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Sorry – I “fail” to find the failure in this one. A kid playing a triangle is NOT a fail — any kid playing a triangle in a school band also means that the kid plays all the other percussion instruments in the arsenal. And anyone who has ever tried to play some of the complex orchestral rhythms written for triangle will confirm – it’s NOT an easy instrument to master. FAIL blog has a rare FAIL on this one…
I’m guessing you found playing the triangle very difficult when you were a kid
…cute
lol buuuurrnnn
Oh you’re so hilarious. Fact is the thing IS difficult to play.
it’s not hard to play if you know how to use appropiate force…
They tell me I always force it too much…
THAT’S WHAT ‘HE’ SAID!!!
HA
and THAT my friends… is what SHE said XD
I know a guy that was in percussion and played bells, drums, TRIANGLE, etc.
true but the triangle is gay….. and like from family guy where whoever doesn’t go to war is gay, well whoever plays the triangle is…………..gay.
and the guy who posted this comment is gay
oh shit i failed, i meant the guy who posted the comment (TYFL)
no its not gay youre just to stupid to come up with another word
I am in band and any percussion instrument is difficult to play. Don’t diss anyone who can play music in the first place. reading rhythms is harder than u think. and yes you have to read music to be able to play the triangle. so hope you think about that the next time you make a “gay” remark about it. after all, orchestrated music is the only music there was years ago and if it wasn’t for that, we’d have nothing to listen to now and there would be nothing to develop from.
gay gay gay gay gay gay gay sooooooo f**kin gay!
THATS WHAT SHE SAID!!!
got I KNEW someone was going to say that…
classic
its horribly cliche though..everyone uses it
THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!!!!
NO stop.
THATS WHAT SHE SAID!
Has for cheese head?
That’s what yo mama said!
thats what i said to your mom after she told me to stop…
i probably shoulda stoped T-T
just unnacceptable. you cut off any possibility of a civilized discussion.
… that’s what she said.
SHUT UP!!!
And THAT’S what Chuck Norris said. End of story.
It gets pretty annoying.
that’s what she said
actually it is challenging to play! maybe not as hard as other instruments but if
you don’t have rhythm its pretty much impossible and rhythm takes years to get down perfectly
thats what he said.
fyi, if you have no musical talent whatsoever and are retarded, rhythm takes forever to master, if you are like me (not trying to sound smug obnoxious arrogant etc.) then rhythm is as easy as breathing
i have to say the fools talking about its difficulty must have some problems. the only percussionists i can respect are the drum-setrs. all the others never practice enough while i do every day. i shall use my trumpet to kill you!
RAAAH, they infuriate me!!!
actually your stupid the base uses more rythm than the drums and the triangle in bands if the base messes up they all mess up -.-
BTW I KNOW THAT I SPELTED Rhythm wrong im not stuped
AND THATS WHAT SHE SAID TO YOUR MOM
Seriously … don’t be worried about spelling rhythm wrong. Be worried about spelling “bass” wrong.
wheres the fire extinguisher cause someone just got BURNED!!!
FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!
appropriate.
appropiate wont do.
you misspelled appropriate the second time
he/she was commenting on (and correcting) the misspelled “appropiate” earlier on the page.
good try, though.
Coming from a drummer, (3 years Jazz/Metal). The triangle is not complex at all. There are rarely off times, strange/awkward rudiments, or anything complicated about it. It’s used to accent transitions mainly (from a verse to a chorus for example) which means you’re generally playing in 4/4 time..
XD
well i must agree w/ the earlier comment. i’m a music major and when i had to take perc class, i had a hard time with triangle… bc you MUST hit it in the perfect spot at the perfect force… although the reason i had a hard time is bc i’m just incredibly uncoordinated, which is why i am not a percussionist.
anyway… i’m starting to realize how ridiculously pointless this comment is… so i’m just gonna end it here.
