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| 00:19:34 [nathanbp] | Hey I don't even have a DeCSS t-shirt! |
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| 00:20:33 [nathanbp] | so I'm not really sure how I could buy "another" shirt |
| 00:21:36 [Pipian] | You didn't have a De-AACS shirt? |
| 00:22:52 [nathanbp] | no |
| 00:22:59 [Pipian] | Okay then |
| 00:23:05 [Pipian] | Then I don't know what Sam was talking about |
| 02:40:08 [Puyopuyo] | !pointer |
| 02:40:08 [Sacchi] | http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-09.html#T2-40-8 |
| 02:40:39 [Puyopuyo] | ...you don't? |
| 02:40:43 [Puyopuyo] | I could've sworn that you did. |
| 02:41:09 [nathanbp] | nope |
| 02:41:12 [Puyopuyo] | Huh |
| 02:41:14 [Puyopuyo] | Well, sorry then |
| 03:09:56 [Puyopuyo] | For Jenn: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=7e60e5e01bb8fc852e1b3ace91d13743 |
| 03:47:47 [Puyopuyo] | http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-08/keroro-gunso/sgt-frog-tv-anime-ending-in-march <- Well Nathan, maybe they'll finally start catching up. |
| 04:00:38 [Puyopuyo] | Side for Jenn: I presume you've heard about The Wii Play? |
| 04:00:40 [Puyopuyo] | *Plays? |
| 04:00:51 [Puyopuyo] | (Man, I'm just queueing up on Sacchi.) |
| 04:19:33 [gadgetgrl] | !pointer |
| 04:19:33 [Sacchi] | http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-09.html#T4-19-33 |
| 04:20:13 [gadgetgrl] | just recently ran into them (today in fact)( |
| 04:20:22 [Puyopuyo] | ? |
| 04:21:09 [gadgetgrl] | wii plays |
| 04:21:13 [gadgetgrl] | and ha! |
| 04:21:16 [Puyopuyo] | Ah |
| 04:21:19 [gadgetgrl] | i wonder how many were due to people stupidity |
| 04:36:59 [Puyopuyo] | Well, that was annoying, but I once again have a twitter account. Now I will let it languish. |
| 04:51:19 [Pipian] | Why would you do that to yourself |
| 04:51:43 [Puyopuyo] | So that I may win free stuff on occasion. |
| 04:52:07 [Puyopuyo] | Is it marketing? Sure. Would I have bought it anyway? Depending on the product, probably! |
| 04:52:14 [Puyopuyo] | Do I have followers? Absolutely not! |
| 04:52:17 [Puyopuyo] | I ruin the machine! |
| 05:03:04 [Pipian] | how dare you |
| 05:03:15 [Pipian] | don't you understand the intricacies of social networks |
| 05:04:15 [Puyopuyo] | Eh. I'm tired of the internet. It'll have to go. |
| 05:47:31 [Pipian] | Okay |
| 05:47:33 [Pipian] | That's it |
| 05:47:35 [Pipian] | xkcd |
| 05:47:39 [Pipian] | you're off my bookmarks |
| 05:47:50 [Puyopuyo] | My thought exactly. |
| 05:47:57 [Puyopuyo] | I went back two comics to see if there was anything redeeming. |
| 05:48:08 [Puyopuyo] | I know I'm bored when I check XKCD. |
| 05:48:13 [Puyopuyo] | But...wow. That's the end. |
| 05:49:12 [Pipian] | I mean |
| 05:49:27 [Pipian] | It's pretty bad when even Megatokyo can justify staying on my list without being visited |
| 05:49:40 [Pipian] | While xkcd actually manages to make me make the effort to take it off |
| 05:49:40 [nathanbp] | It'll still take them quite a while to finish subbing it, Sam |
| 05:50:36 [nathanbp] | ...wow xkcd. |
| 05:50:57 [Puyopuyo] | It's true. |
| 05:51:01 [Puyopuyo] | But there will be more for us. |
| 06:38:49 [gadgetgrl] | i really dont' see why the strong reaction to this weeks |
| 06:39:04 [gadgetgrl] | er...today's |
| 06:39:48 [Puyopuyo] | A webcomic of romance, |
| 06:39:48 [Puyopuyo] | sarcasm, math, and language. |
| 06:39:53 [gadgetgrl] | i would even consider it a the x axis on my sine wave of love/hate |
| 06:40:17 [Puyopuyo] | In many ways, this strip is kind of demonstrative of the slow hate many people have been developing for the comic. |
| 06:40:19 [gadgetgrl] | it's the slice of life category |
| 06:40:53 [Puyopuyo] | Really Jenn? |
| 06:41:24 [Puyopuyo] | I'm kind of scared of your life then... |
| 06:41:49 [Puyopuyo] | Or to clarify, I don't think this sort of conversation EVER comes up. |
