Topic: Webcomics that aren't MSPA (Read 115669 times)

Sharkey · « **Reply #1340 on:** October 11, 2012, 11:17:34 AM »

I kept thinking there must be some more subtle joke or reference that I was missing there, but then I remembered that I was reading PA.

Classic · « **Reply #1341 on:** October 11, 2012, 11:34:34 AM »

I think the joke is explained or elaborated upon in the news feed.
...
But finding that joker image would take effort.

TA · « **Reply #1342 on:** October 11, 2012, 11:58:57 AM »

Quote from: Büge on October 11, 2012, 10:38:32 AM

Furries, am I right, guys?

While we're at the cutting edge of comedy, let's go check out Maddox and watch a Strongbad email.

Check your privilege, Buge. Otherkin are being oppressed every day.

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #1343 on:** October 11, 2012, 12:02:28 PM »

I thought furry was anthropomorphized animal, and otherkin was believing you're your favorite video game character / a dragon with more genitals than most entire species.

A² · « **Reply #1344 on:** October 11, 2012, 01:21:11 PM »

Quote from: Beat Bandit on October 11, 2012, 12:02:28 PM

I thought furry was anthropomorphized animal, and otherkin was believing you're your favorite video game character / a dragon with more genitals than most entire species.

Otherkin is specifically "I believe I am an animal". There's a name for the videogame/anime one, Otakukin. AnimeNewsnetwork did a thing on them once, and then did 3 more things on them when people wrote in screaming insults that how dare they insinuate that their belief that they're realling Naruto or Kenshin or Goku is complete batshit insanity and when their powers awaken they were going to get so mad at them.

Welcome to the internet: Everyone is crazy.

Ziiro · « **Reply #1345 on:** October 11, 2012, 01:23:01 PM »

Furry: People who identify as a furry because they like the "culture" - be it the porn or dressing up in a fursuit.
Otherkin: People who feel like they are not human. They have the soul/spirit of a fantasy thing/animal/video game character(I'm serious. Warning: Encyclopedia Dramatica Link)

Obvious there's overlap. But they're separate groups.

On another note: I read that whole blog post, TA.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #1346 on:** October 11, 2012, 02:08:50 PM »

If you substitute "otherkin" for "furry" it doesn't really make Buge's post less accurate.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #1347 on:** October 11, 2012, 02:23:06 PM »

... honestly I thought it was just a goofy comic playing with the absurdity of a masculine soldier in a sobering situation coming to terms with who he feels he really is, and not really a mean-spirited jab of any sort.

Zaratustra · « **Reply #1348 on:** October 11, 2012, 02:29:29 PM »

this is what the downfall of roleplaying games has caused

now everyone thinks they need to BE something to ACT like that thing

Classic · « **Reply #1349 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:06:24 PM »

Prevent Zara's bleak, bleak future, support buggy isometric single player RPGs:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidian/project-eternity

Speaking of Buge's post gaiz
Strong Bad Email: Japanese Cartoon

Zaratustra · « **Reply #1350 on:** October 11, 2012, 03:37:07 PM »

I mean actual roleplaying games where you pretend to be another person

not computer roleplaying games where you pretend to be a game piece with an axe

Beat Bandit · « **Reply #1351 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:08:15 PM »

Quote from: Zaratustra on October 11, 2012, 02:29:29 PM

now everyone thinks they need to BE something to ACT like that thing

The real problem is everyone thinks they declare themselves something that's what they are, regardless of how they act.

Somewhere along the line getting whatever you want through hard work became being entitled to everything you want. Even if you clearly do not possess any of the required attributes.

TA · « **Reply #1352 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:12:11 PM »

Are you denying the validity of self-identification, Beat? Telling a transwoman that just because she identifies as a woman, she's a dude? Because that's exactly the same as Otherkin.

EXACTLY the same.

Lottel · « **Reply #1353 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:12:29 PM »

Somewhere along the line "I like raccoons" became "I am a raccoon."
And that became "I am a raccoon and if you don't believe that, you're persecuting me."

Mongrel · « **Reply #1354 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:26:56 PM »

The main thing I took from Buge's post is that furries are a meme which will go away once their five minutes are up.

Er... wait.

Brentai · « **Reply #1355 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:50:51 PM »

Raccoon In Name Only.

Classic · « **Reply #1356 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:56:41 PM »

Did you guys just become old and conservative enough to actually care about otherkin and other "signs of degradation" in our social fabric?

Niku · « **Reply #1357 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:59:37 PM »

Quote from: Brentai on October 11, 2012, 04:50:51 PM

Raccoon In Name Only.

no those are the ones with the big horns

Mongrel · « **Reply #1358 on:** October 11, 2012, 05:05:59 PM »

Interestingly, Raccoons have a huge population in Toronto and have even been used as a city mascot by particularly cheeky companies.

Starr and I call them "City Counsellors". That's probably a bit insulting to the raccoon though.

Royal☭ · « **Reply #1359 on:** October 11, 2012, 05:08:12 PM »

Quote from: Classic on October 11, 2012, 04:56:41 PM

Did you guys just become old and conservative enough to actually care about otherkin and other "signs of degradation" in our social fabric?

I don't think anyone here is at all concerned that otherkin are "signs of degradation." Nor would any of us concern our time with the composure of the social fabric. For most of us, the fascination with otherkin lies along the lines of "Oh are you serious?"

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