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Battering rams had ram-shaped heads all the time though? E: oh god loving dammit Emo Szyslak fucked around with this message at 06:29 on Sep 15, 2014 |
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hup posted:Battering rams had ram-shaped heads all the time though? Ram Jets.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:46
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Uthor posted:Jack Kirby makes a bad pun in Kamandi #5. He-Man/ThunderCats crossover has moved to the top of my "things I wish Kirby could've done" list.
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Sep 15, 2014 15:31
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Say Nothing posted:Random unsourced weirdness. Why hello there Telly Savalas what are you AIIIE MY NOSE!
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Sep 15, 2014 15:50
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Say Nothing posted:Random unsourced weirdness. I'd rather see the speech bubble coming from the shoe.
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Sep 15, 2014 16:25
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Ms. Marvel #6 By Jake Wyatt. This version of Ms. Marvel sure has interesting powers.  
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Sep 16, 2014 00:54
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Man, Ms. Marvel wondering if she can "soak a 20 foot drop" is way nerdier than whatever meme people got up in arms about earlier in the thread.
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Sep 16, 2014 04:16
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Maybe the picture itself isn't so spectacular, but I love Chris Sims's writing so much. Time Warner and Disney should send him big sacks of money for making comics so much fun. OH MY GOD, IT’S THE ENFORCERS I LOVE THE ENFORCERS SO MUCH LET’S TALK ABOUT FANCY DAN FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS OH MY GOD.
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Sep 16, 2014 12:35
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prefect posted:OH MY GOD, IT’S THE ENFORCERS I LOVE THE ENFORCERS SO MUCH LET’S TALK ABOUT FANCY DAN FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS OH MY GOD. Look, villains were simpler in the 60s. You had your bumbling mobsters, your hot-paste shooting guys, guys who got really really tall with stilts, radioactive men, and your ex-Nazi scientists who turned themselves into swarms of bees.
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Sep 16, 2014 14:05
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Red posted:Look, villains were simpler in the 60s. You had your bumbling mobsters, your hot-paste shooting guys, guys who got really really tall with stilts, radioactive men, and your ex-Nazi scientists who turned themselves into swarms of bees. What about swarms of bees that turned themselves into ex-Nazi scientists?
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Sep 16, 2014 15:47
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Who What Now posted:What about swarms of bees that turned themselves into ex-Nazi scientists? 70's villain. Late 70's, no less.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:15
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Random Stranger posted:70's villain. Late 70's, no less. I guess that makes sense. The Boys from Brazil was printed in 1976, and Swarm appeared in 1977. We'll just replace The Swarm with The Beetle, since both are bug guys, and The Beetle's thing was that his original suit was really clunky and had suction cups. So there you go.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:24
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Red posted:I guess that makes sense. The Boys from Brazil was printed in 1976, and Swarm appeared in 1977. Marathon Man was published in 1974, and the movie came out in 1976.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:25
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prefect posted:Marathon Man was published in 1974, and the movie came out in 1976. Yeah, but Boys had the South American Nazi scientist thing, which is what Swarm is.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:28
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Red posted:Look, villains were simpler in the 60s. You had your bumbling mobsters, your hot-paste shooting guys, guys who got really really tall with stilts, radioactive men, and your ex-Nazi scientists who turned themselves into swarms of bees. Never forget Human Torch villain Asbestos Man. Wonder how he's doing.
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Sep 16, 2014 16:40
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Red posted:Yeah, but Boys had the South American Nazi scientist thing, which is what Swarm is. South American Nazi scientist, South American Nazi dentist. Potayto, potahto. 
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Sep 16, 2014 16:43
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Die Laughing posted:Never forget Human Torch villain Asbestos Man. Wonder how he's doing. Don't forget the Asbestos Lady! 
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Sep 16, 2014 16:51
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I believe Ozymandias has a job for her.
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Sep 16, 2014 17:17
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PFlats posted:Man, Ms. Marvel wondering if she can "soak a 20 foot drop" is way nerdier than whatever meme people got up in arms about earlier in the thread.
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Sep 16, 2014 17:35
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I don't think it's "waved away", that's just how she thinks/talks, because she's a nerd.
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Sep 16, 2014 17:36
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People getting angry at memes showing up offline are in for a tough time, they're not some niche internet thing any more they're part of mainstream pop culture. They're even making TV movies about them. So best to grit your teeth when someone writing a teenager has them reference Scumbag Steve or the like, maybe think of it as something akin to Luke Cage going on about Christmas back in the day and hope for it to pass.
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Sep 16, 2014 18:19
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Die Laughing posted:Never forget Human Torch villain Asbestos Man. Wonder how he's doing. He was in a Fear Itself tie-in story where he fought the Great Lakes Avengers. All I remember is that they all kept their distance and nobody would step up to actually fight him. "Mr. Immortal, you can't die. You do something!" "That doesn't mean I want to get cancer!"
