, and.......COME BACK RICK MORANIS!!!!!!!

[–]CareForceOne 1 point2 points ago

Pizza the hut

[–]burning_consciousnes 1 point2 points ago

When will then be now?

[–]StacksOfBudahhh 0 points1 point ago

SOON!

[–]quinnmartini -1 points0 points ago

Now. This is now. We already passed then

[–]JimmySchaps -2 points-1 points ago

I never noticed all the Mel Brooks movie covers on the Mr. Rental stand. more inception