Strong Sad's Lament
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Strong Sad's Lament is Strong Sad's personal weblog. It originated with in the email "website," when you could access it by clicking on the "F10" image at the bottom of Strong Bad's Website. It was on hiatus for 17 months until August 5, 2004, when Strong Sad remembered his password and began posting regularly again. Once again, it appears to be hiatus again as it has been over six months since the last update.
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Taglines
- Aug. 26: "You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake."
- From Fight Club.
- Aug. 19: "THEY'RE ALL GONNA LAUGH AT YOU!"
- This is also the title of an Adam Sandler CD (WARNING: EXPLICIT LYRICS).
- Also a quote from the movie Carrie, which the Sandler clip was based on.
- Aug. 12: "When you grow up, your heart dies."
- This is most likely a reference to the 1985 motion picture The Breakfast Club.
- Aug. 7: "Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful"
- From Don't Let's Start by They Might Be Giants.
- Prior to Aug. 7: "Dancin-a with myseh-helf wah wah wah-o."
- From the Billy Idol tune "Dancing With Myself"
Avatars
| Image | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
 | 09/09/2004 | English author Douglas Adams |
 | 08/26/2004 | Neil from The Young Ones |
 | 08/19/2004 | Corporal Walter (Radar) O'Reilly from the hit TV series M*A*S*H |
 | 08/12/2004 | Lydia from the cartoon adaptation of the film Beetlejuice |
 | Unknown | Graf "Count" Orlok from the silent movie Nosferatu |
 | Unknown | Morpheus, or Dream of the Endless, from the "Sandman" series of comics by Neil Gaiman |
 | Unknown | Irish author Oscar Wilde |
 | Unknown | American writer Edgar Allan Poe |
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Easter Eggs
- In Strong Sad's user profile, you can click "none" after "friends" to see what secret fond memories Strong Sad has.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- When depressio first came out, you could get this by emailing Strong Sad.
- 'Morpheus' will has a drop of blood that comes out of his eye, much like a tear.
- Here is Strong Sad's user profile:
- Name: Strong Sad
- Email: depressio@homestarrunner.com
- AOL IM: depressio111117
- Quote: "Each day we die a little more."
- Interests: Listening, Books, Listening to books, Calligraphy, Poetry, Safety, Being alone, Arts, Crafts, Arts b/w Crafts
- Friends: None
- Every alternate text (for links) is "Header."
- His emotions are...
- For a short while on August 12th, 2004, heading to the front page of Homestar Runner (that is, the "come on in"/"watch intro" page) would instead bring up Strong Sad's blog; this blocked all access to the site for a short period of time, with the only way to reach the site being to sneak through the 404'd pages.
Remarks
- Strong Sad says he can't jump, despite doing two lousy jumping jacks in A Jumping Jack Contest, although he may be implying that he's no good at jumping. He also jumped in Experimental Film.
- This might be a reference to the fact that elephants are supposedly the only mammals who can't jump.
- History Lesson Part II is written in the exact style of Strong Bad, as in that the entry says Johnny Appleseed was a hippie, and calls Strong Sad "dumpus". This may be because Strong Sad gave out his password earlier, so Strong Bad may have logged into Strong Sad's account and written his own entry.
Goofs
- Strong Sad actually made a typo in the "Post-it on my face" entry. He writes "If I type real quite, maybe he won't come in here." Instead of quiet.
Inside References
- Strong Sad's profile quote says "Each day we die a little more.". You can hear him say that on the Spin 'n' Say.
- "Saddy Dumpington" playing a washboard may be a reference to 20X6 vs. 1936.
Real-World References
- "Strong Sad's Lament" is a reference to a famous section of a Catullus poem (in Latin) called "Ariadne's Lament."
- "Arts b/w Crafts" in Strong Sad's profile is a reference to the titles of old vinyl singles and LP's, when "b/w" was an abbreviation put between the a-side name and b-side name which stood for "backed with".
- Gregor Mendel is known as "the father of all genetics."
- 3.14 are the first 3 digits of pi, and it is mentioned twice.
- Strong Sad remembered his password at 3:14 PM.
- Homsar's e-vite is on March 14, or 3-14. March 14 is also Pi Day.
- The title of the 8/26/04 entry, "History Lesson Part II," is also the title of a song by the Minutemen (from 1984's Double Nickels on the Dime LP).
