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  1. Posted

    25 minutes ago, hkmaly said:

    Usually it's hard to get back if you don't know where you are. Unless the universes are conventionally labelled (possibly with sequence of glyphs) ...

    leave it to the Ancients to stick with rotary dialing when even the phone company has upgraded to touch-tone...

  2. Posted

    1 minute ago, The Old Hack said:

    I disagree. I am equally concerned about both. It is the side we lower our guard against that we will be taken down from. The price of freedom is constant vigilance.

    Agreed, but threat assessment is also important.  A small threat-as long as it *is* a small threat, is a small threat and deserve appropriate attention.  That's the nazis.  A post-Democratic EU is an active, potentially large threat.  You'll drive yourself nuts i you can't keep perspective.

  3. Posted

    9 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    I agree. Unfortunately if there is one thing Nazis are very good at, it is using Nazi tactics.

    Yeah, but nazism, like communism is a opportunistic infection.  It capitalizes on weak hosts and weak spots in strong hosts.  Neither are strong or compelling ideologies on their own merits.  Having been though the whole nazi thing once, I tend to think Western civilization has built up antibodies to it.   You still might see a flareup now and then.  They sell a cream for that.

    I'd be far more concerned about a Post-Democratic EU than a resurgence of nazism.

  4. Posted

    24 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    Godwin's Law referred to a political climate in which comparisons with Nazis happened frequently and unjustly. As XKCD (again) hinted, the law becomes absurd when the comparison is actually logical and fairly applicable. In this time and day, it is perhaps not far from the truth to say that Godwin's Law has largely been repealed. Or at least rolled back.

    The primary use for Nazim in the US is still as an ad hominum attack on Political Groups, People Or Opinions I Don't Like.  If XKCD is implying differently, I respectfully disagree. 

    I'll agree with the XKCD comic this far: As with Freud and cigars, sometimes a Hitler reference is just a Hitler reference.

    26 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    In short, if it moves like a duck, quacks like a duck and wears swastika armbands on its wings...

    While history doesn't literally repeat itself, the themes do.

    Be concerned about the ones who use nazi tactics, like breaking up political rallies with baseball bats, not the ones who mouth the tired old words.  Remember how nazism spread and be wary of those wearing velvet gloves who want iron-fisted control.
     

    5 minutes ago, Don Edwards said:

    I agree. I prefer the nazis be public about their views - it makes identifying and avoiding them easier.

    Moreover, the best way to preserve an ideology is to drive it underground.  Advancing or defending something like nazism is much harder in the light of day.

  5. Posted

    8 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    I should stress that I did not wish it to be, which was why I said 'resolve' rather than holding it up as a warning example. As someone who happens to be on the Nazi target list along with my family and my wife (she is not Jewish, she was born with spina bifida due to her father being poisoned with Agent Orange in Vietnam) I am well aware of the fact that when it comes to Nazis, I tend to err on the side of intolerance. If there is a way to prevent the Nazis from attempting a repeat of their former rather doubtful glories without challenging the First Amendment I am all for it. I merely hope it will be found in time.

    I can't speak for Europe where many governments have censorship power, but in the US, where government has very limited censorship power, Nazis live on primarily in the form of Godwin's Law fulfillments.  Not exclusively but primarily.  The people who actually act like nazis over here aren't calling themselves "nazis".

  6. Posted

    3 minutes ago, The Old Hack said:

    Unfortunately aforesaid sympathy does exist and the Nazis do not hesitate to make use of it. As to the political argument I shall not engage in it here, merely recall to mind Popper's paradox and hope it may somehow be resolved without the destruction of said freedom of speech.

    I'll simply sign out with Popper's not being the last or only word on the subject...

  7. Posted

    10 hours ago, The Old Hack said:

    April 9, 2018.

    Today in history, many people will continue to argue that those poor misunderstood Nazis have a right to freedom of speech so they may promulgate their message of hatred, mass murder and dictatorship. By some strange happenstance, these defenders tend not to be on the abovementioned list of those slated for the extermination camps.

    Actually nazis do and should have Freedom of Speech but the reasons have nothing to do with sympathy or pity for them.

  8. Posted

    20 minutes ago, Tom Sewell said:

    I think what Dan is trying to show in Panel three  is that Elliot is punching right-left-right-left and Magus is dodging punches by swaying left-right-left-right. What would be better here is animation... and, of course, the Benny Hill version of Yakety Sax.

    On the other hand, stopping a punch by actually palming the fist is a move that looks awesomely cool.

    Stopping a cheerleadra punch surprised me.  I didn't think Magus was that good in his default state.

  13. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    Either way, that Tess isn't the AF04 Tess, sooo...

    Oblivious wand universe Tess was born male, but through the use of magic became female (as well as changed a large number of things) and completely oblivious to the fact, claims she's tried out a male form at least once but decided she'd rather stay female.

    How's that for a 7th universe? ;)

    I like to think the wand was more powerful than expected and transformed a non-cannon story into a canon universe.

    Sort of like Hawking Radiation where a virtual particle becomes a real one with help from a black hole....

