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PA comic: Friday Nov. 11, 2011 - Thank You, Edgar
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BRAVO!
I'm just going to start using -éd everywhere now.
Can we just have this all the time forever? Or like, a weekly Tycho's Poetry Corner or something.
Bravo, sir.
It's always a treat when Tycho drops some poetry on us.
If slightly tarnished by Tycho and/or Gabe's recurring pet peeve of a plant, overlapping with distinctly unsavory individuals who are fond of said plant, and whatnot.
That's not even a gripe on my part, FWIW. I've been reading PA since I was eleven years old, I'm used to T&G's little recurring quirks, like that.
It just made me snicker, and go, 'heh', for a second. Barely impacted my enjoyment.
Edit: Because I'm not the one calling the shots on this here webby-comic. But it seemed to me, just for a second, a moment, even, that the dudes called 'NOBAMA_2012' and such loudly informing us how they're going to hang themselves some N-Words, while I'm in MW3 or Reach, are heinous enough to warrant a mute.
They aren't, probably, because I am completely retarded
Said plant does have a habit of, whilst making you think you're hilarious, make you more annoying to others not under influence of aforementioned flora. I see it as compounding an already somewhat asshole-ish situation, especially when the only reason you know the little cretin on the other end of the internet is apparently 'high' is because he keeps proclaiming his medicated status loudly and often.
At least that's how I interpret it.
Bravo Jerry, you marvellous word-smith. I enjoyed today's offering most thoroughly.
Maybe because I play online with every one of my opponents on mute wherever possible.
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Indeed, these people are largely shitbags. I hear and agree entirely.
They are, however, only shitbags. The racists on XBL are hateful shitbags.
I would not have even blinked, if he had included the hideously relevant topic of XBL racism earning MUTE STATUS.
He has addressed the crazy racists on there before, too, so it made me scratch my head a bit. You can see how it may have given me pause, there.
It really doesn't concern me, though. And I'm certainly not going to split some hairs about it.
Postscript:
"But Professor, you silly retarded goose, we DO NOT NEED to talk about Racism in Gaming! And neither does Jerry?"
Nah.
It is a Thing. It is definitely, without a doubt, a Thing, that Needs To Be Addressed. It impacts our community. Everyone should address it. Every single gaming webcomic with a huge community should frequently address the topic, and raise awareness.
As Archimedes said, give me a microphone, and a place to stand at PAX, and I'll open up the convention with, Guys, we need to talk about Racism. On Xbox Live.
Racist jerks are probably harder to make poetry out of. It's unlikely Jerry just sat down and thought "Yea, I shall deliver unto them a poem about potheads"; rather, he was struck with inspiration.
Note the most excellent line: "who bore the blade Hephaestus wrought in Gaea's flowing blood" - that which follows is built around painting a coherent picture of the enemy. You cannot have racist screennames so that's right out, plus there's no equivalent of 420 for bigots to rally behind. What would the equivalent of a particularly dank bud be for racists? Such dark thoughts are better left unspeculated.
Anyway, excellent comic.
I thought about the ubiquitous "URMOM" jokes said shitbag weedfiends are overly fond of hurling around, on seeing those lines first.
Both things make sense, I guess.
What? Naw. Jerry is The Man. He Can Do This. He can...probably do this. Hmm.
Actually, you've got a great point, there.
I want to say that the Tea Party is the equivalent of really dank bud for racists, but that's a whole new tangent. Plus, I'm sure the TP is entirely legitimate, right, guys?
Guys?
The insistence that sitting in a corner, finding glitched areas in the map to hide in, and using ridiculously broken class combinations (double shotgun dude is a dog rapist- Tycho) to kill people designates skill in a game is the exact reason why I'll never touch the online component of another COD game ever again.
Online FPS are completely different games than what they were even as little as five years ago. People used to actually play the game instead of hiding and spouting shit as to why they're so much better than me because they hide in a corner. Oh, you found a glitch? Good for you, do you want a cookie? Cause I sure as hell want a bottle of Turkey whenever you talk about how you fucked my mom you little son of a...
Khoo, we need you to get on this. Go into Jerry's office, take the controller from his hand, and tell him to get to work.
When playing MMORPGs, I generally play on RP servers, even though I don't RP, simply because there are less people like those described in the comic.
Edit: It goes along with the entire onlinecanbejackasses thing. A know a guy at work. Nice guy. I like him, get along with him. Tried playing SSMB with him online. His Kirby was yelling "lol cocks" the entire time. Just what I don't need.
Very well done. sirs.
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It's really fucking terrifying at times to realize how inured you can get to things that, on their surface are so awful, you didn't realize you were participating in it as an observer.
I laugh at the racists online and report them, but I know it doesn't do anything. How could it? But when people who don't put up with it--like Jerry--mention just how bad it's gotten, I realize that I've been covered in that shit for so long that it's part of how I understand the world works. When given annonymity, people become evil. And then people let their children play online with these people. They become them without supervision.