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Sep 16, 2014 18:22
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Gavok posted:He was in a Fear Itself tie-in story where he fought the Great Lakes Avengers. All I remember is that they all kept their distance and nobody would step up to actually fight him. "I mean, look at Deadpool. *He* can't die, but he's basically cancer that can walk and talk."
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Sep 16, 2014 18:40
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Vengeance of Pandas posted:People getting angry at memes showing up offline are in for a tough time, they're not some niche internet thing any more they're part of mainstream pop culture. They're even making TV movies about them. Sorry, it's stupid whenever it shows up.
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Sep 16, 2014 19:54
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Vengeance of Pandas posted:They're even making TV movies about them. I was never mad about that whole meme in Ms. Marvel thing, but some things are just wrong.
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Sep 16, 2014 20:18
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Ugh I wish I had the Great Lakes Avenger comic where the guy get's in a fight and finds Jesus once he realizes he's going to die. Anyone remember this?
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Sep 16, 2014 20:52
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I don't get how "soak a 20 foot drop" is nerdy. I just contexted-up "soak" as "endure". Is there some hidden 4chons meaning behind it I should be getting pissed off about to prove that I'm still cool even though I'm reading and enjoying the hell out of a comic book about a teenage girl?
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Sep 16, 2014 20:56
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A number of RPGs/games use the term 'Soak' to refer to a statistic/ability that negates a particular amount of incoming damage (that is, damage which is 'soaked' from a source is simply ignored/discarded, as opposed to being accumulated against something like a Health/Hit Point total and eventually disabling the character). Now that I think about it, I can only recall the specific term being used in books for White Wolf like Vampire: the Masquerade or Exalted, but the actual concept is fairly common in games and most people who have played RPGs would understand it. I assume that it's crossed over into video games where there is a similar mechanic. This is why it would be seen as nerdy. Of course, RPGs used the term 'soak' because one of its regular means is just 'absorb', as in 'soak up the sun' or 'soaking up information', so even if you aren't a nerd the meaning is pretty clear. It's not like she is making a THAC0 joke or something that direct.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:08
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It's fairly common in MMOs. Like most MMO jargon it went into Everquest from the pencil & paper RPG players, was inherited by then got popular within WoW, finally escaping into other games through the WoW-refugees.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:15
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She definitely means it in the RPG sense, though. Ms. Marvel's a total nerd. (Ms. Marvel #6)
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Sep 16, 2014 21:26
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Maybe she plays the same MMOs as Alex Wilder and his friends.
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Sep 16, 2014 21:45
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WickedHate posted:Maybe she plays the same MMOs as Alex Wilder and his friends.
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Ashcans posted:A number of RPGs/games use the term 'Soak' to refer to a statistic/ability that negates a particular amount of incoming damage (that is, damage which is 'soaked' from a source is simply ignored/discarded, as opposed to being accumulated against something like a Health/Hit Point total and eventually disabling the character). Now that I think about it, I can only recall the specific term being used in books for White Wolf like Vampire: the Masquerade or Exalted, but the actual concept is fairly common in games and most people who have played RPGs would understand it. I assume that it's crossed over into video games where there is a similar mechanic. This is why it would be seen as nerdy. I think it started in Vampire and it was literal: you spent your saved blood and "soaked" your wounds in it, and the blood you spend is converted into regenerated flesh. Has it really taken off outside of V:tM? Small world.
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Sep 16, 2014 23:03
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CoolCab posted:I think it started in Vampire and it was literal: you spent your saved blood and "soaked" your wounds in it, and the blood you spend is converted into regenerated flesh. Has it really taken off outside of V:tM? Small world.
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Sep 17, 2014 00:54
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Nerds! Saga #1. 
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Sep 17, 2014 01:58
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Say Nothing posted:Nerds! Is that lady experiencing the miracle of child birth?
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I don't understand how people are conflating video game jargon and memes. Is there a lolcat with "soak a 20 foot drop" as a punchline? Sure, it's nerdy, but since the specific thing people seem to get pissy about is "Ms. Marvel said a meme! gently caress!" I don't really see how this panel fits.
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Sep 17, 2014 03:53
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Is that lady experiencing the miracle of child birth?
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Sep 17, 2014 04:05
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I miss the good old days when you couldn't post in these threads without posting images to keep the dumb arguments about what constitutes humor down to a minimum. In the good old days we also found Garthe Ennis funny still:  (Preacher, Volume 2 - I don't know any of the individual issues, just the trade#s)  (Fury Max, Volume 1 [and only, unfortunately])  (Chronicles of Wormwood, Volume 1)
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Hermanos isn't going to be a mod again and both him and us are better off for it 
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