  14. Posted

    2 minutes ago, hkmaly said:

    "The last time I tried that" suggest she already have MORE than two tries behind herself, AND the "I'll stick with being girly" suggest more like "it doesn't work, I'll give up" than "I have no interest trying it".

    In my opinion, Tess was trying to turn into manly boy, but failed. She MIGHT be doing it just for fun ... but that's exactly what OUR TEDD was claiming ... so she might be genderfluid and just in denial. Although probably not as much genderfluid as our Tedd, who's close to 50/50.

    It's a sure bet that the universe will be revisited one day.  If Tess is still experimenting with boyifying herself, I'd take it as a strong indicator that she was on the same track as EGS Prime's Tedd...

  17. Posted

    1 minute ago, Scotty said:

    The only thing we're sure of is that Lord Tedd doesn't have an Elliot for a friend, can only speculate that he either did and Elliot died, or they just never met.

    Got it in one, Mr. Garibaldi...

    2 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    I'm not sure how being friends with them would suggest that. Though it wouldn't surprise me if General Shade Tail was somehow keeping Lord Tedd from exploring the possibility.

    General Shade-Tail and Nioi aren't exactly alike.  Shade-Tail is rough and outright violent...you could say hyper-masculine and Nioi is a magical furry.  At the very least is suggests radical personality swings on the part of Lord Tedd.  A swing from maculine to feminine and back fits this pretty well.  Also Lord Tedd has bouts of absolute rage.  People always have a reason for being like that and being genderfluid could be a part of where Lord Tedd's comes from. 

    I fully admit it's speculation, but it's speculation that fits our limited facts very well.
     

     

    7 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    Second Life Tedd could be genderfluid, but since they don't appear to have magic or transformation technology (I suspect it exists though since Uryuoms and Seyunolus do) Tedd might have resorted to expressing it in other ways, a few pages after the one I linked show's Tedd with a choker and general looking more feminine but I don't believe Tedd was physically female, that doesn't mean Tedd wasn't feeling female at that moment though.

    That Tedd could have been physically female, but yeah Dan didn't give us any clear indicators, like visible boobs.

    10 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    Terra's situation is entirely base on Magus' statement of Terra not chosing to become male like Magus did. There isn't any evidence that Terra ever was male, but there also isn't anything to suggest genderfluidity either, I would imagine that if she was genderfluid, being able to switch sexes easily would be the best thing since she can be male for her job but female any other time?

    Terra could have been born female, be genderfluid and simply decide she didn't need to change to do what she wanted and be what she wanted.

  20. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    Lord Tedd's universe doesn't appear to have an Elliot that we know of

    Lord Tedd's universe is an open question.  We don't know if there's an "Ellen" and "Elliot" or the closest match is a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

    5 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    Lord Tedd seems very much male though more info is probably needed

    The fact that Lord Tedd's closest friends are General Shade-Tail and Nioi suggest genderfluid to me.

    9 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    Beta Tedd seems to be male.

    He could be genderfluid.  He was acting pretty much like EGS-Tedd.  He just had an active sex life.

    11 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    Second Life Tedd might be genderfluid as well, at least he appeared to embrace the fact that he was androgynous looking by letting his hair grow long

    Magus's universe Terra's obviously female

    What nails either down as cis-gender?  I don't see it.
     

    14 minutes ago, Scotty said:

    And AF04 has Tess.

    Tess seems to have enough screen time to establish her as a girly-girl.  She would be the alternate-Tedd that's least likely to be genderfluid.

  21. Posted

    3 hours ago, mlooney said:

    The Dan just posted on Facebook that he is aware of the site roll back and is working on getting it fixed.

    On Patreon Dan announced next comic would be Monday due to wrestling with site security.  Apparently the site was open to being edited by anybody.  Most of what happened was minor random stuff and someone actually stepping in to fix a couple of links.  Yay us. 

  23. Posted

    4 hours ago, Scotty said:

    Well Lifeguard is a Physical-Clothing card, the mental changes would be part of the Physical aspect of it but the bustiness is probably also part of that. Susan had already felt that the cow form minus attract bonus was appealing because it didn't make her feel lanky, so I would expect Susan to feel the same way with the Lifeguard with either Susan's own clothing or a different clothing card effect that she'd be more comfortable with. like maybe Nurse?

    Unaffected by her own over-self-control Susan could well join in more...

  24. Posted

    2 minutes ago, Tom Sewell said:

    Yes, Elliot does, but he also looked a bit busty when he transformed into "Sarah" for Sarah. Much worse results there than when he transformed into "sort of like" Ashley last week at the mall. Kind of think both the male and female sides of Elliot favor busty, although Elliot's Busty/Not Busty ratio for actual girlfriends is only .500 so far.

    Now that I've actually read the commentary, Dan does say "...As such, there's hints of Elliot's default female form...."  I forget what FV2 and 3 are but one of those might fit the result.   (IIRC, FV4 is essentially FV5 without some bells and whistles)

  25. Posted

    1 minute ago, ChronosCat said:

    Hmm, he does look a bit busty for FV1. In my defense, Dan did say in the commentary that Elliot was trying for FV1; I guess I just didn't look closely enough to notice how much Elliot failed at that.

    I should read the commentaries more.  I think I always do but.....  :)