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Barbers shouldn't make much money
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 07:31 |
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The Sphinxster posted:Barbers shouldn't make much money I disagree; I feel that the person who has such a large impact on my day-to-day appearance, and perhaps more importantly is using sharp instruments around my head, should feel well-compensated for their work.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 07:46 |
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You did not Ask. Rather, you Assumed.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 07:55 |
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The Sphinxster posted:Barbers shouldn't make much money Are you known for dropping the F-bomb on live radio?
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 08:05 |
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God Pat is just so rewarding to hate. There's just a deep deep well of unending things to be repulsed by and it only gets better on a re-read. Like a literal murderer is infinitely more likable as a person. Not that Pat isn't a murderer...he has actually killed several times, hasn't he? Just Offscreen fucked around with this message at 14:33 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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Just Offscreen posted:God Pat is just so rewarding to hate. There's just a deep deep well of unending things to be repulsed by and it only gets better on a re-read. He killed Beef.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 14:21 |
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I've said this before, but Pat is the only member of the cast who doesn't seem to have any steady job at all (Nice Pete has a steady job, just not the kind that pays rent). He was Vlad's sandwich slave for a while, but then that fell through and all his blog posts show his every attempt at entrepreneurship blowing up in his face. He's got no discernible skills or talent whatsoever, unless horrible vegan cooking counts.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 14:59 |
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I love it when Ray casually insults Teodor.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 15:04 |
Just Offscreen posted:God Pat is just so rewarding to hate. There's just a deep deep well of unending things to be repulsed by and it only gets better on a re-read. You don't want to hang out with Pat because he's an rear end in a top hat.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 15:22 |
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Is being gay truly better than owning an iPod? Perhaps a scientific study on this ten year old wisdom nugget from Ray should have been undertaken.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 15:33 |
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The gently caress is an iPod?
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 15:45 |
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It's-- it's like a walkman, but... smaller?
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 15:47 |
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Just Offscreen posted:The gently caress is an iPod? I can only get my stuff on it three out of ten times.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 16:50 |
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Saoshyant posted:It's-- it's like a walkman, but... smaller? Probably not, but better.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 18:22 |
prefect posted:I love it when Ray casually insults Teodor. Teodor is a bad friend who has genuine resentment towards Ray for being more successful than him. Not that it's completely impossible to understand not respecting a multi millionaire who idolizes Trump and argues about whiskey dicks. But Ray certainly picks up on some of that.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 20:16 |
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Everyone is resentful of Ray. poo poo just falls into Ray's lap without trying, like that time he found 50 bucks on the sidewalk. I think everyone knows someone like that and is at least a little resentful at how easy things are for them. That was always one part of the GoF that I didn't like. Soft pampered rich boy who ain't never done a day's work in his life suddenly being this huge badass?
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 20:29 |
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Johnny Aztec posted:Everyone is resentful of Ray. poo poo just falls into Ray's lap without trying, like that time he found 50 bucks on the sidewalk. The thing about Ray is that yes, everything falls in his lap but none of those things really change him. If Teodor or Roast Beef landed on a huge rear end sum of money or any real position of power it would change them for the worse- and it has in the past. Ray takes everything in stride, and that's what makes it ok when all this stuff happens to him- hes just an uncomplicated guy at heart.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 22:44 |
Ray's been spoiled since he came out of the womb, so obviously life continuing to dote on him doesn't change him. As for being easygoing, well, that's his medallion.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:01 |
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Ray's honestly a pretty bad friend too, outside of matters where he can throw money at the problem; he's pretty dang insensitive towards his friend's problems a lot of the time, if not completely oblivious to them, and is frequently pretty selfish.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:03 |
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Just Offscreen posted:hes just an uncomplicated guy at heart. Throwing a party because his new toilet cleaner made the bowl look so nice
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:20 |
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Roland Jones posted:Ray's honestly a pretty bad friend too, outside of matters where he can throw money at the problem; he's pretty dang insensitive towards his friend's problems a lot of the time, if not completely oblivious to them, and is frequently pretty selfish. I always thought that bit where Lyle calls Ray out of the blue and says "I need a hundred dollars and can't tell you why," and Ray comes through with it, said a lot about why nobody's blown up at Ray. Yeah, he's a pretty terrible friend, but I get the feeling a real-life guy like him would be genuinely difficult to hate. He picks up the check all the time without making it a thing, for example.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:25 |
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These two strips are Ray and his relationship with his friends in a nutshell.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:28 |
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I bet there are a bunch of people living offscreen in various parts of Ray's enormous-rear end McMansion and Ray lets it happen because A) it won't dent his finance, B) he doesn't care, and C) he probably hasn't noticed half of them. There's a whole wing of the house he never has cause to enter but if he did he would notice it's a tent city with a better decorator. Every so often they leave pies or empanadas in the kitchen for him and he assumes he went grocery shopping while blackout drunk.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:33 |
It's funny to me that Ray is almost as bad with mushy stuff as his dad.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:35 |
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It's back and forth. What's the first thing he did with Airwolf? Call his boys to see if there were any problems Airwolf could solve. When the chips were no longer down, well, all they were left with was Keith Moon's head and some uncomfortable truths. Friendship is complicated, dogg.
