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September 30, 2007

Nobody Said Anything Bad About Anybody Before The Internet

TODAY'S STRIP

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

BAD MANNERS???

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!

Sorry, but seeing Stantis whine that the internet is a bad thing because of bad manners I can't help but laugh. Porn? Spam? Those are NOTHING compared to Little Scotty Stantis getting his feelings hurt because people can go on the internet and voice their opinions as to how much he sucks as a comic strip writer. Now THAT'S funny.

This from a guy who uses his internet podcast to make fun of anyone he disagrees with. Ahem.

It's wonderful to be able to laugh reading today's Prickly City, even if it's not for the reason Stantis intended. Old Man Stantis is back to hating the eeevil technology - give him back his telegraph machine so he can send a morse code to everybody that they've been corrupted by science. Again, from a guy whose comic strip I would have never even seen if I didn't read it online since my local paper doesn't carry it.

Conservatives seem to hate technology, but then again they seem to hate everything new and different. Heck, Bill O'Reilly was shocked to find out that a restaurant run by black owners was no different from one run by white, yellow, blue, or green owners. If conservatives still think it's the 1950s when it comes to race, of course they're terrified of what something like the internet can do - especially when it comes to politics. The Republicans are waaaaay behind the left when it comes to using the "netroots" and the "blogosphere" in order to get their message out and help candidates get elected. So instead of catching up, they're acting like Stantis and whining about...bad manners (ha ha ha ha ha).

I like Stantis's reference to spam. This from a Republican whose party used old fashioned direct mail as one of the lynchpins to forming their political dynasty starting in the 80s and through the W administration. Republicans are the biggest assholes on the planet when it comes to sending people crap through the mail that they don't want - at least the spam I get on the internet goes away with a click of a button and not into a landfill somewhere.

And is Stantis really complaining about porn? Heck, if some of his conservative politicians would take care of their urges at home on the internet they wouldn't be bothering people at the airport men's room or molesting guys in their sleep. And lest we not forget, Stantis himself is the one who was sending people to a porn site via his strip.

I'm still trying to figure out Stantis's "witty" attempt at a visual gag by having the last few panels look pixelated, as if created on an old Commodore 64. At least I think that's what Stantis was going for, because to me it looks like Stantis just used big dots instead of straight lines to try and recreate that look. Um, why not draw it like you normally would and then have Toby or some other intern run it through Microsoft Paint and run the ol' pixelate filter there? Would take two seconds and actually look like it's been done by a computer instead of a lame attempt by an "artist" who can't draw in the first place.

I feel sorry for Stantis. Okay, let me be more specific since there are a LOT of reasons to feel sorry for the guy. But I'm sorry that he still feels this need to be afraid of the internet, and to bash it because he's not comfortable with it. Yeah, the internet has its problems - but what doesn't? The good advances far outweigh the bad. And whether Stantis likes it or not, the internet is making us smarter. Do we have to put up with spambots and viruses? Sure. But now if I want to educate my friend on something I just copy and paste a link and email it to her and moments later she's got it. Not sure why that's such a bad thing, but I guess to Old Man Stantis it was better back in the olden days when the mail carrier was lugging around the Fall Sears catalog so the family could pick out the new washboard they wish they could get momma if only the Depression would end.

Sorry Stantis, but I'm happy with putting up with porn and spam, just as long as I can continue express my bad manners by calling you a hack online whenever I can.

***UPDATE***

After our new friend "Shrubville Sucks" decided to bomb the comments section saying he's going to bring the website down, I decided to close the comments. Not that I care how he spends his Sunday nights - it's just that we get emailed every time someone posts a comment and I'm sicking of reading his childish posts. If he had something constructive to say that would be one thing, but saying you're never going to leave and bring the site down is just a waste of time.

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