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Penny Arcade - Comic - Flavor Crystals

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edited April 2021 in The Penny Arcade Hub
imagePenny Arcade - Comic - Flavor Crystals

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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  • exanthemexanthem Registered User new member
    Let's go back to the "edible" part...

  • Zoku GojiraZoku Gojira Monster IslandRegistered User regular
    A geologist, or a confectioner.

    "Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    I think he needs to see a gastrominerologist.

  • Anon von ZilchAnon von Zilch Registered User regular
    I can't even fathom what actual ailment this might be inspired by.

  • LieutenantDanLieutenantDan Registered User regular
    Da fuck?

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    Anon von Zilch wrote: »
    I can't even fathom what actual ailment this might be inspired by.

    It's most reminiscent of K'thriss in The C Team.

  • OlafmetalOlafmetal Registered User new member
    Anon von Zilch wrote: »
    I can't even fathom what actual ailment this might be inspired by.

    Protomolecule

  • sfsdfdsfsdfd Registered User new member
    > They threw the crib door wide

    They Might Be Giants, Flood, 1990.

    Also, I feel really, really old.

  • MarcinMNMarcinMN Registered User regular
    I saw something kind of like Gabe's ailment in Final Fantasy XIV. Gabe, have you been spending a lot of time in a red version of the Crystal Tower? ;)

    "It's just as I've always said. We are being digested by an amoral universe."

    -Tycho Brahe
  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    sfsdfd wrote: »
    > They threw the crib door wide

    They Might Be Giants, Flood, 1990.

    Also, I feel really, really old.

    TIL it's not "Throw the crypt door wide".

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    sfsdfd wrote: »
    > They threw the crib door wide

    They Might Be Giants, Flood, 1990.

    Also, I feel really, really old.

    TIL it's not "Throw the crypt door wide".

    To be fair, I've never seen a crib with a door.

  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    dennis wrote: »
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    sfsdfd wrote: »
    > They threw the crib door wide

    They Might Be Giants, Flood, 1990.

    Also, I feel really, really old.

    TIL it's not "Throw the crypt door wide".

    To be fair, I've never seen a crib with a door.

    I was going to say that too, but then I remember the use of crib to mean 'dwelling'. Although I don't think that is what The Johns were going for three decade ago.

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    dennis wrote: »
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    sfsdfd wrote: »
    > They threw the crib door wide

    They Might Be Giants, Flood, 1990.

    Also, I feel really, really old.

    TIL it's not "Throw the crypt door wide".

    To be fair, I've never seen a crib with a door.

    I was going to say that too, but then I remember the use of crib to mean 'dwelling'. Although I don't think that is what The Johns were going for three decade ago.

    Well, it does go on to say "Is trying to burn the playhouse down". So I interpreted it as the traditional meaning.

  • YoungFreyYoungFrey Registered User regular
    I thought "playhouse" referred to a place where plays were performed. Since cribs weren't involved, I was just thinking of things in a town.

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    YoungFrey wrote: »
    I thought "playhouse" referred to a place where plays were performed. Since cribs weren't involved, I was just thinking of things in a town.

    That's a very good point I'd not thought of. Though looking again:
    Throw the crib door wide
    Let the people crawl inside

    What with the crawling, I'm still thinking they meant baby crib.

    I googled and apparently there are cribs out there with doors. But they're usually accessibility oriented for parents (or professional childcare settings) that can't bend down and pick a kid up out of a standard crib.



    I think this is probably more than this line of this song has ever been analyzed. I feel like wherever he is, tube's off-topic sense is tingling.

  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    I think this is probably more than this line of this song has ever been analyzed. I feel like wherever he is, tube's off-topic sense is tingling.

    There are pages of discussion about whether Triangle Man is about the Trinity. There's no such thing as overanalyzing a TMBG song.

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  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    In my mind, Particle Man and Istanbul (not Constantinople) are indelibly linked to the animated shorts Tiny Toons made for them.

    If you're curious about my icon; it's an update of the early Lego Castle theme's "Black Falcons" faction.
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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    Apparently the They Might Be Giants Dial-a-Song service is still running.
    https://dialasong.com/about/

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  • Zoku GojiraZoku Gojira Monster IslandRegistered User regular
    Olafmetal wrote: »
    Anon von Zilch wrote: »
    I can't even fathom what actual ailment this might be inspired by.

    Protomolecule

    Frylock's Disease. First isolated in suburban New Jersey in the early 2000s by a Dr. Weird and his assistant Steve.

    "Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." - Bertolt Brecht
  • Led ZepherinLed Zepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Apparently they might be giants has been creating cds for the last 25 years I stopped paying attention to them. I only know 5 of their songs, and 2 of them from tiny toons...yeesh.

  • shadowysea07shadowysea07 Registered User regular
    I had no idea Gabe was really a crystal gem this whole time.

  • Adam DuckieAdam Duckie Registered User regular
    Crystal Gems: Origins

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