[PA Comic] Friday, November 16, 2012 - The Manifold

Geth

The Manifold
http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/11/16

Henroid

Is there a leaderboard?

Dark Raven X

Overcompensating for this

Jam Warrior

I have never heard of NikeFuel™ before this moment. What a terrible idea.

Sgt.Big_Bubbaloola

Ok, people are now looking at me funny for laughing out that loud in the office. I approve of today's strip. I'm sure that makes you feel better.

Chris FOM

This reminds me, can someone please explain the "Hoooooooo" in the Kinect sex strip? Didn't make sense to me at the time and it still doesn't.

Darth Waiter

Patch 5.2: the bonus to Fuel Points for solo-play will be nerfed to 50% gains.

kingworks

Chris FOM wrote: »

This reminds me, can someone please explain the "Hoooooooo" in the Kinect sex strip? Didn't make sense to me at the time and it still doesn't.

Ed McMahon, wingwan of the late-great Johnny Carson, would make a sound like that to punctuate Johnny's jokes - sort of like a verbal rimshot. More recently, it's a sound commonly heard on Regular Show.

Kagera

Yeah like it's similar to saying oh snap except just the oooooohhhh part

DVG

This is one of those awesome comics where the pretty visual imagery hides it's true purpose.

Lucascraft

Chris FOM wrote: »

This reminds me, can someone please explain the "Hoooooooo" in the Kinect sex strip? Didn't make sense to me at the time and it still doesn't.

I think they also use this on Family Guy. Doesn't Peter Griffon say "Hooooooo" when he makes a joke?

Gaslight

Lucascraft wrote: »

Chris FOM wrote: »

This reminds me, can someone please explain the "Hoooooooo" in the Kinect sex strip? Didn't make sense to me at the time and it still doesn't.

I think they also use this on Family Guy. Doesn't Peter Griffon say "Hooooooo" when he makes a joke?

Maybe...once or twice? I can't ever remember him doing it. It's certainly not a "thing."

Chris FOM

Clearly I don't watch enough TV.

piL

This is the first I've heard of this. At first I thought it was stupid, then I realized it's a pretty cool looking athletic watch, and now I think it's a great idea. But I'd rather be able to use my points to acquire pokemon and useful items for them.

RoyceSraphim

piL wrote: »

This is the first I've heard of this. At first I thought it was stupid, then I realized it's a pretty cool looking athletic watch, and now I think it's a great idea. But I'd rather be able to use my points to acquire pokemon and useful items for them.

I'd rather redeem them to reset my death penalty.

Swainwalker

Khoo is right; they've really been killing it lately.

TychoCelchuuu

Also of note: the art in this (hilarious) comic is pretty neat. Especially that middle panel.

SpiraMirabilis

Chris FOM wrote: »

This reminds me, can someone please explain the "Hoooooooo" in the Kinect sex strip? Didn't make sense to me at the time and it still doesn't.

The PA equivilent to Ed McMahon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji-cT58rgNc

Tleilaxu

kingworks wrote: »

Chris FOM wrote: »

This reminds me, can someone please explain the "Hoooooooo" in the Kinect sex strip? Didn't make sense to me at the time and it still doesn't.

Ed McMahon, wingwan of the late-great Johnny Carson, would make a sound like that to punctuate Johnny's jokes - sort of like a verbal rimshot. More recently, it's a sound commonly heard on Regular Show.

They also used it quite a bit on Webcomics Weekly, so maybe Scott passed the Hiyoooo! virus to Mike and Jerry.

mnihil

They're on a roll lately.

But that comic title? Oh, Jerry... Pretty great.

Gaslight

So while it has nothing to do with today's comic, if you don't follow Gabe on Twitter, there is some amusing stuff going down.

Swainwalker

oh boy, fratboys trying to boss Gabe on the internet (see gabe's twitter)

Gaslight

KalTorak wrote: »

oh boy, fratboys trying to boss Gabe on the internet (see gabe's twitter)

Actually fratgirls I think? Um...sorgirls? Dammit.

