Comic Strips 2022: Girls Are People!

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I enjoy reading contemporary newspaper comics.	64	26.02%
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I enjoy reading newspaper comics from foreign countries.	52	21.14%
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Cowslips Warren: Oct 29, 2005; What use had they for tricks and cunning, living in the enemy's warren and paying his price?; Grimey Drawer

Summer should in fact, just to make Les have more poo poo to write about, get cancer too. Imagine the heartbreak for Les!

Lisa's Story part 2: Summer's Story

# ? Oct 29, 2022 20:01

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 03:05

maltesh: May 20, 2004; Uncle Ben: Still Dead.

Green Intern posted:

Do drills usually have stand-in gunmen firing off rounds (blanks or otherwise)? This is sort of a real question.

This seems like some kind of cockamamie distraction, the type of thing that might happen in an 80's raunchy college comedy to divert attention from the theft of a school mascot.

Having actual armed participants, even if they're armed with blanks, seems like a great way to get someone injured or killed, especially if the students and teachers are expected to attempt to subdue the faux gunman.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 20:04

Vox Valentine: May 31, 2013; Solving all of life's problems through enhanced casting of Occam's Razor. Reward yourself with an imaginary chalice.

I Feel Like Nobody Has Premarital Sex At All In Hellworld. Sucks To Suck.

ELSWHERE:

God I hate Holbrook's cheery "everything's gonna be great! Tech will fix things and usher in a better world!" sensibilities.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 20:18

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

Docks

Retail

Popcom

# ? Oct 29, 2022 20:26

somepartsareme: Mar 10, 2012; Diggle Hell is a Real
(Swingin') Place

Darthemed posted:

Retail

Is this a real thing? Have I been missing out on something amazing my whole life?

# ? Oct 29, 2022 20:57

maltesh: May 20, 2004; Uncle Ben: Still Dead.

somepartsareme posted:

Is this a real thing? Have I been missing out on something amazing my whole life?

They were in the nearest Kroger to my office from about 2017 until sometime in 2020.

And yeah, they were kind of nice. If you absolutely were going to use the self-checkout, it definitely takes more time to scan in the aisle than it would at the kiosk, but that extra time is hidden during the entire shopping trip, so it was basically scan, pay, and away... as long as you remembered to pick up enough bags at the entrance.

That said, every time I went shopping, I never saw anyone else using them.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 21:08

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

Chako

Register Cat

Cthulhu and Girl

"Hamtaro" is a very popular kids show about an adorable hamster of the same name.

Self-Propelled Public Bath
A couple splash pages to wrap things up:

(So yes, it was explicitly �I�ll give my wife a tattoo such that whoever she trusts / loves enough to gently caress can see it and learn the secrets of the bathhouse.�)

Zoomed-out bath house nekkidness

The end! It�s a goofy, fun little romp. If you want to share it around or read it again, it�s up on MangaDex here, where some monster gave it a 2 out of 10 rating.

Giant Ethicist fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Oct 29, 2022

# ? Oct 29, 2022 21:15

manero: Jan 30, 2006

Nancy 1947

# ? Oct 29, 2022 21:19

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

When I tried when they first came out they were always buggy, and they require extra steps to hook into the thing. I don't want to deal with whatever app the store has that's subtly different from other stores' apps in the order you need to do things. One I encountered (I think it was Wal-Mart early on?) required you to charge up the app with money in advance, which is another hassle that always leaves balance behind. At self check-out all that different tech is offloaded onto the checkout stand and I don't need to worry about making it work together or what happens if it doesn't.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 21:26

Hwurmp: May 20, 2005

how did Zaruhachi know about the tattoo tho :thunk:

# ? Oct 29, 2022 21:45

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

Previous boss probably told him.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 21:46

DC Money: Feb 24, 2007; I'm a fancy lad.

maltesh posted:

They were in the nearest Kroger to my office from about 2017 until sometime in 2020.

And yeah, they were kind of nice. If you absolutely were going to use the self-checkout, it definitely takes more time to scan in the aisle than it would at the kiosk, but that extra time is hidden during the entire shopping trip, so it was basically scan, pay, and away... as long as you remembered to pick up enough bags at the entrance.

That said, every time I went shopping, I never saw anyone else using them.

I hate (not really) to be the old man here, but here's what i think of any time i see any of that hi-tech nonsense:
KURT VONNEGUT: Oh, she says well, you're not a poor
man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a
hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so
I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope
because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the
process of buying one envelope.
I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking
babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the
thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog
that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is,
is we're here on Earth to fart around.
And, of course, the computers will do us out of that.
And, what the computer people don't realize, or they
don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love
to move around. And, we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 21:55

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Kennel posted:

Nancy

What's wrong with all the other empty spots?

# ? Oct 29, 2022 22:32

Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

Hwurmp posted:

how did Zaruhachi know about the tattoo tho

how did the Boss not know?

# ? Oct 29, 2022 22:32

Giant Ethicist: Jun 9, 2013; Looks like she got on a loaf of bread instead of a bus again...

goatface posted:

Previous boss probably told him.

Yeah, and presumably he's been around long enough to have seen it fired before, even if he doesn't know the secret of how to make it work.

Schwarzwald posted:

how did the Boss not know?

Same, I think - she knows there's a cannon, but not how to use it or that the secret of how to turn it on is tattooed on her back in invisible ink.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 22:33

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

Giant Ethicist posted:

Zoomed-out bath house nekkidness

the legend

# ? Oct 29, 2022 22:42

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

somepartsareme posted:

Is this a real thing? Have I been missing out on something amazing my whole life?

