Topic: WCT March 30-34 (Read 41856 times)

QuarterFire · « **Reply #100 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 09:58 »

Well it looks like Jeph visits 4chan.

raoullefere · « **Reply #101 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 10:14 »

Quote from: innermoppet on 02 Apr 2009, 06:01

Sven isn't friends with Harriet. She's his lawyer … likes his money, [not him].

Sorry, but this edit is too loaded with distilled truth not to post.

Oh, and happy March 33rd, all.

Norton Quintessential · « **Reply #102 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 11:16 »

Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 09:58

Well it looks like Jeph visits 4chan.

What makes you say that?

QuarterFire · « **Reply #103 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 16:27 »

Repetitious meme is repetitive, that's why.

MrMonk · « **Reply #104 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 17:03 »

So, what do you think is up for tonight?
Hannelore visits the zoo?
Or is Jeph just teasing?

celticgeek · « **Reply #105 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 17:17 »

I would think that, for March 34th, Jeph would do something pretty special.

Spluff · « **Reply #106 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 18:03 »

Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 16:27

Repetitious meme is repetitive, that's why.

To believe that this is a 'secret 4chan meme' is pretty naive. Half the internet has heard of this.

QuarterFire · « **Reply #107 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 18:26 »

Quote from: Spluff on 02 Apr 2009, 18:03

Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 16:27
Repetitious meme is repetitive, that's why.

To believe that this is a 'secret 4chan meme' is pretty naive. Half the internet has heard of this.

I know it's far from secret, (rules one and two are stupid) but not a lot of people use it. Either way, I liked the subtle way it was put into the comic.

TwistedRemedy · « **Reply #108 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 18:29 »

Zooo, it'sa ZOO.
ZOO.

zoo

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #109 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 18:35 »

D · « **Reply #110 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 18:47 »

Giraffes?

Jimor · « **Reply #111 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 18:51 »

Giraffes!

emmaleigh · « **Reply #112 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 19:30 »

Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 18:26

Quote from: Spluff on 02 Apr 2009, 18:03
Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 16:27
Repetitious meme is repetitive, that's why.

To believe that this is a 'secret 4chan meme' is pretty naive. Half the internet has heard of this.

I know it's far from secret, (rules one and two are stupid) but not a lot of people use it. Either way, I liked the subtle way it was put into the comic.

Not a lot of people use it? Dude... dunno where you live, but in my small hicktown university people say that ALL the time, even people who don't know what a Twitter is and if it flies around or not. Not trying to be snarky! Just saying!

Also I would have liked to see a more dramatic cliffhanger for the weekend today.

And I predict whomever Angus's friend is, he's a hottie with a body and Faye will be possibly enthralled. And he will be a regular. Or he'll be a creepy old dude, one-off character. Covering all my bases!

QuarterFire · « **Reply #113 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 19:40 »

Quote from: emmaleigh on 02 Apr 2009, 19:30

Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 18:26
Quote from: Spluff on 02 Apr 2009, 18:03
Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 16:27
Repetitious meme is repetitive, that's why.

To believe that this is a 'secret 4chan meme' is pretty naive. Half the internet has heard of this.

I know it's far from secret, (rules one and two are stupid) but not a lot of people use it. Either way, I liked the subtle way it was put into the comic.

Not a lot of people use it? Dude... dunno where you live, but in my small hicktown university people say that ALL the time, even people who don't know what a Twitter is and if it flies around or not. Not trying to be snarky! Just saying!

Also I would have liked to see a more dramatic cliffhanger for the weekend today. And I predict whomever Angus's friend is, he's a hottie with a body and Faye will be possibly enthralled. And he will be a regular. Or he'll be a creepy old dude, one-off character. Covering all my bases!

Or the person is Sven.

ZedAvatar · « **Reply #114 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 20:21 »

Gotta love the Haggis-on-Whey book reference!

For those not "in the know," this is the greatest book ever published on the subject of giraffes.

http://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-HOW-Doris-Haggis-Whey/dp/1932416978/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238728996&sr=8-1

A. Smith · « **Reply #115 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 20:43 »

Guys. check the wiki page on the Malayan Tapir. Description rings any bells?

Plagiarism is baaaaad, Jeph.

