Because of you I had to look up Klyde Morris. Nowadays, unfortunately, he’s drifted into Mallard Fillmore territory.
Wagstaff
Hey Stephen!
Last post, one of your conventions read, “don’t parody a parody”. What did you mean by thus specifically?
Demoted Oblivious
“Don’t do it” is generally a phrase used to imply that there exists an activity, or action of some kind, that is designated by the word “it”. In the case of Mr. Bierce’s post, “it” (the activity to not be performed) was to “parody a parody”, meaning create a parody (understood as a comedic exageration) of something which is, in itself, already a parody. It is possible that such things are regulated by the FCC as this was a relevant qualification that Mr. Bierce cited on the same day. This is likely for public safety, as it has been shown by British televison that excessive humour can, in fact, be fatal. This is why much of their comic delivery is delivered dead-pan, as if it were further enhanced with dramatic telling, their humour would readily achieve toxicity when ingested by the general population. For similar reasons, any attempt to create a parody of an existing parody is restricted, as the possuble complications and ramifications of amplifying the comedic effect of an already humourous effort could proove fatal to large swathes of the population. Now some have raised concern that having iterated upon itself, the GOP may in fact be a parody of a parody of its former self. However, careful measurement and analysis has revealed that it is actually a gross caricature, rather than a parody. As such, the population is safe from any humourous effect the GOP may be trying to achieve. Their actual effects however, remain a danger to us all.
slowly but surely, Becky & Dorothy’s frenemies shtick has parasitized my vital functions, replacing my very organs with its own goofy nerves and arteries. It absorbs what I eat. It inhales my weed. And when I laugh at a good joke, it slurps up my dopamine. It pumps just enough life back into my organism to keep me hungry for more, forever reading DOA, a husk of a person, entirely colonized by this apex character dynamic. I am living for it.
This comic always has a special part in my heart/brain/liver as well.
By the way, is it also a rather hot summer where you are?
milu
compared to what, the past couple years? no. ^^
no, but really it’s been basically perfect these days. we do expect a bit of a storm tomorrow, though.
how is it where you are? kinda hot then?
“It started out with a joke, how did it end up like this?
It was only a joke, it was only a joke.” ~ excerpt of “Ms Lesbo-side” by Becky MacIntyre. Used without permission.
Well, Clint is nothing like Ruth, and Walky is nothing like the young lady who’s name I’m totally blanking on right now despite following the Clinton, Elliot, Her “love” Triangle.
thejeff
“Brun”.
But “Clint is nothing like Ruth” threw me for a moment, since “Clint” is Ruth’s abusive grandfather and my brain didn’t connect that to Clinton at first.
psh i spent way too long crafting a joke in greek the entire point of which was that it didn’t work unless translated into english, and making sure that popular machine translation services did an ok job at rendering it. (Deepl handles Greek way better than Google Translate, btw. now you know)
turns out the spambot here doesn’t like comments entirely written in non-latin characters. FML
Funny how I never found out about DeepL through Google. Care to guess why?
milu
Yeah, DeepL is really excellent.
It’s got this neat feature where if you click on any word in the translated text it you get a pop-up list of other words it might’ve used instead, regardless of whether it thinks it’s got it right. It will always give you alternatives.
And its translations very often sound much better than Google’s.
The main limitation is that it handles nowhere near the number of languages that GT does (it doesn’t have Arabic!) but it’s still pretty new and it’s regularly implementing more languages.
and the other issue is it doesn’t have the transliteration/handwriting options that GT has for non-latin based languages that are so handy.
So is Becky doing this on purpose or is this just how she functions? Cause I thought they had reached an understanding that the rivalry was kinda stupid and more trouble than it was worth.
It seems like maybe it’s moved to being entirely performative, with full awareness on both sides and no real animosity behind it?
Which seems both pointless and exhausting, to me.
I guess Dotty kind of worked herself into a shoot then. But if it’s a bit and they both know it does that mean Becky’s gonna pick up her clothes? The rivalry may be an act but that’s a real mess.
Becky’s demonstrated an almost concrete tendency where every scenario that could lead to any kind of meaningful conversation has her dial it up to 11, presumably to avoid it. I think she’s trying to be funny here, though.
There was a really good post someone made a while back where they theorized Becky got this good at deflecting away from painful conversations due to living with Toedad. If someone’s angry, or has the potential to get angry, laughing it off is a pretty good way to signal to them that they don’t need to have this conversation with you.
Willis, I don’t know if this is just a normal thing that takes a while, but when you go back a page, the forward buttons are still grayed out even though the next page, this page, is up. Clicking the panel to move forward refreshes that page without directing to this one.
