Original Flickr page: http://flickr.com/photos/35923610@N00/2723090810/in/photostr...
The Flickr image is actually just a photo of the latest issue of Mad Magazine. http://macenstein.com/default/archives/1547
Calvin and Jobs (comic)
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Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#22I find it mildly amusing that just the other day my XKCD-Cautionary edit post was killed off. Perhaps it was too close to home, or in too poor taste. Nevertheless, Calvin and Jobs, utterly hilarious!
It could be because Reddit has a subreddit specifically for XKCD ( http://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd ), and many HN readers are already familiar with it.
Ehh, you really think so? I mean XKCD stuff lingers up on hackernews all the time. My said post was nixed in ~40 minutes.
Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#23Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jobs minus Hobbes minus Calvin? (Hell, Hobbes minus Calvin would be trippy enough, since Hobbes is the imaginary friend...)
Not imaginary.
(First off, let's be clear that I'm using "real" and "imaginary" in the context of the fictional world of the comic strip).
The portion of Hobbes that is real is just an inanimate stuffed toy tiger. Hobbes as a motile, living, thinking being exists entirely as a figment in Calvin's mind, projected into the object of the toy tiger. So Hobbes the toy is real, while Hobbes the being is imaginary.
Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not imaginary.
(First off, let's be clear that I'm using "real" and "imaginary" in the context of the fictional world of the comic strip). The portion of Hobbes that is real is just an inanimate stuffed toy tiger. Hobbes as a motile, living, thinking being exists entirely as a figment in Calvin's mind, projected into the object of the toy tiger. So Hobbes the toy is real, while Hobbes the being is imaginary.
What?! Hobbes doesn't actually talk???
Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#26don't forget the other ones: http://www.flickr.com/photos/35923610@N00/2722267025/sizes/o...
Thanks. It's actually much funnier than the one in the OP.
Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not imaginary.
(First off, let's be clear that I'm using "real" and "imaginary" in the context of the fictional world of the comic strip). The portion of Hobbes that is real is just an inanimate stuffed toy tiger. Hobbes as a motile, living, thinking being exists entirely as a figment in Calvin's mind, projected into the object of the toy tiger. So Hobbes the toy is real, while Hobbes the being is imaginary.
I prefer to think of the motile, living, thinking Hobbes as a real being that most people can't see.
Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#28I'm trying to figure out why Calvin is even used, and all I can get is the lame almost-ryhme in the title. Calvin could be anyone or no one, all the character does is stand there and say "What's the punchline, Mr. Jobs?"
Because we all miss Calvin and Hobbes. So it makes us feel nice to see Calvin again, even if it's not the "real" one.
Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#29Re: Calvin and Jobs (comic)
#30I find it mildly amusing that just the other day my XKCD-Cautionary edit post was killed off. Perhaps it was too close to home, or in too poor taste. Nevertheless, Calvin and Jobs, utterly hilarious!
you are both 'mildly amused' and 'fairly surprised' - I find this unsurprising, but amusing. also, I recommend: http://www.users.qwest.net/~yarnspnr/writing/adverbs/adverbs...