Status Quo
from the why-yes,-actually,-we-have-considered-that-already dept
Every argument
I ever hear anymore
Goes just like this one
Update: This is a good opportunity to introduce a seal I spent all of 1 minute making a few weeks ago on a free auto-generator, proudly displayed here as a badge of honor. Thank you!
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Comments on “Status Quo”
Seriously….these comics are the worst. They are neither funny nor insightful. The worst.
Actually, I find them very insightful.
Not that the status quo is necessarily a bad thing. But something being the status quo does not prove its worth.
Brilliant as always Nina, though I must be old I kept thinking of Status Quo.. the Band! Now can’t get them outa my head!
Status Quo – Rocking All Over The World [Look at the hair! eeek ;)]
status quo means its the same standing still not moving forward or backward just keeping things as they have been for years. Do we want to stand still or move forward?
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“status quo means its the same standing still not moving forward or backward just keeping things as they have been for years. Do we want to stand still or move forward?”
I don’t think I agree with you there. It is not a comment on progress but rather a comment on change. Status quo basically means the existing state of affairs… it is essentially a point in time and we decided whether or not we approve of that point of time and want to maintain it or change from it. Whether that change is “moving forward or backward” is largely subjective but any major change will move the status quo to a new point in time.
Ahh, Yes. Status Quo. the aledgedly wonderful current state of affairs. we have already dismissed that claim.
/turian council member.
i’m probably doing this wrong.
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Go to VGCats, then come back. 🙂
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It clearly needs a more death-metal twist.
Every toon
all of the time
is preaching to the choir.
Interesting fact about filmmakers that balk about getting licenses for material they want to use in their movies:
It isn’t the licenses that are holding these people back, it’s that these “artists” do not want to have any partners who might share in the profit. So then these “artists” try to blame the rightsholders for holding them back.
What a sick, twisted con.
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In other words, some rightsholders are holding other rightsholders back.
Oh, and spot on Nina. Wow. The comic was awesome but the Haiku gave me chills.
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No, a sick, twisted con, is the RIAA et al demanding payment as a trade union for works they didn’t produce.
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Every obvious troll
all of the time
is obvious.
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So then these “artists” try to blame the rightsholders for holding them back.
Actually the artists tell those rightsholder to go and f*** themselves and simply use other stuff so said rightsholders come away empty-handed. Smart move.
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Standard Haiku is
Five-Seven-Five syllables
You’re doing it wrong
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I like them. I do however wonder if Nina grasps the self-deconstructing irony of the poem.
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No, “grasps” isn’t fair. I wonder if she intended it.
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Wait, do you meant that this is the the worst comics ever made? Or do you mean the worst comics on this page? Or on this site? Or on the Internet?
You have to explain, or else people won’t understand you.
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If you are trying to infer something about Nina, I think you’ve got it wrong.
She paid the rightsholders $50k for the compositions
http://www.smilepolitely.com/arts/copyrighting_away_culture_an_interview_with_nina_paley/
Sorry if I’m reading you wrong, I just wanted to point this out in case I didn’t read you wrong.
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She only paid that after she had finished the film and shown it at various film festivals though, right? That’s what I recall her saying on This Week In Law.
I wouldn’t know the logistics. Is the timing of it an issue?
Is there a transcript from the podcast? I won’t be able to watch the video for another 2 hours.
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Lets all bribe the government to siphon money from others to us for all eternity so we don’t have to spend any effort making anything else ever again.
“Rightsholders” what a sick twisted con.
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Agreed. These comics are fucking terrible.
There is no right to the status quo.
See also:
* There Is No Right To The Status Quo
http://erikjheels.com/1818.html
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Yeah, I was thinking status quo isn’t quite right.. It’s more what *used* to be the status quo. That old status quo that they are chanting is dust in the wind now and they are trying to shut the world down to get it back.
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I meant the self-referential nature of the poem as an argument itself. It wasn’t very funny, but then I wasn’t really joking.
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he is a copytard he doesn’t know how to create art just profit from other peoples.
Zing!
What is a gernerator?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEl1xSPyOwA
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Ahh, I didn’t read carefully enough and thought you were talking about the cartoon rather than the poem for some reason.
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Let’s all say stupid shit about a subject we know nothing about and pretend every person can write one great song and live forever off it.
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Some of them are ok. I don’t get this one.
If a troll is defined as someone who disagrees with you, then we can all use that seal all of the time!
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^^ This.
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Those pushing for draconian laws don’t haveta write anything, they already managed to get the “rights” to enough stuff one way or another, that part is covered. Step 2: Bribe government, prevent effort.
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dude you are worse with punctuation that I am.
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Blow me. How’s that for less funny and insightful?
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if the shoe fits…
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Sorry… Could not… resist….
-I Made This-
Ps : If someone is gonna sue me for that, please, aim it at The eejit. He gave me the idea !
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I figure you can save time and just put that logo on every one of Nina Paley’s posts when they are added. Her stuff is just bait anyway.
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I don’t think I agree with you there.
Yes, you actually do agree with him. 🙂 He said “status quo means… keeping things as they have been.” And you said “Status quo basically means the existing state of affairs.”
It is not a comment on progress but rather a comment on change.
You can have change without progress, but you can’t have progress without change.
I hope i wont get sued over this
G Thompson :”Brilliant as always Nina, though I must be old I kept thinking of Status Quo.. the Band! Now can’t get them outa my head!”
The eejit: “It clearly needs a more death-metal twist.”
This two sentence and Nina’s picture went in the melting pot, then something flahed through what’s left of my brain.
And i ended up making THAT.
And no i can’t do any better…