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the usa library of congress has stockpiled a collection of comics and cartoons (eg [1]). prety nice right? however mnay of these pages are mysteriously censored, providing only a small thumbnail and the caption, stating ominously "Full online access to this resource is only available at the Library of Congress". what do they fear from letting this literature circulate in public? i am spear heading a crowd sourcing initiative to promote freedom of thought by reverse engineering these forbidden laffs. using advanced ai (nb [2]) to restore the blurred thumbnail to the artist's original vision. then i am using comic forensics to triangulate the subject matter and reverse engineer the punchline, showing us an intriguing glimpse of what occupied the minds of yesterday's free thinkers before the government locked them all up in the loc idea prison. maximum security. here's an example of the process the original comic, captioned "What every husband knows. A wife's impression of her golf-fan husband and his friends" (cf [3])  the restored artwork  the banned joke, revealed in public for the first time in centuries:  now here's where you come in, simply do what i did. or if you don't want to waste your time finding a strip, simply post "freedom of thought is not worth my time" and i will find a strip and upscale it for you, so all you have to do is interpret the caption. [1] https://www.loc.gov/collections/cartoon-drawings/about-this-collection/ [2] http://waifu2x.udp.jp/ [3] https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682114/ |
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freedom of thought is not worth my time
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Jul 19, 2021 18:27
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biosterous posted:freedom of thought is not worth my time What sister's beau has to listen to 
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Jul 19, 2021 18:37
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done and done! my selection: "[Our boarding house] The start of a big flop" https://www.loc.gov/item/2016677979/ 
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Jul 19, 2021 18:49
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Manifisto posted:done and done! nowadays a kid would rather root for a big fortnite player than have a big fight over rutabega. |
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Jul 19, 2021 19:02
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posting smiling posted:What sister's beau has to listen to edit [circa [1]] [1]https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682117/ |
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Jul 19, 2021 19:03
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posting smiling posted:What sister's beau has to listen to 
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Jul 19, 2021 19:05
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it's weird that the editor didn't catch the typo in the last panel but i don't think they had spell check back then
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Jul 19, 2021 19:06
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lol
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Jul 19, 2021 19:08
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lol
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Jul 19, 2021 19:11
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when i use the thing to upscale the thing it doesn't get nearly as large as your images. what gives? |
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Jul 19, 2021 19:40
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bad guy posted:when i use the thing to upscale the thing it doesn't get nearly as large as your images. what gives? i upscaled the image from the converter in the image editor i used to add the text, but you can just post your text with the image if you don't want to do editing |
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Jul 19, 2021 19:44
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I work best from a brief freedom of thought is not worth my time |
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Jul 19, 2021 19:52
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bad guy posted:when i use the thing to upscale the thing it doesn't get nearly as large as your images. what gives? I ran the upscale thing 2x 
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Jul 19, 2021 19:58
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Prof. Crocodile posted:I work best from a brief Today's matrimonial bargains 
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Jul 19, 2021 20:05
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posting smiling posted:Today's matrimonial bargains https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682105/ |
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Jul 19, 2021 20:06
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I tried for a little while, but freedom of thought isn't worth my time |
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Jul 19, 2021 20:16
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Ventral EggSac posted:I tried for a little while, but freedom of thought isn't worth my time What every school boy knows  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682301/ |
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Jul 19, 2021 20:30
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Jul 19, 2021 20:44
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lmfbo at the bottom right
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Jul 19, 2021 21:00
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i don't trust urls but i do trust op, plz allot me a task op, i will die for this cause
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Jul 19, 2021 21:01
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nut posted:i don't trust urls but i do trust op, plz allot me a task op, i will die for this cause The "old" dealer  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016677994/ |
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Jul 19, 2021 21:24
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freedom of thought is not worth my time |
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Jul 20, 2021 18:05
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your friend sk posted:freedom of thought is not worth my time With his swell outfit  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682115/ |
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Jul 20, 2021 18:49
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posting smiling posted:Today's matrimonial bargains Well the good news is that this one was super easy to reverse-engineer. The bad news is that it is highly problematic. 
Prof. Crocodile fucked around with this message at 02:09 on Jul 21, 2021 |
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Jul 21, 2021 02:07
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Prof. Crocodile posted:Well the good news is that this one was super easy to reverse-engineer. The bad news is that it is highly problematic.
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Jul 21, 2021 04:12
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Prof. Crocodile posted:Well the good news is that this one was super easy to reverse-engineer. The bad news is that it is highly problematic. insectman is a keeper |
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Jul 21, 2021 17:04
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please analyze these someone, my mind is dying And the villain still pursued her  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016678069/ Strange  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682133/ Events of the week  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016678006/ What every husband knows. Who lunches every day quite happily at a one-arm-get-it-yourself joint ...  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682122/ (this is just batman, from batman)  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016684856/ Friendship on the rocks  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016678108/ Winter pastimes. Suffering with a cold  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682075/ Getting back to normalcy  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016683999/ Some of our great men at Washington  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016678026/ What every wife knows. Then about the first of the month!  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016682071/ |
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Jul 21, 2021 17:26
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posting smiling posted:The "old" dealer 
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Jul 21, 2021 17:28
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guys who live in lighthouses are always like, stay away from my light house. |
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Jul 21, 2021 17:34
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Jul 21, 2021 17:34
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 What, no fairway?  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016678113/ |
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 Tales of the Green Beret. As zero hour approaches, a small band of American and South Vietnamese prepares for the challenge of overwhelming enemy odds  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016684768/ |
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Jul 21, 2021 18:49
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it's tarzan thursdayit's tarzan thursday Friendless Bulak rejoiced when Tarzan declared they would henceforth be friends  https://www.loc.gov/item/2009615967/ Racing furiously with Lurulai in his arms, the jungle lord sought to escape Goru-Bongara  https://www.loc.gov/item/2009615970/ Tarzan crossed the open plain before the city of Bakhir and approached the main gate  https://www.loc.gov/item/2009615969/ Barak's fall  https://www.loc.gov/item/2016684841/ In an instant, the English lord was transformed into a savage, avenging jungle beast  https://www.loc.gov/item/2009615966/ |
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posting smiling posted:With his swell outfit they just don't make cartoons like they did in the 20s anymore 
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your friend sk posted:they just don't make cartoons like they did in the 20s anymore common sense health advice, and good morals for children. a herb johnson classic. |
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