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[V-Adore]

I'm really just terribly confused at this point. Am I allowed to like both Achewood and Diesel Sweeties? Am I allowed to like Achewood given that I used to like Garfield? Is there some sort of trigonometric equation I can plug this all into?

(awesome chart)

I HAVE DONE IT, WITH BOOLEAN!

Hooray! Now I can calculate the exact vector required to be a cool kid!

Also, I love the phrase "I Have Done It, With BOOLEAN!" I sort of want it on a t-shirt.

[jough]

We should start offering Achewood Message Board shirts, that would say "DUE TO PUNISHMENT" or "HOORAY FOR BOOLEAN" and stuff.

Oh yeah.

[Bobby Isosceles]

please remove the knife from your frontal lobe, and explain how slink telling us what comics he likes in a conversational way is a DSW and
"Onstad contra Sal Tessio: Vitriol in Richtung zu Abe Vigoda und sein vile 'Dago'-stamm." is not a DSW?

Easily. They were different posts.

You're not one of them are you?

[Bobby Isosceles]

I'm really just terribly confused at this point. Am I allowed to like both Achewood and Diesel Sweeties? Am I allowed to like Achewood given that I used to like Garfield? Is there some sort of trigonometric equation I can plug this all into?

You can like whatever the hell you want. I just find the need to compare against something the quintessential sign of insecurity.  You like Achewood, that's great. But why trash Garfield (even in the backhanded well i used to like it, but like all people i grew out of it way) ?. I've often found people who like "web comics" tend to trash traditional media to justify their choices.

[Bozack]

You like Achewood, that's great. But why trash Garfield (even in the backhanded well i used to like it, but like all people i grew out of it way) ?. I've often found people who like "web comics" tend to trash traditional media to justify their choices.

I just....I view Jim Davis as the guy who started the whole idea of "Mondays as comedy," in which every 3rd comic is basically just someone saying, "ARGH! MONDAYS!"

THIS IS THE PRIMARY FORM OF COMEDY TODAY.

But I think we've been pretty cruel to web-based comics too, right? I'm not going to CortJst'r this, but didn't we shit all over Something Positive a while ago, and we were more or less ambivalent regarding Diesel Sweeties.

[Bobby Isosceles]

You like Achewood, that's great. But why trash Garfield (even in the backhanded well i used to like it, but like all people i grew out of it way) ?. I've often found people who like "web comics" tend to trash traditional media to justify their choices.

I just....I view Jim Davis as the guy who started the whole idea of "Mondays as comedy," in which every 3rd comic is basically just someone saying, "ARGH! MONDAYS!"

THIS IS THE PRIMARY FORM OF COMEDY TODAY.

But I think we've been pretty cruel to web-based comics too, right? I'm not going to CortJst'r this, but didn't we shit all over Something Positive a while ago, and we were more or less ambivalent regarding Diesel Sweeties.

Even handed cruelty doesnt really make the negativity any better. I've found in my travels that some people "grok" Achewood and others don't. Same goes for Garfield, Diesel Sweeties or whatever. I personally think Garfield is hilarious, because its not that Mondays Suck, it's how many ways Mondays suck. Repetition can be funny. I also find Dinosaur Comics to be quite hilarious. I find Achewood hilarious. This doesn't mean that I will go out of my way to disparage the Boondocks, or Diesel Sweeties or whatever.

[arkabee]

please remove the knife from your frontal lobe, and explain how slink telling us what comics he likes in a conversational way is a DSW and
"Onstad contra Sal Tessio: Vitriol in Richtung zu Abe Vigoda und sein vile 'Dago'-stamm." is not a DSW?

Easily. They were different posts.

You're not one of them are you?

indeed i _am_ "one of 'them'".  i will leave it as an excercise to determine which "them" i "am".

also, your explanation is not.

[Bobby Isosceles]

You're not one of them are you?

indeed i _am_ "one of 'them'".  i will leave it as an excercise to determine which "them" i "am".

Vigoda supporter, of course.

[V-Adore]

I'm really just terribly confused at this point. Am I allowed to like both Achewood and Diesel Sweeties? Am I allowed to like Achewood given that I used to like Garfield? Is there some sort of trigonometric equation I can plug this all into?

You can like whatever the hell you want. I just find the need to compare against something the quintessential sign of insecurity.  You like Achewood, that's great. But why trash Garfield (even in the backhanded well i used to like it, but like all people i grew out of it way) ?. I've often found people who like "web comics" tend to trash traditional media to justify their choices.

Well... I can only speak for myself, but I did like Garfield and then grew out of it. I would humbly submit that this is for two reasons: Garfield has gotten progressively less good, and I have grown away from the age and maturity level to which Garfield most appeals. YMMV, of course, and if you still like Garfield as an adult, hey, that's your right.

I didn't mean it as some sort of slagging of print comics -- there are several print comics I still enjoy a lot. (Foxtrot is funny, and Zits still hits home a little more than I'm totally comfortable with.)

[AugustWest]

I never liked Garfield the comic strip.  The animated series was pretty good.  Anybody who disparages Peanuts deserves a beating.

Now, you must all acknowledge the correctitude of my opinions.

[Bobby Isosceles]

I never liked Garfield the comic strip.  The animated series was pretty good.  Anybody who disparages Peanuts deserves a beating.

Now, you must all acknowledge the correctitude of my opinions.

EMACS RULES

[Gimpson]

EMACS RULES

VI RULEZ,  EMACS DROOLZ

[slink]

Even handed cruelty doesnt really make the negativity any better.

Dude, all that started it was me saying that I was shocked to discover that Jim Davis was a filthy capitalist whoremonger.

[Bobby Isosceles]

Even handed cruelty doesnt really make the negativity any better.

Dude, all that started it was me saying that I was shocked to discover that Jim Davis was a filthy capitalist whoremonger.

I hate Mondays.

[Silverberg]

You like Achewood, that's great. But why trash Garfield (even in the backhanded well i used to like it, but like all people i grew out of it way) ?. I've often found people who like "web comics" tend to trash traditional media to justify their choices.

I like traditional comics plenty. Peanuts remains one of my favorites to this day, and Calvin & Hobbes always has a place in my heart somewhere or other. I never "grokked" Garfield.

Never thought people on this forum would be sensitive. Yeesh.

EDIT: Mondays rule.