Topic: The countdown to 3,000... (Read 21716 times)

Thrillho · « **Reply #50 on:** 07 May 2015, 09:25 »

No, because I have seen maybe eight minutes of Mitch Hedberg in my life

And I don't think he's that funny.

SHOTS FIRED

Anyway, the point is, there's a difference between a joke that's funny for its surrealism and a parody-type remark that doesn't work.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #51 on:** 07 May 2015, 09:47 »

Quote from: Gareth on 07 May 2015, 09:25

No, because I have seen maybe eight minutes of Mitch Hedberg in my life

And I don't think he's that funny.

SHOTS FIRED

Anyway, the point is, there's a difference between a joke that's funny for its surrealism and a parody-type remark that doesn't work.

Respectfully disagree as to Mitch Hedberg's quality as a comedian, but the point can be made of most comedians. I chose that example because I was eating Subway at that exact moment. I could sit here and analyze comedy with you all day, but I have tomato sprouts to tie to the trellis, and more immediately, a nap to take, so you know.

Thrillho · « **Reply #52 on:** 07 May 2015, 10:05 »

Quote from: chaospersonified on 07 May 2015, 09:47

Quote from: Gareth on 07 May 2015, 09:25
No, because I have seen maybe eight minutes of Mitch Hedberg in my life

And I don't think he's that funny.

SHOTS FIRED

Anyway, the point is, there's a difference between a joke that's funny for its surrealism and a parody-type remark that doesn't work.

Respectfully disagree as to Mitch Hedberg's quality as a comedian, but the point can be made of most comedians. I chose that example because I was eating Subway at that exact moment. I could sit here and analyze comedy with you all day, but I have tomato sprouts to tie to the trellis, and more immediately, a nap to take, so you know.

Obviously, to paraphrase a little-remembered Jerry Lewis film called Funny Bones, comedy is like watching someone in a skirt get out of a car; sometimes you see it, and sometimes you don't. It's all subjective.

But to use a different example.

Parody joke about George W. Bush that makes sense - making a joke about him being an alcoholic, an idiot, a warmonger or a fundamentalist, off the top of my head. There are more I can't be bothered to make sense of. So, to make a terrible joke, 'I don't know whether to watch a documentary about George W. Bush or alcoholism.' 'What's the difference?' Doesn't even really make sense, and also isn't funny, but at least makes reference to a well known thing about George Bush.

Parody joke about George W. Bush that wouldn't make sense - let's say, 'I don't know whether to watch a documentary about George W. Bush or the Ancient Egyptians.' 'What's the difference?'

My original point was, comparing Alanis Morissete's songs to rom-coms makes no sense because her songs are not like rom coms.

Also, I should've originally said 'I don't find Mitch Hedberg funny.'

Zebediah · « **Reply #53 on:** 07 May 2015, 11:27 »

Quote from: chaospersonified on 07 May 2015, 09:09

Since when does accuracy affect humor? Do you listen to Mitch Hedberg and get pissed that ducks DON'T eat free at Subway?

Wait - they don't? Because I have never, ever seen a duck actually pay for its meal at Subway.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #54 on:** 07 May 2015, 11:30 »

They are, on the other hand, required to wear long pants.

(Also, holy shit, one of the rare occasions I search a Simpsons reference and actually get a quality YouTube clip of just that bit, awesome.)

chaospersonified · « **Reply #55 on:** 07 May 2015, 11:41 »

I can see the comparison between 'Ironic' and a rom-com. Since that's the only Alanis Morissette song I'm aware of, well, I get the similarities. Reading the end of it feels like a mission statement for a certain type of romantic comedy.

It's a matter of what you know. To me, your joke about Dubya being an alcoholic isn't relevant to anything because that side of his personality isn't talked about in the deeply-conservative red state I've lived in since birth. It's just not a term that comes to mind in connection with him.

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #56 on:** 07 May 2015, 13:00 »

Quote from: ssǝupɐW ɟo poɥʇǝW on 07 May 2015, 11:30

(Also, holy shit, one of the rare occasions I search a Simpsons reference and actually get a quality YouTube clip of just that bit, awesome.)

I never get why they blindly remove everything. Full eps, sure. But clips? You should absolutely want people spamming free publicity over the internet for you.

Kugai · « **Reply #57 on:** 07 May 2015, 14:52 »

Because they're money grubbing sociopaths with no regard for anything other than what they want.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #58 on:** 07 May 2015, 16:46 »

But how does having the clips up not help them?

chaospersonified · « **Reply #59 on:** 07 May 2015, 16:48 »

Quote from: ssǝupɐW ɟo poɥʇǝW on 07 May 2015, 16:46

But how does having the clips up not help them?

