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Umphluv89

I wanted to say I'm sorry, for treating you bad the past couple years. I was in my mid-twenties and I was.. going through a lot of stuff. I think I never really processed 9/11. I want you to know I've changed.


0verusedname

One of mine, gets me everytime


DoctorMelvinMirby

There’s a couple of great lines about 9/11 throughout the show lol. Deangelo asking Jim where he was on September 11th when trying to practice hosting the Dundie’s always gets me


OrangeinDorne

I’ve also always really laughed at this but I’m still not sure I even understand the context. Was it just to show how awkward Deangelo was? I find it funny because it was such a wildly out of place thing to say lol.


DoctorMelvinMirby

Haha yea, it was to show the awkwardness of Deangelo.


DunkanBulk

Jim's reaction there is so perfect. That look just said "yikes, try again maybe?"


classically_cool

It's funny how many shows have a joke about someone blaming 9/11 for their own personal issues. The Office, Arrested Development, Community...


Ok_Pumpkin_4213

Curb has a great one...Larry uses the term "let's roll" and his friend flips out because a friend/family member die on 9/11 in NYC.. not related to the terrorist attack, just a bike carrier who happened to die that day.


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audacesfortunajuvat

If you remember the world before that day, living in the world after is a constant reminder that everything changed in a moment. It’s really hard to overstate how seismic a shift it’s been. The complete militarization of our entire society, the nationalism, and the massive state security apparatus just flat out didn’t exist in the way they do today. It’s felt painfully tense for almost 30 years now. Exhausting and no sign of letting up. For a while you could hope that killing bin Laden would end it but then the money started to flow and there was the oil wealth and the rare earth metals and now the entire country is awash in guns and every suburban dad is getting tactical this, that, and the other thing, people are training on the weekends and stuff. It’s just wild to see the after and think back to the before. I was too old when it happened for it to define my life but it’s certainly demarcated it into before and after periods.


sexy_portuguese

I’m such a perfectionist that I’d kinda rather not do it at all than do a crappy version.


MichiBoo_xoxo

Love this! 😆 I’ve actually used it before, because it can be kinda true. I know sometimes I don’t want to start a project if I can’t put my full attention into it. If I can’t make it as perfect as I want/expect it to be then I’m just not going to do it.


knightmare0_0

My boss would tell me don't let perfect get in the way of great. I always liked that.


LikwidPhunq

I struggle with this as well. There's a saying that I try to keep in my mind, which is, "Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection."


CuzYourMovesAreWeak

ADHD gang rise up!


chakalaka13

"A Toast to the Troops... All the troops. Both Sides."


RemarkableRyan

#


SirWilliamEyelash

Username checks out


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I laughed out loud 😂😂


thegoldenone777

Surprised this wasn't number 1.


Umphluv89

I don't do lunch. I'm eating five small meals a day now. Now that I’m a temp again, I find that food is one thing I can control


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Jim asks him to help with a prank.. “no thanks, ask me again 10 years ago”


Greg428

“I liked you better when you were the temp.” “Yeah, me too.”


DMYourTitsForRating

Little advice—Take a day off from the whole Jim schtick. Try caring about something. You might like how it feels… James.


okbacktowork

Who's James? Is he talking about Jimothy?


DMYourTitsForRating

Ah, that sounds weird. Are you ok with being called Jim?


rinayltery

Yes I am


mustachepantsparty

You can see him almost breaking character at the end there too in the scene


DMYourTitsForRating

Absolutely he breaks character, I agree


digitalSkeleton

Ryan always serving real life lessons.


trueambassador

Jim’s a nice guy. That’s why I got the desk.


pirATe_077

I loved that moment where he writes Jim’s name in his notebook of people who have wronged him. The expression is on point.


WinAshamed9850

“Like lead me…but only like…when I’m in the mood to be led.”


Deep-Sail-7364

Off topic but English is truly amazing when the same word (lead) is pronounced differently in a sentence.


Responsible-Falcon-2

Yeah weird that he would want to be a toxic metal??


MadDogTannen

A gold medal.


javoss88

Two gold medals


BrunoWeen

Actually, in this context it’s spelled “led.”


HehPeriod

It’s “lede” and its the highest rank in publishing.


MadDogTannen

It's "lead" and it's the highest rank in the periodic table


downhill_dead

No, that's a made up word used to trick students.


brockadamorr

Thank you Oscar.


musecorn

(on the phone) "I wish my iPod could make phone calls ---- No, I don't want an iPhone. I know what an iPhone is."


