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Saying instantaneously disseminated social media is the same as letters on papyrus is as disingenuous as claiming Call of Duty has no more effect on developing minds than Pac-man. It is less NEW FANGLED THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND and more sitting at a table with five people and three of them are staring at a loving screen instead of talking to people in front of them. We are given perfect little digital worlds of people we agree with and share everything in common with instead of actually interacting with people who might have slightly different opinions and interests, and endless small amusements to fill our time to spare us the horror of having to spend a single moment unstimulated.
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Society survived a generation of children growing up idolizing the loving Crusades, man, I think they'll survive Call of Duty.
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Feb 18, 2014 07:54
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ryonguy posted:Saying instantaneously disseminated social media is the same as letters on papyrus is as disingenuous as claiming Call of Duty has no more effect on developing minds than Pac-man. It is less NEW FANGLED THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND and more sitting at a table with five people and three of them are staring at a loving screen instead of talking to people in front of them. We are given perfect little digital worlds of people we agree with and share everything in common with instead of actually interacting with people who might have slightly different opinions and interests, and endless small amusements to fill our time to spare us the horror of having to spend a single moment unstimulated. Yeah, and what about those new fangled books? I tell you, those books are killing our children's ability to remember things. Get rid of the written alphabet, I say.
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Feb 18, 2014 08:06
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ryonguy posted:Saying instantaneously disseminated social media is the same as letters on papyrus is as disingenuous as claiming Call of Duty has no more effect on developing minds than Pac-man. It is less NEW FANGLED THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND and more sitting at a table with five people and three of them are staring at a loving screen instead of talking to people in front of them. We are given perfect little digital worlds of people we agree with and share everything in common with instead of actually interacting with people who might have slightly different opinions and interests, and endless small amusements to fill our time to spare us the horror of having to spend a single moment unstimulated. If you want to just bitch about whatever thing is on your mind at the moment without it having any relation to the titular comic, let me introduce you to a fantastic facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2204536947/ If you are seriously concerned about the decline of civilization due to people having the ability to voice opinions and discussion points in an echo chamber then perhaps a particular theme thread in a sub-forum on a comedy website isn't the best place to argue that self-selecting your peers through the internet is a bad idea? Here's a good comic about beer: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=09162004
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Feb 18, 2014 08:37
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ryonguy posted:Saying instantaneously disseminated social media is the same as letters on papyrus is as disingenuous as claiming Call of Duty has no more effect on developing minds than Pac-man. It is less NEW FANGLED THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND and more sitting at a table with five people and three of them are staring at a loving screen instead of talking to people in front of them. We are given perfect little digital worlds of people we agree with and share everything in common with instead of actually interacting with people who might have slightly different opinions and interests, and endless small amusements to fill our time to spare us the horror of having to spend a single moment unstimulated. It's weird because the screen that you're staring at in order to read this response to your post is probably the furthest from 'a perfect little digital world of people you agree with' you're going to get. I say this as a person who doesn't care all that much for social media: it's about as worse as any other given thing that has existed throughout history. There is your 'different opinion'. The Sezza fucked around with this message at 09:40 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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Feb 18, 2014 09:37
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I'm sure the new Achewood is really good and I can't wait for it to get translated into English so I can catch up
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Feb 18, 2014 12:08
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Sigma-X posted:Here's a good comic about beer: 'Ottawa Modified Death' would be a dynamite username.
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Feb 18, 2014 13:22
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Wow, these posts have almost as many words as he latest achewod strip
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Feb 18, 2014 14:13
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Lot of twitter users and gamers in here I guess.
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Feb 18, 2014 23:54
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As soon as I finished reading I moused over for the alt-text automatically 
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Feb 19, 2014 00:51
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Jerusalem posted:As soon as I finished reading I moused over for the alt-text automatically
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Feb 19, 2014 01:19
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ryonguy posted:Saying instantaneously disseminated social media is the same as letters on papyrus is as disingenuous as claiming Call of Duty has no more effect on developing minds than Pac-man. It is less NEW FANGLED THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND and more sitting at a table with five people and three of them are staring at a loving screen instead of talking to people in front of them. We are given perfect little digital worlds of people we agree with and share everything in common with instead of actually interacting with people who might have slightly different opinions and interests, and endless small amusements to fill our time to spare us the horror of having to spend a single moment unstimulated. And another thing, how can people enjoy movies without a live piano player?? 
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Erebus posted:And another thing, how can people enjoy movies without a live piano player?? BOO TO THAT
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Feb 19, 2014 06:10
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Ubik posted:BOO TO THAT I boo the nacho as his father!
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SacrificialGoat posted:I boo the nacho as his father! If I am a pilgrim to Gomorrah, then I am a pilgrim to Gomorrah!
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Feb 19, 2014 08:12
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Down With People posted:'Ottawa Modified Death' would be a dynamite username. That seems unlikely.
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Feb 19, 2014 09:04
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ryonguy posted:Lot of twitter users and gamers in here I guess. I wonder if Roast Beef actually goes and puts on the shirt and tie so he can look appropriately rumpled for the sake of participating in certain conversations.
