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Not even a chuckle.
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Sep 14, 2018 15:19
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New Wave Jose posted:Not even a chuckle. stfu the best are the completely inexplicable ones, tho
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Sep 14, 2018 15:36
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 I love everything about this. Especially the desktops w/ CRTs on each student's desk.
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Sep 14, 2018 18:02
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... what? That's something I'd say if I was pretending to have a head injury and wanted to scare a doctor.
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Sep 14, 2018 18:02
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It's always great to witness someone's first CompuToon
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Sep 14, 2018 18:30
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I'm convinced that Boyce had a stroke 20 years ago, and nobody's had the heart to tell him.
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Sep 14, 2018 21:17
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the dude who writes compu-toons is a total sweetheart so keep on keepin' on, Boyce. I hope there's someone out there who's entire understanding of the "Tech World" begins and ends with compu-toons.
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Sep 14, 2018 21:47
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the computer is processing his profile so hard that it's shaking ultrafilter posted:never stop posting compu-toons.
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Sep 14, 2018 22:23
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finalellipsis posted:the computer is processing his profile so hard that it's shaking smdh, dont you know that in boyce-land, all computers are shaking
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Sep 14, 2018 22:28
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It looks like he pulled his couch up to his desk and is sitting on the armrest. He is also both bald and has a mohawk. That computer has a lot to process, so no wonder it's shaking.
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Sep 14, 2018 22:37
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Sunswipe posted:... what? That's something I'd say if I was pretending to have a head injury and wanted to scare a doctor. Computoons is written by an elderly man who heard everyone talking about how the future would be all about computers in the 90s but never bothered to learn anything about them.
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Sep 14, 2018 22:51
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Here is Charles Boyce from 2014, speaking about "The Keypad Kid", a "Mascot for bridging the digital divide": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uho-fDvvZ8Y Seems like a nice enough fellow. I love that the contact email is computoon1@aol.com.
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Sep 15, 2018 02:01
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a lot of email adresses used to have a number at the end, so his does too even if it wasnt necessary its sweet in a way, i think
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Sep 15, 2018 02:37
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I bet his Netscape Navigator browser is absolutely thicc with malware toolbars.
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Sep 15, 2018 02:45
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Too lazy to do the whole thing, but wanted to see if this would look better like this, and it does.
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Sep 15, 2018 03:04
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'Over explaining the joke' is such a common thing I hardly even moan about it online anymore. What a shame.
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Sep 15, 2018 03:19
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danger close to pbf territory show it to someone who hasnt seen the original
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Sep 15, 2018 03:26
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Gromit posted:Too lazy to do the whole thing, but wanted to see if this would look better like this, and it does. It's a different joke now
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Sep 15, 2018 03:27
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Zelder posted:It's a different joke now How do you get that? The joke in both of them is just a subversion on your expectations of what 'good cop/bad cop' means, one is just 12 panels longer to expound on the same joke.
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Sep 15, 2018 04:35
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Agent355 posted:How do you get that? The joke in both of them is just a subversion on your expectations of what 'good cop/bad cop' means, one is just 12 panels longer to expound on the same joke. The longer one has two jokes. The first is what you said, and the second is that their idea of good/bad cop actually works.
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Sep 15, 2018 04:36
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Thats not really a joke, it's just a random thing. There's no subversion or anything, it's superfluous to the actual joke. It's empty calorie humor and the comic is better without it. It's all about 'dat brevity. The 12 panels after the initial 4 don't really make the joke much funnier, they add something, it's not entirely wasted space, but the amount of humor they add doesn't validate their existance. It's like joke density or something. Not to mention explaining the joke makes jokes less funny and the shortened version of it requires the reader to think a bit which ultimately results in a better punchline in less space. Agent355 has a new favorite as of 05:06 on Sep 15, 2018 |
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Sep 15, 2018 04:58
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original: cops => dogs but also dragging the punchline + surprising reversal. remake: cops => dogs but nothing else, that's it, one of the cops acts like a dog in a vacuum.
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Sep 15, 2018 05:05
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someone replace that parrot avatar with a dog, its funny
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Sep 15, 2018 05:06
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Gromit moved the eyes onto the faces. They weren't trying to say the comic was too long. That's why they said they were "too lazy to do the whole thing". They just didn't like the eyes hanging in mid-air.
