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AcmeLabRat
March 20, 2004 8:20 AM

I hear rumour even some americans can understand irony?

/comics/AcmeLabRat/218443/

*wipes sweat from brow and crosses fingers

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User #38758
March 23, 2004 11:39 AM

Tsk. I wouldn't start down that route, it's alright to poke fun at other countries, so long as none of them are the good ole U.S. of A. but paradoxically, defending the Right against unfair and dismissive criticism is off-limits too - the site has a bit of a split-personality problem....just a word of warning.

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MikeyG
March 23, 2004 11:52 AM

What? Make fun of the U.S. all you want. Why rip on Brad? That wasn't even a funny joke. Besides, Jejune has no idea what he/she/it/shit is talking about. Ekpyro blows goats anyway.

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AcmeLabRat
March 23, 2004 9:44 PM

I assume all countries have politcal(?) nobodies who will make outrageous statements about a major authority figures whislt engraciating themselves with others to get themselves noticed. Therefore, this was an attempt at political satire. I thought perhaps if I got flamed someone might point out this parallel. Maybe I was looking for too much? Anyway, SC isn't just about making people laugh is it?

I'll see myself to the door.

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possums
March 23, 2004 10:00 PM

....and you have three stars why?

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smamurai
March 24, 2004 2:53 AM

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Therefore, this was an attempt at political satire

I guess it works on that level, up until the bit where the "major authorty figure" refers to himself as "a self-obsessed gay" cos Bush says stuff like that about himself all the time doesen't he?
"We will not bow down to the terrorists, unless they plan on giving me a damn good shagging"

It doesn't work. What did you expect from this comic anyway? Polite clapping? It's not funny nor is it clever. Now if it was just a straight out pisstake on Brad for being the owner of the site but not coming up with the goods comic-wise then that could have been funny if done in the right way.

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AcmeLabRat
March 24, 2004 6:19 AM

I s'pose expected what I got.. a reaction. The whole strip is self defacing anyway. The ignorance of the character, the fact that i dont even know that brad has no comics, and the ignorance of the writer by endowing him with qualiities* that are blatantly untrue, as the modern media are prone to doing.

I just thought a straight pisstake on brad's lack of comics was too easy and so yes maybe i tried to be too clever and killed what may have been funny. But this is partly why I put the strip up in here in the first place. (hence the thread name)

*couldnt think of a better word

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smamurai
March 24, 2004 6:34 AM

Beat it n00b. We don't like your sort round here. An angry torch wielding mob will arrive soon to back me up.

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OMG_DaGmAr_6481987
March 24, 2004 7:49 AM

Speaking of angry mobs, when/if I submit these graphics I've been making (Emphasis on "if"), there will be an angry mob with the person in the foreground weilding a torch.

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smamurai
March 24, 2004 8:04 AM

omg dagmar wtf?

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OMG_DaGmAr_6481987
March 24, 2004 8:12 AM

Eye m maykin a grafik uv n angree mob n a angree persun holdin a tourch n frunt of the angree mob. Eye doo knot no if eye wil send it n our knot. It al deepenz on if eye lyk it wen it is finishd our knot.

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smamurai
March 24, 2004 8:18 AM

Oh, well in that case we will dispense with the angry torch wielding mob.

There will, however be an Irate torch welding mobster but he will only spit on ur jacket.

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MikeyG
March 24, 2004 8:47 AM

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smamurai
March 24, 2004 8:54 AM

ur still running off a beta-max system right?

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MikeyG
March 24, 2004 9:41 AM

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smamurai
March 24, 2004 9:55 AM

Yes, that is correct.

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User #38758
March 24, 2004 12:24 PM

quote:
What? Make fun of the U.S. all you want.
I did: that's how i got banned.
quote:
Why rip on Brad?
What's the difference between Mr. Brad and America in this instance? This still qualifies as an argument rather than a fight, right? And trust me, goat juice is sweet.

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AcmeLabRat
March 24, 2004 3:25 PM

quote:
[hr] Beat it n00b. We don't like your sort round here.
[hr]

Glad to see that 'noobs' trying to express themselves or stimulate debate is welcome and not just an annoyance to the people who have been aware of this website for longer.

Surely anything and anyone should be a target for humour? interpretation is what makes it humourous, dangerous or offensive.

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User #38758
March 24, 2004 4:22 PM

quote:
*couldnt think of a better word

Trait?

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AcmeLabRat
March 24, 2004 5:44 PM

thank you..thats the word i was thinking of :)

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smamurai
March 25, 2004 3:01 AM

Are you from n00bekistan?

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nicejohnson
March 25, 2004 6:14 AM

How long do you have to be here before you stop being a n00b?

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MikeyG
March 25, 2004 6:32 AM

quote:
quote:
What? Make fun of the U.S. all you want.
I did: that's how i got banned.

I highly doubt that. Chances are you were just a fucking idiot. Brad is Canadian. I sincerely doubt he'd be picking up arms against people attacking the U.S., unless those same people said, "And Canada gets it next!".

I believe, ekpyro, that you were just a trolling fuck-up. Anyone have a different opinion?

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OMG_DaGmAr_6481987
March 25, 2004 7:18 AM

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How long do you have to be here before you stop being a n00b?

Uhh...I think he's missed the point.

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OMG_DaGmAr_6481987
March 25, 2004 7:19 AM

She...sorry. It's so hard to tell when you can't see people. Maybe even when you CAN see people anymore...

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smamurai
March 25, 2004 7:25 AM

This is a my take on irony.
/comics/smamurai/219241/

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possums
March 25, 2004 9:25 AM

quote:
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h@\/€ @ d0££@r.

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User #38758
March 25, 2004 11:49 AM

quote:
I highly doubt that. Chances are you were just a fucking idiot. Brad is Canadian. I sincerely doubt he'd be picking up arms against people attacking the U.S., unless those same people said, "And Canada gets it next!".

I believe, ekpyro, that you were just a trolling fuck-up. Anyone have a different opinion?



I know Mr. Brad is more level-headed than this erm...for lack of a better word - community, it's just the fact he got lots of complaints which his sole criterion for banning and the complaints were mostly the result of people not favouring what i'd said about America as far as i could see.

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EvilZak
March 25, 2004 1:41 PM

There's a difference between attacking a nation but still being funny and just plain being a jerkoff.

The funny: /comics/dcomposed/200097/

The jerkoff: /comics/Ekpyro/163197/

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User #38758
March 25, 2004 2:04 PM

Hey, i didn't ask him to say that, so i don't see how it's me making fun of America, it was more about the White Power movement than the country that spawned it.

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