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Zoe posted:Someone will eventually unearth a locked thread from three months ago documenting our horrified reactions to the opening of Book 3 and our confusion and barely disguised relief when Kris abruptly removed it from the site without a word of explanation. If I ran a forum for a comic/serial story I would do this. I'd deliberately delay a promised update. I'd fake the posts by the usual posters. Then once people started complaining that the update is taking too long I'd jump in the thread and rant that people are too demanding since we "just finished the last section, it's only been done for a few days", then post the closed thread and alter the dates in the current one to just be from the last few days or so. The thread would be full of disjointed crops from the comic, or quotes of dialogue that seem important to give people a taste of what's going on. Then I'd mail one person a finished book of the update with a note saying something like "Sorry it's late, but since you were the only one who bought a copy I wanted to make it special". And just let them be the only one with full knowledge of the update unless they wanted to share. nimby posted:The game of oubliette is running right now, we just keep forgetting having ever read it. Still want rules to this game. Crain fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Mar 16, 2015 |
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Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I'm hankerin' for a big tall glass of room temperature cocoa, with a plain Bar-B-Que, and a side of mayonnaise salad. ..Or maybe I should just get a hot Dr. Pepper, with the two pancake and Spaniard's omelet? Oh wait, no, I can't. It's 5:45am.
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neogeo0823 posted:Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I'm hankerin' for a big tall glass of room temperature cocoa, with a plain Bar-B-Que, and a side of mayonnaise salad. Naw, go for the Coled Slaw with a Room-Temperature Cocoa. You think it's not gonna be enough to fill you up when you finish it, but then you realize it's 4 days later and you haven't been hungry since.
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Mar 16, 2015 23:49
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Guys let's just agree that no one is getting the Grill Scrapings sandwich...
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Mar 17, 2015 00:02
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Scrode posted:Guys let's just agree that no one is getting the Grill Scrapings sandwich... I don't know, I'd go 50/50 on a Grill Scrapings and a Mayo salad.
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Mar 17, 2015 00:05
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SKYMEAT is clearly the superior choice.
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Mar 17, 2015 00:10
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The Cubby's Diner Breakfast is clearly where it's at.
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Mar 17, 2015 00:18
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So how long till someone actually makes these items in an attempt at internet attention? EDIT: Also "Grill Scrapings" makes me think of "The Bits" from Steven Universe.
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Mar 17, 2015 00:51
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McSpanky posted:SKYMEAT is clearly the superior choice. Pigeon and seagull make for some pretty tasty meat actually At least I hope that's what it is 
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Mar 17, 2015 05:24
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DarklyDreaming posted:Pigeon and seagull make for some pretty tasty meat actually beyond-the-skymeat
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Mar 17, 2015 05:35
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Skymeat is the slabs of meat that fall from the sky in the morning, obviously. It sells well, so they don't question it. EDIT: dang, I forgot the menu clarified "assorted poultry". What a shame.
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Mar 17, 2015 07:51
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there are breeds of poultry unknown to man
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Mar 17, 2015 07:54
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Tollymain posted:there are breeds of poultry unknown to man Also poultry is a pretty...broad term, and very adaptable.
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Mar 17, 2015 14:51
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Giant Albino Penguin, freshly sourced from the arctic
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Mar 18, 2015 00:19
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The Spaniard's Omelet sounds legitimately delicious. Can someone who knows inflation rates and remembers the time period give me a ballpark on how much some of these things would cost in 2015 dollars? The Cubby's Diner Breakfast sounds like one of those loving extravagant "if you can eat it all in one hour, it's free" things, but I dunno if I've got the right idea on the price. Edit Is "Breakfast: Served before 5 AM or after 6 AM" a reference to anything specific that's happened, or just one of those little uncanny details that Kris is so good at?
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Mar 18, 2015 00:48
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Broodhollow is set sometime in the 1930s, which was the height of the depression. According to the CPI Inflation Calculator, $1 in 1930 had the same purchasing power as $13.99 in 2015, which means that the Cubby's Diner Breakfast runs $47.58. I think the prices here are not all that carefully researched.
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Mar 18, 2015 01:11
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Poison Mushroom posted:Edit Is "Breakfast: Served before 5 AM or after 6 AM" a reference to anything specific that's happened, or just one of those little uncanny details that Kris is so good at? Could be they just need an hour each day to clean the ovens or whatever.
