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Simple? The sample I linked above shows Calvin's dad running a bizarre lie on his own son. It's not the only time he's done it and his pleasure is blatantly tinged with sadism. Do people actually read these things before judging them? @zine @nerthos @lambadalambda
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Why do people like Calvin & Hobbes so much? Is it an American thing? Like reading Ayn Rand?
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@lambadalambda Love Calvin & Hobbes ever since the first issue of "Serieparaden" (Comics Parade Magazine) came out in 198x, with Calvin & Hobbes, Larson, Gary Clark's "Swamp" and more.
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@clacke Looks like it's just me, then.
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@lambadalambda It has pop-philosophy, nerdiness and a fluffy best friend who is always there for you even when you're stupid. It's about a boy who is struggling to understand the demands from society, the stupid things adults do and girls, and flees into science-fantasy to make sense of it all, just like me.
What's not to like?
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@nerthos Maybe that's the reason I don't get it. It's not that it's bad, but it just seems like rather obvious witty observations. Not as bad as xkcd by a long shot, though.
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@lambadalambda Guess you just weren't a Calvin when you were a boy, or, alternatively, you don't take pleasure in reading about people who are like you.
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@lambadalambda @nerthos Dude. It's for twelve-year-olds who miss the time when they were six and life wasn't so complicated. I don't read it much now, because now it's just "yeah, that's life". Back then, it was revelation. "YES, EXACTLY!".
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@clacke @nerthos That might explain why I don't get it, because I never read it as a child.
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@lambadalambda @nerthos I think that's it.
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@lambadalambda @nerthos @clacke I bet you didn't read ayn rand as a child either
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@somercet @nerthos Nothing, I just don't understand why people love it so much. It seems like just a good comic to me.
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@shpuld @lambadalambda @nerthos It was my go-to rape fiction when I was seven.
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@lambadalambda @somercet @nerthos You think it's "just good" now. Back in 1985 it was THE BOMB. The alternatives were Beetle Bailey and enwp.org/91:an_%28comic_strip%29 .
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@somercet @lambadalambda @nerthos @zine That's "haha, that's so random" humor.
I like C&H because it's like coming home. I don't think there's a single strip I could point to and say "oh wow, lambda, come look at this, isn't that the most amazing strip ever?!".
Hyperactive six-year-old slice of life.
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Like the time he told Calvin he was purchased at Kmart and Calvin freaked? Or told him they were just going to leave the Christmas, undecorated, in the garage? https://shitposter.club/attachment/492147 @clacke @nerthos @lambadalambda @zine
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This strip is odd, since the "punch line" is all in the poem's build-up; the rest is denouement. @clacke @nerthos @lambadalambda @zine https://shitposter.club/attachment/492163
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@somercet @lambadalambda @nerthos @zine Haha, that's so random! Telling the kid he's from the supermarket just to mess with him and/or avoid having to talk about flowers and bees.
It's funny because we love Calvin and his dad, and dad's little mind games that nobody really knows why he is playing. Maybe he's a brilliant skeptic, who is training his kid's critical thinking? Who knows. But it makes you want to be a dad. >:->
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@somercet @lambadalambda @nerthos @zine #candhexplained
It's sweet that he's such an upstanding citizen that he follows the rules to the dot, even though he is playing a game in his own fantasy world and looks like a total weirdo to Suzy doing it. Gotta appreciate the dedication. Also, Calvinball is so random!
As for myself, I have made deals with gods I don't believe in mostly for fun, and followed the deal even though I really would have been happier not doing it, just because whatever I wanted to happen came true. Certain types of brains enjoy rules and following them.
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@somercet @clacke @nerthos @zine I don't even get what this is about.
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@lambadalambda @somercet @nerthos @zine Calvin. Also, to some extent: Hobbes.
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@lambadalambda @somercet @nerthos @zine Calvin can be very melodramatic.
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