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Note Block posted:My $605 pledge also came today! I got everything CidGregor got except for the blue comment card from What Pumpkin. Awww! That is a very excellent catte
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Fister Roboto posted:Just gonna leave this here in case anyone doesn't already read Octopus Pie, and if you don't then you should.
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Roger Explosion posted:I'd imagine this would have a lot of Karkat falling down then swearing.
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Jan 31, 2013 06:14
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Roger Explosion posted:I'd imagine this would have a lot of Karkat falling down then swearing. And maybe getting gracefully suplexed into a few tables.
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Note Block posted:I laughed hard at the "Ages 15 and up" on the tag. Yeah, a plush toy for teenagers seems weird; but actually it's because of the button eyes. Apparently, children 14 or younger are prone to tearing off the button eyes out of their dolls and plushes, swallowing them, and then choking to death. If these plushes were made for young children, they'd have to replace the buttons with a printed design or otherwise make the eyes impossible to swallow.
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Cat Mattress posted:Yeah, a plush toy for teenagers seems weird; but actually it's because of the button eyes. Apparently, children 14 or younger are prone to tearing off the button eyes out of their dolls and plushes, swallowing them, and then choking to death. If these plushes were made for young children, they'd have to replace the buttons with a printed design or otherwise make the eyes impossible to swallow. You know, any time someone says something along the lines of, "kids these days!" I usually roll my eyes and remind them that people have been saying the same poo poo since god drat language was invented. But if we have seriously gotten to the point where, "don't swallow buttons or button like objects!" is not a life-lesson learned by the time you are 6 then I really just have to throw my hands in the air.
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Jan 31, 2013 14:02
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The irony of the age 15+ is that Terezi, who is 12 to 13 by human standards, would not be able to own a doll modeled after her ancestor's lusus. In fact, some of the younger hs fans wouldn't even be able to own this doll with a rating like that! drat that Hussie, selling his Age 15+ dolls to 13 year olds. 
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I'm honestly still surprised at how big those plushes are. They're huge! And all the more huggable for it. Now I'm regretting more than ever not being able to spring for any of the physical merchandise at the time. lotus circle posted:The irony of the age 15+ is that Terezi, who is 12 to 13 by human standards, would not be able to own a doll modeled after her ancestor's lusus. Homestuck is the Camel cigarettes of it's generation.
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Jan 31, 2013 15:15
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lotus circle posted:The irony of the age 15+ is that Terezi, who is 12 to 13 by human standards, would not be able to own a doll modeled after her ancestor's lusus. Perhaps. But I support keeping our precious children away from the corrupting influence of the nefarious Senator Lemonsnout, as should every right-thinking American.
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Jan 31, 2013 16:18
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I only ever remember toys with small/moveable parts having warnings like that that go like, "Not suitable for kids under the age of 3". 15 seems proper ridiculous to me.
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Jan 31, 2013 16:29
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Ahh yes, I remember my 15th birthday well. I suddenly lost the overwhelming compulsion to eat buttons that had kept me in its icy grip all throughout my freshman year of highschool...
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I thought it was pretty obviously a joke about the older than average people who would be buying this toy? Super jealous by the way 
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lotus circle posted:The irony of the age 15+ is that Terezi, who is 12 to 13 by human standards, would not be able to own a doll modeled after her ancestor's lusus. I wonder how many timelines failed due to the Seer of Mind choking to death on a drat scalemate button. Because I mean if anyone's going to be putting their mouth near those things, it's Terezi.
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Seoinin posted:I wonder how many timelines failed due to the Seer of Mind choking to death on a drat scalemate button. Because I mean if anyone's going to be putting their mouth near those things, it's Terezi. Next intermission will start with a funeral on Make-Out Meteor. Terezi tragically choked to death on a button just two days before turning troll-fifteen.
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Then the rest of the Act will be Karkat sitting backwayswards* in a chair, rapping with the audience about *also known as "youth pastor-style"
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Seoinin posted:Then the rest of the Act will be Karkat sitting backwayswards* in a chair, rapping with the audience about Someone please create a fan-comic featuring Karkat as a youth pastor.
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Failboattootoot posted:You know, any time someone says something along the lines of, "kids these days!" I usually roll my eyes and remind them that people have been saying the same poo poo since god drat language was invented. But if we have seriously gotten to the point where, "don't swallow buttons or button like objects!" is not a life-lesson learned by the time you are 6 then I really just have to throw my hands in the air. Every year we try and push out another standard deviation. 5 people under the age of 7 choked on buttons this year? Anything with buttons is required by law to have a tag that says "recommended for ages 8 and up", and even if it doesn't you want to have it on there as a CYA measure in case the parents of the 7 year olds in question try to sue you.
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Indie Rocktopus posted:Someone please create a fan-comic featuring
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Jan 31, 2013 20:42
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The joke is that, at time of shipping, the youngest cast members (John, Jane, assorted Trolls) are fifteen or 15-equivalent. Come on people.
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Jan 31, 2013 21:17
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Plom Bar posted:The joke is that, at time of shipping, the youngest cast members (John, Jane, assorted Trolls) are fifteen or 15-equivalent. I dunno, I think they were being shipped before that.