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ultrafilter posted:Broodhollow is set sometime in the 1930s, which was the height of the depression. According to the CPI Inflation Calculator, $1 in 1930 had the same purchasing power as $13.99 in 2015, which means that the Cubby's Diner Breakfast runs $47.58. I think the prices here are not all that carefully researched. I mean, all the other breakfasts are less than a dollar, making them within reason. The "Cubby's Diner Breakfast" is supposed to be silly. Then again, the "cheeseburger" costs less than a third of what a "cub-cub" hamburger does, so I think these prices are basically silly nonsense all around, like the food itself.
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Mar 18, 2015 02:10
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I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be drinking that well water.
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Mar 18, 2015 18:33
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Glenn Zimmerman posted:I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be drinking that well water. you just got to fish the angleworm babies out first
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Mar 19, 2015 02:48
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New announcement. Nothing's definite but the new book should be starting soon.
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Apr 8, 2015 02:36
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We're back.
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Apr 26, 2015 02:47
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Oh. Wow. I had forgotten this comic existed tbh.
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Apr 26, 2015 04:20
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Zoe posted:Oh. Wow. Well, it has been on hiatus since, what, November or something? It looks like the town's grown a lot since we last saw it. Or am I forgetting something?
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Apr 26, 2015 04:23
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Wait I was on my phone before so didn't click the link. It just goes to the book 2 beginning I guess? drat you Mimir that was a cruel tease. 
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Apr 26, 2015 16:24
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Zoe posted:Wait I was on my phone before so didn't click the link. Well, this was posted today, at least according to the upload date, which is weird because I remember seeing this exact page before. ...Oh God.
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Apr 26, 2015 20:52
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ThaumPenguin posted:Well, this was posted today, at least according to the upload date, which is weird because I remember seeing this exact page before. Yeah, that's new, according to my RSS, and the link I should've posted.
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Apr 26, 2015 21:10
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ThaumPenguin posted:Well, this was posted today, at least according to the upload date, which is weird because I remember seeing this exact page before.
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Kgummy posted:Well it is pretty similar to the other two book title pages. No, I've seen it before, with that exact symbol. I guess it might have been shown in this update? Lance Streetman posted:So the title of book 3 has been revealed. It's, uh, sorta ominous? The link 404s, and WayBackMachine doesn't have anything on it, but it was posted shortly after the end of book two. ThaumPenguin fucked around with this message at 23:40 on Apr 26, 2015 |
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Apr 26, 2015 23:38
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If I were writing this comic, I'd be going through and making little changes to previous pages all the time.
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Apr 26, 2015 23:56
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We're back.
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Apr 27, 2015 04:32
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And we open outside the... City hall? I think that's supposed to be City hall
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Apr 27, 2015 05:17
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DarklyDreaming posted:And we open outside the... City hall? I think that's supposed to be City hall Looks like it says "Broodhollow Building & [blank]" to me.
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McSpanky posted:Looks like it says "Broodhollow Building & [blank]" to me. Knowing the town, it may actually say [blank] there.
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Apr 27, 2015 13:34
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Building & Loan.
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nimby posted:Knowing the town, it may actually say [blank] there. Broodhollow Building & Broodhollow Building & Broodhollow Building & and only when the sign maker runs out of space does he realize he's been restarting and forgetting the job for weeks now.
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ThaumPenguin posted:No, I've seen it before, with that exact symbol. Before the diner menu, the most current page was the book cover with "coming 2015", yeah.
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Apr 27, 2015 22:40
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Oh man. I'd forgotten that the previous chapter ended in the middle of an incredibly tense moment, but going back to reacquaint myself has that all fresh in my memory again. And then we skip forward a few months! That's not concerning at all.
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Ditocoaf posted:Oh man. I'd forgotten that the previous chapter ended in the middle of an incredibly tense moment, but going back to reacquaint myself has that all fresh in my memory again. And then we skip forward a few months! That's not concerning at all. I reread the entire comic two days ago and I somehow missed that, thanks for pointing it out. Guess we have another memory loss at hand, it would explain the chapter title, at least.
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Oh hey it's the Ladies' Auxiliary club nothing creepy goin' on there.
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