Well, 'bout time I hit that old dusty trail...

[ebbomega]

<3 The Onion

[sNyx]

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Revolver

shame hes gotten 3 pages already

No, your face is a shame. I got 4 pages now. Ha.:nuts:

Originally Posted by ebbomega

<3 The Onion

Wow... we finally agree on something. I've got three of their books.

[ebbomega]

Aaaaand Mangle proves his "IGNORE" claim is once again, full of shit.

[Mangle]

Yeah, I've been into the Onion since it first went online. I'll always remember the first time I read Jesus' return to the NBA. I pick up their paper every time I'm in San Francisco. It's awesome.

[NinjaBoy]

I've been reading the onion since the nano second it went online.

'Cause I'm cool.

[Mangle]

It's our generation's Mad Magazine (which blows ass now, nothing but booger and torture jokes for the kiddies).

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Mangle

It's our generation's Mad Magazine (which blows ass now, nothing but booger and torture jokes for the kiddies).

Mad Magazine was never that kid. It seemed good, but that's because you probably enjoyed booger jokes as a kid.

[ebbomega]

MAD magazine hasn't changed at all in the last half-century. You seriously expect the same type of humour you found hilarious as a 10-year-old would still be relevant to you in your late youth/early adulthood?

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

MAD magazine hasn't changed at all in the last half-century.

Ignorance Buster:
Yes, it had changed. When it began in 1952, it was a humor based suspense magazine similar to Tales From The Crypt. Hence it's original title "Tales Calculated To Drive You Mad".


Then the sixties rolled along. The horror pushed to the distance and out of favor permanently, and Mad's comedy took on a much more counter culture bent. From wiki: "In the 1960s and beyond, it satirized such burgeoning topics as the sexual revolution, hippies, psychoanalysis, gun control, pollution, the Vietnam War and recreational drug use. The magazine gave equal time, generally negative, to counterculture drugs such as cannabis, and took a critical approach toward mainstream drugs such as tobacco and alcohol. Mad always satirized Democrats as mercilessly as it did Republicans. It also ran a good deal of less-topical material on such varied subjects as fairy tales, nursery rhymes, greeting cards, sports, small talk, poetry, marriage, comic strips,awards shows, cars and many other areas of general interest." It was culturally relevant and, in 1974, achieved a circulation of over two million copies per issue.

However, the creator of Spy vs. Spy stopped drawing in the '80s and in the early '90s, Bill Gaines died and Don Martin went to Cracked. The material slid from observation to mere booger and fart jokes as teenagers and young adults no longer bought it. More wiki: "On April 1, 1997, the magazine publicized an alleged makeover, ostensibly designed to reach an older, more sophisticated readership. However, Salon 's David Futrelle opined that such content was very much a part of Mad's past." Since 2001, the mag has also featured paid advertising, where previously it only lampooned such things.

So, in conclusion, Mad has actually undergone significant change over the past 50 years, despite Ebbomega's continued and stunning ignorance. I witnessed this change first hand as I still have many of their magazines ranging from reprints of their initial work through the '70s and many from the early '90s, but a simple trip to wikipedia would give you the same information. It's always a good idea to research your opinions. There is no knowledge that is not power.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Mangle

So, in conclusion, Mad has actually undergone significant change over the past 50 years, despite Ebbomega's continued and stunning ignorance.

You know, you could have just made your point without the petty ad-hominem attack. You had me up until that point. No need to be a douche about it.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

You know, you could have just made your point without the petty ad-hominem attack. You had me up until that point. No need to be a douche about it.

What, we're friends now? We're going to treat each other with respect and give the other party the benefit of the doubt? Finally! You're off ignore. Let's party!

[NinjaBoy]

Stop running to Wikipedia anytime you are asked to form an opinion.

Yes, I've read MAD in the 60's and 70's, along with many other comics. They satired what you listed in the same way they do now.

Hippies were dirty and directionless
Gun Control could easily be lampooned
Liberals and Republicans can easily be made fun of if shown to far to the left or right...