I think the fail might be the fact its an incomplete triangle, which is needed or else it will not give its unique sound
exactally. and i think that’s what everyone is missing here
they never are complete?
Ben got served.
agreed…
the crappier the triangle the harder it is to play. my school had a really crappy quiet little thing that held to the clip with kite string and we didn’t have a proper beater until my junior year… so we had to hammer on this thing with a drumstick… which will NOT work, am I right durmline?
He’s playing it backwards!!!!! lolololol
actually, if u knew anything about percussion, he may not be playing it backwards, there are some songs that require the musician to strick the triangle on the open side or the closed side and sometimes both because they make a different sound. i have played percussion fro 9 years, and i must say, his technique at this age is quite good.
i agree with the first comment, i fail to see a fail in this. the only possible fail is the kid on the left who is doing nothing.
I lol’d. Guy below fails.
yep course i normally dont play triangle i play bells miremba wrong spellling tempany base sus symbal crash symbol bells
1) There is no fail whatsoever in this picture. If you think that the mere presence of a triangle is a fail, then you are sadly mistaken.
2) kyle, there is no possible way in the universe that you play percussion. Even people who don’t play percussion can spell crash cymbal, marimba, suspended cymbal and timpani correctly. Imbecile…
Possible FAILure to recognize possible English language deficiency that has nothing to do with kyle’s experience or lack thereof with percussion instruments
I’m guessing you obviously don’t have a life.
… (you’re a) fail.
yeah i agree with ben, it is hard to play….you have to hit the triangle at the right spot to get a nice resonating sound. it isnt some dinner triangle from your mamas farm
Can YOU do alternating flamadiddles for an hour? No? That’s what I thought.
Don’t mess with a percussionist.
OWNED
I never thought the triangle was super hard to play when I did orchestral percussion, but I have to agree…..playing it wasn’t a failure, and there were a lot of other things I had to play that were difficult to handle.
@the tall guy
YOU MUSIC FAIL the triangle is has to have a corner missing or sound FAILS
“is has” for real did you just say that?
I played triangle. They ALWAYS have a missing corner. This isn’t a fail. The fact that someone posted it is.
LOL! You think that the triangle is supposed to have all sides closed! That is a fail!!! FAIL
I was about to leave a comment like that one.
Thanks for the credit. As a percussionist, I know they don’t just throw the least talented kid on the triangle. I could go into all the reasons why, but there’s really no need.
Anyways, thanks.
Fail blog has failed.
i agree with u….
Right on! I agree wholeheartedly! The “you have no talent so you play triangle” joke is so old….Ben speaks the truth!
Since it seems to be rather obvious that this “fail” posting makes absolutely no sense to a large number of people, could the poster of the picture, or perhaps the monitor of the blog chime in on what was intended?
Clarity fail = humor fail.
I agree with Ben. FAIL on Failblog!
Plus, if a percussionist gets stuck playing the triangle, we can find other things to pass the time while you other losers are sitting in some English class learning adverbs or some nonsense. Like, texting, playing gin rummy, or sneaking out the back window to run to McDonald’s and being back before the song you’re playing is over.
I really like that all the losers are sitting in english class. It’s been a long time since I was in HS, but FYI…band geeks aren’t any less geeky than English geeks.
Seriously! This is a stupid as hell picture, and who ever called this fail was a dumbass.
exactly! thank u!
the fail is the spot on his pants where he sat on gum and a sign stuck to the gum that says my name is ian and i love penis. but you can’t see it
also, solo percussionists make twice as much as regulars in orchestra
as a percussionist, i agree
i mean, i dont understand the fail here. the triangle can be very challenging.
arguing about the complexities of playing the triangle and referring to the “arsenal”= FAIL!!!
