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mind the walrus posted:To be fair hasn't the user base for Pokemon go shrunk by a huge amount now that the novelty has passed for most people? Much like other Pokemon soon the only audience will be kids and a small number of adults who range from normal to "I'm sorry officer i didn't know I couldn't had on a playground with kids but you see there was a DoDuo you see and I needed Madison's help to find it." The number of restaurant customers who piss me off by looking at their phone instead of their menu and then act shocked that I want their drink order has remained consistent enough that I think its long term viability is relatively sound. This is completely anecdotal though
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Sep 2, 2016 05:39
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Malachite_Dragon posted:I'm pretty sure we can stop trying to claim only kids play Pokemon when there's a huge number of teens and adults who readily admit to still playing it. Five years ago myself and my store were a part of a sting with the Indiana State Police tracking pedophiles. Any male over the age of 13 who purchased cards was flagged as a probably sex offender.
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Sep 2, 2016 05:51
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Rhyno posted:Five years ago myself and my store were a part of a sting with the Indiana State Police tracking pedophiles. Any male over the age of 13 who purchased cards was flagged as a probably sex offender.  so how'd that go
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Sep 2, 2016 06:29
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I don't get why people level criticisms about "instantly dated" at comics. The Silver Age comics were full of then-contemporary references, because they're magazines; they're supposed to be roughly contemporaneous. I still have an old Marvel Team-Up where Peter and Mary Jane go out for the night and Peter's wearing a Saturday Night Fever disco suit.
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Sep 2, 2016 06:53
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Rhyno posted:Five years ago myself and my store were a part of a sting with the Indiana State Police tracking pedophiles. Any male over the age of 13 who purchased cards was flagged as a probably sex offender. I guess it's good to know profiling doesn't have to be racist to be ridiculously ineffective.
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Sep 2, 2016 06:56
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Practical Demon posted:I guess it's good to know profiling doesn't have to be racist to be ridiculously ineffective. Yeah, they should've been staking out the HMVs for people buying Star Trek DVDs.
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Sep 2, 2016 07:03
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 This will never be dated
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Sep 2, 2016 07:03
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Wanderer posted:I don't get why people level criticisms about "instantly dated" at comics. The Silver Age comics were full of then-contemporary references, because they're magazines; they're supposed to be roughly contemporaneous. Dumb fact the official song of Peter and MJ is kung fu fighting
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Sep 2, 2016 07:14
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Wanderer posted:I don't get why people level criticisms about "instantly dated" at comics. The Silver Age comics were full of then-contemporary references, because they're magazines; they're supposed to be roughly contemporaneous. Must we also bring up the Marvel Team-Up where Spidey teams up with the cast of SNL, including Dan Ackroyd?
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Sep 2, 2016 07:41
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SynthOrange posted:
That was dated on release.
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Sep 2, 2016 08:06
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Rhyno posted:Five years ago myself and my store were a part of a sting with the Indiana State Police tracking pedophiles. Any male over the age of 13 who purchased cards was flagged as a probably sex offender. I'm in favour of this policy.
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Sep 2, 2016 09:30
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CharlestheHammer posted:That was dated on release. And I distinctly recall someone telling me off for not finding it enjoyable because the meme was employed badly.
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Sep 2, 2016 09:34
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Yeah it's shoehorned in there pretty awkwardly.
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Sep 2, 2016 10:05
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Rhyno posted:Nah, PG is still huge. Now mind you, the person who reads the collection in 20 years is going to be very WTF about it. Like the reference to Chris Isaak as this yardstick for coolness in Starman?
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Sep 2, 2016 13:38
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Wheat Loaf posted:Like the reference to Chris Isaak as this yardstick for coolness in Starman? That video of him wrestling with the lady on the beach was very popular.
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Sep 2, 2016 13:51
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SynthOrange posted:
That last panel. Is that supposed to be 
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Sep 2, 2016 13:59
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Red posted:That last panel. What are you even talking about my dude
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mind the walrus posted:Dumb fact the official song of Peter and MJ is kung fu fighting Racists.
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Sep 2, 2016 16:45
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It's okay, one of their friends is really into kung fu. Just ignore that that friend is a white guy.
