I can never stop myself from reading Pluggers, and I’m always annoyed at this comic’s attempts to make ignorance endearing. This particular episode, like many, tries to use ignorance of technology to incite some kind of nostalgic feeling of prestige in those people who take pride in their adherence to the ways of the ‘good old days’. When one reads this comic one is expected think “Ah yes, I remember the days before teleprompters. Mm hm, those were the times. Blah blah media corporations now, blah kids today, etc.” However there is a delicious nugget of irony that Brookins seems to have missed: A person who is so technologically impaired that they can’t even handle a teleprompter is arguing AGAINST CLEAN ENERGY. That is, a person with apparently no credibility on the subject of technology is arguing against clean energy. If this were my first time reading Pluggers I would think Brookins was using this irony deliberately to promote clean energy and brand its adversaries as ‘scientific ignoramuses’. Alas, I’ve read the strip before and I know better. The anti-clean-energy-speaker may even be an attempt at pandering to the probably-conservative Pluggers readership; a cherry on top of their nostalgic feeling of nobility. I don’t hate you Brookins, and I don’t hate you stereotypical-Pluggers-fan: just everything that you strive to glorify.
He has a guy reading his speech to him. If he can’t use a teleprompter for some reason, can he not just put the paper on his podium and read it himself?
I don’t know why they even bother to have these so-called “Town Hall Meetings”. In the end, the people “in charge” (which are usually politicians) just do whatever the hell they want anyway whether it’s what the public wants or not . . . and it’s usually through higher-than-ever taxes too.
What, exactly, at a sewage treatment plant would you use the solar power for? The antimicrobial chemicals added to decontaminate the water, or the precipitant chemicals added afterward to clear the water?
@tedcoop No audience member in any town hall meeting has ever used a teleprompter. Even in presidential debates we see them read their questions from note cards. So if you’re right about the audience member being the speaker, then a comic about his lack of a teleprompter doesn’t make any sense. The only person who could potentially use a teleprompter is the speaker at the front, which is why I had to assume that the audience member (maybe an aid or something) was reading his speech to him. Having someone read his speech to him aloud is ridiculous as well though because he could just put the paper on his podium, so I’m not sure what’s supposed to be going on. You have to admit, though, that only an imbecile would need his speech read aloud to him from a piece of paper. That’s why I assumed the speaker was ignorant.
EarlWash over 13 years ago
When I was a kid, our Solar-Powered SewageTreatment Plant was the barn yard.
ironclownfish over 13 years ago
I can never stop myself from reading Pluggers, and I’m always annoyed at this comic’s attempts to make ignorance endearing. This particular episode, like many, tries to use ignorance of technology to incite some kind of nostalgic feeling of prestige in those people who take pride in their adherence to the ways of the ‘good old days’. When one reads this comic one is expected think “Ah yes, I remember the days before teleprompters. Mm hm, those were the times. Blah blah media corporations now, blah kids today, etc.” However there is a delicious nugget of irony that Brookins seems to have missed: A person who is so technologically impaired that they can’t even handle a teleprompter is arguing AGAINST CLEAN ENERGY. That is, a person with apparently no credibility on the subject of technology is arguing against clean energy. If this were my first time reading Pluggers I would think Brookins was using this irony deliberately to promote clean energy and brand its adversaries as ‘scientific ignoramuses’. Alas, I’ve read the strip before and I know better. The anti-clean-energy-speaker may even be an attempt at pandering to the probably-conservative Pluggers readership; a cherry on top of their nostalgic feeling of nobility. I don’t hate you Brookins, and I don’t hate you stereotypical-Pluggers-fan: just everything that you strive to glorify.
ironclownfish over 13 years ago
He has a guy reading his speech to him. If he can’t use a teleprompter for some reason, can he not just put the paper on his podium and read it himself?
momazilla over 13 years ago
The grass is greener over the septic tank, ‘cause that’s the only place that still has water. (we’re into the third month of drought.)
Gretchen's Mom over 13 years ago
I don’t know why they even bother to have these so-called “Town Hall Meetings”. In the end, the people “in charge” (which are usually politicians) just do whatever the hell they want anyway whether it’s what the public wants or not . . . and it’s usually through higher-than-ever taxes too.
comicnut4636 over 13 years ago
Why not? The politicians will supply a LOT of fuel.
tedcoop over 13 years ago
What, exactly, at a sewage treatment plant would you use the solar power for? The antimicrobial chemicals added to decontaminate the water, or the precipitant chemicals added afterward to clear the water?
Sillstaw over 13 years ago
Don’t have any actual arguments to make? Just show somebody finishing a speech and everybody will think you’re right! That’s the Plugger way!
(Also, ha ha, Pluggers are… um… too poor to afford teleprompters? Is that the joke?)
ironclownfish over 13 years ago
@tedcoop No audience member in any town hall meeting has ever used a teleprompter. Even in presidential debates we see them read their questions from note cards. So if you’re right about the audience member being the speaker, then a comic about his lack of a teleprompter doesn’t make any sense. The only person who could potentially use a teleprompter is the speaker at the front, which is why I had to assume that the audience member (maybe an aid or something) was reading his speech to him. Having someone read his speech to him aloud is ridiculous as well though because he could just put the paper on his podium, so I’m not sure what’s supposed to be going on. You have to admit, though, that only an imbecile would need his speech read aloud to him from a piece of paper. That’s why I assumed the speaker was ignorant.