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Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 20, 2009
Transcript:
Danae: ... so my theory is, all those social networking programs were designed by cabal of geeky guys to get everyone to mindlessly waste time and make our brains into easily controlled mush... Jeffrey: Umm... Danae: ... turning the entire world into their own twisted computer game! Jeffrey: O-o-o-kay... that's your most bizarre conspiracy yet... Danae: Oh, yeah? Watch this... @everyone: stand on your head. Jeffrey: Whoa! That worked even better than we thought! Danae: Wait... what do you mean, "we," Jeffrey? Jeffrey: Aw, dang... did I say that out loud?
johnnydoc5 about 15 years ago
Interesting! It would appear that those ridiculing the conspiracy theory the loudest are the perpetrators. Maybe the Kennedy assassination⊠nope, Iâd best not go there.
debra4life50 about 15 years ago
Ah! Gotta love those geeks. Score one for Jeffrey!
madKanga about 15 years ago
Jeffrey a megalomaniac intent on controlling the world? Most geeks have trouble controlling their own private universe.
Love where this is going.
carmy about 15 years ago
You messed up, Jeffrey!
nonsequitous about 15 years ago
The use of [the bleeep-word] [1] in the Nov 17 and 15 strips is extremely offensive to anyone with developmental disabilitiesâŠâ - wessexwarropr
Once again, we see Political Correctness defined by example in its most succinct form: Personal Offense By Proxy. Being offended on anotherâs behalf. Arrogating to oneself the authority to say what âisâ (direct quote) âextremely offensive to anyoneâ (emphasis mine).
The logic of this arrogance, of course, is that anyone with developmental disabilities is incapable of forming the thought processes necessary to decide for themselves whether or not they are offended by â well, by anything. They therefore need a guardian to decide for them, the poor disadvantaged creatures. They must be made to be victims and it must be made clear to them that they are to be taken care of in all regards, and they must never think that they can think for themselves. Rather, they must never think, period.
Of course, they ultimately benefit from this. More importantly, so do The Guardians, who have found A Purpose In Life â that of Being Right About Everything.
[1] Whatever the bleeep-word is, the software wouldnât tell us. Itâs being our Guardian, you see. Being a computer, it considers us developmentally disabled, and doesnât want us to think, so it will take care of what is offensive and what isnât.
Now donât you feel all safe and taken care of, little children?
âIgnorance is strengthâ - Ministry of Truth, where all the correct ideas come from
converses about 15 years ago
Nonsequitous - I think you mean Nov. 17 and 19, not the 15 and 17.
I have developmental disabilities, and there are plenty of us who find that the word âretardâ is not offensive. Disabled is more offensive because it implies an inability to do something. A definition of âretardâ states that a person has something that slows them down, or that the person has a delay.
Implying that everyone with learning handicaps is offended by those cartoons is terribly incorrect. You can speak for yourself all you want, but donât make a blanket statement.
I do not believe that Wileyâs intent is to offend anyone. Heâs writing Danaeâs script as a child her age would probably say things if the child were in her position.
lewisbower about 15 years ago
My brother was severely retarded. In the 50s there was no other word for it. âRetardâââslowâ, yes it fit
My mother lost one arm to Polio, yet went on to earn her PHD and can hang wallpaper. Donât you dare trying to give her a âhandicappedâ parking sticker
green_engineer about 15 years ago
Before another debate occursâŠnonsequitous was just quoting what someone had written the night before.
ANYWAY! - Nice to see Jeffrey again, (albeit the megalomaniac personality) ! Danaeâs going to want a piece of the world domination action nowâŠif you canât beat them, join them!
wndrwrthg about 15 years ago
Jeffery is just putting Danae on.
DolphinGirl78 about 15 years ago
Theyâre a match made in heaven!!!! Wish there had been a close-up of Jeffreyâs face when he got caught!
pearlandpeach about 15 years ago
I have been castigated in another stips comments for saying someing about what folks are typeing and wished they would quitâŠ.. but nonsetitous is just boringâŠiâll skip those rants in the future.
alan.gurka about 15 years ago
It was prophesized in the Bible: âThe geeks shall inherit the earth.â
bmwk12ltc about 15 years ago
I think green-engineer is almost right. In Danaeâs case itâs- if you canât beat them, Rule them! She will want to be their Queen.
wicky about 15 years ago
Great move, Jeffrey will, yet, rule the world, good boy!
GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago
Why am I not surprised that Jeffrey would be behind this?
lazygrazer about 15 years ago
Really fun stuffâŠcomics AND comments.
Potrzebie about 15 years ago
AGURKA, that passage from the book of Matthew should be revised to say:
âThe meek shall inherit the earth, for they are too week to refuse itâ
Varnes about 15 years ago
Maybe Jeffyâs right for danae, after allâŠ.Why is everyone half burried upside down? Isnât it hard to breath that way?
GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago
Danae and Jeffrey do appear to have the same goals in life, after all.
philboydjr about 15 years ago
And Pogo reminds usâŠâWe have met the enemy and he is usâ
johndh123 about 15 years ago
nonsequitous, I find your comment to be right on. (wanted to say, profound, but too much sucking up makes most of us cringe) Of course, in some circles you are diminshed simply by my kudos.
myltlpony about 15 years ago
The really scary part is itâs pretty much true, I think itâs time to do a shutdown and take Lucy for a ride.
MatureCanadian about 15 years ago
Fabulous storyline Wiley! Canât wait for tomorrow. Who are the âothersâ?
Wiley, I am going to need a bigger desk to hold all my calendars. Now that yours is out I must own it, also Rubes and Maxine. Oh what a dither!
MisngNOLA about 15 years ago
Converses, nonsequitous was making reply to another posted comment by a person who by proxy took offense to the word âretardâ, and not stating his own position. His point is very well taken, and your comment backs up his premise.
treered about 15 years ago
itâs the real quiet ones you have to watch out forâŠ. canât wait to see whatâs next!
nonsequitous about 15 years ago
âI have been castigated in another stips comments for saying someing about what folks are typeing and wished they would quitâ
Say it ainât so!
âbut nonsetitous is just boringâ
If everyone told me I was funny, Iâd know I really was boring, so Iâd pretty much be forced to shoot my computer, then myself.
nonsequitous - no sequitionist I
nonsequitous about 15 years ago
ânonsequitous, I find your comment to be right on. (wanted to say, profound, but too much sucking up makes most of us cringe)â
âRight onâ is better. Nobody likes excessive polysyllabification, o astute admirer of my miserable attempts at drollery.
âOf course, in some circles you are diminshed simply by my kudos.â
To paraphrase my great-grandfather
http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/4192
I would not join any club that would not have me for a member.
SClark55 about 15 years ago
Well, Wiley is ez enough to find on Facebook, so @least we know he does his work based on personal experienceâŠ.
Ushindi about 15 years ago
I donât think this is a true story - I didnât stand on MY head when Danae pressed âenterâ. Did YOU guys?
Trebor39 about 15 years ago
Neither did I , but the world does look strangely upside down now
Yakety Sax about 15 years ago
âweâ as in Jeffrey and Lars from Mars! How soon we forget.
nonsequitous about 15 years ago
The twitterrorization of the English language.
Did you know you could âfavoriteâ todayâs comic strip in your usoid profile on gocomics.com? Just button your mouse on over there and and clicker it right into the favoriters box with your cursing arrow. Better do it recenter rather than too lately.
nonsequitous about 15 years ago
nonsequitous - is your great grandfather really Groucho Marx?
Actually, no, he was the great grandfather of ⊠my wife ⊠Morgan Fairchild! Yeah, thatâs it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLyyPCbxnIU
Sorry, the devil made me do it. I only wish I was related to that family. You should read âHarpo Speaksâ. What a wonderful life they had. Nobody could have asked for a better one. Harpo used to hang out at the Algonquin Round Table sometimes with the likes of Dorothy âif you canât say anything nice, sit next to meâ Parker. To have been a fly on that wallâŠ
NoBrandName about 15 years ago
JAD, how do you know thatâs what it means? From what Iâve heard and seen, any given Bible verse can be interpreted to mean pretty much whatever anybody wants it to mean.
JP Steve Premium Member about 15 years ago
nonsequitous, your comments are a riot, but sometimes confusing â did you really mean to reverse the meaning of Grouchoâs quote?
âI would not join any club that would not have me for a member.â
Both ways drip irony!
nonsequitous about 15 years ago
nonsequitous, your comments are a riot, but sometimes confusing â did you really mean to reverse the meaning of Grouchoâs quote?
Please donât ask me to explain my posts, because Iâll probably just lie to you anyway. You saw what I said about being Grouchoâs great granddaddy, dinât ya?
Iâm really sorry if my posts are sometimes confusing. Thatâs my story and ⊠etc.
Anyway, you think itâs confusing for you âŠ
JanLC about 15 years ago
NoBrandName: Meanings of individual words are easy to find. There are dictionaries of other languages than English. When you are looking up words in the bible, a good concordance (such as Strongâs) is excellent for providing meaning and context in the original languages. As for being able to interpret the Bible any old way you want to, you just go ahead and do that. Most of us know that a great deal of the Bible is meant to be taken absolutely literally, and where the language is symbolic or metaphorical, it is clearly stated as being so.
johndh123 about 15 years ago
Joe Allen Doty said, 2 days ago
âChapters and verses didnât even exist in in any Bible until the latter 1590s.â
Damn! And I thought I had a good memory! ~winks~
James Lindley Premium Member about 15 years ago
Sheâs onto us.