The fail is that he is playing the triangle but there is a drum set right there that his brother plays( drum cant make the triangle sounds from the symbols T-T)!
cymbals, retard. They’re called cymbals. Symbols are ampersands, hyphens, asterisks, pound signs, etc.
that is the dumbest thing ive ever heard. Cymbals can “mimic” a sound of a triangle, but they dont make the same noise AT ALL! thats like saying you can use a harp to replace a guitar. FAIL!
The “fail” in this one is that one kid is playing a kick ass drum set, while the other is playing the triangle. He wasn’t bringing skill into the picture, its just the triangle player in a band, will probably never get laid because of his band status.
wow, I didn’t know someone named John could be such a retarded douchebag.
actually if u look at the people the guy who is holding the triangle is trying to show off to look cool..with a triangle so it is fail but not good fail
OK. guys. IT IS AN INSTRUMENT. INSTRUMENTS ARE HARD TO MASTER. EVEN IF THEY LOOK SIMPLE, OR ARE MADE FROM SIMPLE MATERIALS, THEY CAN BE JUST AS HARD AS PLAYING ANYTHING ELSE. THERE IS NO FAIL IN THAT REASON. TELL ME IF THERE IS ANY FLAW IN WHAT I AM SAYING. PLEASE DO.
The flaw is in your keyboard as the caps lock button seems to be stuck.
WIN!
I was supposed to play the drumset in my school’s jazz band, but we had too many drummers. I ended up having to play the kongas (bongo drums). It was just plain harsh. This is not a fail. I know exactly how this kid feels. It’s not funny.
I think person sent this thought trangle instrument is continus all 3 spot that the Fail word pot at.
I Don’t Think It’s A Fail Either, *Tut Tut* Fail Blog Has F-A-I-L-E-D
i agree with ben. i was confused that perhaps i was missing the funny!
They thought the “funny” was the fact that the triangle is missing a corner, I think. Typical ignorant people thinking kids with trianlges are funny because it’s just that: a triangle, and they’re not used to seeing them without the corner. Kid looks funny though, gotta give him that.
All musical triangles are missing the corner–they have to, in order to ring.
LOL! YOU FAIL FOR THINKING A TRIANGLE IS SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSED!
A kid playing triangle is not a rockstar. Therefore: FAIL.
Society is simple, really.
So a kid wearing a collared buttoned shirt tucked in to pleated pants and a belt is a rockstar?
you are not a rockstar, you fail too
It’s a school band! Not a rockband you petty imbecile!!!
well duh but the triangle requires the same rythm to play as a base drum or crash symbols hell everything in percussion needs rythm
spell cymbal correctly, retard!
first, its not actually that easy to play. second, that wouldn’t be funny anyway
I fon’t see why you think this has something to do with rock- it’s concert band. I’m in the concert band at school and my band teacher has admitted before that triangle is NOT as easy as it looks. And besides- do you think they’re in concert band to BE a rockstar? No. They’re in concert band for, hopefully, the fun of it. (In some cases, for the inter-school competition.)
Anonymous nails it. How could I have been so blind? Me = FAIL.
reaaly, u people are idiots
Isn’t the triangle touching his shirt sleeve?
So when he hits it:
*clunk*
FAIL.
I hope you live up to your name when it comes to cliffs! Only kiddin – dont kill yourself please.
I wouldn’t mind if he died
agreed
No the gap you see is there for the purpose of allowing the triangle to not continually vibrate when struck. It’s purposeful.
he said that the triangle was touching the guys sleeve, not that it had a gap
You fools. You’re over-thinking it. LOOK AT HIS FACE. FAIL. THE END.
Anonymouse genius WIN
love the comment!!
then it’s an arrow pointing fail as well
heh, learn how to spell anonymous.
FAIL
Heh, try to understand the painfully obvious. It’s an intentional “typo”.
Try pronouncing his name. AnonyMOUSE.
The mouse is in there. It’s a play on words.
You FAIL.
thank u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m so glad there is a smart person on this websssssssssite.
Why is the arrow pointed at the triangle then?
