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Penny Arcade - Comic - Space Ghost

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Space Ghost!

Penny Arcade - Comic - Space Ghost

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

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited August 2024
    Tycho's come a long way since his days of worrying about Ghost Bride situations

    Rhesus Positive on
    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • ironzergironzerg Registered User regular
    Missed opportunity to only have one set of footprints.

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Missed opportunity to only have one set of footprints.

    Or three.

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    When you see only one set of footprints, it's because you collapsed and I left you.

  • OverkillengineOverkillengine Registered User regular
    I'm just surprised Tycho went Outside without his protective helmet to shield him from the baleful rays of a hateful burning star.

  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    Overkillengine wrote: »
    I'm just surprised Tycho went Outside without his protective helmet to shield him from the baleful rays of a hateful burning star.

    It's not Tycho, it's a stupid lying ghost.

  • GrendusGrendus Registered User regular
    Unsurprisingly, once we got everybody on the planet to carry around a camera *literally* at all times, we didn't have an equivalent rise in ghost pictures, nor did we have an increase in their quality.

    It's certainly not impossible that they exist, but it seems like the more we are able to actively or even passively observe, the more we wind up... not seeing them, which definitely warrants a raised eyebrow.

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    Grendus wrote: »
    Unsurprisingly, once we got everybody on the planet to carry around a camera *literally* at all times, we didn't have an equivalent rise in ghost pictures, nor did we have an increase in their quality.

    It's certainly not impossible that they exist, but it seems like the more we are able to actively or even passively observe, the more we wind up... not seeing them, which definitely warrants a raised eyebrow.

    I think that argument works better for the little green men. After all, everyone knows that ghosts interfere with electronics.

  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    dennis wrote: »
    Grendus wrote: »
    Unsurprisingly, once we got everybody on the planet to carry around a camera *literally* at all times, we didn't have an equivalent rise in ghost pictures, nor did we have an increase in their quality.

    It's certainly not impossible that they exist, but it seems like the more we are able to actively or even passively observe, the more we wind up... not seeing them, which definitely warrants a raised eyebrow.

    I think that argument works better for the little green men. After all, everyone knows that ghosts interfere with electronics.

    One argument for digital media over analog. At least digital media just tends to stop working when spooks are involved. Analog always feels the need to get in on the spooky.

  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    RatherDashing89 wrote: »
    Overkillengine wrote: »
    I'm just surprised Tycho went Outside without his protective helmet to shield him from the baleful rays of a hateful burning star.

    It's not Tycho, it's a stupid lying ghost.

    That's why they should have had him without footprints! That's why he wants to throw Gabe off the trail, he doesn't want to get outted as a ghost.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    Grendus wrote: »
    Unsurprisingly, once we got everybody on the planet to carry around a camera *literally* at all times, we didn't have an equivalent rise in ghost pictures, nor did we have an increase in their quality.

    It's certainly not impossible that they exist, but it seems like the more we are able to actively or even passively observe, the more we wind up... not seeing them, which definitely warrants a raised eyebrow.

    I like the idea that if ghosts could interact with the real world there would be very few white men alive today.

  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    The idea of 'space ghosts' (and not that Space Ghost) makes me think of ghosts being real, but them floating away from the Earth, because they are no longer bound by gravity. That's why there's not many ghosts hanging around, because they've all drifted up into space. And this has been happening not just for humans, but for all life, including species from other worlds, since the start of the universe. Endless tides of ghosts, hundreds of thousands of trillions, thronging in the darkness between the stars.

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  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    Need someone to run the numbers on that. If every living being that ever died emits one ghost, of equivalent volume to the organism itself, from its planet of origin, what does the ghost density of space look like? Somewhere between "all ghosts, all the time (at least nearby to a living planet)" and "statistical likelihood of intersecting with a ghost while traveling in space approaches zero".

  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    edited August 2024
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    Grendus wrote: »
    Unsurprisingly, once we got everybody on the planet to carry around a camera *literally* at all times, we didn't have an equivalent rise in ghost pictures, nor did we have an increase in their quality.

    It's certainly not impossible that they exist, but it seems like the more we are able to actively or even passively observe, the more we wind up... not seeing them, which definitely warrants a raised eyebrow.

    I like the idea that if ghosts could interact with the real world there would be very few white men alive today.

    While your point is taken, since this means ghosts would have always existed, I think the Mongols would get it before white guys did.

    Of course, now I'm worried about Mongol ghosts riding ghost horses. Shit.

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  • RatherDashingRatherDashing Registered User regular
    dennis wrote: »
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    Grendus wrote: »
    Unsurprisingly, once we got everybody on the planet to carry around a camera *literally* at all times, we didn't have an equivalent rise in ghost pictures, nor did we have an increase in their quality.

    It's certainly not impossible that they exist, but it seems like the more we are able to actively or even passively observe, the more we wind up... not seeing them, which definitely warrants a raised eyebrow.

    I like the idea that if ghosts could interact with the real world there would be very few white men alive today.

    While your point is taken, since this means ghosts would have always existed, I think the Mongols would get it before white guys did.

    Of course, now I'm worried about Mongol ghosts riding ghost horses. Shit.

    They don't kill you. They just curse you with fates worse than death.

    Us whiteys lost our athletic ability and ability to enjoy good food, and just overall lameness.

    .

    I have made a joke about white people being bad at sports. I am both topical and hilarious. Inform the men.

  • Golden YakGolden Yak Burnished Bovine The sunny beaches of CanadaRegistered User regular
    RatherDashing89 wrote: »
    Need someone to run the numbers on that. If every living being that ever died emits one ghost, of equivalent volume to the organism itself, from its planet of origin, what does the ghost density of space look like? Somewhere between "all ghosts, all the time (at least nearby to a living planet)" and "statistical likelihood of intersecting with a ghost while traveling in space approaches zero".

    It sovles the Fermi Paradox. We never have visits from species who can travel through space because whenever they try to go beyond lunar orbit they are devoured by a billion hungry ghosts.

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  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    I have never related more to Tycho than in this strip. *single tear*

  • jberryjberry longtime reader firsttime poster Fort Smith Ark USARegistered User regular
    ghost are not real & there are no ghost & i saw a ghost

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    He thrusts his fists against the posts and insists he sees the ghosts.

  • MarcinMNMarcinMN Registered User regular
    Rhesus Positive wrote: »
    Tycho's come a long way since his days of worrying about Ghost Bride situations

    Ha, you thought of the same comic I did. I went that extra mile though and did the archive dive. B)

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

    -Tycho Brahe
  • Eat it You Nasty Pig.Eat it You Nasty Pig. tell homeland security 'we are the bomb'Registered User regular
    you actually are required to disclose any possible ghosts when transacting real estate in a couple U.S. states (notably new york)

    hold your head high soldier, it ain't over yet
    that's why we call it the struggle, you're supposed to sweat
  • dennisdennis aka bingley Registered User regular
    You can't trust them to be completely honest, though. That's why you have to hire an inspectre.

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