Did I just subliminally plagiarize or what?

[Picpak]

I'd say someone should make a webcomic named that, but it probably does exist already.

I'm on it.

Golly gee, so was I!

http://picpak.comicgenesis.com/dogfallingthroughahole/

Yours is probably better.

[Jim North]

Hotdog Down a Hallway would be a better comic.

I dunno, that sounds like it might just be . . . disturbing. Even if it really were about an actual hotdog in an literal hallway.

[Moder]

Also, although the strip is very similar, the punchline Is different (with fairly different meanings).

[Yeahduff]

The internet is the last chance to escape from this.

Alternative weeklies, yo. Much better than webcomics.

Hotdog Down a Hallway would be a better comic.

YOU SICK FUCK.

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

Hotdog Down a Hallway would be a better comic.

YOU SICK FUCK.

Looks like someone missed the boat.

*waves*

[Yeahduff]

I don't spend all day on messageboards LIKE SOME PEOPLE I KNOW.

[TheSuburbanLetdown]

Stop projecting — that comment was made well over a month ago. If you're looking for a fight, look elsewhere.

[Yeahduff]

I can read. You were a sick fuck then and you're a sick fuck now.

[Picpak]

Ok, now this is just getting creepy:






Am I gonna end up stealing an entire comic strip's work and not even know?

[Rkolter]

Also, although the strip is very similar, the punchline Is different (with fairly different meanings).

The last post to this thread was July 22nd. Your post was September 3rd, and didn't add anything to the discussion.

This is called Thread Necromancy. Please refrain from posting in month-old or older threads unless you have something important to add to that discussion.

Thanks.

[Bustertheclown]

Ok, now this is just getting creepy:

If you're going to rip off Calvin & Hobbes, you could at least do a good job of it.

[McDuffies]

You should try looking for inspiration in other places than your favourite comics.

[RPin]

You should try looking for inspiration in other places than your favourite comics.

But he seems so proud of it...

[Moder]

Also, although the strip is very similar, the punchline Is different (with fairly different meanings).

The last post to this thread was July 22nd. Your post was September 3rd, and didn't add anything to the discussion.

This is called Thread Necromancy. Please refrain from posting in month-old or older threads unless you have something important to add to that discussion.

Thanks.

I disagree. I added something important - my opinion. And I don't think 1 month Is too long.

[McDuffies]

Moder, one month is quite long on these forums. It's fast-going forum where threads get old in matter of weeks.
By "adding something to discussion", we don't exactly mean someone's opinion. We mean some new information, some new development about the subject. And most of the times when you do have a sound reason to do a thread necromancy, just starting a new thread is better option.
Don't take it personal - it's just a general policy that allows this forum to function. Imagine if every newcomer was randomly picking months old threads just to add what they think - we would have problems following recent, relevant threads.

[Picpak]

You should try looking for inspiration in other places than your favourite comics.

For what it's worth, I do run a Calvin and Hobbes website. However, the first strip I posted in this thread felt familiar to me, but for this one I had no recollection of it at all. And it's a lot more similar. It's just frustrating.

[Bustertheclown]

Moder, one month is quite long on these forums. It's fast-going forum where threads get old in matter of weeks.

Are you looking at the same forum I am? Threads have been known to stick continuously around the forums for years, and topics last responded to a month ago are still hanging around on mid-Page 2 here on GD. Moder responded on-topic, and Picpak, the "subliminal" plagiarist himself, had added more to the thread even before Kolter got here, putting his admonishment a bit out of place.

Sometimes I don't understand the arbitrary brow-beating that goes on around here.

[McDuffies]

Thread necromancy is a well established rule. It is standard that when someone breaks it, other forumers point it to him politely. See, "politely" is a key word, and noone was abusing Moder like you make it out to be. Simply enough, he wanted to argue about it, and I clarified that it's a forum rule and not just Rkolter's opinion. It's not a big deal - but you are making a big deal out of it.

Threads don't stick around for years. They usually get locked after 100 or so pages. If thread is here for a long time, that's because people continously post in it, not because it gets gessurected every two months. And we are talking about 10 or so pages in a forum that has tens of thousands threads.

If we're not looking at the same forum, I surely am not the one looking at the wrong one.

[Bustertheclown]

Thread necromancy is a well established rule. It is standard that when someone breaks it, other forumers point it to him politely. See, "politely" is a key word, and noone was abusing Moder like you make it out to be. Simply enough, he wanted to argue about it, and I clarified that it's a forum rule and not just Rkolter's opinion. It's not a big deal - but you are making a big deal out of it.

Threads don't stick around for years. They usually get locked after 100 or so pages. If thread is here for a long time, that's because people continously post in it, not because it gets gessurected every two months. And we are talking about 10 or so pages in a forum that has tens of thousands threads.

If we're not looking at the same forum, I surely am not the one looking at the wrong one.

I don't want to fight, and I'm not making a big deal out of this, McDuffies. I just don't see how replying to a thread that's a mere thirty paces back from the top of the discussion queue, especially when the reply isn't terribly innocuous or off-topic, is considered necromancy.

By the way, all I meant by the "different forums" statement was that this is not a fast-paced forum. Our fastest moving forum, OT, has several active threads that are very close to two years old, without coming close to the 100 lock. Check it out. The Youtube thread, the quotelist thread, and the naked thread are all just about two years old. It's nuts!

[Moder]

Moder, one month is quite long on these forums. It's fast-going forum where threads get old in matter of weeks.
By "adding something to discussion", we don't exactly mean someone's opinion. We mean some new information, some new development about the subject. And most of the times when you do have a sound reason to do a thread necromancy, just starting a new thread is better option.
Don't take it personal - it's just a general policy that allows this forum to function. Imagine if every newcomer was randomly picking months old threads just to add what they think - we would have problems following recent, relevant threads.

Hey guys. As Bustertheclown, I did not know the 1 month rule.
What confused me is that Rkolter questioned the relevance of my post. Shouldn't the thread creator be the judge of that?