I’m interested in the ‘live like it’s early 2020’ bit; what do you mean there?

Forgot the ‘exercise’ part.

Now this, I can definitely see. Not to wax melancholic, but mine was an abnormal and truncated childhood, so I never found the comic personally relatable, and that might amount for the disconnect - it always came across as either outlandish and nonsensical (bordering on lolsorandumb) to faux-deep and mollycoddling of the reader’s inner toddler that never seemed much more than condescending to me.

But in the context of cueing it through the hypothetical series of how a regular adult might reminisce about their own childhood, the nostalgic, near-wistful fondness I see for it makes a lot more sense, even if to me it feels saccharine and, dare I say, disingenuous.

Thanks!

Again? I thought this happened already? What’s different about this one?

Even just the name Penny Arcade had me in flashbacks!

What changed? I’ve always seen them as a cesspit but even from a distance I can tell they’ve gotten lots worse lately; been using since 2009 or so.

I don’t know if this counts but I recently got roped into Flight Rising, a pet sim, and the forums there really capture the old-forum vibe.

“Shite” is kind of harsh, I’d say. It’s not an awful strip. It’s just made out to be much better than it really is. It’s a single step above “run-of-the-mill”.

Yeah, mea culpa on that. My phrasing was bad, but I edited the OP to clarify.

Nope, but I edited the post to clarify.

The comic itself isn’t, but it’s going to be merchandised to hell at first opportunity, is what I meant.

original MMO

[types out an emote describing how my MUD character is laughing]

I’m not, but I’d love to visit after reading a book called Weapons of the Weak.

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We’ve hunted species to extinction for less. Why would this be any different?

I’m kinda surprised it took this long to see Pokémon mentioned.

I see what you’re attempting but you saying they’re pariahs doesn’t make it so. Most don’t even recognize these names - hell, I certainly didn’t.

Oh yes. Me too. GNU indeed.

There’s a Pratchett quote that goes something like,

“In a universe so full of wonders, it’s a marvel that humans invented boredom.”

Your post reminded me of that.

Ohh, that makes sense. Just seems like it’d feel mad gross to put socks on over Vaselined feet?