Swainwalker

Apparently in addition to the Nike band, there's another version made by Jawbone. I know they'll want to enter talks with Gabe & Tycho about a JawBoneZone ad campaign.

Knight

I love the middle panel (and this comic), but it bothers me that they're on opposite sides of the tree in that panel, yet much closer in the 1st and 3rd.

OCD!

Desktop Hippie

Loved the comic. Gabe's reaction is perfect.

-Tal

hooooooo

MichaelLC

Knight_ wrote: »

I love the middle panel (and this comic), but it bothers me that they're on opposite sides of the tree in that panel, yet much closer in the 1st and 3rd.

OCD!

Maybe they're rolling around trying to get more points.

Monkey Ball Warrior

I refuse to validate Nike's attempts to diversify. They should just stick to making ludicrously expensive shoes.

Noisymunk

Currently wearing a pair of Nike Frees that I bought 3 years ago in Hawaii for 100 bucks, and they've survived 4 PAX's, 2 moves, 1 week in Disney World and countless walks. I wouldn't call them ludicrously expensive if I can get that kind of mileage out of them.

I ordered the Nike Kinect game after reading the new post. Now that it's cold in Rhode Island, I don't want to go outside for a walk in the morning.

Ulti-Moose

Oh Tycho your horrifying sexual vices never cease to amuse me.

Monkey Ball Warrior

Noisymunk wrote: »

Currently wearing a pair of Nike Frees that I bought 3 years ago in Hawaii for 100 bucks, and they've survived 4 PAX's, 2 moves, 1 week in Disney World and countless walks. I wouldn't call them ludicrously expensive if I can get that kind of mileage out of them.

I ordered the Nike Kinect game after reading the new post. Now that it's cold in Rhode Island, I don't want to go outside for a walk in the morning.

Yeh, maybe it's just me, everyone has different priorities I guess, but spending $100 on shoes just seems equivalent to paying five times as much money on a can of green beans because the shelf life is 5 years instead of 3. If your shoes don't eventually wear out, you aren't walking enough.

The Good Doctor Tran

Monkey Ball Warrior wrote: »

Noisymunk wrote: »

Currently wearing a pair of Nike Frees that I bought 3 years ago in Hawaii for 100 bucks, and they've survived 4 PAX's, 2 moves, 1 week in Disney World and countless walks. I wouldn't call them ludicrously expensive if I can get that kind of mileage out of them.

I ordered the Nike Kinect game after reading the new post. Now that it's cold in Rhode Island, I don't want to go outside for a walk in the morning.

Yeh, maybe it's just me, everyone has different priorities I guess, but spending $100 on shoes just seems equivalent to paying five times as much money on a can of green beans because the shelf life is 5 years instead of 3. If your shoes don't eventually wear out, you aren't walking enough.

Possibly the worst analogy of all time. More to the point, Nike Frees have lasted reported mileages of over 1.4k, compared to, say, Avia AXXXX shoes that go for around 500 miles. The Avias are around $50 and the Frees are around $100. Sometimes a more expensive product is just better.

TychoCelchuuu

I found a pair of shoes in the trash once and now those are my running shoes because they fit pretty well.

Wandering Idiot

So, is a fuck harness the same thing as a sex swing, or are they distinct apparatuses? The viewing public demands answers! Overly-detailed, slightly discomfiting answers!

Falx

I found a goth club once.

Was called The Fuckbunker.

Tleilaxu

Falx wrote: »

I found a goth club once.

Was called The Fuckbunker.

We need to start one called the John Romero Love Lair.

MichaelLC

Tleilaxu wrote: »

Falx wrote: »

I found a goth club once.

Was called The Fuckbunker.

We need to start one called the John Romero Love Lair.

Ugh...all that hair, would not want to be the clean-up crew in that place.

