Kai Dracon
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Next time, before you sneer at somebody who's a "nerd", "geek", or "retard" for embracing something fantastical, think of this first.
One of the truest commentaries ever.
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The Saddest Thing Ever (NSFW, NSF anyone, really)
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Next time, before you sneer at somebody who's a "nerd", "geek", or "retard" for embracing something fantastical, think of this first.
One of the truest commentaries ever.
Drinky Crow
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I still sneer at furries, sorry. You get boners from animal parts.
CajoleJuice
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You know, talking about sad things, over 150,000 people just died...
God's Hand
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Uh, whatever you just said has NOTHING to do with the comic. I see what point you're trying to get at, but this comic does not support it.Kaijima said:
Next time, before you sneer at somebody who's a "nerd", "geek", or "retard" for embracing something fantastical, think of this first.
One of the truest commentaries ever.
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
PuertoRicanJuice said:
Someone just got owned.
Drinky Crow
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but but but IMAGINATION IS GOOD WHICH EQUALS ITS OKAY IF PEOPLE PRETEND TO BE SPECIAL ANIMAL PEOPLE AND FUCK!!!!!
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
God's Hand said:
I don't even see what point he's going for. That it's ok to have imaginary friends?
HiroProtagonist
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Kaijima said:
Next time, before you sneer at somebody who's a "nerd", "geek", or "retard" for embracing something fantastical, think of this first.
One of the truest commentaries ever.
What are you talking about? Did you post the wrong strip by mistake?
Error Macro
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The last frame is kind of sad, because you remember Hobbes is just a stuffed animal. I don't know. Something like that. It made me kind of sad, anyway.
But then, I get sad at all sorts of shit. This week hasn't been especially happy either, what with all those poor people dying in the tsunami.
But then, I get sad at all sorts of shit. This week hasn't been especially happy either, what with all those poor people dying in the tsunami.
Mike Works
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I don't understand what the fuck is happening in that comic, in this thread, or anything. Why is the name blurred out?
Greenpanda
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When I clicked on this thread, Google showed me ads for furry conventions. I hope this doesn't get stored in some kind of data mining thing :[
Ned Flanders
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*scratches balls*
Mike Works
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I thnik your' drunk off fo Jsesus' WINESerafitia said:
I still don't understand why someone would fake a Calvin and Hobbes comic where Calvin's given drugs (medication) to allow him to focus on school work while depriving him of imagination and then (the author) blurs out his own name.
And what point the original poster is trying to make?
Mike Works
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They weened off his overimagination. At least that's what I'm getting. I still don't see any POINT at ALL.
CajoleJuice
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I'm with Mike Works on this. The original post makes no sense.
Drinky Crow
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The point, inasmuch as there *is* one, is that without that special imagination thing, Hobbes is just a stuffed tiger and Calvin is no longer focused on play but on study and responsibility. There's some secondary commentary about Ritalin in there, too.
How this is sad, least of all The Saddest Thing Ever (tm), I dunno. Given who posted it, I'd venture it's some sort of meta-commentary on how we edge forum types all try to bury our "fantastical" imaginations by refusing to acknowledge that the desire to be (or just simply bone) a bipedal cartoon animal in human clothing -- of all things -- is just another delightful quirk of human imagination that we should appreciate rather than condemn, no matter how utterly incongruous, desperate, or downright skin-crawling creepy it is.
Just because you can think of it and translate it into fantasy doesn't mean it should be okay with everyone. No, we reserve to right to mock you when your fantasies deviate from the norm and take on very eccentric and specific manifestations, such as when you start to pretend you're a horny Disney character or a talking winged lizard. Doesn't mean you can't continue to do it; rather, we just get to laugh at whatever sad little slice of screwed up psychology led you down the path to associating The Lion King with erections.
How this is sad, least of all The Saddest Thing Ever (tm), I dunno. Given who posted it, I'd venture it's some sort of meta-commentary on how we edge forum types all try to bury our "fantastical" imaginations by refusing to acknowledge that the desire to be (or just simply bone) a bipedal cartoon animal in human clothing -- of all things -- is just another delightful quirk of human imagination that we should appreciate rather than condemn, no matter how utterly incongruous, desperate, or downright skin-crawling creepy it is.
Just because you can think of it and translate it into fantasy doesn't mean it should be okay with everyone. No, we reserve to right to mock you when your fantasies deviate from the norm and take on very eccentric and specific manifestations, such as when you start to pretend you're a horny Disney character or a talking winged lizard. Doesn't mean you can't continue to do it; rather, we just get to laugh at whatever sad little slice of screwed up psychology led you down the path to associating The Lion King with erections.
Mike Works
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I could see how this could be depicted as sad if this was the last Calvin and Hobbes strip ever or something, but it's just some fake. This thread is stupid, I DEMAND ANSWERS
Ninja Scooter
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Kaijima said:
Chittagong
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Spiritreaver
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Whoa, I totally missed the point as well, I thought Calvin was writing a suicide note, and the transformation of Hobbes at the end was his reaction to the note, since he's looking right at the paper in the last panel. I dunno how I got that. I partially blame the comment the original poster made after the comic. Glad to know I'm way off though.
Chittagong
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Crispy said:
Yes. It means "a disaster by the nature". And looking at the list below it, it doesn't require lot to figure out what it means when there are many people of the same family name.
