Strip176: How many of you didn't know what mescaline was?

Karazorel · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject:

OMG without the note we'd all just be scratching our heads.
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Mike · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject:

I would have probably been at Dave's desk being like "what the fuck?" "Put a news comment explaining that, cuz I'm fuckin' lost" blah blah blah.
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Parsifal · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject:

Not everyone got D.A.R.E. like we did I guess.

Ah, D.A.R.E....when children didn't know what mesc, ludes, pot, or blow were or what kinds of places they could score them, the police stepped in and told you /all/ about it.
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Dan · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:56 pm Post subject:

To be honest I was planing to do it as a news post.
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Mike · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject:

I believe ya.

And I know about Peyote and shit... I just didn't know wtf that salad was. I was like... "er?"
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Dave · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

Dan, here's something to keep in mind: If you have to explain the joke to me, chances are that a large amount of the readers will need an explanation as well.

Whenever Dee sends me a script, if I don't get it, he knows that the script risks not hitting with many of the readers. Sometimes an explanation's all that's needed. At others, he may need to redo the strip (can't recall the last time something that drastic was needed).

With that said, I thought you included the explanation specifically for me to post it with the strip for the very reasons I just pointed out. Instead, I find myself insulted :p
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Mike · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject:

Parsifal · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I knew mescaline...that salad thing, though?....That was a total audience *whiff*

Its like making a joke about crepe soles.
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Mike · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:01 pm Post subject:

Or obscure kung fu movies.
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Parsifal · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject:

Yeah, but this /is/ the internet. Obscure Kung-Fu movies are a Nerd thing, and Nerds /made/ this great wide internet which all the soccer moms are looking up recipes and lesbian porn on. If you talk about Godzilla or kung fu or games or whatever you're bound to get someone responding....its like throwing a plushie into a anime shop: you're likely to hit hentai.
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Mike · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:07 pm Post subject:

I'll admit. As a full blown carnivore, I had ZERO chance of understanding a salad joke. Any vegetarian who didn't know is a bad vegetarian, imo.

I think that strip would have owned my face off if I knew the stuff ahead of time.
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Dave · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:08 pm Post subject:

trebuchet · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:14 pm Post subject:

I got it Dan. You're cool. Too bad we can't just beam our words into people's heads. Instead, we have handicap ourselves with artists and the like. Rolling Eyes

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Dave · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:16 pm Post subject:

trebuchet · Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:18 pm Post subject:

OMG! Did I just say that out loud? Oops, my bad. Cool

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