| 06:43:00 [Puyopuyo] | From the bio nerd direction, they understand how breasts work. From the sexually perverse fetishist who DOESN'T understand how breasts work, to stare at a woman and think that, only to be impressed when said woman calls you out...that's very creepy. |
| 06:43:49 [Puyopuyo] | I don't know, maybe the joke resonates better with you because the subject matter isn't so underlyingly socially taboo. |
| 06:44:41 [Puyopuyo] | I think I'm failing to express myself well as well. I should have gotten more sleep... |
| 06:44:46 [gadgetgrl] | the thing is, the joke has been done soooo many times before |
| 06:44:51 [gadgetgrl] | in almost the same matter |
| 06:44:53 [gadgetgrl] | it's just pointless |
| 06:45:17 [gadgetgrl] | it's very creepy..but it's xkcd |
| 06:45:31 [Pipian] | That's not an excuse |
| 06:45:43 [gadgetgrl] | on the scale of creepy, this isn't as bad as the stalker ones, or unrequited love ones.... |
| 06:46:09 [gadgetgrl] | but it's not surprising either |
| 06:47:01 [Puyopuyo] | I don't think in some ways, it's very surprising. The comic has gone from as bad as "creepy stalker" to "Milking breasts" |
| 06:47:06 [Puyopuyo] | It's kind of setting a new bar. |
| 06:47:31 [gadgetgrl] | see, creepy stalked is more of a warning of worse things to come, than mentioning breasts |
| 06:48:00 [Puyopuyo] | Mentioning breasts isn't what bothers me about the comic. |
| 06:48:34 [Puyopuyo] | It's specifically the "Guy sits and stares at woman, woman makes offhand comment about her breasts, punchline is 'SHE READ MY MIND'" |
| 06:48:44 [gadgetgrl] | but when you think of movies like the fockers (or some other ben stiller movie) where they mention milking a cat or such...that's almost as bad and mainstream |
| 06:48:56 [gadgetgrl] | true... |
| 06:49:05 [gadgetgrl] | but we already knew he's mentally off |
| 06:49:09 [Pipian] | The real punchline is in the tooltip |
| 06:49:10 [Pipian] | i.e. |
| 06:49:11 [Puyopuyo] | Who's "he"? |
| 06:49:17 [Pipian] | "guys only think about breasts har har" |
| 06:49:30 [Puyopuyo] | But that in its own way is somewhat stalkery. |
| 06:49:33 [gadgetgrl] | right |
| 06:49:39 [Puyopuyo] | I kind of assume stalkers are people who half live in their own ehads. |
| 06:49:53 [Puyopuyo] | Concocting some ridiculous fantasy about their target. |
| 06:50:01 [Puyopuyo] | And in some ways, this is rather similar. |
| 06:50:02 [gadgetgrl] | like milking their breasts |
| 06:50:14 [gadgetgrl] | right, so this is on par |
| 06:50:25 [Puyopuyo] | With the stalker comics? Yeah, I'll agree with that. |
| 06:50:41 [Puyopuyo] | But I think my tolerance of stalker comments has finally expired. |
| 06:50:44 [Puyopuyo] | Er, comics. |
| 06:50:48 [gadgetgrl] | ah, okay |
| 06:51:01 [gadgetgrl] | his other ones, i felt, were much more directed |
| 06:51:15 [gadgetgrl] | this is much more...trying to take off of other breast jokes |
| 06:51:17 [gadgetgrl] | and failing |
| 06:51:48 [Puyopuyo] | That also hurts it. |
| 06:51:53 [Puyopuyo] | Because it tries to utilize a mainstream joke... |
| 06:52:05 [Puyopuyo] | And in addition to being one of his stalker-style comics, FAILS TO MAKE IT WORK. |
| 06:52:20 [Puyopuyo] | So it's just this horribly awkward "why did I read that?" sort of feeling. |
| 06:52:50 [Puyopuyo] | And the other thing is that I think the running assumption when Ben Stiller movies are watched is that you're watching a sort of mindless comedy. |
| 06:52:59 [gadgetgrl] | besides his data visualizations ones, that's kind of the general sentiment |
| 06:53:10 [gadgetgrl] | true...they're supposed to be plain stupid |
| 06:53:12 [Puyopuyo] | Whereas XKCD has tried to bill itself as a little more techy, a little more sciencey. Guess that just wasn't working anymore. |
| 06:53:25 [gadgetgrl] | he hasn't been techy/sciency for a while now |
| 06:53:31 [Puyopuyo] | It's true. |
