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The New Comic Thread for Wednesday, January 27, 2010

scsscsscsscs Registered User regular
edited January 2010 in Social Entropy++
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  • Tweaked_Bat_Tweaked_Bat_ Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I lol'd.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    He is just so happy

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    > Prison/Lord of the Rings joke

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    But is Gwaihir sturdy enough to smash a hole in a prison wall by himself? Or did the guy blast it open from the inside just before he arrived?

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    third panel in extra large size would be an awesome wallpaper

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    good comic

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  • QorzmQorzm Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    awesome

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  • Burden of ProofBurden of Proof You three boys picked a beautiful hill to die on. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    why didn't they just fly the giant eagles to Mordor in the first place?

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  • TamTam Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    because the dark lord had not yet fallen

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    great comic

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  • LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Bench comic. Good comic.

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  • LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    fightinfilipino wrote: »
    third panel in extra large size would be an awesome wallpaper

    Agreed.

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    ahahaha, loving it

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  • VanityPantsVanityPants Gokai Red! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    For anyone who wants the article about this: http://www.insidebayarea.com/weird-news/ci_14265049

    In other news, this comic is awesome.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    sweet Depth of Field in panel two

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  • Dee KaeDee Kae Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    That is great. This is good.

    Yes.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Singer was told by prison officials that he could not keep the materials because Dungeons & Dragons "promotes fantasy role playing, competitive hostility, violence, addictive escape behaviors, and possible gambling," according to the ruling. The prison later developed a more comprehensive policy against all types of fantasy games, the court said.
    Oh. It wasn't promoting "fantasies of escape", but "escape behaviors". And not just any escape behaviors. Addictive escape behaviors.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So I take it that happened in the third movie?

    I never saw that one.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    the third panel screams for a "YEEEEEEEEEEHAW!!!"

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Blaket wrote: »
    So I take it that happened in the third movie?

    I never saw that one.

    Nah, I never saw the third movie either and I remember the eagle escape.

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  • SwissLionSwissLion We are beside ourselves! Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    First Movie

    Gandalf Escapes Saruman's Tower.
    He's Evil

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    SwissLion wrote: »
    First Movie

    Gandalf Escapes Saruman's Tower.
    He's Evil

    Oh yeah!

    I remember that now.

    Maybe gandalf only owned one magic bug. That's why they didn't fly there.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Blaket wrote: »
    So I take it that happened in the third movie?

    I never saw that one.

    Why not?

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Prison officials instigated the Dungeons & Dragons ban among concerns that playing the game promoted gang-related activity and was a threat to security. Singer challenged the ban but the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday upheld it as a reasonable policy.

    Dungeons & Dragons players create fictional characters and carry out their adventures, often working together as a group, with the help of complicated rules.

    Singer, 33, has been a devoted player of the fantasy role-playing game since he was a child, according to the court ruling. After the ban went into effect, prison officials confiscated dozens of Dungeons & Dragons books and magazines in his cell as well as a 96-page manuscript he had written detailing a potential scenario for the game that players could act out.

    Prison officials enacted the ban in 2004 after an inmate sent an anonymous letter expressing concern about Singer and three other inmates forming a "gang" focused around playing the game.

    what the

    they're worried that inmates will form GANGS over D&D

    as opposed to the gangs formed over race, status, wealth, type of conviction, community standing, etc

    they're worried about D&D causing GANG ACTIVITY

    what the what the what

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  • WoodroezWoodroez Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Blaket wrote: »
    SwissLion wrote: »
    First Movie

    Gandalf Escapes Saruman's Tower.
    He's Evil

    Oh yeah!

    I remember that now.

    Maybe gandalf only owned one magic bug. That's why they didn't fly there.

    It's really hard to make a note that will fit on a messenger moth's ankle or ankle-like area of leg.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    i mean granted prisons are supposed to restrict your behavior but are they going to ban books as well?

    I'm pretty sure all the arguments against this can be made for books

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    They probably could if they wanted to.

    And it wasn't them worried so much as "anonymous inmate" who sent the tip was. And it's possible that inmate was probably just trying to get back at D&D guy over something else.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    yeah but that's the issue

    preventing D&D play in a prison is STUPID

    there's no reason to do it other than a misunderstanding of D&D and a pure vindictiveness

    that's not good policy at all!

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    "The library in this prison sucks! All it has left is The Count of Monte Cristo and The Great Escape!"

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  • Drew-BDrew-B Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    It wasn't until I read this news story that it occurred to me exactly how I would spend my time in prison, if I ended up there in another life or something.

    Assuming they wouldn't take it away from my prison as well!

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm actually posting from Prison right now. I hope they don't take away my D&D stuff and my books, because if they did I'd have to fill my free time up with other things, like selling drugs and raping dudes.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    i am SPITTING mad at this

    it's a blatant cherrypicking of rules

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Centipede Damascus wrote: »
    Blaket wrote: »
    So I take it that happened in the third movie?

    I never saw that one.

    Why not?

    Dis-interest I suppose?

    I liked the first movie (after hating the first book)

    Disliked the second movie (After liking the second book)

    And I don't know, just never saw the third. I mean if it follows the pattern it means I'll like it, but eh, I don't feel a great desire to watch it you know?

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I haven't even read the third book, aside from picking it up at the bookstore and skipping ahead to the ring-in-Mount-Doom scene.

    As far as the article goes, I'm completely fine with it. But they should have just gone along with this route:
    The appeals court said the prison's policy was reasonable and did not violate Singer's rights.

    "After all, punishment is a fundamental aspect of imprisonment, and prisons may choose to punish inmates by preventing them from participating in some of their favorite recreations," the court said.

    Instead of giving a whole convoluted reasoning about why D&D should be banned. "Because we said so." would suffice. Yeah, it's mean to him, but guys who bludgeon other guys to death with sledgehammers know something already about being mean.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    lord of the rings is a book?

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    This raises an interesting point.

    What are you allowed to do in prison aside the joke answers of raping, breaking out via a serious of tattoos and stabbing?

    Now days I know they have the internet. And you're allowed to do weights and to read and do equivalent community college courses. What else do you do?

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    why they have weights in prison doesn't make sense

    they are like the simplest thing in the world to kill someone with

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  • DarricDarric Santa MonicaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
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  • L|amaL|ama Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    jerk it

    a lot

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I suppose you could watch Passions.

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