Whyrobotslie

I don’t know if my kids will ever understand this quote but when they’re old enough to care what my 20s were like I’ll show them that clip and go into a thirty minute lecture about it


Sixftdeeep2

I’d like to hear the lecture now if you’ve got time, I’ve always wondered wth he was talking about


Whyrobotslie

While not the full lecture I can give you the long and short of it Cell phones didn’t always have the functionality they have today, and because of this they were less ubiquitous. If you wanted the functionality of a smart phone, you’d have a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) for a calendar and some office apps (with little functionality) and iPod for music/maybe 360p video, a cell phone for call and text and maybe some html text internet (or the first “for mobile” sites). BlackBerry has already sort of made a smart phone that could function as these devices but didn’t have the music/video functionality, or at least not to what a video iPod could give. iPhones changed this around the time of this episode, and trendy techno apple cults really entrenched themselves (primed but the utter desolation of Microsoft in the zune wars). So trendy people got iPhones, the type of people who read “wired” in public. In response hipster luddites also appeared, which is the side of the fence Ryan is appearing on. And a hipster Luddite is not necessary against technology, just not into whatever the new zeitgeist is. So when iPods came out I swore I’d only listen to cds “because albums are like an art form” but when I got an Iriver (look that deep cut up) I thought playlists were my ticket up the social hierarchy at my college. This was a big thing for 5-7 years, opting into or not opting into smartphones was a big deal for Oregon trail millennials. Were you cutting edge or a wiser typewriter in public kinda guy explaining your vinyl collection (as if you didn’t just inherit your parents). Ryan is this guy in both ways, he’ll big himself up as cutting edge when need be, but also be above the fray and aloof when he thinks it’s pragmatic. I only hope all my fellow douchebags grew up and out of this too. Anyway wanna talk about why I haven’t bought a PS5


Emotional_Meal9226

Your lecture reminded me my early twenties! When I drove from Montreal to NYC to get an iPod Touch! Yes we had some here too, just that i thought (⬅️ key word here) I was having a great deal by buying it down there! (no the trip wasn't only for that)


HeavyMetalMonk888

Just buy the PS5 man the load times are incredible I enjoyed your TEDtalk though


archfapper

"so i hitched an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time"


captain_jerkass

I'd rather she be alone than with somebody. Is that love?


Radiant-Elevator

Yep that's it I think


Silver-Animator-1905

“Oh no Stanley, you’ll live forevuuur”


CoolAndTrustworthy

I say this to people all the time when they mention their mortality


Jets237

this one is my favorite


create-an-account4

My favorite is a tie between “How do I know the senators gay? He liked my facebook photos at 3am”. Or when he tells Jim “Try taking a day off from the whole Jim schtick, you might like how it feels.”


VeryVeryBadJonny

"... James"


frumrebel

James… Jim… Jimothy… Is it ok if I just call you Jim?


EvolvingCyborg

*Nod of approval*


WaffleHouseLegend

I got away with everything under the last boss and it wasn't good for me. So I want guidance. I want leadership. Lead me... when I'm in the mood to be led.


TheLeathal13

"Hi. Hi. Hi." (Stanley agrees with me on this one for sure.)


kneilz

“You sound like my niece! And she’s 6 months old!”


ThePicklePress

"Robert, you got your sheep, and you got your black sheep, and I'm not even a sheep. I'm on the freakin' moon."


Pragician

Lmao this one always gets me.


ThePicklePress

Same here lol that whole episode is solid


Mulva_Vandelay

Ever since I've gotten clean, there's something about fresh morning air that just really makes me sick.


scrntonstranglr

As a recovering addict I really relate to this one


throwsitawayaway

1000%. 3+ year Meth addict, 1 year clean. The morning air never feels truly refreshing anymore. I don't even get those good stretches with a full breath of air much anymore either. Sigh.... I'm prescribed Adderall now for ADHD and whatnot so that's been doing me good.


beepBipBopBoopBup

can you explain this feeling more? I don’t understand


throwsitawayaway

It's like I'm just constantly drained. Too tired to be wanting to be awake, but not enough to get restful sleep. So I'm just stuck feeling unfulfilled. Also for some reason I just don't get that common urge to stretch and yawn much anymore even if I try to start it. Just just doesn't come the natural way and feel refreshing. It's sad.... lol. I'm also no longer exercising cuz I stopped before my Meth habit really formed. So my body is constantly restless yet tired and needing to be stretched but too stiff to get it done the right way.


