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Wanamingo posted:Nancy There is a 21 year gap between the oldest and the most recent song in Fritzi's playlist. Even if, generously, Fritzi was a young child when she first heard The Beatles, she'd be in her late 20s-pushing 30 when The Cars came around. There are two distinctly different generations here, and they would come around at very different times in Fritzi's life, evoking completely different memories, feelings, and emotions. I think this is what pisses me off the most about Gilchrist's musical wankery: He pretty much just classifies everything that's not "now" (with the hip-hop music and the Justin Biebers) as one homogonized idea, like it all counts equally. Which would almost be acceptable, except the character we're talking about is supposed to be a MUSICAL JOURNALIST, and should know better than that. All this says is "They don't make 'em like they used to," which makes no sense when you show several decades of changing trends as all equally good. What's the cut-off for Gilchrist? We've seen him jerk it to the Everly Brothers and late-period Tom Petty in the same strip before. Does it go by "classic rock radio" rules? Would Nirvana, a band whose lead singer has been dead for 22 years, still be too recent for Fritzi to wear their T-shirt over her tits? Beck? Pearl Jam? Weezer? Also, WHO THE HELL IS THIS SUPPOSED TO APPEAL TO? EDIT: Well, this was a terrible start to a new page. Here, have a random today's Get Fuzzy as penance: 
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Vargo posted:There is a 21 year gap between the oldest and the most recent song in Fritzi's playlist. Even if, generously, Fritzi was a young child when she first heard The Beatles, she'd be in her late 20s-pushing 30 when The Cars came around. There are two distinctly different generations here, and they would come around at very different times in Fritzi's life, evoking completely different memories, feelings, and emotions. http://www.somethingawful.com/your-band-sucks/your-genre-sucks-3/ quote:Flip around your dial a little bit, and in no time you’ll come across a syndicated middle-aged DJ announcing his playlist. Do you maybe detect a hint of shame in his voice as he announces Def Leppard alongside Jimi Hendrix in his last computer-mandated set? No, you don’t, because all classic rock DJs are dead inside.
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Pogo (January 21-22, 1958)  Peanuts: Year Four (February 1-3, 1954)   
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Johnny Walker posted:Apartment 3-G I'm glad to know that particular artistic quirk from the modern A3Gs had its roots in the classics. Luann  The Amazing Spider-Man  Sally Forth  The Heart of Juliet Jones 
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Darthemed posted:Ripley's At least dying from bird flu is permanent. Dating Swift will not end well and you'll never live it down.
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This makes no goddamn sense and, honestly, I kind of love it for that. I guess I'm requesting a Red and Rover if such a thing is even possible?
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I dunno, I find it hard to blame the man. I can easily imagine Ev saying, "Oh, borrow money when you can't pay it back?"
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SomeMathGuy posted:This makes no goddamn sense and, honestly, I kind of love it for that. I guess I'm requesting a Red and Rover if such a thing is even possible? I took it to mean that the fact that it's grape has no obvious bearing on the balancing act and both CB and Snoopy are confused that Lucy is acting like it does.
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dismas posted:I took it to mean that the fact that it's grape has no obvious bearing on the balancing act and both CB and Snoopy are confused that Lucy is acting like it does. That's my reading, but I can't shake this feeling that I'm missing something because that joke works for me in a way most Peanuts doesn't, even the early stuff. Could just be unjustified second-guessing.
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SomeMathGuy posted:That's my reading, but I can't shake this feeling that I'm missing something because that joke works for me in a way most Peanuts doesn't, even the early stuff. Could just be unjustified second-guessing. Lucy will find any excuse to be unimpressed, the joke is she's a jerk.
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gleebster posted:I dunno, I find it hard to blame the man. I can easily imagine Ev saying, "Oh, borrow money when you can't pay it back?" "Well, you should at least have the decency to try to avoid me like the cheating sneak you are!" as True drives the man's skull deep into the cracked pavement.
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Aardmania posted:Dick Tracy I don't understand this crimestoppers advice. In Australia, taxis have a meter that tells you what your fare is up to the whole time. You can watch it tick up as you travel. How does it work in America that they can somehow cheat you?
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Tiggum posted:I don't understand this crimestoppers advice. In Australia, taxis have a meter that tells you what your fare is up to the whole time. You can watch it tick up as you travel. How does it work in America that they can somehow cheat you?
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Tiggum posted:I don't understand this crimestoppers advice. In Australia, taxis have a meter that tells you what your fare is up to the whole time. You can watch it tick up as you travel. How does it work in America that they can somehow cheat you? All the taxis I've ever taken have meters as well, but then I've only ever taken taxis in New York and Washington. Maybe it's meant to be a warning against dishonest cabbies who might tamper with the meter?
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^^^ And most importantly I take my taxi crime advice from the Railroad Police. EasyEW posted:Peanuts: Year Four (February 1-3, 1954) Not gonna lie, kinda blown away by this strip.
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I feel like this one strip contains everything you need to know about Peanuts.
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Senior Woodchuck posted:I feel like this one strip contains everything you need to know about Peanuts. One of the first steps on the long slide into decades of endless pathos.
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Wanamingo posted:Nancy Man I loving hate Working Daze!!
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Taking longer routes to artificially drive the fare up when a shorter route would've worked just as well.  "If you're worried they might Wanamingo posted:Nancy
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Tiggum posted:Does Leia even look like that in the new one? Not even remotely.
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Slammy posted:Life In Hell I love Life in Hell, thank you for posting it. It's the best thing Matt Groening's ever done. Pooch Café  So if this follows the plot of The Terminator, is that dog going to end up siring Poncho's puppies? Ballard Street  Plugger Minecraft. Lost Side of Suburbia    It's a shame that part of the sequence is in monochrome. The lighting could have been really interesting.
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SomeMathGuy posted:The Phantom Mrs. Palmer's dialogue ghostwritten by Winsor McCay's actual ghost.
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treasureplane posted:Nancy (February 10 & 11, 1943) Eleven years later, this boy's obsession with size-based situational comedy completes his transmutation into a dog whose main attribute is that he is large.
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