Well the other kid hasn’t an FAIL arrow poiting to him, has he? HAS HE?
because drums vs triangle triangle=fail
For the triangle: in the context of an orchestra, well that would be a whole different thing.
I played percussion from 7th through college on a music scholarship. It’s just an old addage, or saying, that the triangle player is the ‘worst’ musician in the percussion section. That’s not to say that he is a bad player, can’t tell just from the pic. I see what they did here.
Ever hear of ‘Triangle Hero’? oh .. wait, never mind.
Sssshhh… Akklaim might get an idea.
and Yes it’s Akklaim on purpose because they suck.
the reson this is a fail is because the kid on the right whanted the drums but the other kid got them, so the one on the right gets stuck with the triangle (got nothing against the triangle thou, I loved to bang away on one when I was 6)
Oh, so you’re saying that the triangle is for 6 year olds?
This image: FAIL.
WOW that was the funniest picture of the website… hahaha FAIL
Russian flag on the wall is not correct. Stripes need to be changed. FAIL
Russia can get lost, it has enough flags without ruining this failure of a picture…
You do realize that’s not a Russian flag right?
why russian? could be dutch.
Or abstract American….red white blue!
Louis Armstrong’s first instrument was the triangle. NOT FAIL
haha so much feedback.
triangle is AWESOME.
are you seriously about louis? because i’m thinking that is not true.
This is seriously the best FAIL on the whole site. If you don’t understand it, you fail.
Or you could just be saying that to make yourself feel that you know something everyone else doesn’t.
Attempting to inflate your ego fail.
Agreed. fail
‘Tis not at all. explain to me the AMAZING fail then. I’ll be notified via e mail if you respond. you have 48 days. If you don’t answer, you’re nominated for the biggest douche of the universe award (South park thing).
Clearly the triangle (as a shape) is not complete. You ALL fail.
its not supposed to be complete, no musical triangles are complete I salute you Major Fail
sarcasm detection fail
Too serious, fail.
Agreed, inability to detect sarcasm fail.
If you weld the corner of the triangle you distort the tone. Then YOU fail.
Besides, if you play the triangle in a 2 dimmensional world how does the striking device get inside the triangle? There has to be an opening.
i think that it is not a failed. I have played triangle and this is one of the two technique to play triangle. I think that it is you who have failed (sorry for the spelling, i’m french)
ok so the first technique is hitting it with a stick, but whats the other?
The other way around of course.
What? Sticking it with a hit?
I think the guy should hit HIMSELF with a stick, do us all a favour…
to Lissycat, this is the real form of a triangle.
I was most definitely the worst musician in our primary school “orchestra” and I was indeed stuck with the triangle. When not “triangling” I was the conductor (equally given to the lamest musician). I found this to be a hilarious nostalgic FAIL.
Im feeling you there! In primary school my teacher told my parents that i could only be in the school choir if i mimed! FAIL!
Is it Fail because the metal of the triangle is twisted somehow? Otherwise I don’t understand what this pic is doing here.
I don’t get it.
He fails because the triangle sucks. He could have at least played the drums like the other kid
All the percussion members rotate instruments for different songs. That kid doesn’t play triangle ALL the time. just some of the time, like everyone else…
“I play triangle in a band!” is good pick-up line, IMHO.
“(sorry for the spelling, i’m french)”
Being French = fail
LOL so true
Don’t be so mean and racist!
Being French = fail
You fail.
hahahaha!! i am french (ish) and gonna write the same thing!!!
This FAIL entry = FAIL
FAIL = FAIL
Captain Obvious = FAIL
OR, does fail equal win since we’re on FAILBLOG???
He does have an odd expression on his face but, as others have pointed out here, triangle technique is harder than it looks. Striking it is the easy part. Dampening it (properly) is the hard part.
The “Fail” assumption of this one is ignorant and adolescent. The “real drummer” is assumed to be “cool”; the triangle player is “not cool”. But they’re in an orchestra of some sort. Percussionists rotate, and there is a technique to triangle playing, and this kid is holding it correctly.