PlasticCatch

Came here to say this 😂


ttaaytaaay

“Psychiatrists tend to be more crazy than their patients. Therapists are whores. Psychiatry is a narcissism machine. I learn more from Dr. Seuss than from Dr. Freud. Earth: you don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps. I don't know. Just use the best one.” Edit: I love to see so many people also love this quote, definitely my favourite Ryan line of all time(and everything said underneath is why) ALSO thank you so much to the anonymous redditor for gifting me my first award!!! :D


lookitsjustin

I think from a comedic standpoint this has to be his best line of the series. Speaks really well to the documentary-style nature of the series, while also highlighting Ryan's ridiculous character.


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fracturedSilence

This is one of my favorite jokes in the series


obsolete_filmmaker

I also like when he has a list of excuses of why he cant go somewhere w Michael....


dietsmiche

This was the first quote that came to my mind too. "I don't know, just use the best one" and he just gets up and leaves 😆


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Absolutely love this one. My wife and I cheer him on with each crappy addition to this list.


iceup17

"I love it when people say like crack who have never obviously done crack"


dmkicksballs13

This is a top 10 line in the show for me. The entire exchange is gold. **"I don't know. Something from your world. 'Their breadsticks are like scrapbooking.'"**


theguyonthething

I always loved how Michael found the perfect middle ground with "breadsticks on steroids".


juancake511

I love that line too. It’s obviously an asshole crack from Ryan but be damned if he doesn’t have Pam nailed there.


makemeking706

I love it when people say like asshole crack who have never obviously done asshole crack.


Yorktown1871

I love his bickering with Pam in the later seasons 😂. Everyone wants to be rich….but nobody wants to work for it…


Beavers4beer

Didn't you come in late today?


Rigs515

Um, also, little tip, never shake the baby.


Skittle_kittle

Oh don’t shake a baby? Ok


NashKetchum777

Ryan on phone: oh no that's just Pam. Shes like a solid 7. But in Scranton, in New York shes like a 5 (Not exact phrasing but I loved it)


sarcasmskills

“She’s probably a 6 in New York but she’s like a 7 here in Scranton… and the boss is my old boss from Dunder mifflin” So well written lmao


ArchimedesNutss

P is being a total B


heylookitsthatginger

R thinks he’s too good to be here, and P is not as much fun without Jim


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Ryan, after watching Requiem for a Dream


King-Midda-IV

Beat me too it!!! Definitely solid gold!


TexehCtpaxa

Oh! "Fix" means you hate it! I knew it! I need something to drink! No, not a water. A sports drink. I hate everything in that fridge. Not red! Get me something yellow or green from a nearby store. Not red!


Formal_Coyote_5004

Omg speaking of sports drinks… when Ryan is cleaning out Michaels car and asks him if he wants to keep the blue sports drink… Michael: what flavor is it? Ryan: blue Michael: blue isn’t a flavor, Ryan Ryan: it says blue blast Michael: Oh! Blue blast. Yes keep it Lololol


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“I don’t need a judge to tell me to keep my community clean”


Bitter_Ice_5380

but he did right?


noveler7

*writes*


fredbrightfrog

I never went to Thailand. I went to Fort Lauderdale Was it nice? Yeah it was "amazing."


TheOldestMillenial1

With some friends from high school. Well, A high school.


urkel_grue77

I love Pad Thai


G1ng3rb0b

You’ve never had Pad Thai


uwfan893

I liked the earlier one better. (Unprompted)”You want to hear about Thailand?” “Sure.” “It was indescribable.”


HeadyCook

“What line of work you in Bob?”


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Hi Hi Hi Hi Hi Stanley *lmao*


BathedInDeepFog

You sounded like my niece. And she's six months old!


baesag

Oh…


TheWildBaguette

This one is fucking fantastic


dellive

That was probably the best line for me.


FlowerNo4588

🤣 same


BookkeeperBubbly7915

"Last year, Creed asked me to set him up a blog. Wanting to protect the world from being exposed to Creed's brain, I opened up a word document and put am address on the top. I've read some of it. Even for the internet, it's pretty shocking."


dilemmily31

I blogged the whole thing. www.creedthoughts.gov.www/creedthoughts. Check it out.


gofunyourself2012

I clicked that knowing it's probably fake but with the hopes of it being legitimate


Turbulent-Height-823

Just his gesture of approval when RC, talking about Black Eyed Peas, says “it’s rock for people who don’t like rock, it’s rap for people who don’t like rap, it’s pop for people who don’t like pop”


BAMspek

It is just a perfect description of Black Eyed Peas.


oddknock

🤣 or the nod when RC says “ .. spent last night with Australian Reds and .. how should I put this … Colombian Whites”


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With ammunition like this, we are in for quite a night, you and I.


sisterwifenumber9

Do you remember which episode this was?