Siligero · « **Reply #116 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 20:46 »

ATTN: EVERYONE
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Today's comic was partially stolen from a common wobsite known as "the wiki machine", or sometimes "wikipedia". Notice the excerpt from the sign describing the Tapir.

"The Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called the Asian Tapir, is the largest of the four species of tapir and the only one native to Asia. The scientific name refers to the East Indies, the species' natural habitat. In the Malay language,--"

You must be thinking, "Wow, did that guy really squint hard enough to read and transcribe the whole thing?" The answer is NO! I copied it from Wikipedia, just like Jeph did.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Tapir

Not that this has any significance, I just thought it was kinda funny.

EDIT: Well shoot, someone got to it first.

akronnick · « **Reply #117 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 20:51 »

Except that Wikipedia allows you to do stuff like that.

It's pretty much the entire reason for its existence.

Just so no-one is confused:

plagiarism == passing someone else's work off as your own.

Plagiarism =/= incorporating said work into your own.

Blyss · « **Reply #118 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 20:56 »

I love Hannelore.

A. Smith · « **Reply #119 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 21:13 »

Quote from: akronnick on 02 Apr 2009, 20:51

Except that Wikipedia allows you to do stuff like that.

It's pretty much the entire reason for its existence.

Just so no-one is confused:

plagiarism == passing someone else's work off as your own.

Plagiarism =/= incorporating said work into your own.

And where do you see Jeph mentioning it's from wikipedia? It's aprt of his work, and there's no indication it's not his phrasing, and hence he's passing it off as his own.

I just think it's pretty funny

Steve the Pocket · « **Reply #120 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 21:33 »

This strip just screamed "LiveJournal/forum avatar" to me, so I made one. And I had to register just to post it.

Tobimaro · « **Reply #121 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 21:53 »

I really am getting worried about Hannelore's OCD. I know that she likes to count things. But an enemies list?

By the way, happy March 34!

Mr. Penston · « **Reply #122 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 22:36 »

Quote from: Tobimaro on 02 Apr 2009, 21:53

I really am getting worried about Hannelore's OCD. I know that she likes to count things. But an enemies list?

By the way, happy March 34!

You don't have an enemies list?

Kugai · « **Reply #123 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 22:45 »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYV-JSjpyU&feature=related

The Hanners. the Tapir and the conspiracy.

akronnick · « **Reply #124 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 23:17 »

Quote from: A. Smith on 02 Apr 2009, 21:13

And where do you see Jeph mentioning it's from wikipedia? It's aprt of his work, and there's no indication it's not his phrasing, and hence he's passing it off as his own.

I just think it's pretty funny

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I just assumed it was from Wikipedia, considering that Jeph is a Webcomic artist and not a mammalogist. The inclusion of accurate facts from a public source constitutes fair use. Jeph was making a Comic strip about a character who has an irrational fear of exotic mammals, not a research report about said mammal. If I were Jeph's tenth grade biology teacher and he handed in a research report with portions lifted from Wikipedia without attribution, I'd give him an F. However... He lifted two and a half sentences to include on a portion of a sign within a much larger drawing. I call that fair use. Accusing someone of plagiarism for fair use, even in jest, is not cool.

Anyway, rant over. Yay Hanners. Yay (possibly) Fangus. Yay Sven feeling like crap.

Yay March 34!

kgbisouttogetme · « **Reply #125 on:** 02 Apr 2009, 23:46 »

Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 09:58

Well it looks like Jeph visits 4chan.

fail. meme is "i saw what you did there" and this image http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/33/Futurama_Fry_Looking_Squint.jpg

pwhodges · « **Reply #126 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 00:00 »

I note from Twitter that Hanners went to the zoo at her therapist's suggestion. Ties it into the narrative a bit.

QuarterFire · « **Reply #127 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 00:33 »

Quote from: kgbisouttogetme on 02 Apr 2009, 23:46

Quote from: QuarterFire on 02 Apr 2009, 09:58
Well it looks like Jeph visits 4chan.

fail. meme is "i saw what you did there" and this image http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/33/Futurama_Fry_Looking_Squint.jpg

Fail. I was not talking about Friday's comic.

