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	queencallipygos 2008-01-14 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, I'm confused. I speak batshit, but even I don't understand what exactly amadoj0nes is actually trying to say with "they sell a product that causes cancer." Or what anyone else is getting at in their response. He just keeps saying it again and again, and I feel like asking, "....and you want us to do what, exactly?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	alleyprowler 2008-01-14 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	You must be as self-righteously indignant about it as he is! Because OMGCANCER! And they are selling it! CANCER CANCER CANCER! I kinda want to take the little liebling aside and tell him how it was growing up in the 70s. His fragile little head would explode. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

queencallipygos
2008-01-14 09:05 pm UTC (link)

I kinda want to take the little liebling aside and tell him how it was growing up in the 70s. His fragile little head would explode.

Tangentially, this reminds me of the conversation I was having with a teenager once who was actually advocating the principle of Mutually Assured Destruction as a valid arms tactic. At one point I said something about how he didn't understand what it was like to live in a world like that because he probably didn't remember the Cold War, and he indignantly replied, "I do too remember the Cold War! My first memory was seeing the Berlin Wall coming down when I was six!"

I wanted to show him old "Duck and Cover" films to screw with him.

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	hallidae 2008-01-14 09:47 pm UTC (link)
	Hell, you wouldn't even have to show him something old. The 2000 live-TV remake of FailSafe scarred the everlovin' hell out of my History of Modern Warfare class. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rimrunner 2008-01-15 02:56 am UTC (link)
	There was a remake of FailSafe? ...damn, I feel old. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2008-01-15 09:48 am UTC (link)
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail_Safe_%28television%29 (Reply to this)(Parent)

	chibikaijuu 2008-01-15 06:34 am UTC (link)
	There was a remake of FailSafe? God, why? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	hallidae 2008-01-15 09:48 am UTC (link)
	I'm surprised you never heard of it. It had Richard Dreyfuss and George Clooney on it, and was broadcasted live with no commercial breaks. It also had the most mindscarring movie ending I'd ever seen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chibikaijuu 2008-01-15 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe I did hear of it, and I've simply blocked out the memory. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rimrunner 2008-01-17 02:35 am UTC (link)
	Dreyfuss and Clooney kind of cancel each other out in my universe. (Although I liked Dreyfuss in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.) I don't watch much TV (and in 2000, I'm not sure I even owned one), so that probably explains it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	caffeine_fairy 2008-01-15 09:54 am UTC (link)
	rocks Protect and Survive, Protect and Survive twitch (Reply to this)(Parent)

	frequentmouse 2008-01-14 10:13 pm UTC (link)
	Hey, growing up in the fifties was basically being subjected to one uncontrolled medical experiment after another. Plus, no safety seats! (And believe me, looking around, these were not good for me or my peers). (Reply to this)(Parent)

	mindset 2008-01-14 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Now I'm reminded of the "Funky Cancercancer" Shortpacked strip. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	shakeandbake 2008-01-14 10:43 pm UTC (link)
	The only funny Funky Winkerbean ever! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	dragonfangirl 2008-01-14 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	Well, personally, I can't reconcile the concept of 'sequential art' with that of 'serious subjects.' There's just a brain disconnect, you know? I can't imagine how that works. All illustrated storylines should be funny. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	freezer 2008-01-15 01:10 am UTC (link)
	"I can't imagine how that works." If the newest Funky strips are any indication, it doesn't. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	gunshou 2008-01-15 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Can I get meds for a Lohan-induced seizure? She really does have the same expression in every shot where she's conscious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	maegwin_of_hern 2008-01-15 06:14 am UTC (link)
	Just like Paris Hilton. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	themadmermaid 2008-01-15 04:17 am UTC (link)
	Your icon broke something in my head. But I can't stop staring at it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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