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New Comic Thread for Monday, March 28, 2011

facetiousfacetious a wit so dryit shits sandRegistered User regular
edited March 2011 in Social Entropy++
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The Evernight

"I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde
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Real strong, facetious.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Hurm.

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  • Dox the PIDox the PI Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Nintendo's penmanship on the warnings is pretty atrocious

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  • facetiousfacetious a wit so dry it shits sandRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Yeah I was trying to read the warning and mostly failing.

    Maybe it's the warning that's to blame.

    Maybe it's a self-fulfilling prophecy!

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    Robert Khoo wrote: »
    Real strong, facetious.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    This would be somewhat funnier if they explained it less.

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  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Dox the PI wrote: »
    Nintendo's penmanship on the warnings is pretty atrocious

    It's from Gabe's POV and he was just playing a bunch of 3DS so his 2D reading skills have suffered.

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Viewing of 3D images can cause your [something] eyes to melt and fall out of your godamn head if you are under the age of 6 years old

    We mean it for fuck sake. Don't let your retarded little fuckers play with this seriously it is a godamn weapon of mass destruction.

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  • DidgeridooDidgeridoo Flighty Dame Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Hmmm.

    I've fiddled around with the 3DS for a bit, and didn't really have a problem with eyestrain, though I can see how it might be a concern for the youngins.

    Of course, I don't understand giving a child something worth more than ten dollars anyhow, since it will likely be destroyed within seconds

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  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Bacon-BuTTy wrote: »
    Viewing of 3D images can cause your [something] eyes to melt and fall out of your godamn head if you are under the age of 6 years old

    We mean it for fuck sake. Don't let your retarded little fuckers play with this seriously it is a godamn weapon of mass destruction.

    It's "fucking"

    the [something] is fucking.

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  • halkunhalkun Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I like how the kid is all like "Woooooooooo" in the first panel

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    After a weekend of constantly staring at one screen or another (3DS to watching a movie to Borderlands to computer), I can report that there is marginal eye strain, but it was probably partly due to being up all Thursday night waiting for the launch.

    My solution was to go for a walk (and earn coins with the pedometer).

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  • SomestickguySomestickguy Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    had a great idea for a comic edit involving sollux

    don't have my tablet

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  • NuzakNuzak Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    august wrote: »
    This would be somewhat funnier if they explained it less.

    i mean what are the words in the last panel even for

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    holy moly why is the lettering so bad

    they also buckleyed the fuck out of it

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Companion of Kess Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Jeepers Creepers

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  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie beautiful clydesdale style feet too hot to trotRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    doesn't feel like tycho wad involved in writing this

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  • TarranonTarranon Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Raneados wrote: »
    holy moly why is the lettering so bad

    they also buckleyed the fuck out of it

    it is more that the nonchalant response is part of the joke than a buckleyism

    but i don't think it really works here anyway

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  • ioloiolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    As a five year old I...

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH BEING COMPLETELY BLACK, FOOL?

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  • PeccaviPeccavi Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Dad comic

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2011
    yeah, this comic was Buckleyed

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  • A duck!A duck! Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2011
    More like buckeye'd, am I right?

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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE7iWFrexbk

    FIGHT

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  • Bacon-BuTTyBacon-BuTTy Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    It's not Buckleye'd.

    People are too quick to Buckley a comic when it has more words than they deem necessary.

    The jokes are - The kids eyes got burned out by the 3DS. The 3Ds has "hilarious" warning text on the box. And the father has a somewhat calm response even though the aforementioned child's eyes have been burned out.

    Not liking the comic is fine, I don't particularly like it. But it's not a Buckley comic.
    I really hate Tim Buckley, so I don't take that comparison lightly.

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  • KageraKagera Imitating the worst people. Since 2004Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I prefer to read it as 'yon little retarded fuckers'.

    Gives it a classier taste.

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  • PataPata Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    What's funny is that optometrists say that young kids using the 3D on the 3DS is a good thing. Literally the only reason Nintendo posts the warning is because they want to avoid the chance of some crazy parent suing them for "ruining thar kids eyes!!!!"

    http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-03-18-nintendo-3d-vision_N.htm

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  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I wonder if these optometrists stared at the 3DS and their eyes went $_$

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Is there a list of which 3DS launch titles actually make good use of the 3D effects? I'm not necessarily talking about fun value, I'm just wondering which ones are good for the new 3D feature.

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  • dmautzdmautz Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Xehalus wrote: »
    I wonder if these optometrists stared at the 3DS and their eyes went $_$

    OOOH i like what you did there

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I think it's wordy because that's how a Dad would talk in imaginary comic land.

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  • KrentzKrentz Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Not my favorite comic but I fully support the use of the phrase "a frightening harangue" in the newspost.

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  • Vann DirasVann Diras Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    words do not equal buckley

    this is just being deadpan

    still not the best comic though

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  • BlackDoveBlackDove Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Wooly Mammoth.

    3DS.

    I approve.

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Has anyone tried one of these portable 3D child rape/murder simulators yet?

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  • cakefalsehoodcakefalsehood Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    I think you guys are being a bit overanalytical here.

    When some people start to panic, as you might do when you burn out your kid's eyeballs, you try to become calm. One way is to repeat the obvious things that have transpired in order for the brain to slow down and organize its thoughts.

    I know it works for me in stressful situations.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2011
    That doesn't make all the text in the comic any funnier. And before anyone goes there, I'm not suggesting that Mike & Jerry have lost it and make shitty comics. I'm just saying this comic doesn't work.

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    They could have done more with this. Like, hell, I don't know, the kid starts shooting out Cyclops-style optic blasts or something. Comic goes downhill after the wooly mammoth thing.

    I really liked reading Jerry's news post on the DS, though. Kind of makes me wish I already had kids so I could introduce them to the joy of games, really. In a weird way I have this irrational fear that by the time I have kids games won't exist in a form I understand anymore.

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  • FandeathisFandeathis Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Yeah, this is easily the worst comic in a long time. It seems like a rare example of PA having a great concept and executing it very poorly into comic form. Everyone has off days though, and I've been really enjoying most of the recent comics.

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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    the first panel is good, though

    the other ones have a bit too much text, but still a funny concept

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
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  • cakefalsehoodcakefalsehood Registered User regular
    edited March 2011
    Jesus, you guys are hard to please.

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