MrPing1000
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I know this is radical thinking but how about you just stop talking about it and people with stop caring/knowing
I love google. Are you the same Kaijima that wrote a big essai on furries? , also had a dragon (?!) related furry site describe as "The personal website of one Kaijima, it contains a large collection of well drawn images that focus mainly on dragons and inflated or plush furry morphs, although there is a huge variety of art to view. Also includes some stories", you also have a urban dictionnary entry about you
It seems that the previous urban dictionnary entry about you was
It seems that you are a furry artist too. The people from portal of evil seems to already had runs-in with you. You also had a live journal with furry fanfiction.
Word to the wise: Furries are very defensive and also aggressive about their thing. It's a very tight community and they do not hesitate to raid sites with anti-furry views, so I wouldnt be surprised if there was sudden jump of new members coming out to defend furrydom.
edit: the calvin cartoon was probably edited because its looks like photoshop edit. Notice how the writing seems to be in a different tone than the drawings. The author name was probably blurred bause its Kaijima or some other furry apologist
It seems that the previous urban dictionnary entry about you was
It seems that you are a furry artist too. The people from portal of evil seems to already had runs-in with you. You also had a live journal with furry fanfiction.
Word to the wise: Furries are very defensive and also aggressive about their thing. It's a very tight community and they do not hesitate to raid sites with anti-furry views, so I wouldnt be surprised if there was sudden jump of new members coming out to defend furrydom.
edit: the calvin cartoon was probably edited because its looks like photoshop edit. Notice how the writing seems to be in a different tone than the drawings. The author name was probably blurred bause its Kaijima or some other furry apologist
Mama Smurf
My penis is still intact.
DarthWufei said:
... :lol You're fucked up man.
I read it as being:
society wouldn't except calvin for who he was even though he was enjoying life, which is all that should matter. So he was forced on drugs so that he would be just like everyone else. This forces him to study and do well at school but at the cost of his own hapiness. A price not worth paying which has been forced upon him and because of it he loses his best friend. Which is sad.
what that has to do with geeks and nerds I don't know. I guess at the surface its just a message of, "let people be who they are and do what they enjoy without having to hide it away in the backs of their minds as a forgotten memory."
society wouldn't except calvin for who he was even though he was enjoying life, which is all that should matter. So he was forced on drugs so that he would be just like everyone else. This forces him to study and do well at school but at the cost of his own hapiness. A price not worth paying which has been forced upon him and because of it he loses his best friend. Which is sad.
what that has to do with geeks and nerds I don't know. I guess at the surface its just a message of, "let people be who they are and do what they enjoy without having to hide it away in the backs of their minds as a forgotten memory."
crestfallen
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in my opinion, the post of the comic was to convey what's happening to a lot of the kids today. they're being pushed away from using their imagination, from being creative, with drugs like Ritalin and over-diagnosing ADD and ADHD. they're supposed to be obedient and just a single part of the whole instead of standing out.
MrAngryFace
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Dice
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I don't see the problem or why it is completely sad. Imagination is good so maybe it's bad to say they killed Calvin's imagination and with it Hobbes, but imagination is not good when it interferes with the responsibilities of reality, so in a way it is also good. Overall I don't understand your point about geeks, or what you mean by "embracing something fantastical", so I can only speculate in my response.
Sure there is some element of beauty in the human imagination, but there is a greater beauty in love and protecting the humanity and physical/emotional health that carries it. So I would say it is better to use your imagination to envision a better world and then figure out how to bring it to pass in reality, not just fantasize as an escape or seclusion (which Calvin does in the comics, but he could learn better when he gets older).
This comic has no point to make against those who would disillusion some from living in fantasy aside from pure sentiment, which carries no value in making a right judgement. Though I would say it has something to say about prescribing medication for an overactive imagination before trying to teach a child how to master and utilize it. That said, I'd suspect you'd get plenty of jollies from watching Drop Dead Fred
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I'll also add that Hobbes--while created by Calvin's imagination--is not reflective of his imagination or the value of it, but rather his insecurity. What Calvin does with Hobbes is where his imagination and interpretation of the world is manifested and where his value as a unique person is brought to light, Hobbes himself is only something he creates in his mind to feel confident enough to act on it when no one else understands and joins him in his view of the world.
Inasmuch, while one may associate Hobbes with the beauty of a child's imagination and freedom from the pressure of social norms simply because he is present among them--he actually only exists because of everything that would supress them. So he is both an endearing representation of the noble resilience of Calvin's imagination and a sad representation of Calvin's insecurity to be himself in a world not so understanding or accepting of his imaginative mind.
Inasmuch, while one may associate Hobbes with the beauty of a child's imagination and freedom from the pressure of social norms simply because he is present among them--he actually only exists because of everything that would supress them. So he is both an endearing representation of the noble resilience of Calvin's imagination and a sad representation of Calvin's insecurity to be himself in a world not so understanding or accepting of his imaginative mind.
Coin Return
Loose Slot
I think you guys are over-analyzing this comic.
Catapult Beetle
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Is the reason everyone's saying this has to do with furries because of who posted it..? It seems clear to me that the point of the strip is that adults expect children to act like adults themselves, to the point of giving them mood-altering drugs. But by doing this, children are robbed of their childhood. And Calvin & Hobbes are used for this message because they're beloved characters.
But apparently because Hobbes is an anthropomorphic animal, it becomes a statement about furries? Is the original post an extension of some pre-existing thread or something, because I don't see where everyone is getting this from?
But apparently because Hobbes is an anthropomorphic animal, it becomes a statement about furries? Is the original post an extension of some pre-existing thread or something, because I don't see where everyone is getting this from?
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