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Mari ([info]drhikari) wrote in [info]fandom_wank,
@ 2005-08-08 21:47:00


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Current mood:amused

VGCats counts as a fandom, I suppose...
This isn't HP wank. Rejoice.

Scott Ramsoomair, the artist behind the popular webcomic VGCats, posts a new comic strip about Jack Thompson, an attorney often cited in the media for his views on the effects of obscenity and violence in popular media. (Shamelessly copy-pasted from Wikipedia, bite me.)

Somehow, Jack Thompson hears about this, and for some reason unbestknown to everyone, decides to forward Scott a copy of a mail he sent to the ESRB.

Scott's readers are obviously not pleased. Jack Thompson is given every single insult and witty retort available on the english language.

Tim of the Ctrl-Alt-Del webcomic isn't happy either, and dedicates the latest comic strip to Mr. Thompson.

These threads in CAD's forums are worth to read, too.



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[info]jat_sapphire
2005-08-09 06:42 am UTC (link)
What's misspelled in "send me your law degree"? Why bother critiquing spelling errors that aren't there when every Jackshit reply is so WTF anyway?

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-12 09:26 pm UTC (link)
What kills me is that OP misspelled "you're" as "your" in his original email.

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-12 09:26 pm UTC (link)
and then I left out the word "the" in my comment.

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[info]farohji
2005-08-09 06:43 am UTC (link)
haha, shoulda known that would make it's way here eventually

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[info]rogue
2005-08-09 06:49 am UTC (link)
Wwooooooow.

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-09 06:50 am UTC (link)
Was it proved that this Jack guy actually sent it? God, I'd assume an attourney would have far better grammar... *tsks* Then again, that could explain a lot.

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[info]xanos
2005-08-09 10:10 am UTC (link)
He did check the headers, apparently - and just because someone made it through law school doesn't mean they have either common sense or English skills. Unfortunately.

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flightstothesea
2005-08-09 10:41 am UTC (link)
I know a law school student who has neither, heh.

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flightstothesea
2005-08-09 06:55 am UTC (link)
Apparently, yes, he WAS born with a stick up his ass.

Also, I love VGCats.

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[info]iczer6
2005-08-09 10:38 am UTC (link)
This strip is love.

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flightstothesea
2005-08-09 10:40 am UTC (link)
See, I don't get that one because I don't play video games like much of that comic, sadly, so I have to just wait for the ones that aren't that specific or aren't exactly about video games. Same with Penny Arcade.

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[info]kinneas
2005-08-10 12:31 am UTC (link)
Love!

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[info]redmark
2005-08-09 07:37 am UTC (link)
OMG THE NAZI CACTUAR.

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[info]gloria_mundi
2005-08-09 07:59 am UTC (link)
*Is laughing over the Control Alt Delete cartoon*

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[info]terra_katta
2005-08-09 08:36 am UTC (link)
It's a shame people like JT will never know the joy and accomplishment you get from doing hella long side quests in RPGs and the like. Die plz, mister.

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[info]rogue
2005-08-09 08:55 am UTC (link)
Word. The reaction to uttering the phrase, "I have everyone's ultimate weapons" to a room full of nerds is fantastic.

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[info]innsmouth_eyes
2005-08-09 08:44 am UTC (link)
Oh wow. I love the end where he starts claiming he never sent the first email. Although his typing is rather bad, and I sort of wonder how Thompson got wind of the comic. My guess is he isn't really a webcomic kind of guy. Surely there are webcomics making fun of Jack Thompson every day, it's nothing unusual.

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[info]annabelle_lee
2005-08-09 11:19 am UTC (link)
Holy hell, that's beautiful. This Jack Thompson is a pure nutjob.

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[info]aerobot
2005-08-09 01:06 pm UTC (link)
It's pretty damn amazing when a web cartoonist is more mature than an attorney 5 times his age. Yeesh.

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-09 02:24 pm UTC (link)
For the oddest reason, I suddently feel like shipping Jack Thompson with Lee Goldberg...

Don't ask me why though...

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-09 03:43 pm UTC (link)
I'd read it. =D

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-10 04:50 am UTC (link)
Hell, toss in Anne Rice along for the ride! Bitchy, psychotic OT3!

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[info]squib
2005-08-09 03:31 pm UTC (link)
That Thompson person is nuts. Video games? Psht. Everyone knows that childhood madness is singlehandedly caused by the sound of Kirstie Alley's voice.

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[info]zebeckras
2005-08-09 05:10 pm UTC (link)
Uhm, I don't know. I think someone's being had. Somehow it doesn't strike me as that likely that Jack Thompson would know and use a term like "gamers" - especially not correctly. Not to say I don't expect that Thompson would be an enormous ass in person, but I think he'd have better ways to get someone to stop emailing him than repeating over and over "no, you emailed ME, now stop it, jerk".

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(Anonymous)
2005-08-09 06:58 pm UTC (link)
If he's too clueless to know the term "gamers", would he really be computer-adept enough to know anything about blocking unwanted e-mail? Maybe his grandkids ought to spring for a fully-paid AOL account for him.

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[info]skarrow
2005-08-09 06:22 pm UTC (link)
I knew it! I knew it when I saw that post that there would be VG wank!

Wanky fanpoodles against wanky mailer. All is well.

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unrelated to VGCats, but hi-fucking-larious
(Anonymous)
2005-08-09 10:54 pm UTC (link)
Somebody run over to west_wing_fans on lj. The "anti-conversational control freaks" post is good theater, but it's the 'disloyal partner' comment that makes it art.

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[info]sashenka
2005-08-10 08:34 am UTC (link)
Warning: If you relate to the CAD characters on a personal level, you need to get a life.

I love CAD, but why is everyone that reads it such a fucking idiot? Oh, wait... just the people in the forum... e-mailing a crazy man and giving him your full name is a *great* idea. Totally not going to backfire.

I also love how said crazy man thinks a law degree makes him a video game expert. When I get my BS in Art, I'm going to tell everyone I'm a medical expert... how does that sound? I'll offer to do surgery at half price.

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[info]ladyrogue
2005-08-11 07:48 am UTC (link)
Response to Scott's first email: "Get a name and a life"

Wow, Jack! That was a real zinger. Way to go! *goes off to play my violent games*

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