I am a cat of very little brain and long words bother me*

"Gamecat235" (Gamecat235) 01/08/2014 at 17:10 • Filed to: None

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Can someone explain the COTD to me? First off, I'm not entirely sure who Chris Hansen is beyond his usage in memes and what wiki tells me, and second... uh... um... I know how to pronounce SEAT.

Am I overthinking this?

*not really, but my knowledge of pop culture outside of music is pretty close to null.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Gamecat235 01/08/2014 at 17:15

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Chris Hansen-as-meme (to catch a predator):
Scenario, confrontation of deviant on arrival to candid camera-esque confrontation location/set, usually pedophile

"Why don't you take a seat"

*Confronts over predilections, intent, etc.*

Gamecat235 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/08/2014 at 17:17

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Got it... couldn't not read it as SEAT given the context. Thanks!

Unless he has a really weird speech pattern where he pronounces "seat" as "SEAT" then I may be even more confused. =)

PS9 > Gamecat235 01/08/2014 at 17:24

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I'll try. The following assumes you know all you need to about Hansen. In ripping both the premise and the tropes of the famed sex predator show, I suspect the COTD is trying to humorously point out points of similarity between a sex predator being caught on live TV, and a buyer being caught on a dealer lot by predatory sales people.

Seat = car company or furniture, so 'have a seat' = double entendre.

'What, you don't like V.A.G.?' = more double entendre, as SEAT is a car company under the peoples auto group, and 'V.A.G.' de-acronymed could be slang for...you have children of your own. No further explanation needed here. The buyer in this micro story continues to get nervous (as did the potential sex offenders during the interview), further highlighting the double entendre as well as the humor.

Buyer tries to escape the sale, and gets tackled just like the escaping sex predators of yore. I've been 'tackled' by controlling dickhead sales predators before, so I guffawed at that part.

Gamecat235 > PS9 01/08/2014 at 17:27

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You, good sir, win at the explanation Olympics. When my frontal lobes give out, I want to hire you as my reality interpreter.

doodon2whls > Gamecat235 01/08/2014 at 17:55

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Yeah - what he said...

Also, SEAT is pronounced "SAY-aht"

Gamecat235 > doodon2whls 01/08/2014 at 18:08

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Given the understanding... it was amusing... but I have a hard time disassociating the correct or acceptable pronunciations of words from similar looking words (homograph dyslexia?)

desertdog5051 > Gamecat235 01/08/2014 at 19:09

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Watching a British commentated series, they pronounced it See-at. But we all know the British pronounce aluminum and "Z" wrong.

Gamecat235 > desertdog5051 01/08/2014 at 19:12

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They can't spell anything right either! Adding S's and U's everywhere!