Found through FJM

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See, this is exactly my problem. When I told my friends I'd gotten into Royal Holloway, they congratulated me in the usual fashion: by making jokes, in this case, Holocaust jokes. Then they quickly stopped after I started correcting their jokes.

Found through FJM

Here

See, this is exactly my problem. When I told my friends I'd gotten into Royal Holloway, they congratulated me in the usual fashion: by making jokes, in this case, Holocaust jokes. Then they quickly stopped after I started correcting their jokes.

Spamming today...

As it's painful to talk IRL. Anyway, found a marvellous new webcomic. Very retro-scifi, the sort of thing you'd expect in 1950s pulp, or even 19th century early sci-fi, bit of steampunk, lot of odd, and all done in a brightly coloured beautiful style directly ripped of the Tintin books.

A public servant and his (tiny!) robot side-kick caught up in a strange and confusing world of power, intrigue and religious conflict! I'm only a few pages in and I alreay love it. It won me over on page 14 when the tiny robot topples off the main character's shoulder. Too sweet. Oh, and the giant steampunk version fo the Star Wars walker with a water cannon. That was awesome too.

Spamming today...

As it's painful to talk IRL. Anyway, found a marvellous new webcomic. Very retro-scifi, the sort of thing you'd expect in 1950s pulp, or even 19th century early sci-fi, bit of steampunk, lot of odd, and all done in a brightly coloured beautiful style directly ripped of the Tintin books.

A public servant and his (tiny!) robot side-kick caught up in a strange and confusing world of power, intrigue and religious conflict! I'm only a few pages in and I alreay love it. It won me over on page 14 when the tiny robot topples off the main character's shoulder. Too sweet. Oh, and the giant steampunk version fo the Star Wars walker with a water cannon. That was awesome too.

Why I think the protests int he Middle East are a good thing:

Al Qaeda: So, the idea is, right, we lash out and make our point through violent protest right? Make 'em hurt, show them they can't push us over, right?

People of the Middle East: Yeah, well, we don't really agree with your tactics, but things are so shitty here it's good to think there's something we can do, and having scapegoats does make things feel better.

*Decades of unrest, no real change and lots of dead people*

Tunisians: Y'know, we have an idea. It's a long shot, but it might just work.

*Tunisian protests happen*

Al Qaeda: Uh, right, see, they won't last, they're too busy being peaceful and shit.

*Tunisians win*

Al Qaeda: Um... okay, good for them, I guess.

Eqyptian people: Hey, that looks like a good thing! Let's try that!

Al Qaeda: Hey, seriously, it worked for the Tunisians, but the Egyptian government is backed by Die Amerikans! YOU'RE GOING TO NEED BOMBS!

Egyptian people: Yeah whatever dude, we're going to give it a go. Send you a postcard from Cairo.

*Egyptians win. Al Qaeda get their postcard*

People of the Middle East: Holy shit this stuff actually works! Peaceful protests all round!

Al Qaeda: Yeah, but... um...

People of the Middle East: Oh bog off dude. How long have your lot been trying to get the Americans out of Iraq and Afghanistan? Seven years at the last count. And aren't you all cowering in Pakistan somewhere? Shove off or join in.

Al Qaeda: Ummm... You're just going to be tools of Los Americanos! You're not real Muslims! And your mother smells!

People of the Middle East: Dude, go away. No one likes you.

Why I think the protests int he Middle East are a good thing:

Al Qaeda: So, the idea is, right, we lash out and make our point through violent protest right? Make 'em hurt, show them they can't push us over, right?

People of the Middle East: Yeah, well, we don't really agree with your tactics, but things are so shitty here it's good to think there's something we can do, and having scapegoats does make things feel better.

*Decades of unrest, no real change and lots of dead people*

Tunisians: Y'know, we have an idea. It's a long shot, but it might just work.

*Tunisian protests happen*

Al Qaeda: Uh, right, see, they won't last, they're too busy being peaceful and shit.

*Tunisians win*

Al Qaeda: Um... okay, good for them, I guess.

Eqyptian people: Hey, that looks like a good thing! Let's try that!

Al Qaeda: Hey, seriously, it worked for the Tunisians, but the Egyptian government is backed by Die Amerikans! YOU'RE GOING TO NEED BOMBS!

Egyptian people: Yeah whatever dude, we're going to give it a go. Send you a postcard from Cairo.

*Egyptians win. Al Qaeda get their postcard*

People of the Middle East: Holy shit this stuff actually works! Peaceful protests all round!

Al Qaeda: Yeah, but... um...

People of the Middle East: Oh bog off dude. How long have your lot been trying to get the Americans out of Iraq and Afghanistan? Seven years at the last count. And aren't you all cowering in Pakistan somewhere? Shove off or join in.

Al Qaeda: Ummm... You're just going to be tools of Los Americanos! You're not real Muslims! And your mother smells!

People of the Middle East: Dude, go away. No one likes you.