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Dorroile posted:I dunno, I think they were being shipped before that. A6I3 took place on John (the youngest human alongside Jane)'s 15th birthday. It was also when the Kickstarter was announced.
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The time of shipping is every hour of every day, forever.  Fuckin' weirdos.
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Plom Bar posted:A6I3 took place on John (the youngest human alongside Jane)'s 15th birthday. It was also when the Kickstarter was announced. The joke is that shipping can refer both to items being in transit from vendor to customer, and to the practice of supporting a potential relationship in a work of fiction by means of fan art, fan fiction, or stating enthusiastic opinions. Is there anything else people need me to methodically discuss until it means nothing, or are we good for now?
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Freudian posted:The joke is that shipping can refer both to items being in transit from vendor to customer, and to the practice of supporting a potential relationship in a work of fiction by means of fan art, fan fiction, or stating enthusiastic opinions. Also fallacious, as we never met Jane before she was 15, pre-reckoning baby Jane notwithstanding.  Scrutinize all the jokes. All of them.
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Jan 31, 2013 21:37
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The joke is that kids under thirteen probably shouldn't be reading Homestuck.
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Plom Bar posted:Also fallacious, as we never met Jane before she was 15, pre-reckoning baby Jane notwithstanding. I don't know what you're saying here. I don't know what joke you're scrutinising. I'm reading the words over and over again, hoping that relevance and comprehensibility will spring forth, like mana in the desert. But there is no merciful Yahweh here, no Moses to intercede with him on my behalf. Your post remains barren. I fall to the ground and let out a slow wail.
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Ariong posted:The time of shipping is every hour of every day, forever. Shipping. As in the postal service. EDIT: I'm late and also dumb I guess
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Jan 31, 2013 22:10
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Homestuck is now a comic about adults and misery.
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YggiDee posted:The joke is that kids under thirteen probably shouldn't be reading Homestuck. I've got a couple of younger cousins around the ages of 11 and 15, and I do often have to wonder what content is appropriate for that age group. The elder one isn't really into the internet, games or comics, but the younger one keeps pressing me for nerdy recommendations. Eleven is too young to read Homestuck, but maybe when he's thirteen? I'd love to be the cool older cousin who recommends him the cool comics with swear words in them (as my elder cousins did for me with the Judge Dredd comics when I was thirteen) but at the same time I don't want to mess him up with bucket-based sexual euphemisms he can then repeat to my uncle and get me into hot water over.
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Please don't introduce Homestuck to kids unless you want them to end up at a McDonalds, with full body paint, spitting into a bucket as their friends tape them.
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Introduce all kids to Homestuck always. Let's make this next generation the last. Not with a bang, but a shipper.
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Kids who'd embarrass themselves in public over Homestuck will embarrass themselves in public over anything else they enjoy; their friends, not the fandom, are the enablers. It is, or at least resembles, young adult fiction; 13 or 14 would be a good minimum age. Its strong thematic emphasis on defining one's self will certainly resonate with adolescent readers, who are reliably preoccupied with exploring their own identity.
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Dolash posted:I've got a couple of younger cousins around the ages of 11 and 15, and I do often have to wonder what content is appropriate for that age group. The elder one isn't really into the internet, games or comics, but the younger one keeps pressing me for nerdy recommendations. Eleven is too young to read Homestuck, but maybe when he's thirteen? How about everyone's other favorite Flash-based cartoon that starts with "Homest", Homestar Runner? That will keep him busy for a while. I think a 13 year old could read Homestuck and enjoy it, but in a fairly superficial way. There is a ridiculous amount of subtext there.
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Dolash posted:I've got a couple of younger cousins around the ages of 11 and 15, and I do often have to wonder what content is appropriate for that age group. The elder one isn't really into the internet, games or comics, but the younger one keeps pressing me for nerdy recommendations. Eleven is too young to read Homestuck, but maybe when he's thirteen? I'd love to be the cool older cousin who recommends him the cool comics with swear words in them (as my elder cousins did for me with the Judge Dredd comics when I was thirteen) but at the same time I don't want to mess him up with bucket-based sexual euphemisms he can then repeat to my uncle and get me into hot water over. The kid who made "Cupcake Girl" was ten years old when he made it.
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SirDippingSauce posted:The kid who made "Cupcake Girl" was ten years old when he made it. And a "fledgling brony", apparently.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I think a 13 year old could read Homestuck and enjoy it, but in a fairly superficial way. There is a ridiculous amount of subtext there. I'm not saying that Homestuck is an incredibly deep or life changing comic, but many updates do deserve second readings because of what might have been missed. Younger fans can read Homestuck and enjoy it and nothing is wrong with that, but it is very much a comic that requires some mental maturity, understanding of subtexts and other fancy literary lingo to fully grasp everything that goes on. You can criticize Hussie for a lot of parts of the comic, but you can't argue that he isn't a very good character writer and world builder. I don't think I personally would be fully able to grasp everything that goes on if I was 13 at the very least.
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I grew up watching Aeon Flux as a child I loved it and I appreciate it even more now because its still really good. You need to give kids a bit more credit. Yeah they will probably miss a few details on the first read but Homestuck is really good and worth being introduced to.
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Hanks Lust Cafe posted:And a "fledgling brony", apparently. I don't think there's anything particularly wrong with a ten year old liking My Little Pony.
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