It's been a thing in my country for literal years now.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 22:52

Darthemed: Oct 28, 2007; "A data unit?
For me?"; College Slice

And that strip is copyrighted 2011.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 22:53

Haifisch: Nov 13, 2010; Objection! I object! That was... objectionable!; Taco Defender

maltesh posted:

, it definitely takes more time to scan in the aisle than it would at the kiosk

...

That said, every time I went shopping, I never saw anyone else using them.

Hmm, I wonder why, if only someone could crack the code.

In all seriousness, I have no idea what the advantage of doing that is supposed to be vs just checking out like normal. I don't think the stores even know, since every store sign I've seen about scan-as-you-go features boils down to "this is a thing that exists here" without a single attempt at selling you on actually using it.

# ? Oct 29, 2022 23:24

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Arnold (May 20-26, 1985)

Bullwinkle

Mooseberry Bush was a major part of the first story-arc of the "Bullwinkle" TV cartoon, "Jet Fuel Formula".

Somebody on YouTube compiled the entire storyline together (heads up it's LONG. The arc lasted 40 episodes originally). Here's part 1; you can find the playlist here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv1iTV_cpN0

# ? Oct 29, 2022 23:58

Medenmath: Jan 18, 2003

Giant Ethicist posted:

Cthulhu and Girl

"Hamtaro" is a very popular kids show about an adorable hamster of the same name.

Self-Propelled Public Bath
A couple splash pages to wrap things up:

(So yes, it was explicitly �I�ll give my wife a tattoo such that whoever she trusts / loves enough to gently caress can see it and learn the secrets of the bathhouse.�)

Zoomed-out bath house nekkidness

The end! It�s a goofy, fun little romp. If you want to share it around or read it again, it�s up on MangaDex here, where some monster gave it a 2 out of 10 rating.

It's that guy!

Thanks for posting this, it was delightful.

Also I love where Cthulhu and Girl is going.

# ? Oct 30, 2022 00:28

Some Guy TT: Aug 30, 2011

The Demons of Baseball

# ? Oct 30, 2022 00:28

Green Intern: Dec 29, 2008; Loon, Crazy and Laughable

Some Guy TT posted:

The Demons of Baseball

Planck at the door in 3...2...1

# ? Oct 30, 2022 00:41

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Powered Descent posted:

The Family Circus

# ? Oct 30, 2022 01:00

JethroMcB: Jan 23, 2004; We're normal now.
We love your family.

Strontium posted:

Take It From the Tinkersons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4vVGG_FcvY

"'Candy corn,' I think. 'Corn... That tastes like candy.

...I can't wait.'"

# ? Oct 30, 2022 01:23

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

When you can't eat chocolate and nuts due to food allergies you learn to like candy corn and Smarties. I was very popular at Halloween as a kid because my friends got another bucket to divy up between them.

# ? Oct 30, 2022 01:50

Julet Esqu: May 6, 2007

So, that Copper's a real piece of poo poo, eh?

Luann

Alt

Gil Thorp

Alt

Jesus, this school is spending 90% of its budget on special effects and actors for the hyper-realistic school shooting drills. Meanwhile the teachers all have three extra side gigs so they can afford to buy books and pens for their classes.

# ? Oct 30, 2022 02:02

Doomykins: Jun 28, 2008; Didn't you mean to ask about flowers?

They need the incidental trauma to be as horrifying as possible.

# ? Oct 30, 2022 02:19

EasyEW: Mar 8, 2006; I've got my father's great big six-shooter with me 'n' if anybody in this woods wants to start somethin' just let 'em--but they DASSN'T.

Our Boarding House (December 21-23, 1922)

Toonerville Folks (March 15-17, 1920)

Dok's "Human Decency? What Part Of 'Dippy Duck' Are You Not Understanding?" Duck (June 5, 1914; timg'd out of caution)

Little Lefty (July 22-24, 1937)

Blondie From Zero: End-of-the-Beginning-Game, featuring a not-entirely-unexpected trip to Candy Land. (January 23-25, 1933)

EasyEW fucked around with this message at 02:28 on Oct 30, 2022

# ? Oct 30, 2022 02:22

readingatwork: Jan 8, 2009; Hello Fatty!; Fun Shoe

Crabgrass

Old School Peanuts (Nov 26-27)

Calvin and Hobbes (Jul 11-14, 1992)

Big Nate

Blind Alley

# ? Oct 30, 2022 03:17

PainterofCrap: Oct 17, 2002; hey bebe

Philbert Desanex' 100,000th Dream

# ? Oct 30, 2022 05:47

Samovar: Jun 4, 2011; When I want to relax, I read an essay by Engels. When I want something more serious, I read Corto Maltese.

In today's Blueberry: Stanton gets upset at... oh gosh, pretty much everyone, or Oh yeah! Pearl was in this story..., or Oh Christ, even back in the Wild West days you had PUAs...

By the way - work is going to take me away from home for a couple of weeks, so updates of Blueberry may get intermittent, sorry.

# ? Oct 30, 2022 07:44

Strontium: Aug 28, 2009; Dexter didn't much care for the party.

Daddy Daze

Take It From the Tinkersons

Macanudo

Dark Side of the Horse

# ? Oct 30, 2022 09:18

Small Strange Bird: Sep 22, 2006; Merci, chaton!

somepartsareme posted:

Is this a real thing? Have I been missing out on something amazing my whole life?

In the UK, supermarkets usually have a separate pay area for people who've used the Scan & Go gadget specifically so they don't have to queue with everyone else. (Unlike Marla.)

Hardly anyone uses them, but I think you need to sign up to give the supermarket your sweet, sweet data, so that's why they're willing to have a checkout section that's almost always empty.

# ? Oct 30, 2022 10:35