The Close Call

[Something Amyss]

You did not notice they launched the mobile country plan? They turned their whole island into a boat and detached it form the earths crust.

The UK just got 100 times more awesome.

And about 3 times more badass. Hopefully, they will be welcome when they dock with other nations. I'd hate to see them resort to piracy.

 

[Me55enger]

The UK just got 100 times more awesome.

And about 3 times more badass. Hopefully, they will be welcome when they dock with other nations. I'd hate to see them resort to piracy.

Piracy comes with a BBFC rating of 15, meaning a substanital portion of those on the BritBoat would first have to be killed to preserve the arbitrary sense of innocence dictated by a generation that failed to grow up with videogames.

 

[tangoprime]

Yeah just ignore the guys making meth and go straight for the video game

Walter: HEY! You can't just barge in here!
Hero: Well I'm not the one that knocks!

Haha, I love that in that panel they're even holding a tray full of unbroken blue.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

I don't get it. So the dude is giving the baby a video game magazine or something along the lines? And what's the danger? I'm so confused.

Yeah, it would have been better if they showed the guy's empty hand in the 2nd last panel, to make it clear he was grabbing the corrupting, dangerous game off the baby.

 

[Jodah]

Only in America can a Disk be considered more dangerous then a loaded gun...

That's only the case for stupid people, which are available in any shape, color, or ethnicity you want. As we've seen here, stupid people try to ruin gaming as an entertainment form, just as stupid people mistreat firearms and ruin it for everyone else.

 

[Darth_Payn]

...what the actual fuck? Has the internet become civilized while I wasn't looking?!

Good show. Applause all round.

....Do I get an Achievement Unlock? O.O

You have unlocked Apology Accepted: 100G.

 

[Darth_Payn]

I know just look at Maggie she's always trying to kill just think of Mr Burns

Mr Burns? He tried to take her candy. She was clearly standing her ground.

Now Homer, on the other hand....She'll try and murder him even while he's trying to help her.

Maggie, and to a lesser extent, Bart, are proof that kids don't need video games to grow up to be violent criminal sociopaths.

 

[Something Amyss]

Maggie, and to a lesser extent, Bart, are proof that kids don't need video games to grow up to be violent criminal sociopaths.

I don't know about that. When they changed Itchy and Scratchy, there was a golden age in Springfield and Maggie stopped trying to kill Homer.

If she played Grand Theft Auto, she'd be mowing down hookers like the rest of us.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

I didn't get it at first because I thought he was giving the baby the game, but then I realized he was taking in it away. So yeah ignore the vicious animals, death traps, toxic gasses, and the meth lab, gotta save the children from those vile video games.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I am waiting for a comedian like Yakov Smirnov to parody American life... like how video games kill you, how texting someone from your home while they're driving and they get into a car wreck is your fault, how it is someone else's fault for you spilling hot coffee on your lap and not knowing it will burn you...
Quoth Don King "Only in America"

 

[Abomination]

Unfortunately the last panel detracts from the build up by stumbling around the punchline.

It looks too much like the "savior" is handing the video game to the child and only the context of the scenario allows the viewer to consider that it might not actually be the case.

 

[Groverfield]

Oh, I thought this was a reference to the "who are you to be anonymous" Playstation commercials that were going wild off the escapist. You know, there's a really REALLY good discussion that isn't happening based on that commercial as Playstation taking an open opposition to the anonymous social phenomenon being opposed by a root distillation of Objectivism as a counter argument.

 

[I.Muir]

DON'T TOUCH THAT
THAT WAS MADE BY EA

 

[Olas]

"Quick! My Baby needs a videogame instruction manual! Would someone please bring her one? I left her in the Greenish blue void"

This comic seems really rushed, like they needed to make something at the last minute so they just decided to run with the old overprotective parents afraid of videogames gag.

 

[Voulan]

"Quick! My Baby needs a videogame instruction manual! Would someone please bring her one? I left her in the Greenish blue void"

This comic seems really rushed, like they needed to make something at the last minute so they just decided to run with the old overprotective parents afraid of videogames gag.

I take it you didn't read the little snippet at the bottom of the comic.

Anyway, I also fell into the 'why-is-he-giving-the-baby-a-game-oh-right-he's-taking-it-away' reaction.

 

[saintdane05]

I've played video games pretty much all my life.

And the only thing that gets me super violent is money charging restrooms.

How many researches have there been for money-charged-toilet-related acts of assault? Way less than video game based ones, I can tell you that.

They're looking in the wrong places.

 

[SonicWaffle]

...what the actual fuck? Has the internet become civilized while I wasn't looking?!

Good show. Applause all round.

....Do I get an Achievement Unlock? O.O

Achievement unlocked: Reasonable Human Being! (1000G)

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I am waiting for a comedian like Yakov Smirnov to parody American life... like how video games kill you, how texting someone from your home while they're driving and they get into a car wreck is your fault, how it is someone else's fault for you spilling hot coffee on your lap and not knowing it will burn you...
Quoth Don King "Only in America"

I bet you if you ever got 3rd degree burns on your genitals that required skin grafts because some asshole didn't secure the lid on an unnecessarily hot cup of coffee you wouldn't immediately jump to the conclusion that you were the part of the problem most deserving of change and prevention.

People love to dredge up this old chestnut, yet clearly never bother to learn anything about the case except to use it as an example of why we cant have nice things because people wont accept personal responsibility.

Seriously, this is the worst case of lawsuit "abuse" people can find or think of? Or, is it that "spilling hot coffee" is just such a catchy and easily recognized phrase that the actual facts of the case don't matter. And we should drag out this (she's older and/or dead now) 74 year old lady's grafted vagina every time we need to poorly prove a point.

What about the woman that sued Ford because the roof of the Mustang was not designed to withstand the impact of a horse at highway speeds.

Someone should dig up the lawsuit that spawned the warning label on chainsaws that cautions us against using our hands or genitals to stop the blade.

The umpteen gillion smoking lawsuits because tobacco companies lied about a product DOCTORS KNEW was bad for us since the late 50's - 60's. Seriously who are you going to trust more, a doctor or the company trying to sell you something?
Oh, those are ok, because smoking is not cool anymore, it's stinky, and we know it's bad for you... now. Why does a waiter/bartender get to sue for hazardous working conditions while the crab fisherman that died to give me my dinner can go fuck himself?



/rant

While I sympathize with the lady's pain, it wasn't an unsecured lid that did the job. She parked the car, put the coffee between her legs and removed the lid, spilling it in the process. THAT isn't the fault of an employee or the company she sued. You speak of personal responsibility, then perhaps you should point out that holding a cup of hot coffee in your lap is not a safe or responsible thing. Where do we draw the line in personal responsibility?
It is a kind of gray area, but I just wonder why lapses of common fucking sense can equal a lawsuit...

 

[dubious_wolf]

OHHHHHHH
He's taking the videogame AWAY....
Now It's funny.