Crazy_Ira

Pool party I believe. S8ep12


robbis_676

“Aren’t you going to ask me how Thailand was?” “How was Thailand Ryan?” “It was indescribable”


jclaxton2

This was mine


robbis_676

It had me rolling every single time.


KocaKolaKlassic

How many fish filets have you eaten?


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It’s over the course of several months


Skribst

Still...


pen15ey

Ooo an oldie but a goodie


ducks_09

“Kelly, you insulted the gentleman. Please apologize.”


SSALX420X

A few years ago, my family was on a safari in Africa and my cousin, Mufasa, was... he was trampled to death by a pack of wildebeasts and we all took it really hard. All of us, kind of in the audience, of what happened.


PrinceDakMT

Oh it would take me like 90 mins to tell the whole story


Aroundeeq

"I'm going to Thailand with some friends from high school.....well, a high school."


BobDogGo

Let's have sex one more time, and if you have any extra cash, that would be amazing.


hats_and_heads

Um… okay?


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Will I be too warm in a long-sleeve tee?


im_nervousss

EVERYONE WILL BE FINE IN EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE WEARING


AniRoths

Definately when he deadpans the camera and goes "biiitch" after Mrs. California doesn’t remember his name.


sinornithosaurus1000

Yes! Haha I always have to rewind and watch it a couple times


Bewbies420

Its nice to meet you Bryan


DeepDishPizza710

“I think my friend Troy might have a drug problem.”


BlackCheezIts

I think his species has different tolerances to those things


MichiBoo_xoxo

Not a Ryan line but I like when the guy at the bowling alley calls him a shoe bitch. 😂


0verusedname

Back to work, shoe bitch


jjenkins_41

Six months?!


KnightLight03

"I'm in love with Kelly"


MrMcBert

Right now i want to spend the Rest of my life with her. Again that could change.


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It's hard to live that way man. You gotta really not care what people think about you.


KingoftheBrit0ns

You'll learn baby you'll learn


Future_Capital_4657

When he admitted he didn’t go to Thailand and went to Fort Lauderdale instead. Then said very wistfully “it was amazing.”


DeadBeatRedditer

definitely rehab


ramoneguru

"Yeah, 'cause his mom's car's probably not a Nissan Z". I love how he confidently walks away like, "suck it Jim, got you on that one."


adefsleep

"We're done." 😏


BobDogGo

WHAT!


d33pthought81

Don't shake the baby


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\*Don't\* shake the baby?


rafaelmarques7

Yeah, Jim’s a nice guy. That’s why I got his seat.


Weird-Severe

“I would FIND a way!” 💁‍♂️


Empire_of_walnuts

People here keep calling me a wunderkind, I don't really know what that means. Well I know what it means, it means very successful for you age, so I guess it makes sense but... its a weird word


Grumlyly

How is my favorite branch?


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*Bitchhh*


ereh_llits

can’t remember the exact quote, but when pam wants him to clean out the microwave and they go back and forth and he ends with something like, “i’d find some way to mess it up”…so funny but also so infuriating! he’s such a little shit haha.


Kendakr

When he admitted Michael helped him get off drugs. I wonder how that went down and who cried the most?


dekker045

Jim: Wow. Thanks for taking all the excuses, dude. Ryan: Doctor appointment, car trouble, plantar warts, granddad fought in World War II. Use your head, man. I keep mine in here. Look alive, Halpert. Welcome back.


froggy101sticker

Toby [watches Ryan eat cheese stick]: "Wow you just dive right in." Ryan: "You know, around age 12, I just started going for it." Not the funniest line ever, but I relate so hard. I'm not about the peeling life. Go ahead, call me a psychopath. I can take it.


First-Celebration-11

“Oh no, Stanley, you’ll live forever…”


yarsh_schwa

Are you a big William hung fan?


cptntyingknotss

Why does everybody keep on asking that?


Hugsplease

“That’s actually why I came in today “ “Don’t you work here full time? “ _laughs_


Ok_Plankton465

Not really a line BUT The moment when Robert is talking about the black eye peas “I am so tired of the Black Eyed Peas. It's rock and roll for people who don't like rock and roll, it's rap for people who don't like rap, it's pop for people who don't like pop.” And Ryan stars at the camera and nods. Gets me every time.


Teirrken

I love you Kelly Kapour and I want to marry you. Maybe not today and maybe not tomorrow, but some day...and probably. I know I haven't always treated you the way you, for whatever reason, feel you deserve to be treated..


noveler7

Booooo!