LTK · « **Reply #128 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 05:39 »

Really, to whom was it not glaringly obvious that Jeph got the description from Wikipedia? No surprise there.

Barrabas · « **Reply #129 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 06:59 »

You never know, he might've written the article.

RainbowPony · « **Reply #130 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 09:06 »

Quote from: ZedAvatar on 02 Apr 2009, 20:21

Gotta love the Haggis-on-Whey book reference!

For those not "in the know," this is the greatest book ever published on the subject of giraffes.

http://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-HOW-Doris-Haggis-Whey/dp/1932416978/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238728996&sr=8-1

Really? I thought it was a reference to the band.

http://www.myspace.com/giraffesgiraffes

Tybalt · « **Reply #131 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 14:31 »

Doesn't she have a job?

Don't ANY of them have jobs?

Also, why are there robots everywhere? everyone knows that robots don't exist! And what happened to that Sara girl? And mumbly mumble mumble mumblecakes! I'LL GET YOU KEVIN GRUMBLES!!!!

Siibillam-Law · « **Reply #132 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 14:43 »

Happy March 34 everyone

bhtooefr · « **Reply #133 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 15:29 »

Quote from: Tybalt on 03 Apr 2009, 14:31

Doesn't she have a job?

She counts stuff.

MrMonk · « **Reply #134 on:** 03 Apr 2009, 20:00 »

Jeph did a good job with Hannelore's expressions. The tapir ... mehhh.

On edit: I just looked at some pictures of Malayan tapirs. Apparently, that's as expressive as they get. My apologies, Jeph.

This has been a very long month.

Rocketman · « **Reply #135 on:** 04 Apr 2009, 02:17 »

Quote from: MrMonk on 03 Apr 2009, 20:00

Jeph did a good job with Hannelore's expressions. The tapir ... mehhh.

On edit: I just looked at some pictures of Malayan tapirs. Apparently, that's as expressive as they get.

Most non-human animals do not have a wide range of facial expressions.

MrMonk · « **Reply #136 on:** 04 Apr 2009, 08:23 »

Quote from: Rocketman on 04 Apr 2009, 02:17

Quote from: MrMonk on 03 Apr 2009, 20:00
Jeph did a good job with Hannelore's expressions. The tapir ... mehhh.

On edit: I just looked at some pictures of Malayan tapirs. Apparently, that's as expressive as they get.

Most non-human animals do not have a wide range of facial expressions.

It was meant to be humorous. Sorry.

Alphalpha · « **Reply #137 on:** 04 Apr 2009, 08:33 »

Jeph probably made it over-expressive

Especially panel 3. You can see it thinking "Is that girl looking at me? I think she's looking at me."

Malek · « **Reply #138 on:** 04 Apr 2009, 10:42 »

This Comic rules,Hanners face is awesome.

Cant wait for the next one

ZedAvatar · « **Reply #139 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 11:19 »

Quote from: RainbowPony on 03 Apr 2009, 09:06

Quote from: ZedAvatar on 02 Apr 2009, 20:21
Gotta love the Haggis-on-Whey book reference!

For those not "in the know," this is the greatest book ever published on the subject of giraffes.

http://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-HOW-Doris-Haggis-Whey/dp/1932416978/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238728996&sr=8-1

Really? I thought it was a reference to the band.

http://www.myspace.com/giraffesgiraffes

Oh wow, I didn't know that band existed. Hmm.....

I guess it's up to Jeph! Who is correct?

no one special · « **Reply #140 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 16:10 »

Quote from: Mr. Penston on 02 Apr 2009, 22:36

Quote from: Tobimaro on 02 Apr 2009, 21:53
I really am getting worried about Hannelore's OCD. I know that she likes to count things. But an enemies list?

By the way, happy March 34!

You don't have an enemies list?

The weird thing is that the malayan tapir isn't even on her animal enemies list. I guess the tapir falls under her "base-level suspicion" of all fauna not on the list. Or maybe the tapir just made the list. Either way... umm... yeah. Breakfast.

Also, March 34? wha?

Steve the Pocket · « **Reply #141 on:** 05 Apr 2009, 18:03 »

I found myself going back through the archives to figure out just when she mentioned being creeped out by tapirs. Way further back than I thought!

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emmaleigh

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