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Sep 2, 2016 17:40
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I'm fine with the idea of that particular character making a doge reference because part of her shtick is that she's an awkward teenager who's incredibly geeky. You know who feels the need to shoehorn stuff like that into conversations (or in this case, their thoughts)? Kids and teenagers, mostly. It's fine.
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Sep 2, 2016 17:46
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She's not even saying it, she's just thinking it. No problem.
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Sep 2, 2016 17:53
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Tasteful Dickpic posted:She's not even saying it, she's just thinking it. No problem. I'm sorry, but the character, the author, the letterer, the editors, and the publisher must all be ground into dust for their memetic failure.
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Sep 2, 2016 17:55
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Uthor posted:It's okay, one of their friends is really into kung fu. He checked with Shang-Chi. It's all good.
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Sep 2, 2016 18:51
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Instagram account classic_batman_panels has a great one up today: 
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Sep 2, 2016 21:24
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Lobok posted:Instagram account classic_batman_panels has a great one up today: That last panel should be the DVD cover for BvS.
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Sep 2, 2016 21:44
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I'm fine with the idea of that particular character making a doge reference because part of her shtick is that she's an awkward teenager who's incredibly geeky. You know who feels the need to shoehorn stuff like that into conversations (or in this case, their thoughts)? Kids and teenagers, mostly. It's fine. Tasteful Dickpic posted:She's not even saying it, she's just thinking it. No problem. prefect posted:I'm sorry, but the character, the author, the letterer, the editors, and the publisher must all be ground into dust for their memetic failure. Aaaand there it is.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:13
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mind the walrus posted:Aaaand there it is. Holy poo poo you've held a grudge for weeks over that.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:16
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I couldn't possibly be making a joke.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:22
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I feel like even if it would be in-character for Kamala to reference a dumb meme, coming up with something original would be more interesting anyway.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:25
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Roth posted:I feel like even if it would be in-character for Kamala to reference a dumb meme, coming up with something original would be more interesting anyway. ...Then how do you illustrate that she's referencing your totally original-do-not-steal meme from within the MU? You've just added an extra page to the book to make the joke work, when using a real thing gives that context metatextually.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:33
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Or y'know, just have her react like "holy crap Wolverine is really agile for someone with a metal skeleton" or something that isn't a forced way to show that they want Kamala to be tumblr.hero I actually really like that they want her to be that, but y'know discretion is the better part of valor.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:36
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She should have referenced Dog Cops. We know Wolverine would have gotten that reference.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:37
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I don't know Kamala Khan just screams "Carol Burnett" reference to me
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Sep 2, 2016 22:39
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mind the walrus posted:Or y'know, just have her react like "holy crap Wolverine is really agile for someone with a metal skeleton" or something that isn't a forced way to show that they want Kamala to be tumblr.hero Kamala is a teenage girl who writes fanfiction and surfs the internet. Teenagers who surf the internet make dumb in-jokes and references and have since the internet has existed (and long before that too.) If she made a Simpsons joke would it be better? Memes exist. People make meme jokes. We're well beyond the point where people should be getting angry and grumble about the fact that they're referencing an internet thing.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:47
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I don't care how in character it is, it's loving dumb. No one has said it isn't in character because who cares
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Sep 2, 2016 22:48
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CharlestheHammer posted:I don't care how in character it is, it's loving dumb. So? Half the panels posted in this thread are dumb. Dumb stuff can be funny.
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Sep 2, 2016 22:50
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ImpAtom posted:Kamala is a teenage girl who writes fanfiction and surfs the internet. Teenagers who surf the internet make dumb in-jokes and references and have since the internet has existed (and long before that too.) If she made a Simpsons joke would it be better? Jesus gently caress you dense people. It's about TIMING not content
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Sep 2, 2016 22:52
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ImpAtom posted:So? Half the panels posted in this thread are dumb. Dumb stuff can be funny. This thread begs to differ.
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mind the walrus posted:Jesus gently caress you dense people. "This joke is outdated" isn't really a very meaningful argument when people regularly watch cartoons and movies and read books which make outdated pop culture jokes, some of which are funny even without understanding the full context.
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