116 thoughts on “Land”
Ana Chronistic
“Don’t explain the joke!”
“I’M A LESBIANT I DO
WHOWHAT I WANT”Ana Chronistic
INCLUDING TYPING TOO FAST
Nono
And here I thought you pre-planned your comments ready to copy and paste when the comic goes up.
Demoted Oblivious
Who’s to say Ana doesn’t, and is just committed to integrity regarding her own faults?
Tan
No regrets.
Mr D
I mean, most Ants would be lesbiants, there is like, one male ant per few thousand female antes….
SeanR
I’m not sure how to classify ants. The bible does have strong words against formication.
RassilonTDavros
Au contraire– the Bible tells us to go to the ant, consider its ways, and be wise!
I know this because, for some un-Cheese-ly reason, this verse (Proverbs 6:6) was quoted in a Sonic the Hedgehog comic.
Rose by Any Other Name
… I own a copy of that comic…
It is in a box in the basement… but I own it.
Wagstaff
Quite fluffy in contrast to Psalm 137:9.
BarerMender
Don’t knock formication until you try it.
sultryglebe
But knocking on formica does not have the proverbial legacy of knocking on wood.
milu
don’t know about knocking on wood, but i hear lesbians like tipping the velvet
Reltzik
I hear they don’t like wood the way that straight girls do.
FacelessDeviant
Formication. That is -very- good.
Thag Simmons
As I understand it only a vanishingly small percentage of Ants actually has sex.
SeanR
…I’m going to break the cardinal rule and invite you to run my last comment through a spell checker.
SeanR
..Never mind. I now see you weren’t replying to me.
Stephen Bierce
Because of you I had to look up Klyde Morris. Nowadays, unfortunately, he’s drifted into Mallard Fillmore territory.
Wagstaff
Hey Stephen!
Last post, one of your conventions read, “don’t parody a parody”. What did you mean by thus specifically?
Demoted Oblivious
“Don’t do it” is generally a phrase used to imply that there exists an activity, or action of some kind, that is designated by the word “it”. In the case of Mr. Bierce’s post, “it” (the activity to not be performed) was to “parody a parody”, meaning create a parody (understood as a comedic exageration) of something which is, in itself, already a parody. It is possible that such things are regulated by the FCC as this was a relevant qualification that Mr. Bierce cited on the same day. This is likely for public safety, as it has been shown by British televison that excessive humour can, in fact, be fatal. This is why much of their comic delivery is delivered dead-pan, as if it were further enhanced with dramatic telling, their humour would readily achieve toxicity when ingested by the general population. For similar reasons, any attempt to create a parody of an existing parody is restricted, as the possuble complications and ramifications of amplifying the comedic effect of an already humourous effort could proove fatal to large swathes of the population. Now some have raised concern that having iterated upon itself, the GOP may in fact be a parody of a parody of its former self. However, careful measurement and analysis has revealed that it is actually a gross caricature, rather than a parody. As such, the population is safe from any humourous effect the GOP may be trying to achieve. Their actual effects however, remain a danger to us all.
DailyBrad
This dynamic. I am living for it.
milu
slowly but surely, Becky & Dorothy’s frenemies shtick has parasitized my vital functions, replacing my very organs with its own goofy nerves and arteries. It absorbs what I eat. It inhales my weed. And when I laugh at a good joke, it slurps up my dopamine. It pumps just enough life back into my organism to keep me hungry for more, forever reading DOA, a husk of a person, entirely colonized by this apex character dynamic. I am living for it.
Wagstaff
This comic always has a special part in my heart/brain/liver as well.
By the way, is it also a rather hot summer where you are?
milu
compared to what, the past couple years? no. ^^
no, but really it’s been basically perfect these days. we do expect a bit of a storm tomorrow, though.
how is it where you are? kinda hot then?
Thag Simmons
As it should
Nono
I mean, it’s established that Dorothy likes wordplay.
RassilonTDavros
It all starts with this, a joke containing the ultimate power.
Cholma
“It started out with a joke, how did it end up like this?
It was only a joke, it was only a joke.” ~ excerpt of “Ms Lesbo-side” by Becky MacIntyre. Used without permission.
Spencer
Now I know what’s going on! The military has confused me for the likes of you!
Schpoonman
You’re comparing yourself to me? Ha! You’re not even good enough to be my fake.
Wagstaff
Funny enough, that apparently universal rule about explaining jokes doesn’t always apply.