In Cajun music, the triangle cannot be played by just anyone; there is a right way to do it, and that person sets the rhythm just so.
This “FAIL” fails.
“holding it correctly”
how the hell could he manage to hold it incorrectly?
there are too many triangle enthusiasts here
it’s creepy
I guess anyone who was a percussionist in band counts as a triangle enthusiast…
you’d be surprised how many people suck at playing the triangle. there is definitely a wrong way to do it.
you hold a triangle incorrectly by holding the metal part instead of holding it by the string.
Damn….all of you that are arguing why it could not be a fail…wow you FAIL just because you are breathing …dumb $#%^s.
Profanity fail.
Indeed. Even if this arguement is pointless, at least most of us are keeping our composure
Kevin, you’re an idiot.
I agree with Belazaire. I was in band all through high school and all percussionists rotated. I played triangle on a couple songs, so did my bandmates.
I also played marimba, timpani, snare, crash cymbals, chimes, bell tree, vibraslap, tom-toms, vibraphone, tambourine, gong, finger cymbals, temple blocks, castanets, claves, and all manner of other instruments.
And we had a drum set in our band room.
We played it for pep band and jazz band. So the kid has a triangle. There are probably other kids off screen with other instruments. Big whoop.
This fail fails horribly. Maybe you think it’s funny, but it isn’t. It’s ignorant. Congrats on being a juvenile.
I love the tympany (or timpani or however it should be spelled)
It’s just so awesome.
I am a professional musician, and the triangle player (from my experiences is usually a better musician than the “drummer”). A drummer who is not a percussionist is nothing more than a monkey with sticks. Plus if you play triangle all you have to carry is… a triangle, not a whole drumset. I think he is the smarter one, the “drummer” fails.
I stand in awe of your powers of reasoning.
He won’t reply. He’s all out of big words.
HAHA fail
I think the creator of this was trying to say the triangle has a piece missing out of it so fails. However they of course fail, along with lissycat above, because if the triangle didn’t have a piece missing it couldn’t make a sound.
FAIL = FAIL
ur teh only 1 that gots it rite…..lolz!!!!1!!
… English language Fail.
Have at least 7 words typed CORRECTLY in a post please… it’s very annoying you blithering dumbass.
lissycat: FAIL
loooooooool
and thx dannyg77 and lindtrom for the 2 most plausible explanations!
lissycat: FAIL
loooooooool
and thx dannyg77 and lindtrom for the 2 most plausible explanations!
Posting your comment twice in a row = FAIL
No fail. It is astonishing what incredible and hypnotic sounds you can take out of a triangle! If you master it, of course, its not just bling. On the other side, feeling big because your drumset is big – that is dumb. I’ve seen it too much. Who has got enough nuts to master unspectacular instruments?
This one: No Fail! Just greedy ignorance.
Am I the only one that remembers Ed Grimley character from SCTV?
Fail.
does this triangle look photoshopped to anyone else but me?
spelling failure as failyer=fail
I am a middle school band director and this made me LOL. Sorry.
Why?
The triangle is NOT “missing a piece”. ALL orchestral triangles are that shape, because a joined triangle wouldn’t sound like much of anything; it has to have an open end to be able to vibrate and produce a chiming sound, just like a tuning fork has a gap between the two tines.
OTOH, I fail for noticing this thread so long after it was posted.
perhaphs the guys and gals at “fail” thinks that the Fail in this pic is the one corner of the riangle. if so, they’re dumbasses
I say: It needs more cowbell!
Do you have a fever?
Do you listen to Dream Theater by any chance? Mike says that in one of their documentrys.
Oh, I see what you did there. The submitter was the fail. A MS-Paint and Humor fail.
