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[Bjorn the Destroyer]

Oh man, both insulting LFM's excellent answer and not even being able to spell Onstad's name correctly... They're just not making those TOUAMB n00bs like they used to.

Hey now. I resemble that remark.

[katal]

I kind of feel guilty for being relatively new to the board and NOT being a sick fuck (I hope) or a girl.

anyway, it's incredible to imagine that some people (EFH) even read and "get" Achewood.

I never cared too much for the Tenmen. This is probably because I really started thinking about them right about the time of their appearance at the GOF, which I began to dislike the moment Beef got cocky & I realized that Ray was going to win.
=(

[ndpatel]

... the GOF, which I began to dislike the moment Beef got cocky & I realized that Ray was going to win.

It's okay to feel this way. The GOF was fun and all, but eh. I've never understood why it got so much attention, when, say, a strip like Titty Buxx (just for one random example) will provide lasting giggles for basically the rest of my life.

[theinevitable]

I met a girl in real life the other day who knew of Achewood.
I shunned her, though, because she said "oh god, another one?" and said that it was "really fucked up, not that funny" to her friend.

Also because she said Questionable Content was actually funny. (come on people. I read it, but... have you ever laughed at one of the jokes?)

[coldfrog]

It's okay to feel this way. The GOF was fun and all, but eh. I've never understood why it got so much attention, when, say, a strip like Titty Buxx (just for one random example) will provide lasting giggles for basically the rest of my life.

I always felt that the GOF was a pretty cool story that could have a wider audience appeal than a lot of the other strips, especially the really depressing/screwed up/cat cock variety.  I for one will always laugh at the strip where the last three panels are just Lyle slowly raising his middle finger to Teodor, and the recent road sign one, among many.

And yeah, Titty Buxx (The lottery for women) always fills me with glee as well.

[KeithHernandez]

inev:  How did you find out she knew of Achewood if she didn't like it?

[Golfhaus]

I always figured Achewood just needed a house band. Ergo, The Tenmen. Big enough to play the GOF, accessible enough that Ray could have them perform at his blue toilet party.

[AugustWest]

All comp-sci buildings should have full locker rooms with shower facilities.

I think they tried this at one time, but got rid of the showers because they were going unused.

[RMJ12345]

As a (relatively) hot(ish) nerd-girl and a noob here, i had to pop in on this thread

All comp-sci buildings should have full locker rooms with shower facilities.

Also all humanities and social science buildings. The last three semesters I quite literally lived in the computer lab. They should also have those little traveling-Japanese-businessmen tiny hotel-beds for sleeping.

And as for QC, I do think it's kind of funny. More about the writing in that one and the tiny jokes. I think IndieTits is actually pretty hilarious.

[theinevitable]

Keith-- One of my friends made a joke about my "awesome internet friends." She asked what the other girl meant. I said that I talk to a few people online about a comic I like, no big deal.

The other girl enjoyed enumerating claims about my internet friends which she derides as obvious lies-- playwright, Animal Enthusiast/Zoo Worker, handlebar mustache, guy who lives in St Louis and isn't a rapist, woman who lives in Alaska and is hell of EMS, cute girl who goes to Smith...
Apparently these are not real concepts.

[littlefallsmets]

There is no doubt about it, people who really enjoy Achewood are a rare kind of awesome and...

You're generally gonna find they're otherwise into awesome and/or weird things, too.

You're going to have to explain that it is a strip specifically created in overseas factories for the sole purpose of entertaining sick fucks and hot nerd-girls. Hopefully, this will trap the offending lady into saying something like: "But I'm a hot nerd-girl and I don't like it!"

And then you can stare at her for a second, causing her to realize that you are either pointing out that she is not hot or is not a nerd, whichever of those things would offend her most.

If she is hot but not a nerd, she will be offended that you are calling her less than hot. If she is a nerd, she will be offended that you are calling her not a nerd. If she is neither, she will think you're claiming she has a c*ck but... when she flashes you her pu$$y, it really won't be that awesome because she's clearly not a hot nerd-girl.

In any case, you have called her on the fact that... as she is not into Achewood, there is a ceiling to how awesome of a person she could actually be.

People are offended by how awesome people into Achewood are, you see.

It is disrespectful to their lesser level of awesomeness. Being into Achewood is totally Rude.

[theinevitable]

yeah, um, she was not  hot nerd girl.

I would have actually been kind of offended if she had been into achewood.

[wombat]

The other girl enjoyed enumerating claims about my internet friends which she derides as obvious lies-- playwright, Animal Enthusiast/Zoo Worker, handlebar mustache, guy who lives in St Louis and isn't a rapist, woman who lives in Alaska and is hell of EMS, cute girl who goes to Smith...
Apparently these are not real concepts.

You know, when you put it that way, I don't think I believe in us either.

[Sub_Topical]

Tenman with the Figments is actually a usable name, methinkings.

[iron_felix]

I had been avoiding this thread, but I see that a blossoming discussion has since sprung from the fetid carcass of trollish stupidity.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't like how the GOF panned out.  It was Ray tearing off that guy's face¹ that killed it for me.  Until that point it was this undercurrent that Ray and Beef were in over their heads, and sooner or later the shit was going to hit the fan.  Blood-of-Champion aside, neither of them was really qualified to be in there, their "army" comprised a bunch of disaffected social rejects, and Ray's early victories had all been set up by Roast Beef to give him a huge advantage.  I honestly thought Sound and Motion was going to take Ray out with his Recumbent Tai-Chi at one point.  It wasn't a question of whether they would win the fight, but whether they would survive.  Once Ray had actually proven himself the whole thing was basically a forgone conclusion.  Also, that arc was responsible for Vlad shaving his head.  I miss Vlad's hair.

On a different note, I know this has been discussed before, but if anyone has those two Tenmen songs that used to be on Achewood Radio and would be willing to send me a copy, please let me know.  I had them on my old hard drive, but that has since been lost in a tragic fist-related accident.

[1] EDIT: One year ago, to the day.  I didn't even realize.