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Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: mm on February 14, 2003, 07:57:54 AM: (https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.penny-arcade.com%2Fimages%2F2003%2F20030205l.gif&hash=d15a8c196568d1acc77c5ec3be22ca71a8fe7680)
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: project86 on February 14, 2003, 10:52:38 AM: Is it just me or was that just not all that funny? What gives mm?:crap:
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Kurt Angle on February 14, 2003, 11:20:11 AM: /me shrugs
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: MPTheory on February 14, 2003, 11:31:12 AM: Horrible stuff. Does that make any sense at all? what point are they trying to make?
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: mm on February 14, 2003, 12:31:01 PM: seems most people only know humor if the media tells them it is, or if its shoved down thier throats
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: project86 on February 14, 2003, 12:32:01 PM: No, I have a brain to call my own and that was just not funny man.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: GmanJoe on February 14, 2003, 12:40:46 PM: I like my troll baby and Olsen baby thread better. :p
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: project86 on February 14, 2003, 12:41:31 PM: That thread sucks worse than this one man!
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Bozco on February 14, 2003, 01:02:02 PM: Quote
Originally posted by mm
seems most people only know humor if the media tells them it is, or if its shoved down thier throats

Well I\'m proud that atleast you find it humorous.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Avatarr on February 14, 2003, 03:30:15 PM: don\'t worry emmy! I smirked!
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: SER on February 14, 2003, 04:02:51 PM: Um...... It was OK I guess. *actual quote thing is what gave me an eensy smile.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: SwifDi on February 14, 2003, 04:33:10 PM: I laughed...

... at the size of your penis.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: (e) on February 14, 2003, 04:37:20 PM: I think penny arcade is going downhill...

Tsk, not really funny.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: FatalXception on February 14, 2003, 07:41:51 PM: This last few months PA has been going down hill, yeah, they still have the odd gems, but they\'re becoming far to business and money oriented...

Their merchandising these days is something else, the phorums are down there for an "indefinite" period of time because of a hard spam attack, and that new cartoon style Gabe tried was just not my cup of tea.

On the other hand, this is one of their gems... I\'m pretty sure that all the electronic boutique\'s in the world have that handbook, and they actually have those lines in them... When I go there, go directly to the game I want, walk directly to the cash, pull out exact change (taxes accounted for), and stand like I\'m waiting to pee or something... it means I DON\'T WANT TO CHIT-CHAT! lol :rolleyes:
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: luckee on February 14, 2003, 07:52:50 PM: I guess it isnt amusing to me since I have never had that "problem" at any EB Ive been too. *shrugs*
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Living-In-Clip on February 14, 2003, 08:55:22 PM: *yawn* Penny Arcade has been lacking for almost a year now. Good thing I moved onto greener and funnier pastures, such as 8-Bit comics..etc.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: (e) on February 15, 2003, 12:26:31 AM: I\'ve never been to a EB now that I think of it.

ARe they really that annoying?
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: MPTheory on February 16, 2003, 12:47:42 PM: The EB crew do seem a little "weird", but that cartoon still lacks humor. And belive me, I dont need someone to tell me something is funny to find it funny myself. Or if something is just flat out stupid for that matter.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: (e) on February 16, 2003, 01:29:51 PM: I just came back from Costco, its a warehouse, you know sells stuff in bulk.

Anyway, Is this what EB is like?

I (my mom actually) was buying some food and shit.

This guy who was checking the food asks us; "What did you think of the Superbowl?" My mom, just looks at him funny and asks "It was alright.."

Then he just goes ON AND ON AND ON AND ON!!!! Asking these retarded questions. And since we bought about 400 dollars worth of food, we were in line for well about half an hour. I was seriously about to slap him.

When all the food was rang up, and paid for. The guy is still talking. I just look at my mom and lifted my eyebrows, and laughed.

We started walking away, and the guy yells "Alright, Guess I\'ll talk to you later Mrs. Gone!" ( he knew her last name from the reciept)

My mom just starts laughing.

Is that what its like? Because, if so I probably wont go to EB, ever.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Black Samurai on February 16, 2003, 02:00:37 PM: I thought it was funny. Maybe because I used to work there and the guys that are there now act just like that.

BTW, My two favorite PA strips.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.penny-arcade.com%2Fimages%2F2003%2F20030113l.gif&hash=9c0bf0f2b6698b89fa67b419123a75c653941458)
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: (e) on February 16, 2003, 03:24:44 PM: Those are good ones...

The one posted way above isnt.

Like I said, downhill.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Kenshin on February 17, 2003, 03:38:55 AM: Hahaha yeah penny arcade is great. Funny stuff from both gohan and mm. :laughing:
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: project86 on February 17, 2003, 03:46:06 AM: I guess that\'s why I found no humor in the PA mm had posted. I have connections at the EB here in Grand Rapids and they are pretty cool guys. I have never had the problems stated in that comic thus my reasons for not laughing.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Unicron! on February 17, 2003, 07:27:09 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Gohan
I thought it was funny. Maybe because I used to work there and the guys that are there now act just like that.

BTW, My two favorite PA strips.

(https://psx5central.com/community/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.penny-arcade.com%2Fimages%2F2003%2F20030113l.gif&hash=9c0bf0f2b6698b89fa67b419123a75c653941458)

I dont know if I get it.Because I dont find it very funny.Can someone explain?
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: FatalXception on February 17, 2003, 07:31:52 AM: You have to look at the facial expressionss. If there IS one thing that Gabe\'s still really good at, it\'s subtle facial expressions.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: project86 on February 17, 2003, 07:40:23 AM: Facial expressions or not, I guess I can’t find any humor in making light if some kid getting beat by his drunk mother with an extension cord.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: FatalXception on February 17, 2003, 07:59:04 AM: Perhaps if you don\'t look at a comic strip as a serious peice of work commenting on society, and just look at it as a comic strip?...
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: project86 on February 17, 2003, 08:02:05 AM: My case in point friend. I cannot consider any humor based on the disfunctionality of anothers life to be funny.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: Cyrus on February 17, 2003, 08:09:43 AM: Quote
Originally posted by project86
My case in point friend. I cannot consider any humor based on the disfunctionality of anothers life to be funny.

You mean you didnt laugh hysterically while watching mommy dearest? hmmm was it just me?
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: FatalXception on February 17, 2003, 08:21:19 AM: One of the points/types of humor is to make light of serious situations. If you start limiting yourself to non-offensive/controversial topics, that means religeous humor is out. No political satire for you. Nothing involving slapstick I guess, since people are hurt. Forget ever putting in hard-life situations, so no doonsbury/cathy/ziggy comics?

Did you watch Dogma? Half-Baked? The New Guy?

Don\'t take life too seriously, you\'ll never get out of it alive.
Title: yet another reaon why penny arcade > everything else
Post by: project86 on February 17, 2003, 08:23:27 AM: Right, thanks for the advice...