| 06:53:55 [Puyopuyo] | But I think this is a pretty good comic for the people who read it as a techy/sciency comic to reevaluate if it's really worth continuing to read. |
| 06:54:13 [Puyopuyo] | ...though I am somewhat inclined to check the XKCD forums and see how the "true fans" justify it. |
| 06:55:53 [Pipian] | True fans will justify anything |
| 06:56:19 [Pipian] | The most vocal ones probably justify it through objectifying women. |
| 06:56:39 [gadgetgrl] | omg he's so much like penny arcade wahhahaha |
| 06:56:48 [gadgetgrl] | should start that flame war in the forus |
| 06:56:49 [gadgetgrl] | forums |
| 06:57:49 [Puyopuyo] | I don't think it'll work. |
| 06:58:32 [Puyopuyo] | I read the forum comments on the thread...most of them are arguing over who made the first topic for the comic. |
| 06:59:29 [gadgetgrl] | :/ |
| 06:59:39 [Puyopuyo] | ...oh, and the other series of comments are "WHY DID HER LEGS VANISH IN PANEL 3?" |
| 06:59:59 [Puyopuyo] | Well, back to doing someone else's logic homework. |
| 07:00:39 [Pipian] | Night |
| 07:01:40 [Puyopuyo] | Night. |
| 07:01:46 [Puyopuyo] | * Puyopuyo shrugs. |
| 07:01:47 [gadgetgrl] | night |
| 07:02:02 [Puyopuyo] | Clearly Jenn, you must suggest a webcomic that makes the channel feel less creeped out. |
| 07:04:10 [gadgetgrl] | it has to be a webcomic? |
| 07:04:17 [gadgetgrl] | b/c my initial reaction is chi's sweet home :p |
| 07:04:27 [gadgetgrl] | phd comic! |
| 07:04:49 [gadgetgrl] | http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php |
| 07:05:10 [gadgetgrl] | my fav is a few days back...professor trading cards |
| 07:06:36 [Puyopuyo] | Ha ha. That's amusing. |
| 13:45:55 [Pipian] | Nathan won't appreciate them though! |
| 14:10:53 [nathanbp] | Ouch. |
| 15:39:46 [Puyopuyo] | !pointer |
| 15:39:46 [Sacchi] | http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-09.html#T15-39-46 |
| 16:18:29 [gadgetgrl] | !pointer |
| 16:18:29 [Sacchi] | http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-09.html#T16-18-29 |
| 16:19:07 [gadgetgrl] | ya know, they applied in undergrad too, surprisingly |
| 16:20:00 [Puyopuyo] | ??? |
| 16:20:01 [Pipian-Lab] | To an extent, yeah. |
| 16:20:14 [Pipian-Lab] | But Nathan is no longer in either so |
| 16:20:25 [Puyopuyo] | Oh. |
| 16:20:29 [Puyopuyo] | Yes, Nathan is a working man. |
| 16:22:06 [Puyopuyo] | ...I'm inclined to make a Neil Young song reference, but as Ian's brother is the only one who would get it... |
| 16:23:07 [Pipian-Lab] | I'd probably get it anyway |
| 16:24:10 [Puyopuyo] | Do you know the song Tonight's the Night? |
| 16:24:28 [Puyopuyo] | As I was going to ask if Nathan sung songs as a direct follow up to him being a working man. |
| 16:25:15 [Pipian-Lab] | Not off the top of my head |
| 16:28:55 [Puyopuyo] | There we go, I suppose. |
| 17:51:53 [Puyopuyo] | http://twitpic.com/3xwe6h <- Wow. Nice. Getting the Sony advertising actor to retweet the key. |
| 17:53:42 [Pipian-Lab] | Yeah. |
| 17:53:48 [Pipian-Lab] | Count down to reprimand |
| 17:54:10 [Puyopuyo] | It got taken down immediately. |
| 17:54:25 [Pipian-Lab] | Can't say I'm surprised |
| 20:54:18 [Puyopuyo] | !pointer |
| 20:54:18 [Sacchi] | http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-02-09.html#T20-54-18 |
| 20:59:12 [Pipian-Lab] | Yep |
| 20:59:17 [Pipian-Lab] | Exciting stuff since you left |
| 21:01:21 [Puyopuyo] | Indeed. |
| 22:35:59 [Puyopuyo] | Hrm. I think AIM died on me. |
| 22:36:16 [gadgetgrl] | you're back according to mine |
| 22:36:34 [Puyopuyo] | Yeah, no sooner do I complain than I respawn. |
| 22:37:03 [Puyopuyo] | Oh COME ON. |
| 22:37:46 [Puyopuyo] | Have a fun article: http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2011/02/super-nintendo-snes-games-that-pushed-the-limits-graphics-soun.html |
| 23:32:52 [Puyopuyo] | ....son of a. |
| 23:33:12 [Puyopuyo] | Ugh, gotta fucking find the right package for my new graphics card to get Debian to work in graphical mode again. |