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

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

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

Agreed. I have a Mad Magazine collection to fill in anything the Internet can't provide, and several issues of National Lampoon.

Woo page 5!

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Agreed. I have a Mad Magazine collection to fill in anything the Internet can't provide, and several issues of National Lampoon.

Woo page 5!

So do I, which is why I said MAD magazine isn't as intelligent as you indicated it was.

However, if you believe that MAD magazine was a bastion of amazing humor during the 70's, I can't really argue with that. It's your opinion.

[Maurice420]

Bon voyage! I hardly knew ye.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

However, if you believe that MAD magazine was a bastion of amazing humor during the 70's, I can't really argue with that. It's your opinion.

Not really. It had its moments, though. I, for one, always cheered for the black spy.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Not really. It had its moments, though. I, for one, always cheered for the black spy.

Wow, backtracking within fifteen minutes. A new record.

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.

Next time you put in the effort to write how great it is, make sure you actually believe it.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Next time you put in the effort to write how great it is, make sure you actually believe it.

Wow, you need to learn how to read. The post you quoted showed it went through significant change, not that it was the best magazine in history. You need to spend less time trying to prove everyone wrong and more time listening. Lesson.

[ebbomega]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Wow, backtracking within fifteen minutes. A new record.

He's a hipster. Hipsters ride fixies. They seem to think if you pedal backwards the wheel spins the other way.

[Maurice420]

Nope, he's just moving so fast, it looks like he's going backwards. It's all an illusion.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by Maurice420

Nope, he's just moving so fast, it looks like he's going backwards. It's all an illusion.

Ha! Strewth.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Wow, you need to learn how to read. The post you quoted showed it went through significant change, not that it was the best magazine in history. You need to spend less time trying to prove everyone wrong and more time listening. Lesson.

Ugh, fine.

"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."

"It was culturally relevant and, in 1974, achieved a circulation of over two million copies per issue."

"I have a Mad Magazine collection to fill in anything the Internet can't provide"

"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"

You wrote that, and you are trying to tell me you are not a big fan?

[tiedye]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Tiedye: Never give up on the Primus. They'll be with you always.

I was mentioned first, bitches.

[ebbomega]

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[tiedye]

Well she came sliiiidin' down the alley like butter drippin' off a hot biscuit. The aroma of the mean stench was enough to arouse suspicion of even the oldest of the tigers that hung around the hot spots in those days. The sight was beyond belief. Many a head snapped up, even triple-taked, as the vivacious feline made her way straight into the heart of the alleyway. She knew what she wanted. She was looking for that stud bull; the he-cat.

Well that was me. Tommy the Cat is my name and I'll say unto thee:

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by tiedye

I was mentioned first, bitches.

Props to thee, compadre.

[Liqwid]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Liqwid, Kir Mokum, crookedking, Briden: You cool.

[yoko*]

let's not kid ourselves. When you go back to school, your internet usage goes UP, especially of the "superfluous" kind.

[SEAN!]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Ugh, fine.



"I have a Mad Magazine collection to fill in anything the Internet can't provide"

mangle reads magazine's written for 13 year old boys, that explains everything.

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Mangle

Props to thee, compadre.

"I'm totally done with this board, and would like to bump my thread that was buried last week after people stopped caring"

[Erin]

^ Aren't you a dude?

[wishbone]

so usually when people make a goodbye thread, they usually do it for the drama, but at least make it a few days without posting before they come back.

you sir just love the attention.

[Briden]

ha mangle, you'll be back, we love ya, thanks for sayin i'm cool :)

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

"I'm totally done with this board, and would like to bump my thread that was buried last week after people stopped caring"

And yet, you post. Thanks for playing into my hand, you terribly retarded moron. If you only spent half as much time thinking about real life as you do trying to prove everyone on the internet wrong, you might have actually developed into a useful human being. You're the saddest one of all. You could have been someone and you chose to be just another prick.

[SEAN!]

good riddance,

troat mouth fuckin heathen don't come back

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Mangle

And yet, you post. Thanks for playing into my hand, you terribly retarded moron. If you only spent half as much time thinking about real life as you do trying to prove everyone on the internet wrong, you might have actually developed into a useful human being. You're the saddest one of all. You could have been someone and you chose to be just another prick.

Me: Working at a job I love in the field I dreamed of working in since I was 9, posting on a message board with my friends I've known for the last eight years.

You: Continually complaining how much you hate your job part time job, posting on a board you hate with a group of people you consider morons, because they don't share your opinion on all aspects, who have expressed considerable jubilation at the notion of your departure (which I thought was supposed to happen already).

I could have been someone? I'm quite content with my station in life.

Hence why I'm eating a muffin in my office, while you are working your last day at your part time job, posting about how much you hate us.

[Mangle]

Originally Posted by SEAN!

good riddance,

troat mouth f*ckin heathen don't come back

I wouldn't say your mom has a troat mouth, but it is good f*ckin, and I f*ck it like a heathen for sure.
Woot! Another hapless victim sucks into my plan! I'm going for 6 pages! Spot me!