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[Webcomics] What are they Worth to you?

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Javen is also shitposting
    I assume the comic is something someone dealing with a paranoid episode wrote

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    New thread title: "We all shitpost down here"?

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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    edited February 2022
    Cambiata wrote: »
    A more interesting take on the subject of "group stalking" would be a story about how someone came to understand they have a mental illness that severely alters their perception of reality and how that person was able to receive help. Because I imagine that not being able to perceive reality the way everyone around you can would make seeking help yourself near-impossible. The idea of "I'm the only one that knows the truth" is a well-worn trope in thriller films.

    Here's a comic that is both very interesting and hard to read for long stretches. It's about what the Élan School in Maine was like before it was finally closed down in 2011. It's also a legitimate case of "no one outside knows the truth.":

    https://elan.school/

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    I haven't even been able to complete reading it yet. I have to take frequent breaks. Content warning for violence and psychological torture.

    OK, I just now got to the last page of this comic and in fact it has more pages coming. The current page is not one of the "things are getting better" pages. I guess I should take comfort in the fact that the author is alive and able to write this comic, but goddamn this thing gives me a heart attack.

    Edit: Just found out he's on Tapas, so I subscribed to his comic there.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    it's like y'all never met zay

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  • CambiataCambiata Commander Shepard The likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
    I don't think I ever have met Zay!

    That post did get me reading some of Targ again, and I have to say I find this part of the delusion charming:

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    That means that these folks either never noticed before how often other drivers are complete assholes, or prior to this they lived a charmed life where the assholes were luckily not on the road while they were driving. I wonder how many of them lived in small towns that received a population boom due to a rising industry or new company entering the town, so they didn't know what high traffic was like before this. Or maybe its something even more small scale, like a regularly trafficked road being closed for construction for a couple of years leading to their regular route becoming intolerable.

    The reason Targ brings up the boxed-in traffic is to explain to his boss why he's late, then the boss threatens his job because of how often he's late. What this comic is really describing is the horrors of capitalism and bosses who fire people for being late instead of trying to help someone who may be experiencing a problem in their life are the worst. Especially if they are working an office job and it makes zero difference what time they come in.

  • MaydayMayday Cutting edge goblin tech Registered User regular
    Mvrck wrote: »
    Javen wrote: »
    It's actually my webcomic and Zay is posting it on my behalf

    Do you have an actual link to it then? I was curious and wanted to see more but couldn't.

    After some googling, here it is. https://www.transformation.dk/www.raven1.net/targ.htm
    Probably not an official archive, but you can read it all here (there's a missing page (15) that you can see in the pdf version).

  • MvrckMvrck Dwarven MountainhomeRegistered User regular
    Wow that went way farther down the rabbit hole than I was expecting.

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  • crwthcrwth THAT'S IT Registered User regular
    zay and javen are my friends

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    crwth wrote: »
    zay and javen are my friends

    neither of those people exist, crwth

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    none of us exist

    you've been posting in this webcomics thread, alone, for the last 8 years

    you need to wake up

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    I’m pretty sexy though so good imagination.

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  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    I’m pretty sexy though so good imagination.

    Whoever was responsible for imaging me has some fucking explaining to do goddammit.

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  • shoeboxjeddyshoeboxjeddy Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    none of us exist

    you've been posting in this webcomics thread, alone, for the last 8 years

    you need to wake up

    As far as dream purgatories go, this one is not that bad at all. I think I'm good here.

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  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    Brolo wrote: »
    none of us exist

    you've been posting in this webcomics thread, alone, for the last 8 years

    you need to wake up

    cwrth dreaming he's living a life where he already finished his 100 pages of webcomic thread posting a long time ago

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I don't understand that Tourist Unknown
    some sort of subconsciously irritating infrasound?

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    she played some music no one liked

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited February 2022
    OOOOOH ok now I get it
    I think

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Brainleech wrote: »

    This one was REAL good

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  • statlerstatler Registered User regular
    Brainleech wrote: »

    This one was REAL good

    I could absolutely see this one being an SMBC and people hating it.

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    I don't understand that Tourist Unknown
    some sort of subconsciously irritating infrasound?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfJZ8R0Dy6g

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I don't understand that Tourist Unknown
    some sort of subconsciously irritating infrasound?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfJZ8R0Dy6g

    what the fuck moths can make noises???

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    edited February 2022
    Brainleech wrote: »
    I don't understand that Tourist Unknown
    some sort of subconsciously irritating infrasound?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfJZ8R0Dy6g

    what the fuck moths can make noises???

    How else do bats find them?
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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    I think echolocation works by the bat making a sound and listening for the echo of the sound bouncing off the environment and bugs in it to build a sonar-like mental map of the environment

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    so Bat-man exists in the Tackleverse but people in the UK have never heard of him, I guess

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  • GvzbgulGvzbgul Registered User regular
    Sadly I think the original site is gone. Here's a link to a collection: https://www.transformation.dk/www.raven1.net/targ.htm

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited February 2022
    Yeah that's like, textbook paranoid delusions.
    I hope the author was able to get help. Paranoia is insidious though in the way your brain is convinced that you don't need help and suggestions that you should seek it or offers to give it are hostile ruses.
    I lost a friend to such problems, sadly I don't know if he's even alive or dead anymore. Got forcibly checked into a hospital a few times but refused treatment so there was nothing they could do for him.

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  • Dark Raven XDark Raven X Laugh hard, run fast, be kindRegistered User regular
  • SolarSolar Registered User regular
    statler wrote: »
    Brainleech wrote: »

    This one was REAL good

    I could absolutely see this one being an SMBC and people hating it.

    I think its a good illustration of the difference tbh

  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    edited February 2022
    I think echolocation works by the bat making a sound and listening for the echo of the sound bouncing off the environment and bugs in it to build a sonar-like mental map of the environment

    The most well-supported theory for why several different moth breeds developed hearing and the ability to make sounds (at least 3 moth families have independently developed this ability to different degrees) is that it's anti-bat hardware. Hearing to know if bats are around, sounds to confuse bat echolocation with false telemetry. Also, moths probably have fur because it works like sonar camoflage (fuzzy fur surface = softer return than hard exoskeletons).

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
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    xkcd

    I think I'm going to save this as a general reaction image.

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
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    Darths & Droids

    Sally's really got a handle on Kylo's character.

    Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    so Bat-man exists in the Tackleverse but people in the UK have never heard of him, I guess

    I think they know about him this is just how Susan and Esther talk

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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
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  • klemmingklemming Registered User regular
    Nobody remembers the singer. The song remains.
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