Its the only way to play it …simple physics
fail debate fail
Could have been worse. He could be playing the electric triangle.
discussion thread FAIL
fail of not letting the triangle kid not fail. i think the real fail is the kid playing the drums i mean look at his face, major fail on the parents side. but then again they both fail for the clothing they wear and the fact that they are in a school band equals major fail, oh yea un-popped collar fail
i like it
‘shopped.
Ah yes, the humble triangle. The only other instrament playable by a brick headed drool dispencer.
We tended to rotate around what we played which instrument on what tunes in middle school band, and that usually meant that the worst percussionist was put on a more demanding instrument like Xylophone, Snare, or Tympani only when the part was simple, and so the better players would end up on triangle, bass drum, crash cymbals, or the like in that kind of tune. This leaves the lesser player on Triangle in more demanding songs so that the better players could be on those instruments requiring skill.
And just because the other kid is carrying drum sticks doesn’t mean that he’s going to be playing trap either. He might well just play snare on that song, and they happen to be standing near the drum set, or, as all learning drummers are required to have sticks (including the kid who pays triangle) he might have just picked them up for the pose. I don’t remember any tunes where both triangle and the drum set were both used, and I can’t even really remember any tunes other than jazz band where the drum set was used.
And yes, it is possible to hold the triangle wrong, and it’s possible to play it wrong. You’re supposed to strike it very close to the center of the side you strike, and you’re supposed to hold the string that it’s suspended from such that you can dampen the thing as needed. You also need to be able to read music too, as some tunes don’t have obvious parts and the player has to actually be able to read through the tune for measures and measures of silence for his strikes.
oh…. and: fake loz=fail
triangles are no fail…
tell me wat other music instruments makes similarly crisp and soft yet distinct sound?
well, maybe it takes an audiophile to realize this…
contributor of this pic = fail
This is a POST FAIL. The triangle is supposed to have a gap. Maybe the poster thinks it shouldn’t have.
There is no fail in this picture. Someone has to play the triangle, and nobody plays JUST the triangle. Most bands have all the percussionists switch off. It’s just an instrument, exactly the same as all the other percussion instrument.
Whoever posted this picture fails.
Wow.
So many comments over the simple fact of intelligence.
Yes, the triangle is hard to play.
Yes, the kid appears to be FAILing because the triangle has been ridiculed because of its petite proportions.
Yes, we realize there are two different opinions on this picture, and yes, you are both right.
kthxbai.
Peacekeeping Fail.
Triangle=Failure in Life
lol @ Zozo
In a lot of orchestral music, the percussionists have to sit out for hundreds of measures before they get up to play their two or three notes on triangle/tambourine/etc… But in professional orchestras, they still get paid the same 6-figure salary as the violinists who play non-stop. So, if you total up dollars earned per notes played, triangle = WIN
NON FAIL.
Keep Rocking!!
Needs more cowb–triangle
This picture can be taken in two ways:
1: Triangle fails
2: Triangle is hard to play and no just one person play just the triangle
This is just an immature failure of a fail picture.
I say you all fail… this pic has no fail… it’s the fail that is the fail!
I can’t believe I had to read through all this crap to discover what I thought I knew from the start, that this is a failed fail. Sigh.
I don’t see the failure in this one. If the triangle is hard to play then that is hardly fail and if it is easy then he has a lot more time to not play in a school band which isn’t really fail either.
Fail 1 – the kid on the right is jamming the stick into his neck like the first chick in The Happening.
Fail 2 – the kid on the left has peed his pants a little.
Fail + Fail = Ffaaiill!!
Well, that’s not the correct way to hold a triangle so while I agree playing it is not a fail, his grip does fail.
I have a fever. The only cure for this fever is MORE Triangle!
Ignorance=FAIL
The triangle actually requires complex technique. The drummer apparently has no part…playing the triangle with a good sound is far more difficult than holding drumsticks with a trapset in front of you. Go triangle players!!!!!!