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Sep 15, 2018 05:07
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Tiggum posted:Gromit moved the eyes onto the faces. They weren't trying to say the comic was too long. That's why they said they were "too lazy to do the whole thing". They just didn't like the eyes hanging in mid-air. True, and it does look better, but I stand by my assertion that the joke is better when it's not being dragged out.
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Sep 15, 2018 05:10
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your version doesnt have mid-air eyes though
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Sep 15, 2018 05:23
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I’ve never seen anyone use so many words and posts to say “I didn’t like that joke.” And I’ve been posting on this dumbass forum for years, so that’s saying something.
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Sep 15, 2018 05:55
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Ariong posted:I’ve never seen anyone use so many words and posts to say “I didn’t like that joke.” And I’ve been posting on this dumbass forum for years, so that’s saying something. well buckle in im gonna get into the real weird details blah blah for the record i like both jokes, still theyre different jokes.
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Sep 15, 2018 08:08
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Tiggum posted:Gromit moved the eyes onto the faces. They weren't trying to say the comic was too long. That's why they said they were "too lazy to do the whole thing". They just didn't like the eyes hanging in mid-air. Hooray! I was worried for a minute there.
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Sep 15, 2018 08:37
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Now that's a PBF moment.
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Sep 15, 2018 14:38
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Agent355 posted:The 12 panels after the initial 4 don't really make the joke much funnier, they add something, it's not entirely wasted space, but the amount of humor they add doesn't validate their existance. It's like joke density or something. Not to mention explaining the joke makes jokes less funny and the shortened version of it requires the reader to think a bit which ultimately results in a better punchline in less space. Yes 12 panels is too long, but the edit only works because you know the punchline. On it's own the edit is "Why does the police chief have a baseball in his mouth? He's intimidating the subject by being crazy and terrible at his job, a really bad cop." which is slightly funnier but awkward. To tell the joke in 4-panels, panel 3 would show the 2nd cop looking threatening, and in panel 4 the ball would be a tennis ball instead of a baseball, to make it obvious that it is for playing fetch without having to demonstrate it over several panels. I didn't even notice the eyes being moved back, because those wandering eyes add nothing and are simply distracting.
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Syd Midnight posted:Yes 12 panels is too long, but the edit only works because you know the punchline. On it's own the edit is "Why does the police chief have a baseball in his mouth? He's intimidating the subject by being crazy and terrible at his job, a really bad cop." which is slightly funnier but awkward. To tell the joke in 4-panels, panel 3 would show the 2nd cop looking threatening, and in panel 4 the ball would be a tennis ball instead of a baseball, to make it obvious that it is for playing fetch without having to demonstrate it over several panels. I'd go for a newspaper or slippers, personally. I'm normally a fan of brevity, but I think the 12 panels all do work in showing the suspect's nonplussedness, you need those confusion beats for the comedy to work. I think you could tell the joke in less panels, but you'd have to totally rewrite it. Man, this is reminding me I've still not read How to Read Nancy, which is an entire book of dissecting and massively overthinking a gag strip.
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Oh cool thanks for breaking my heart
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Sep 16, 2018 01:44
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I skipped over the original and only saw the edit, and the edit is better
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lofi posted:Man, this is reminding me I've still not read How to Read Nancy, which is an entire book of dissecting and massively overthinking a gag strip. I read the article and this bit really tickled me: “the article” posted:Unfortunately, this relative also saw gold. He wasn’t interested in sharing this image with us. On this single subject over two dozen emails were traded over the course of six months. The young man finally laid HIS card on the table: He was only willing to trade us the press card for ten Morgan Silver Dollars, or two Five-Dollar Gold Indian Heads (rare U.S. coins easily totaling $1,289.47 or more at the time, retail, depending on condition).
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Randaconda posted:Deathbulge is so good I legit want a foam finger ghost saying "BOO!"
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Concrete Keith is a bomb rear end username, on par with Shithouse Dave, and his friend Normal Dave, who used to be called Fuckup Dave but later did something so awesome he got promoted to Normal Dave.
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