I'm interested in the 'live like it's early 2020' bit; what do you mean there?
Slight correction: It is well known for doing nothing to the rich. A distinction as subtle as it is important...and telling.
I don't intend to be a negative Nancy about it all but I expect everything will fall through some crack or slip through some loophole or....just get looked away from, in the end. It's a pattern I've seen again and again with this man.
Now this, I can definitely see. Not to wax melancholic, but mine was an abnormal and truncated childhood, so I never found the comic personally relatable, and that might amount for the disconnect - it always came across as either outlandish and nonsensical (bordering on lolsorandumb) to faux-deep and mollycoddling of the reader's inner toddler that never seemed much more than condescending to me.
But in the context of cueing it through the hypothetical series of how a regular adult might reminisce about their own childhood, the nostalgic, near-wistful fondness I see for it makes a lot more sense, even if to me it feels saccharine and, dare I say, disingenuous.
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May not quite be alone but Becky Chambers' To Be Taught, If Fortunate has some very strong themes of isolation.
Again? I thought this happened already? What's different about this one?
What changed? I've always seen them as a cesspit but even from a distance I can tell they've gotten lots worse lately; been using since 2009 or so.
I don't know if this counts but I recently got roped into Flight Rising, a pet sim, and the forums there really capture the old-forum vibe.
"Shite" is kind of harsh, I'd say. It's not an awful strip. It's just made out to be much better than it really is. It's a single step above "run-of-the-mill".
Yeah, mea culpa on that. My phrasing was bad, but I edited the OP to clarify.
The comic itself isn't, but it's going to be merchandised to hell at first opportunity, is what I meant.
Calvin and Hobbes is not good.
It's not deep. It's not clever. It's not funny or timeless. On the contrary, it's very much of its time, and that time is getting further and further, not closer.
That being said, it's not BAD. It's poignant, sure. It's occasionally witty. But by and large it seems to be the Peanuts of Gen X-Z insofar as I've consigned myself to the likelihood of seeing these tired tropes and oversaturated characters and outdated observations for the rest of my life, drenched in commercialism, paraded in front of me against the creator's wishes, ad nauseum.
Edit: It's apparently worth clarifying what I meant here. The comic itself is not "drenched in commercialism", but the overhyped greatness of it (which is the crux of my undoubtedly unpopular opinion - and again, I dont think it's a BAD comic, necessarily, just overrated) will lead to this commercialisation as soon as the chance arises for shitty companies to defy the creator's will in pursuit of the almighty dollar, and I'm dreading this since I already see plenty of unwarranted (albeit not necessarily undeserved) C&H glorification as is.
We as a culture have had enough C&H. We can put it away now. Yes, just there, on the shelf next to edgy Alice in Wonderland reimaginings. Perfect, thanks.
original MMO
[types out an emote describing how my MUD character is laughing]
I'm not, but I'd love to visit after reading a book called Weapons of the Weak.
Oh wow, I forgot about khinsider!
We've hunted species to extinction for less. Why would this be any different?
I'm kinda surprised it took this long to see Pokémon mentioned.
Look man, I just reposted this from you know where 'cos I like BD and we need the content. Scream about reposting from there if you want.