Apparently far harder than actually spelling the name of your instrument correctly, Mr. Triange Enthusiast.
good call
name fail
stupid post by an obviously ignorant person who is desperate to jump on the fail wagon.
ummmmm…. what fail?
the boy on the drum kit is FAIL because drumkits don’t belong in an orchestra. The triangle player probably also gets to play bass drum, cymbals, tambourine, wind machine and whip
I think we should start contemplating the red-eye condition.
Mmmmm, whip!
maybe it’s a concert band! did u ever think about that, Mr. I Don’t Know Jack Shit About Band?
It could very well be a concert band. However, it is extremely rare for a drum kit to be used in a concert band.
IMO, this fail has nothing to do with music. While the musical triangle is supposed to be that way, a triangle as far as geometry goes has 3 sides and 3 closed corners. So imo this is a fail triangle as far as geometry goes, but a the poster is fail for choosing that triangle.
as far as everyone elses comments go?…. Overanalyze fail?
how is this a fail?
Yeah, i had to read all the comments in order to understand what the heck this fail was… did someone really think the triangle needed all sides closed? if not, then i don’t understnad what the fail is here…
Defending the triangle is a bit like that common lie “size doesn’t matter” – it is done only by those who got stuck with it and the kind-hearted who doesn’t have the heart to let them know…
FAILBlog fail…
who moderates this shit?
I FOUND THE FAIL!
When playing the triangle you MUST hit it at a 45 degree angle! I learn-ed stuf in moozik class.
More cowbell!!
If i was playing at a school performance i would just ring that shit and screw it up for the band just for assigning me to triangle XD
I think the fact that he’s even playing the triangle is failure enough.
When I was in 6th grade I was a percussionist and had to play triangle, because the 8th grader playing it could’nt get it right.
FAIL BY FAILBLOG! If instrumental triangles were closed, they wouldn’t ring because the vibrations would have no where to go!
the person who submitted the fail failed at submitting good fails. how many fails is that? 1? lost count…
I think I knew that kid.
He used to be in my class, if it’s who I think it is.
Lolll.
Actually a triangle is supposed to be played like that! (I am a trumpet player and I even know this!)
HAHA I played the drumset in the band because nobody else knew how. Never got stuck playing the triangle.
That’s not a triangle. It’s a sock hanger
I think the fail is that both kids wore the same outfit. How embarrasing!
That’s not a fail. I don’t even know what that one’s even about. If it’s about the fact that part of the triangle is missing, let it be known that some triangles are SUPPOSED to look like that. I think the only FAIL here is the FAIL itself.
if you’re showing that the triangle is the fail, that isnt true. because triangle instruments are made without the third corner complete. so it’s not funny at all
Ohh, is it b/c he’s got his fingers on it? Or is it just b/c he’s a dumbshit?
thats what she said
so i didn’t take the time to read all of the comments because that would have taken me forever, but does anyone see that he has the triangle BEATER upside down? that’s the fail. unless it just looks that way because the picture isn’t the best quality. in which case, there really isn’t a fail. and triangle CAN be difficult but it usually is not. most written triangle parts are pretty simple, my friends.
maybe they r about to play a ghetto version of “YYZ” at their talent show or something
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anyone else notice that Ben was the person that submitted the picture and made the first comment?
double fail.
damn!
and his comment was made within about 13 hours of the photo submission.
