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Just going to pop in here to say that the post in question makes reference to a television show, and its protagonist's aptitude with chemistry. By and large, that is all the comic makes reference to. The fact that you're drawing a further conclusion from that reference isn't against the rules, just how your mind is interpreting the reference.Matthew94 said:I reckon Grey needs a warning for this post
If anything, if anyone wants to be "that guy," you're actually introducing a more likely scenario to tread the thread into discussion of illegal material. Referencing a prime time television show isn't actually introducing or advocating anything illegal. Were that the case, the show wouldn't actually be on the air. Close distinction, but one worth noting. However, referencing the nature of the illegal material, thus calling attention to it, is actually closer to rule-breaking than the original post. Though, if I'm honest, neither are.
Just some food for though.
Awwwww son you just got nuke pwnedNewClassic said:Just going to pop in here to say that the post in question makes reference to a television show, and its protagonist's aptitude with chemistry. By and large, that is all the comic makes reference to. The fact that you're drawing a further conclusion from that reference isn't against the rules, just how your mind is interpreting the reference.Matthew94 said:I reckon Grey needs a warning for this post
If anything, if anyone wants to be "that guy," you're actually introducing a more likely scenario to tread the thread into discussion of illegal material. Referencing a prime time television show isn't actually introducing or advocating anything illegal. Were that the case, the show wouldn't actually be on the air. Close distinction, but one worth noting. However, referencing the nature of the illegal material, thus calling attention to it, is actually closer to rule-breaking than the original post. Though, if I'm honest, neither are.
Just some food for though.
I wanted to laugh at the laugh panel but I was utterly horrified by the fact that it seems to be being eaten by a white nothingness! Oh god, the universe is unraveling! Or maybe its just an unfinished background... Nope, probably the end of the world rather then that, right?
Goes to show how underfunded public schools are. They can't afford to have classes in a real classroom, but the void of Purgatory! ALso, who else thought everyone looked like Yahtzee at first? You could do worse for a role model. Better or worse than Walter?Twilight_guy said:
I've never seen Breaking Bad, and don't really know much about it, but am I the only one who thinks that the guy they're all dressed up as looks like an older version of Gordon Freeman?
These comics are my Drug.Scrumpmonkey said:
in all seriousness Meth is a very bad drug, just stuck to alcohol kids adults.
Well technically Narcotics aren't illegal, you can get a LOT of narcotic drugs legally with a prescription, painkillers and such. This is why it's such an issue with Quack physicians giving out drugs people don't actually need for extra money and so on, and also why there are certain drugs you can't have someone pick up for you.Matthew94 said:I just want to be "that guy"
From the rules
I reckon Grey needs a warning for this post
For all we know Cory has a serious pain problem, the narcotics actually make his life more berable, and he either has crappy insurance or none at all so needs money to afford them.
Note the smiley, I get that your joking, but even on technical terms nothing said here was actually encouraging illegal behavior. Now it did IMPLY that, but well... I don't think it stepped over that line, even if we were to accept it was intended seriously (where it's likely a joke, since he's selling art for a profit, and being honest about it, rather than some people who do this stuff at cons that donate the proceeds to charity like Child's Play or whatever).
If nobody else explained it in the thread, I might be the first.Copper Zen said:
Simply put there is a show called "Breaking Bad" which is about a chemistry teacher who fall on hard times and turns to crime. It's a criminal drama with a science nerd/chemist as the protaganist. I don't really watch it, but it's pretty popular. If your familiar with "Weeds" which is about a house wife turning into a pot kingpin, this is vaguely similar in general theme, and it was inspired by shows like that.
The idea here is that because the show is well received, and has made chemistry seem awesome due to all of the stuff the guy does with it (which goes beyond just drugs), you have all these kids who are fans of the show lining up suddenly to try and learn chemistry when they previously wouldn't have cared, or skimmed through it as much as possible. They are all dressed up like the guy from the show in a fanboy style to make it kind of funny.
That's the basics, it's a pop culture thing that most people would get I'd imagine, but if you don't watch much TV (even casually) I can see how you'd miss it. I've been there myself having gone long periods without watching more TV shows.
To be kind of honest I'm a little disturbed on some levels about the number of shows glorifying crime nowadays, but I suppose I can understand the appeal, and why we're seeing so much of this after the success of "The Sopranos".
Eh, Breaking Bad isn't really glorifying crime. It's gone gradually from 'easy money with high risk' to 'easier money with less risk' and has now fallen into 'easy money balls deep in risk'.Therumancer said:
Walter has pretty much lost everything since getting involved with Meth. His wife hates him and just wants him dead, he can't see his kids anymore and even Jesse is getting out of the business. He's losing the Walter White persona and pretty much went full Heisenberg.
At first it was fun, now it's showing what getting involved in this kind of crime can do to even a man with the best intentions.
All that being said, it's easy to see how people can let television and games influence their career choices. When I was 15 I was a big fan of CSI and I went to college to study forensic science and criminal psychology.
Breaking bad is not glorifying crime. Without spoiling too much, I can tell that it shows how horrible the drug business is. It has corrupted Walter (the main antagonist), people die, and everybody seems to lose what they love. I also like how there's no good or bad guys. Everyone in this series is morally ambiguous, and it constantly deals with problems in the grey zone of morals.Therumancer said:
Yeah it definitely doesn't present crime as something that is pleasant. That said I was like 'You should watch Breaking Bad it's hilarious' to my mate and he watched the first episode and was like 'There is something wrong with you.'Pinkamena said:
Apparently I see the black comedy easier than most.
On a serious note, if anything, watching it has helped me further understand what my Dad went through in the six weeks he lasted against cancer.
Azure-Supernova said:
You could argue he lost everything the moment he was diagnosed with cancer and has since managed to get a few moments of happiness and excitement out of the whole drug business (along with more cash than he would have made in 100 years of teaching chemistry).
5ilver said:
Well season 5 started with the episode "51" as well as being a reference to his 51st birthday, it was also a way of symoblising the imbalance between Walter and Heisenberg
It's funny how crazy popular Breaking Bad has gotten this past year or so, It's been around for 4 years now, and before March I'd never even heard of the show, now I'm more addicted to this show than meth!
One of my favorite TV shows. That episode with the guy's acid-dissolved guts falling out of the ceiling still haunts my dreams.