They didn't upload, they don't make money. Why they don't upload themselves is bryond me

jwhouk · « **Reply #60 on:** 07 May 2015, 18:33 »

That worked for the Pythons.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #61 on:** 07 May 2015, 18:49 »

Did it? I was introduced to Flying Circus through youtube clips. You could, and presumably still can, watch sketches by the dozen through the site

Gladstone · « **Reply #62 on:** 07 May 2015, 19:02 »

That's probably what jwhouk meant. Originally, fans were uploading their own low-quality MP clips, so Monty Python loaded their own, better-quality versions, complete with ads for the Flying Circus collection and other material. Worked like a charm.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #63 on:** 07 May 2015, 19:12 »

Ah. For some reason, I thought he was comparing the Pythons to the people over the Simpsons

Thrudd · « **Reply #64 on:** 09 May 2015, 19:57 »

It a simple diagnosis - they have lawyers - the cure is either financially painful and messy or loads of fun yet messy for everyone but the lawyers.

electromgneticDstroyosaur · « **Reply #65 on:** 05 Jun 2015, 09:10 »

Quote from: chaospersonified on 07 May 2015, 09:09

Quote from: Gareth on 07 May 2015, 05:45
That flippant remark isn't even an accurate joke!

Since when does accuracy affect humor? Do you listen to Mitch Hedberg and get pissed that ducks DON'T eat free at Subway?

Yes, but mostly because I think the ducks deserve a break. It's bad enough that they've gotta spend their miserable short lives in duck bodies, but now they don't even get a free meal?

Okay so maybe Subway doesn't count as a meal, but you get the idea...

Kugai · « **Reply #66 on:** 05 Jun 2015, 16:49 »

Yeah, but they don't get into Chicken Fights

Rghfrgl · « **Reply #67 on:** 05 Jun 2015, 17:01 »

Ducks get to be masters of land, water and air though.

Well, ok, barely passable on land and water and kinda mediocre in the air.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #68 on:** 05 Jun 2015, 17:04 »

The avatar is a super-capble duck?

electromgneticDstroyosaur · « **Reply #69 on:** 05 Jun 2015, 17:33 »

Last time a duck tried to master Fire was such a delicious meal.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #70 on:** 05 Jun 2015, 17:37 »

Did we just discover the terrible first draft of Avatar:The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra?

BenRG · « **Reply #71 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 07:50 »

What am I expecting for strip 3,000? This is a guess but I'd like it to be Dora to propose to Tai. The major running thread for about 500-1000 strips afterward will be dominated by the massive repercussions, no matter what answer she gets.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #72 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 07:56 »

Ha, what? It's way too soon for that.

jwhouk · « **Reply #73 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 09:00 »

July 10 is fast approaching...

ReindeerFlotilla · « **Reply #74 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 10:21 »

I don't find Mitch Hedberg funny.

Because he's dead.

3000 will be Marten waking up the morning of 9. It was all a dream.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #75 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 10:48 »

And he goes to get the mochas, and gives one to Sara and asks her out. She says yes, and they ride the allosaur off into the distance.

cesium133 · « **Reply #76 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 10:54 »

And Claire, seeing her time-travel alternate-universe scheme fail, pays the allosaur to eat Sara.

DSL · « **Reply #77 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 11:09 »

The allosaur secretly being a (Volkswagen) Beetle.

Owned by Raven.

Inhabited by May.

DrBear · « **Reply #78 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 13:28 »

Wait a minute, that's not an allosaur, that's a ... GIANT ROBOTIC WHALE!

Kugai · « **Reply #79 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 14:02 »

Naaahhh, it's just Bumblebee

Endellion · « **Reply #80 on:** 06 Jun 2015, 19:51 »

Another webcomic's forum did a huge speculation about what was going to be in the x00'th strip, what we got was this. We got something special for the 500th (though I wasn't reading the strip at that point) but I don't think Jeph had many plans at the start to continue much past that. Oh how he was proved wrong. There might be something iconic in the 3000th strip but I don't think that Jeph is significantly altering the timescale of his plots to make that happen.

Mad Cat · « **Reply #81 on:** 14 Jun 2015, 22:45 »

My prediction for strip 3k:

May and Claire finally meet and only one of them survives the encounter.