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Feb 20, 2014 00:38
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Penny's mouth is really disconcerting.
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Feb 20, 2014 11:46
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Tolth posted:Penny's mouth is really disconcerting. Yeah, I just really don't like her face. Not a fan of this story so far either, but oh well. I hope we get another Philippe newspaper comic someday.
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Feb 21, 2014 03:03
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Half the people in this thread have chosen not to wage peace and are busy being a cock to a stranger.
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Feb 21, 2014 05:05
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Yeah. And I have to say, it is fun as heck.
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Feb 21, 2014 14:33
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I started giggling like an idiot last night at work, and could hardly stop. That bit where Todd has a waffle iron shaped bruise on his face and then makes the bruise worse trying to "drop" the bruise. It was during his Magical North korean text adventure. I didn't really care all that much for the MNKR story, but the mental image of a small hungover squirrel trying to pull a bruise off his face....hilarious.
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Feb 21, 2014 20:06
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The new update is coming during the weekend, but it looks like this particular storyline will be finished up, which I know some people will be pleased about.Onstad posted:Shifting the comic into the weekend by a day or so. Working a normal week like a supperdad Johnny. See you on the denouement.
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Feb 22, 2014 02:53
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 NEW STRIPDialogue still only vaguely comprehensible, but Connie is still the man, I see. Though "Seize this opportunity to be tremendous" is a great line. Thinkin' Teodor is about to get his bone on. grading essays nude fucked around with this message at 07:14 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 06:58
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Cornelius is THE wingman.
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Feb 22, 2014 07:20
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This is a Good Strip and I'm happy with how overall pleasant the tone has been the past few weeks.
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Feb 22, 2014 07:52
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robot roll call posted:This is a Good Strip and I'm happy with how overall pleasant the tone has been the past few weeks. In a horror movie, you'd be one of the first ones to die...
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Feb 22, 2014 08:02
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Wow. Really wringing ever last drop of humor out of that freekah-chia gag
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Feb 22, 2014 14:59
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Haha, I love how the alt-text quotes Pulp Fiction in a manner that makes it seem like it's more of an ancient wisdom than it is.
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VictorGrunn posted:Yeah, I just really don't like her face. Not a fan of this story so far either, but oh well. I hope we get another Philippe newspaper comic someday. Arguably the most attractive female in Achewood has been Tina. It must be difficult to try to make cats and stuffed animals look humanly appealing and not risk accusations of being a furry.
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Feb 22, 2014 15:59
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I want a fast-forward button to the end of this arc. It wouldn't be so bad if there were three of these strips a week, but when it's just one this kind of thing drags. Stick it in the blogs (and actually write it this time) or something and post a one-off or something, please.
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Feb 22, 2014 16:02
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Aw cmon man, don't you wanna read about this teddy bear getting some ( I am assuming she is also a bear?) Mary bear pussy?
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Feb 22, 2014 16:57
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I'm kinda conflicted about this arc. On the one hand, it's nice to see Teodor getting thrown a bone (uh, so to speak) after generally being portrayed as a total washout; on the other hand, Penny comes across as too similar to Connie's stripper girlfriend to me, what with her being so perfectly aligned to how he thinks and feels, that their interactions and the general storyline just feel stale. I guess it'd probably be improved if it included Ray with horny-onset diabetes serving ice cream in a bath towel and bolero hat, but I doubt it.
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On a side note. Have y'all noticed how Onstad has been drawing things with a little more looseness and freedom than he used to? Even changing the angles in some panels. I think spesifically of the panel in this latest comic where Penny and Theodore are opening the door to the bedroom. Art still doesn't look all that great but I do have to admit its cool to see Onstad stretching a bit a star war betamax fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Feb 22, 2014 |
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Feb 22, 2014 17:52
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If nothing else we have to give Cornelius further props for perfectly recalibrating Teodor's room from "crack den castaway" to "slacker chic."
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Oxxidation posted:If nothing else we have to give Cornelius further props for perfectly recalibrating Teodor's room from "crack den castaway" to "slacker chic." I honestly thought at first that he was sneaking into Cornelius's room. I don't know what specifically gave me that vibe, but it's just what I thought it was on my first reading.
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Feb 22, 2014 18:55
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Connie appears to have not only cleaned but physically replaced the furniture. It does look like an entirely different room on first glance.
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Javid posted:Connie appears to have not only cleaned but physically replaced the furniture. It does look like an entirely different room on first glance. No, Teodor is using Connie's room and Connie is sleeping in Teodor's. Hence when Connie wanted Teodor to watch over him while he slept in Teodor's filth to administer medicine when the dirt starts to make him ill.
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smr posted:No, Teodor is using Connie's room and Connie is sleeping in Teodor's. Hence when Connie wanted Teodor to watch over him while he slept in Teodor's filth to administer medicine when the dirt starts to make him ill. No, T asked Connie to scour, as in clean, the room. That's why Onstad did the comparison shot as well.
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smr posted:No, Teodor is using Connie's room and Connie is sleeping in Teodor's. Hence when Connie wanted Teodor to watch over him while he slept in Teodor's filth to administer medicine when the dirt starts to make him ill. Ohhh. This makes a lot more sense
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