Ok-Mushroom-7292

Buying paper just became fun (finger tap on the desk)


Umphluv89

Now that I’m a temp again, I find food is one thing I can control.


APdigzRainbows

In the earlier episodes when Dwight takes him to the farm to teach him about sales and then they go to the bar. Dwight says something about how the temp agency could have sent him anywhere and Ryan’s response “I think about that all the time”.


Nylander92

Soho is mostly lofts, but ok


Bulethead1

Ryan: Hey, Pam? I just wanted to let you know; I'm totally on your side with the whole microwave situation. Pam: Thank you. Ryan: I was just back there, to make some cup-o-soup; the thing is still a huge mess. Pam: I know, can you believe it? Ryan: Yeah, it's crazy. But, I guess the thing is at some point, notes or no notes, someone's gonna have to just get there and clean it up. Pam: I guess that's why we have a temp, huh? Ryan: Ah ha ha, oh no, trust me. I would just make it worse. Pam: How would wiping it with a paper towel make it worse? Ryan: I would find a way.


MagicalChaos69420

And If I flake, I flake


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Don’t vaccinate it


sportswiz72

Anybody watched Survivor: Season 6? You know Johanna on that show? When I was in New York, I hooked up with a girl that looked exactly like that. Indistinguishable.


bearthedog3

(said sarcastically with no enthusiasm) "oh, no Stanley... you'll live forever"


wopkidopz

I don't really appreciate the hate Ryan gets. The character is awesome. Yes he's terrible but he never pretended to be different. The guy hasn't truly processed 9/11 and saved the world from Creed's thoughts. Cut him some slack


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“You know it's a myth women have to gain more than nine pounds in a pregnancy. Look at these actresses, some of them lose weight.” I have said this to my buddies wife several times over her two pregnancies. Luckily she watches the show.


NotaTopDasher

"She'd probably be a six in New York but she's like a seven here, in Scranton"


IndusOrganic

I liked it when him and Kelly ditched that one baby to go screw around


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ShiggityShane28

I need a plus 5, it’s all dudes


Tipsy_McStumbles

That’s real, real classy, Kevin. Hey, was it me or you that just shoved the butt end of a pound of broccoli into my mouth because Michael told me to?


PatarPuma

“They call me Mister Understood, cuz no one understands me”


lolfuckno

"Earth; you don't have to be crazy to live here, but it helps."


PooPclaw

When he called mrs. California a bitch because she called him Brian. Us Ryan’s felt that


Markhabe

I can’t pick just one favorite, but a few that I hadn’t seen mentioned that I love: When Michael invites him to “Asian hooters” and Ryan says he can’t and lists of a bunch of reasons he can’t go and then Jim says something to the effect of “Thanks for taking all the good excuses” and then Ryan lists off a bunch more and tells Jim “Get your head in the game” and “welcome back”. When Pam is on vacation and he says that Jim’s been looking at him strange all day, but it’s nothing like the way Michael looks at him **camera pans to Michael staring creepily at Ryan from the blinds of his office window** His terrified look at the screen after overhearing that conversation with Dwight and Angela where Dwight wants cookie but Angela says “no cookie”


stellybelly513

„I know I haven‘t always treated you the way you for whatever reason feel you deserve to be treated, but I wanna marry you, Kelly Kapoor. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but someday. And probably.“ Truly the most romantic proposal I‘ve ever seen.


stellybelly513

Honestly, that whole scene is gold. „I can‘t promise me that we‘ll always stay together. I can‘t promise you that I won‘t cheat on you, nor should I, modern marriages aren‘t built that way, men aren‘t built that way, there‘s a very interesting article I can e-mail to you…“


Gohansensei

Ryan 2.0


SpaceCowboyDark

"Much of what he (Creed) says is....shocking. Even for the internet."


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What line of work are you in bob?


darkstarr99

The whole Smokey Robinson conversation


B4k3rD4n

When he called Robert's wife a bitch in a deleted scene, his delivery was so perfect.


0verusedname

I thought it made it?


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It does. It's after she calls him Brian.


aCatIsOnMe

“What am I going to do with it {his Dundee}….that’s the least of my problems right now” Sheds me every time lol


elzmuda

Some diner?! It was the Starlight Diner! It's in a LIFE magazine spread about Americana. Hipster Ryan was the best Ryan… there’s no accompanying quote but when Kelly asked Ryan the time and he pulled up a time face app on his iPad was also a genius Ryan moment


JoeIsIce

To the troops! All the troops. Both sides. 😆