Thrudd · « **Reply #82 on:** 16 Jun 2015, 12:06 »

Quote from: Mad Cat on 14 Jun 2015, 22:45

My prediction for strip 3k:
May and Claire finally meet and only one of them survives the encounter.

I agree. The Claire Hair will entangle and consume May with its awesome poofynessssssssssss...ssss.....s.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #83 on:** 16 Jun 2015, 14:13 »

Quote from: Thrudd on 16 Jun 2015, 12:06

Quote from: Mad Cat on 14 Jun 2015, 22:45
My prediction for strip 3k:
May and Claire finally meet and only one of them survives the encounter.
I agree. The Claire Hair will entangle and consume May with its awesome poofynessssssssssss...ssss.....s.

I'm a little confused by the potential implications of this post. Are you suggesting ClaireHair is serpentine in nature?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #84 on:** 16 Jun 2015, 15:53 »

No, that it has similar qualities to the little hats, yessssssss.

Thrudd · « **Reply #85 on:** 18 Jun 2015, 08:20 »

Oh my. What would happen if you combine the "Little Hats" with the "Claire Hair"? The mind boggles.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #86 on:** 18 Jun 2015, 08:42 »

Quote from: Thrudd on 18 Jun 2015, 08:20

Oh my. What would happen if you combine the "Little Hats" with the "Claire Hair"? The mind boggles.

ClaireHair would dominate the little hats, entangling them in a coppery web of poof.

Zebediah · « **Reply #87 on:** 18 Jun 2015, 10:04 »

ClaireHair and the Little Hats would... merge. In an unnatural, cosmically-horrifying way. Thus ends the age of man.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #88 on:** 18 Jun 2015, 10:33 »

Quote from: Zebediah on 18 Jun 2015, 10:04

ClaireHair and the Little Hats would... merge. In an unnatural, cosmically-horrifying way. Thus ends the age of man.

ClaireHair would grow into an eldritch abomination, gingery tentacles and adorably tiny headgear, turning all who see it into empty-headed gibbering fools, too overcome by adorbs to continue the neccessities of life on earth.

Pintsize, no longer constrained by the will of mortal man and his silly ideals of 'decency,' and 'restraint,' and immune to the concepts of 'cute,' would become supreme ruler, unleashing untold millennia of obscenities and hilarity.

BenRG · « **Reply #89 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 08:26 »

Well, it's the big 3-triple-zero next Friday! Just from where the strip is at the moment, I can guess three possible big events:

Faye gets a new job and there is some surprise twist involved;
Some fallout from what happens this week between Clinton and Emily (could be a nasty Wham! if Clinton dumps Emily);
Something else Faye-related; maybe Angus comes back for a visit.

Do you guys have any ideas?

Zebediah · « **Reply #90 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 10:04 »

I'd go with Faye's new job. Clinton and Emily aren't really established as a couple, so them not continuing to date wouldn't be a big deal.

DrBear · « **Reply #91 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 17:35 »

Well, let's go bull goose loony:

Faye signs on as Sven's roadie as he gets a gig on Angus's show.

DSL · « **Reply #92 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 17:42 »

... As lead.singer for the house band, Deathm(slash-o)le.

hedgie · « **Reply #93 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 20:18 »

ø isn't all that hard to type

bhtooefr · « **Reply #94 on:** 01 Jul 2015, 08:42 »

Depends on your keyboard layout and/or OS. I mean, it's Option-o on a Mac (or AltGr-o on the third-party "United States-Macintosh" layout for Windows), but on something like a standard US layout on Windows? Alt-0248 isn't exactly easy to remember.

hedgie · « **Reply #95 on:** 01 Jul 2015, 11:14 »

True, I have the luxury of a "compose" key.

cesium133 · « **Reply #96 on:** 01 Jul 2015, 11:37 »

You could always switch your keyboard layout if you really need the character. Or substitute a character from the keyboard layout you're using: Deathmõle.

DSL · « **Reply #97 on:** 01 Jul 2015, 14:16 »

Couldn't find it on any of the options on my Moto keypad. Opted for the substitution, figuring people would see I acknowledged it but would get the gist and not pettifog. Then I remembered I was on da intertubez.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #98 on:** 01 Jul 2015, 17:28 »

Honestly you'd probably have had better luck just putting the o in there and not calling attention to it

Zebediah · « **Reply #99 on:** 01 Jul 2015, 17:31 »

And if you really wanted to have fun with it you could have replaced the ø with a u.

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