Monkey Ball Warrior

The Good Doctor Tran wrote: »

Monkey Ball Warrior wrote: »

Noisymunk wrote: »

Currently wearing a pair of Nike Frees that I bought 3 years ago in Hawaii for 100 bucks, and they've survived 4 PAX's, 2 moves, 1 week in Disney World and countless walks. I wouldn't call them ludicrously expensive if I can get that kind of mileage out of them.

I ordered the Nike Kinect game after reading the new post. Now that it's cold in Rhode Island, I don't want to go outside for a walk in the morning.

Yeh, maybe it's just me, everyone has different priorities I guess, but spending $100 on shoes just seems equivalent to paying five times as much money on a can of green beans because the shelf life is 5 years instead of 3. If your shoes don't eventually wear out, you aren't walking enough.

Possibly the worst analogy of all time. More to the point, Nike Frees have lasted reported mileages of over 1.4k, compared to, say, Avia AXXXX shoes that go for around 500 miles. The Avias are around $50 and the Frees are around $100. Sometimes a more expensive product is just better.

Yeh I stretched a bit far for that analogy, but I still assert that all shoes are functionally equivalent: they all cover your feet, that being the primary motivation behind the invention of shoes. So any money you pay extra over the $15 shoes at Costco is just aesthetics, and marketing. And even those are a ripoff when you consider it only takes maybe $5 worth of materials and $0.50 of chinese pseudo-sweatshop labor to create any pair of shoes on earth.

But then again, I will wear a given pair of shoes until the second time my socks get wet from standing in puddle because I've worn a hole in the bottom, so maybe I have a weird position on this. I just can't help but feel that all money spent on shoes (also clothes) is completely wasted, and I resent every time I'm forced to do so out of necessity.

interrobang

Monkey Ball Warrior wrote: »

The Good Doctor Tran wrote: »

Monkey Ball Warrior wrote: »

Noisymunk wrote: »

Currently wearing a pair of Nike Frees that I bought 3 years ago in Hawaii for 100 bucks, and they've survived 4 PAX's, 2 moves, 1 week in Disney World and countless walks. I wouldn't call them ludicrously expensive if I can get that kind of mileage out of them.

I ordered the Nike Kinect game after reading the new post. Now that it's cold in Rhode Island, I don't want to go outside for a walk in the morning.

Yeh, maybe it's just me, everyone has different priorities I guess, but spending $100 on shoes just seems equivalent to paying five times as much money on a can of green beans because the shelf life is 5 years instead of 3. If your shoes don't eventually wear out, you aren't walking enough.

Possibly the worst analogy of all time. More to the point, Nike Frees have lasted reported mileages of over 1.4k, compared to, say, Avia AXXXX shoes that go for around 500 miles. The Avias are around $50 and the Frees are around $100. Sometimes a more expensive product is just better.

Yeh I stretched a bit far for that analogy, but I still assert that all shoes are functionally equivalent: they all cover your feet, that being the primary motivation behind the invention of shoes. So any money you pay extra over the $15 shoes at Costco is just aesthetics, and marketing. And even those are a ripoff when you consider it only takes maybe $5 worth of materials and $0.50 of chinese pseudo-sweatshop labor to create any pair of shoes on earth.

But then again, I will wear a given pair of shoes until the second time my socks get wet from standing in puddle because I've worn a hole in the bottom, so maybe I have a weird position on this. I just can't help but feel that all money spent on shoes (also clothes) is completely wasted, and I resent every time I'm forced to do so out of necessity.

i'm willing to bet that you aren't actually a runner and therefore you don't really know what you're talking about

Monkey Ball Warrior

I disagree with the idea that I need to have one hobby or another to recognize snake oil... That skill comes as part of existing in a modern capitalist society.

But whatever, this is getting really off track, as this comic is not about shoes, it is about some sort of pseudo-pedometer that's just branded with some shoe company. So let's leave it at that.