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So, someone reset the "Days since the last Zen Pencils has been Self Indulgent and Tone Deaf" counter.
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Unlucky7 posted:So, someone reset the "Days since the last Zen Pencils has been Self Indulgent and Tone Deaf" counter. I'm not sure the thread needs anyone to act as its RSS feed
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Jul 11, 2017 18:43
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Is the counter ever not zero?
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Jul 11, 2017 18:45
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Tunicate posted:I'm not sure the thread needs anyone to act as its RSS feed Zerilan posted:Is the counter ever not zero? Fair enough!
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Zerilan posted:Is the counter ever not zero? gavin updates more like once every two weeks
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Jul 11, 2017 18:47
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Man why did I read that To sum up, you cannot both love your profession and also be famous Because no one who loves what they do is also famous for doing it ever
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Jul 11, 2017 18:47
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The funniest part of this, for me, is that the original will be 7 years old two days after 17776 ends on the 15th.
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Jul 11, 2017 18:50
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Burkion posted:Man why did I read that In the context of early hip hop, to boot
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Jul 11, 2017 18:51
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If you're enjoying 17776 you should read Jon Bois' other long-form project, the Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles. All you need to know for context is that Tim Tebow was a next-big-thing football prospect who had a huge fanbase partly due to his ostentatious displays of religion on the field, and his career fizzled badly. Pierson fucked around with this message at 19:15 on Jul 11, 2017 |
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Jul 11, 2017 19:11
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Pierson posted:If you're enjoying 17776 you should read Jon Bois' other long-form project, the Tim Tebow CFL Chronicles. Oh, and that huge fanbase claims it fizzled because of people not liking him being religious, not the fact that he sucked.
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Jul 11, 2017 19:16
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I'm reading the Tim Tebow CFL chronicles, but it seems like there's supposed to be a video at the bottom of every chapter, and I can't get them to load. Tried turning off adblock, tried switching browsers, nothing.
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Jul 11, 2017 23:35
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Man that Zen Pencils poo poo is extra garbage today. I like the idea that handing out really good mixtapes is some sort of humble creative act and not actually a really effective way of getting famous in the scene itself.
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Jul 12, 2017 02:18
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Ditocoaf posted:I'm reading the Tim Tebow CFL chronicles, but it seems like there's supposed to be a video at the bottom of every chapter, and I can't get them to load. Tried turning off adblock, tried switching browsers, nothing. I'm guessing they were on youtube and got taken down.
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Jul 12, 2017 02:21
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Burkion posted:Man why did I read that It's so stupid I can't even get angry at it.
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Jul 12, 2017 02:25
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Burkion posted:Man why did I read that I thought this post was about 177776. It sounds like a Jon Bois line.
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Jul 12, 2017 02:27
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I'm dead
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Jul 12, 2017 02:56
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"Hey check out this wierd football comic!" Uhh, sounds boring i guess whatever "So Jon Bois..." Oh drat I'm sold! I've read some of his baseball stuff and other creative stuff and it is great, he is a witty guy. Not dissapointed so far, kinda sad that a story that is set to last forever will end, but chomping at the bit to read the rest of it.
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Jul 12, 2017 07:30
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17776 is my first exposure to Jon Bois but drat if it's not great stuff. I'm not suprised at all that the Homestuck crowd latched onto it. Experimenting with media, the combination of interactions between funny characters that all have their own "voices" and themes of a certain depth and vastness, a story concept so vast it makes you feel minuscule. There's a lot of common trends.
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Jul 12, 2017 14:38
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AlsoSynthbuttrange posted:guest starring Karkat as 'juice' In particular his little monologue about garden hoes which includes a segue putting the achievement of evolving and developing survival techniques on a level with developing intuitive inventory systems in videogames, which seems like a very Karkat thing to do, especially in the sense that this comparison isn't any kind of burn but a sincere appreciation for both of those things. Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Jul 12, 2017 |
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Jul 12, 2017 14:51
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paradoxGentleman posted:17776 is my first exposure to Jon Bois but drat if it's not great stuff. Breaking Madden makes me laugh until I can't breathe.
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Jul 12, 2017 15:08
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The Tim Tebow story is a masterpiece. Especially since he fucks up the final epic throw that was the point of the whole enterprise. Like, I'm not a an American Football guy, but it was hilarious. I'm loving 17776. Also, in SGR news, apparently Riley was a plumber this whole time?
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Jul 12, 2017 15:44
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Oh my god not the Bulb.
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Jul 13, 2017 00:38
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Synthbuttrange posted:Oh my god not the Bulb. http://www.centennialbulb.org/
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Jul 13, 2017 01:06
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The Jon Bois thing got a writeup in the New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/ra...-distant-future
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Jul 13, 2017 02:31
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I'm finally caught up on 17776 and it's so good. Also holy poo poo that bulb thing is real
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Jul 13, 2017 13:38
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Of course its real. So's the Bee State Ballroom Its all real. All real and my friend.
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Jul 13, 2017 13:40
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Is there any way to read the full text of the dummy article that 17776 kicks off with before the text goes crazy? Because knowing John Bois, I have a feeling that that is probably just as funny as the real parts of the series.
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Jul 13, 2017 14:43
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I haven't even been able to see it briefly since the first time I clicked the link, now it just jumps straight to the contents page. Even on other computers that I hadn't read it on yet, which is super weird; maybe it's an IP thing 
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Jul 13, 2017 14:57
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nine-gear crow posted:Is there any way to read the full text of the dummy article that 17776 kicks off with before the text goes crazy? Because knowing John Bois, I have a feeling that that is probably just as funny as the real parts of the series. quote:It's clear that the sport of football needs to change. And the $64,000 question, my friends, is simple: "how?" Something is terribly wrong. The writing's on the wall: youth participation in the sport is down, thanks in large part to their parents' concern for their health.
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Jul 13, 2017 15:01
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gently caress I wish I could have read that, would have solidified the tone for chapter 1 even further. My page disintegrated literally as soon as I opened it, I barely even saw the headline picture 
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Thanks!
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Renaissance Robot posted:gently caress I wish I could have read that, would have solidified the tone for chapter 1 even further. My page disintegrated literally as soon as I opened it, I barely even saw the headline picture I think it might depend on what browser you use. When I tried opening a private browser in Opera and Chrome, the text exploded immediately, but in Microsoft Edge it didn't trigger until I'd actually scrolled down somewhat.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:00
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17776 sure went from "haha, dumb little space probes  " to really loving deep in a short period of time  I'm going to be sad when it's over.
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Jul 13, 2017 20:05
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i'm kind of sad now
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Jul 13, 2017 22:32
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Zamujasa posted:17776 sure went from "haha, dumb little space probes
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quote:In popular media[edit]
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Jul 14, 2017 07:17
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Does 17776 already have a Wikipedia page?
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PMush Perfect posted:Does 17776 already have a Wikipedia page? Yes. So does Eleven Jones Cave.
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Jul 14, 2017 10:41
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Ha, these space probes are so silly, I love the one that's sassy And I think, "this can't be Heaven if I'm getting scared, right?" And then I think, "maybe I am in Heaven, and Heaven is scary." 
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The "children" line was pretty heavy too.
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