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Powered Descent posted:Yeah. The last chapter of his book The Dilbert Future (just looked it up, it's from 1997) was probably the first glimpse that most people got of the sheer weirdness underlying America's newest favorite cartooning funny man. Back then he was a lot less confident about it though, couching everything in disclaimers like "this is going to sound crazy, but it's just a private opinion I've come up with over the years, so draw your own conclusions". In the years and decades that followed, he got a lot less hesitant about lecturing all of us simpletons (i.e. people who aren't Scott Adams) about how the universe and the human mind work. In the second edition, his response was something along the lines of "I don't have to explain that because it's not part of my theory", which is some dank misunderstanding of how things work. For the record, the last third of Dilbert Future is his "Wild speculation" chapter, with such claims as: We'll disprove evolution in your lifetime. Time isn't linear because of the double slit experiment, and specifically non-linear in such a way as to affect your daily life A whole lotta poo poo about affirmations More poo poo about his licensed hypnotism poo poo, including something about auras and other bullshit. His weird doubling size gravity conjecture. Neito has a new favorite as of 17:56 on Apr 18, 2022 |
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:FunkoFanatic1972 has logged on lol Lol, I don’t like Funko pops, but like most things I don’t like I just don’t really think about them and if others like them it make no difference to me. You do you
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christmas boots posted:Pretty sure one of them is the spasmodic dysphonia he’s struggled with before getting a surgery grafting new nerves to his vocal cords Interesting. I read something by Adams (back when I sort of respected him) where it sounded like he just overcame that speech affliction by force of will. Like, he found that he couldn’t talk unless but he could sing and, uh, give loud presentations or something. And he used those in-roads to reword his brain. I definitely don’t remember any mention of surgery grafting anything to him, that must not have fit the narrative. Or maybe my memory is crap
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Mega Comrade posted:Never got the hate for funko. Its not the first plastic tat that people collect, it won't be the last. Let people enjoy their things. The thing I enjoy is mocking funko dweebs online
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Apr 18, 2022 18:13
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christmas boots posted:Pretty sure one of them is the spasmodic dysphonia he’s struggled with before getting a surgery grafting new nerves to his vocal cords Since when does “going to doctors and getting surgery” count as “curing myself”? Because I’ve cured myself of a lot of stuff, too, by those rules.
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Apr 18, 2022 18:19
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theironjef posted:Like a beloved children's muppet character know for their huge expressive eyes and peaceful demeanor? Why, they give them dead eyes, a weird dog body, and an expression that screams "I am sitting motionless in your backyard at night."
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The thing that really got me was that Adams's first claim IIRC about the powers of his visualization was that he had made Bill Watterson retire so that Adams could get a comics award. History's greatest monster if true.
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Splicer posted:Huh, the others just look like figurative poop. There's a sort of going belief that the weirder the body plan of the pop culture figure, the more likely the funko is to be okay, because they can't just use the common mold and crank out like "Guy with brown hair in flannel" to represent someone from some TV show you'd never recognize unless they were in the box still. Dory sort of puts the lie to that, since she looks like a credit card that came to life and hated it immediately. Sometimes it's pretty close to true, like this Dark Crystal Mystic is more cute than offputting I suppose:  But hey let's see a Skeksis while we're looking:  Nope nope nope that's a repainted Palpatine with a bird nose mask on his way to an Eyes Wide Shut party.
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Mega Comrade posted:Never got the hate for funko. Its not the first plastic tat that people collect, it won't be the last. Let people enjoy their things. I hate that it takes up like half the shelf space at comic book shops now.
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What I hate is that all the interesting ones are various event exclusives, so when you walk into any hobby store there's always a wall of them in there, but it's all guys like this: Where you're like ah yes... blue Converse man! New with exclusive clipboard!
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AlbieQuirky posted:Since when does “going to doctors and getting surgery” count as “curing myself”? Because I’ve cured myself of a lot of stuff, too, by those rules. It doesn't and tbh I think it's kind of weird that he feels the need the reframe it that way because I think the story of living through his illness is compelling enough with just the facts as-is. If anything I think he actually weakens it this way.