RassilonTDavros
Never read QC (been meaning to get into it) so my first thought was that the characters looked like gender-bent versions of Ruth and Walky.
And now you’ll neeever unseee iiit…
brionl
Well, Clint is nothing like Ruth, and Walky is nothing like the young lady who’s name I’m totally blanking on right now despite following the Clinton, Elliot, Her “love” Triangle.
thejeff
“Brun”.
But “Clint is nothing like Ruth” threw me for a moment, since “Clint” is Ruth’s abusive grandfather and my brain didn’t connect that to Clinton at first.
He Who Abides
Though doing it around Joker will likely kill uou.
He Who Abides
*you, goddammit.
butts
i did laugh at it yesterday
TrueVCU
you were SO CLOSE to detente
SeanR
Frankly, both of those jokes were Greek to me.
I did enjoy Dorothy’s topper.
King Daniel
If Becky’s jokes were Greek to you, is she a cunning linguist?
milu
psh i spent way too long crafting a joke in greek the entire point of which was that it didn’t work unless translated into english, and making sure that popular machine translation services did an ok job at rendering it. (Deepl handles Greek way better than Google Translate, btw. now you know)
turns out the spambot here doesn’t like comments entirely written in non-latin characters. FML
Wagstaff
Funny how I never found out about DeepL through Google. Care to guess why?
milu
Yeah, DeepL is really excellent.
It’s got this neat feature where if you click on any word in the translated text it you get a pop-up list of other words it might’ve used instead, regardless of whether it thinks it’s got it right. It will always give you alternatives.
And its translations very often sound much better than Google’s.
The main limitation is that it handles nowhere near the number of languages that GT does (it doesn’t have Arabic!) but it’s still pretty new and it’s regularly implementing more languages.
and the other issue is it doesn’t have the transliteration/handwriting options that GT has for non-latin based languages that are so handy.
lia
these 2 are definitely one of my favorite pairs rn
Sirksome
So is Becky doing this on purpose or is this just how she functions? Cause I thought they had reached an understanding that the rivalry was kinda stupid and more trouble than it was worth.
StClair
It seems like maybe it’s moved to being entirely performative, with full awareness on both sides and no real animosity behind it?
Which seems both pointless and exhausting, to me.
Demoted Oblivious
So… it’s like the rest of life?
Bathymetheus
I am happy for you that your life has no real animosity behind it.
You lucky bastard.
BBCC
It’s a bit. They’re both aware it’s a bit.
Sirksome
I guess Dotty kind of worked herself into a shoot then. But if it’s a bit and they both know it does that mean Becky’s gonna pick up her clothes? The rivalry may be an act but that’s a real mess.
Clif
Depends. Is it in the roommate agreement?
Spencer
Becky’s demonstrated an almost concrete tendency where every scenario that could lead to any kind of meaningful conversation has her dial it up to 11, presumably to avoid it. I think she’s trying to be funny here, though.
There was a really good post someone made a while back where they theorized Becky got this good at deflecting away from painful conversations due to living with Toedad. If someone’s angry, or has the potential to get angry, laughing it off is a pretty good way to signal to them that they don’t need to have this conversation with you.
Regalli
Her and Walky both, I’d bet.
Black
Seems unwise to piss off someone who simultaneously has access to both you AND a spare pillow while you sleep.
Hazel
Willis, I don’t know if this is just a normal thing that takes a while, but when you go back a page, the forward buttons are still grayed out even though the next page, this page, is up. Clicking the panel to move forward refreshes that page without directing to this one.
Hazel
Ah. I see it is fine immediately after posting this. Well, that’s embarrassing.
BBCC
Becky, you explained the joke
How could you
Wizard
“If you have to explain the joke, there is no joke!”
*knocks Becky out the window with a fish*
cbwroses
Was that a Joker reference from Batman the Animated Series?
If so, brava! *clap clap clap clap*
ValdVin
It was, and lots of applause follows.
Actually the commentary today seems to be about 80% of that Joker reference, which is what I expect of (the larger) us.
Josh Spicer
“Can we get back to
politicsJoe and Joyce?”Me, tearing: Please…?
cbwroses
+1 for a Hamilton reference.
Spencer
“Did somebody say Chaos” – guy from that new Final Fantasy
Josh Spicer
Highly topical, 4 stars, ace comment, 8/10.
Mister Gray
dorothy is bert and becky is ernie. I love bert and ernie.
SeanR
You’re a day late, and a letter short. Today’s comic is brought to you by the letter “L”.
Demoted Oblivious
Actually, it’s a dolor short, and that was me, a day early in fact.
Deanatay