This is the crappiest fail ever… Someone should remove it. Or at least have someone explain to me, what’s so funny about it…
Whats so funny about his hand? Because the arrow is pointing at his hand and the triangle, don’t get the fail…
sorry, but i still don’t quite get it… i know its not a very good instrument, but that’s an opinion that is not accepted by enough people to fully constitute a fail in my book… and there are still some people who dont play any instrument at all, and people don’t make fun of them…
ahhhhhahahaaha i understand this fail its just like my school (me percussion and drumset section leader for my grade and the grade ahead of me and my friend triangle). Also i have to say triangle CAN be difficult, but not in middle school and drumset has the ability to be atleast 10x more difficult considering all the different styles and instruments
*imitating failbloggers*
OMG OMG its PHOTOSHOPPED
if you just LOOK at the picture you can CLEARLY see that what the kid is holding used to be an OCTAGON not a triangle! see the white space on the wall, that’s how you know its FAKE! ! ! OMG OMG OMG! ! !
one word for the poster of this picture…….FAIL! in case your too stupid to get it, which i dont think you are but just in case that’s F-A-I-L! ok. flame on!
that betetr not be my school… cause the uniforms look like my shcool’s
Bad fail photo. I think the poster actually believed the triangle was broken or something. So the poster and that moron Lissycat are the only ones who think so.
Otherwise, it’s some subtle thing about the happy kid got the drumbs and this schmuck got the triangle. Clearly, that was a bad fail, since it’s far from obvious, and once you understand it you don’t say “hahaveryfunny”, you say “well that was dumb”.
Next.
Well. As a percussionist I know that triangle (PIMPPARAUTA as we call it here in Finland) has a really sharp and shrill sound. That makes the playing very challenging. You damp it with your hand if neccessary. Just in the case if you think that the fail is in his hand touching the instrument.
did the triangle die?
WTF? Wheres the fail here???
Just because the kid’s playing the triangle doesn’t make it a fail. For example: Normally, in my school’s marching band, I play the Xylophone, Vibraphone, or Marimba, all of which are quite difficult to play. However, for one marching show we did, they didn’t want any mallet instruments, so they put everybody that played one on a drum (Snare drum, bass drum, or tenor drum). However, they ran out of drums by the time I was ready to get one, so they put me on cowbell instead. Yes, I get to play the cowbell in marching band.
I am under the impression that the person who called this a “Fail” was referring to the fact that the Triangle is not complete; that there is a break in it. That is in fact the design of the triangle. It is not supposed to be whole.
I think you´re right
So, I must assume that the one who fails on this picture is the kid on the left, since he’s only got to play the stupid drums, while the kid in the right has the power to master the mighty triangle
XD
I dont get the fail on this one…
I think he’s holding it wrong…o.o
The fail is that the kid is touching the triangle with his fingers, which stops the vibration that makes the sound.
Actually, folks, there is nothing wrong with that Triangle. They are never closed. This is how they make their sound. I give this poster a big FAIL!
Dude the kid looks like me
That’s what she said!!
i dont get this
This is what i said
Oh you’re so hilarious. Fact is the thing IS difficult to play.
It’s not funny. I was supposed to play the drumset in my school’s jazz band, but the conductor made me play the Kongo because there were too many drummers. This is not funny at all. Trust me, i know how this kid feels. This is not at all a fail.
The kid playing the triangle is a douche, and will not get any boy on girl action while he plays it. Yes is is a douche for playing the triangle. The outfit doesn’t help either. Yup, this is a fail.
In his defense, we all make douchey mistakes when we are young, and hopefully he will see the douchebagery and be able to change. Once he starts liking girls, he will probably see the error of his ways, start playing a sport, or doing drugs. Both if he is lucky.
A triangle player is always a douche. Whether it be a teen in a school band, college student, casual triangle player, or famous concert triangle player. They all = douchebag. If you can’t see this, chances are you are a d-bag yourself.
no one but me thinks this person just badly photoshopped in a triangle it is so easy to see if you look closely
Seriously, this is why I don’t date musicians.
lol i jst spent half an hour reading all the comments @ liam the lemming yer i think the triangle is on his shirt so when he hits it *clunk* like u said
haha… thats my friend with triangle
The fact that you see this triangle as a FAIL is dumbfounding me. The TRIANGLE will not resonate with a sound it the triangle is completely connected. Therefore for this triangle to be an instrument at one corner the two sides do NOT meet. I fail to see the fail in this.