Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT - 13th to 17th December 2021 - (Strips 4676 - 4680)
QuestionableIntentions:
I mean...I would read a comic about Yay taking over.
Gyrre:
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 13 Dec 2021, 19:09 ---Yay, the problem with taking over the world is then RUNNING it. Do you really wanna do dat?
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Reminds me of a preacher's anecdote about a business man and a dmall time fisherman in Central America. The point of it was to simply enjoying the simple things in life without complicating them.
[Setup then exchange between the two; B: "You could buy a bigger boat." F:"And then what?" B:"Buy a fleet." F: "And then what?" etc etc B: 'A corporation.' 'A multinational' 'Sell it all and retire and fish for fun and relxation' F: 'And wha am I doing now?'
--- Quote from: Farideh on 13 Dec 2021, 19:28 ---Ugh, the paperwork alone... Everybody does NOT want to rule the world.
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I'm pretty sure both Super Stupor (R. Milholland) and League of Super Redundant Heroes (assorted writers) have both lampooned that with interplanetary/interdimensional conquerors. With the later actually becoming a fairly competent and well meaning bureaucrat frustrated with the system as a recurring character.
Tova:
--- Quote from: QuestionableIntentions on 13 Dec 2021, 20:47 ---I mean...I would read a comic about Yay taking over.
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I most decidedly would not.
BenRG:
Jeph here has mentioned my own biggest argument against the likelihood of a single autocratic dictatorship over the whole planet - There are very few people who would be willing to take on the paperwork that would entail.
Tova:
I get that the line about paperwork is a joke, but if you literally rule the world, who is going to make you fill out paperwork?
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