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   testcore (profile), Apr 28th, 2011 @ 6:20pm

   
   

   Well said!

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   They wont get it

   

   RD, Apr 28th, 2011 @ 7:27pm

   
   

   A metaphor the mouth-breathing, head-in-the-sand "sharing is theft" shills will completely miss, of course. Expect lots of arguments about how the poop is like a car, and using it without paying for it is stealing, and therefore the current way must be preserved (or something like that....their circular, blind, strawmen arguments rarely have any logic or rationality behind them).

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   Pixelation, Apr 28th, 2011 @ 7:34pm

   
   

   Thanks for the laugh.

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   Re: They wont get it

   

   Anonymous Coward, Apr 28th, 2011 @ 7:40pm

   
   

   I've never understood the need to analogize the simple concept that is the dissemination of culture. It's not like a car or any other kind of vehicle. You do not need to simplify it any further. If you know how communication works then it stands to reason that you also know how culture works.
   
   I mean, how did they do it back in the day? "Culture is like a pair of legs! If it were meant to be spread then why are legs so easy to break?"

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   rosspruden, Apr 28th, 2011 @ 8:23pm

   
   

   Maybe it's because I've had three drinks of Carolina Moonshine, but the "This is a metaphor." comment had me in stitches. :)

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   It’s A Shit Metaphor

   

   Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Apr 28th, 2011 @ 9:55pm

   
   

   That is all.
   
   :)

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   Chris Rhodes (profile), Apr 28th, 2011 @ 11:03pm

   
   

   Its not just you. That extra sentence made the comic 10x funnier.

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   mrharrysan (profile), Apr 28th, 2011 @ 11:15pm

   
   

   I too, got a chuckle multiplier from Nina's disclaimer.

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   G Thompson (profile), Apr 28th, 2011 @ 11:40pm

   
   

   Though I get the metaphor, My first thought was another..
   
   "Lots of Stars are managed by turds"
   
   muwahahahaha

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    The eejit (profile), Apr 29th, 2011 @ 1:11am

    
    

    And ithe inverse is also true.
    
    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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    Anonymous Coward, Apr 29th, 2011 @ 5:24am

    
    

    I totally agree. For some reason pointing it out made me laugh out loud.

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    Re: Re: They wont get it

    

    DH's Love Child (profile), Apr 29th, 2011 @ 5:59am

    
    

    Well, the problem is that it SHOULD be a simple concept, but IP laws have morphed to the point that even lawyers and judges can't agree what the hell it means.

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    coming up

    

    anothermike, Apr 29th, 2011 @ 1:49pm

    
    

    Next up, applying turd polish to make people think it shines like a star.

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    Re: coming up

    

    The eejit (profile), Apr 29th, 2011 @ 11:04pm

    
    

    Myth CONFIRMED by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman.

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