All comics and youth humor tended to follow this.

Which they still do with a degree now. Albiet the formula is tired.

[C_squared]

This is like a breakup between two people that used to lived together but the departing party still needs to get their shit out. Awwwwwkward.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Mangle

What, we're friends now? We're going to treat each other with respect and give the other party the benefit of the doubt? Finally! You're off ignore. Let's party!

Yeah, not after that barb.

I admit, I speak matter-of-factly, and I occasionally trade barbs with those willing to get involved in a flame war with me.

But what I don't do is try to undermine my points by being a dick to whoever it is that I'm refuting. Your comment was out of line with the rest of your post and just seemed intent on singling me out with a pointless attack.

That's why everybody hates you on here, btw. It has nothing to do with sensible arguments or intelligent discussion, it's everything to do with the fact that you can't seem to engage in those without the point being coupled with behaviour akin to being an asshole to at least one person rather intentionally.

I may not be "friends" with you but at least if I want to engage in proper discourse, I can do it without barb-slinging every time.

And how are you going to stop ignoring me if you never ignored me in the first place? The fact that you responded, twice already, to my posts in this thread just continues to the pile of evidence towards the idea that everything you say is just posturing.

Nah, you ain't my friend. Put me back on ignore and please actually ignore me if that's what it takes to be off your ignore list, because really I have no interest in being buddies with a closed-minded music store clerk who couldn't maintain a decent argument if his life depended on it.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by C_squared

This is like a breakup between two people that used to lived together but the departing party still needs to get their shit out. Awwwwwkward.

I think it's more "Three people stuck at work with nothing to do and an internet connection".

Originally Posted by C_squared

This is like a breakup between two people that used to lived together but the departing party still needs to get their shit out. Awwwwwkward.

haha - los you did this too on here. dont make me pull up those gems. :P

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Stop running to Wikipedia anytime you are asked to form an opinion.

Stop running to the dictionary any time you are asked to spell a word.
Stop running to the calculator any time you are asked to multiply decimals.
Why?
I know my opinion. I go to wiki to confirm it and get quotes. I learned in college that quotation typically makes an argument stronger.

[C_squared]

Oooh a college man. Fancy.

[ebbomega]

College taught me how to properly quote and attribute, so that it doesn't look like you're using other people's words as your own.

[C_squared]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

I think it's more "Three people stuck at work with nothing to do and an internet connection".

Oh sorry I forgot. No homo.

Originally Posted by Avana

haha - los you did this too on here. dont make me pull up those gems. :P

Gahhhh please don't

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by ebbomega

But what I don't do is try to undermine my points by being a dick to whoever it is that I'm refuting. Your comment was out of line with the rest of your post and just seemed intent on singling me out with a pointless attack.

Smell your own sh!t, man. You've done the exact same thing to me for pages. All that ignore list BS was a personal attack on me from you. Lest we forget this:

Originally Posted by ebbomega

Andre the Giant was also famous, and was a charming gentleman by all accounts. And I'm willing to bet that probably got him more play than being a behemoth of a man ever did.

Sad you don't have either of those traits. Just means you're gonna die in your 40s and still not get laid much.

You said I was going to die young and never get laid. So don't go playing the injured victim card on me just because you were ignorant of Mad's rich history. You've been attacking me for days.

[ebbomega]

Okay.

Now show some evidence that you are famous and a charming gentlemen and I'll retract my statement.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Stop running to the dictionary any time you are asked to spell a word.
Stop running to the calculator any time you are asked to multiply decimals.
Why?
I know my opinion. I go to wiki to confirm it and get quotes. I learned in college that quotation typically makes an argument stronger.

I also learned in college that using the internet as your sole source for every arguement is a terrible idea that erases any credibility.

Actually I learned that in high school.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Stop running to the dictionary any time you are asked to spell a word.

I use a spellcheck

Seriously, if you don't know how to spell something, why would you go to a dictionary?