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# ? Mar 23, 2016 23:37 |
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Wanderer posted:I always thought that bit where Lyle calls Ray out of the blue and says "I need a hundred dollars and can't tell you why," and Ray comes through with it, said a lot about why nobody's blown up at Ray. The one later arc when he goes on this big capitalist tear against Philippe seemed way out of character for him and one of many reasons why I really don't like the entire "Philippe goes home" storyline.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 00:55 |
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Oxxidation posted:The one later arc when he goes on this big capitalist tear against Philippe seemed way out of character for him and one of many reasons why I really don't like the entire "Philippe goes home" storyline. You mean the one where he was under the influence of a ruthless business shoe?
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 02:28 |
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Bongo Bill posted:You mean the one where he was under the influence of a ruthless business shoe? No, the one where Philippe learns betrayal is the logical consequence of friendship
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 02:35 |
I always thought that was perfectly in-character because Ray is under the delusion that he is a good businessman and that he has earned what he has.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 03:56 |
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Lurdiak posted:I always thought that was perfectly in-character because Ray is under the delusion that he is a good businessman and that he has earned what he has. That part's in-character, but the bit where he'd take it out on Philippe bugged me. This is the guy who hired some men to instigate a death relationship with an Internet pervert because he sent Philippe an email.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 05:15 |
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Wanderer posted:I always thought that bit where Lyle calls Ray out of the blue and says "I need a hundred dollars and can't tell you why," and Ray comes through with it, said a lot about why nobody's blown up at Ray. Ray Smuckles is a wonderful man!
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 05:16 |
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Oxxidation posted:That part's in-character, but the bit where he'd take it out on Philippe bugged me. He feels like doing this teaches Phillipe a lesson, and will help him grow.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 05:52 |
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Discombobulator posted:It's back and forth. What's the first thing he did with Airwolf? Call his boys to see if there were any problems Airwolf could solve.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 09:42 |
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Johnny Aztec posted:He feels like doing this teaches Phillipe a lesson, and will help him grow. Which reiterates that Ray is a pretty lovely friend. It's in-character.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 10:09 |
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Saoshyant posted:Which reiterates that Ray is a pretty lovely friend. It's in-character. Ray is good some times, and not-good other times.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 10:18 |
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this is literally why the comic is good, most of the characters are complicated people that have contradictory traits. Teodor is the most responsible parent while also a slacker, roast beef is the most damaged but has selfish tendencies, etc. Ray is a good friend, but he is aloof and will do poo poo without realizing its consequences.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 14:10 |
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Pat is an rear end in a top hat but at the same time, kind of a dick.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 14:44 |
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Ray felt pretty bad about competing with Phillipe, but Phillipe still 'won', so I don't see the problem really.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 15:03 |
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FactsAreUseless posted:Pat is an rear end in a top hat but at the same time, kind of a dick. Pat is a taint.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 15:13 |
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I'm kinda sad we never got to see Pat as a kid with Ray and Beef.
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# ? Mar 24, 2016 15:59 |