Bonus Panel

Transcript

[A man in a suit stands on stage, arms outstretched before a crowd]

Suit: And with AI we won’t need apps anymore. We’ll have a single terminal from which you can find anything you want!

[A man in the crowd shouts back]

Heckler: That used to be called the internet!

[The man on stage shouts, his arms raised in anger. His robot minions rush after the heckler, drones fly after the heckler overhead as the heckler flees]

Suit: Seize him!

[Bonus Panel: The author shouts at the stage]

Author: Bring back Memepool!

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  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    73·
    3 days ago

    Your argument, as it stands right now, is not compelling enough to warrant a change in a rule that the community has voted on having.

    • Grimy@lemmy.world
      41·
      3 days ago

      Literally the opposite of having a conversation with the community. No content with 1/4 screen ads was being posted when the rules were made.

      • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        41·
        3 days ago

        Let me remind you of a few things:

        1. I am allowed to disagree with any point or argument made in a discussion
        2. I am allowed to tell you when I feel your side of the argument or discussion is not compelling me in any way
        3. This conversation is still ongoing, as evidenced by any lack of comment removal, user bans, and thread locking

        I understand you feel strongly about this, and whether you believe me or not, I respect your point of view. Show me a better argument than the one you are currently presenting and change my mind*. Also, you will need to change the community’s mind too.

        ~* This is not one of those typical bad-faith “change my mind” meme references you might have seen flying around.~

        • Grimy@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 days ago

          If I go on their site, the ads only start in May of this year it seems. I’ve never seen any of their comics with ads from before that time.

          I’ve never seen ads like this in this community in any case.

          • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            31·
            3 days ago

            He doesn’t leave old ads for finished products. The first one I remember was for machine of death which was a book that came out in 2010. Just because you were unaware doesn’t mean we need to have a community discussion again.

            • Grimy@lemmy.world
              4·
              3 days ago

              Lemmy didn’t exist in 2010. In this specific Lemmy community, there wasn’t any comics being posted with ads that spanned the width of my screen until SMBC decided to restart adding them.

              What’s your problem against having a discussion on it? Seems like you want to hand wave away everyone else’s opinion since it doesn’t match your own. Not very nice and goes against the spirit of Lemmy imo.

              And again? This subject was never mentioned ever. Again, I’m not saying to modify the comic but outright ban any with aggressive ads.

              • its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                21·
                3 days ago

                I think you are wrong. That’s reason enough. Just because you find something distasteful doesn’t mean it rises to the need for a new rule. Do you have any other examples? Because it seems like you’ve seen at most 2 ads and are getting upset.