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Scott Adams needs to be the best boy in the room so framing going to the doctors as self healing makes sense in that mindset
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theironjef posted:What I hate is that all the interesting ones are various event exclusives, so when you walk into any hobby store there's always a wall of them in there, but it's all guys like this: oh hell yeah it's blorko
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Fister Roboto posted:buying garbage isn't a hobby I wasn't talking about funkos
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I have three Funkos: Shantae, Bugs Bunny in drag, and a beat-up Jesse from Breaking Bad.  https://twitter.com/conservmillen/status/1516048533278834690 For context: https://twitter.com/RikHavic/status/1516027609947283460 https://twitter.com/IlhanMN/status/1515528668227018752 If I'm ever on a plane, and passengers start a loving sing-along (religious or not), I am praying for 9/11 2.0 
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The best Funko is Laura Palmer, and I will hear no arguments to the contrary.
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Dewgy posted:The best Funko is Laura Palmer, and I will hear no arguments to the contrary. Is it the drowned version?
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Is it the drowned version? Yep. Wrapped in plastic and everything.
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mind the walrus posted:It's so loving surreal to watch cis/het/white folk and giant corporate leviathans treat LGBTQ+, lady, and child demographics as some sort of weird turf war yet not a single one of those populations seems to be valued for their insight throughout all of it. theironjef posted:Palpatine with a bird nose mask on his way to an Eyes Wide Shut party.
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Zero_Grade posted:The Star Wars EU pitchbot appears to be broken. Did it ever really work that well to begin with?
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Is there any update on the guy walking/catching the bus to Yukon?
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The funko for Slimer from Ghostbusters is pretty good, though again because it doesn't really look like a funko on account of not having legs.
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Kosmo Gallion posted:Is there any update on the guy walking/catching the bus to Yukon? You're in luck! I have people on the inside (also his profile is public because he's a dumbass).  
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I'm not mad, please don't put in the facebook post that I got mad.
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A tent is like a bicycle
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What's the odds this robbery never happened and he will be unable to continue his epic journey after this "setback"?
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I bet this amateur doesn't even have a
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mind the walrus posted:A good friend watched Christopher Robin and insisted on sharing it with me, to which I replied "Oh you must be a huge Winnie the Pooh fan then." She replied "No what's that?" She's not from the US. We had a fun time catching up on the 77' movie.
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lol at proclaiming yourself to have a heart of gold.
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lol at his assertion that this homeless man stole his tent and iPhone because he was jealous of his positive energy.
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shelter thief: “jealous of your positive energy? rear end in a top hat, I just wanted money”
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Kosmo Gallion posted:What's the odds this robbery never happened and he will be unable to continue his epic journey after this "setback"? I fully believe this guy doesn't have the situational awareness to understand when he's about to get his poo poo stolen and take steps to keep his gear.
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Mister Speaker posted:You're in luck! I have people on the inside (also his profile is public because he's a dumbass). I'm amazed at how dumb this man is with every update. Somehow. It honestly sounds like this guy is gonna end up homeless and stranded in a city he doesn't know. Excited to here about his GoFundMe to get back home and start his life over from scratch after burning up money and time. Good lord.
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Inceltown posted:I fully believe this guy doesn't have the situational awareness to understand when he's about to get his poo poo stolen and take steps to keep his gear. He pretty much just left it unattended at a shelter. I don’t normally go for victim-blaming but what did he expect to happen?
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Bargearse posted:He pretty much just left it unattended at a shelter. I don’t normally go for victim-blaming but what did he expect to happen? Wait, are you supposed to bring your tent with you to the bathroom now?
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pitching a tent in the YMCA bathroom
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Bubblyblubber posted:pitching a tent in the YMCA bathroom Or as I like to call it, Saturday night.
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drat, seeing how he keeps a positive outlook after haters tried to bring him down... it just fills me with jealous rage. I am so emasculated by his vibes bro
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Vibes Cuck
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AlbieQuirky posted:shelter thief: “jealous of your positive energy? rear end in a top hat, I just wanted money” If it's an almost brand new, expensive tent, the thief probably just literally wanted a tent to sleep in.
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