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The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by freehunter »

skeletonjelly wrote: post #27
planetguy wrote: post #2

Y'see, this is why The Oatmeal guy is a comic genius. He understands that while "drawing of your mom seducing a bear" is funny, "drawing of your mom seducing a kodiak bear" is hilarious.

Can you elaborate? I don't find his humour overly humourous but each to their own.

Besides the "komedy k's" that was already mentioned, a kodiak bear is a very specific type of bear. More specificity is generally considered funny when you're describing a story in the form of a joke. Not only does it add tension by drawing out the conclusion, it implies the comedian has actually put some significant thought into the situation they're describing.

Not just a bear. Not a polar bear. Not a brown bear. A kodiak bear. The only thing funnier would be "a 8' tall, ill-tempered, honey-hating, monkey-fighting kodiak bear. Named Maurice."

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by dmix »

nostromo wrote: post #30

Having a rival is pure press (and SEO) mastery. Seriously. It reminds me of the genius rap rivalries of the 90s and 00s which left both rivals better off in every way (press, album sales, fame). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_rivalry

The entire modern TV media industry has learned how much money/fame can be earned from exploiting overblown controversy It's the substance of about 90% of non-fiction TV shows these days.

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by wickedchicken »

nostromo wrote: post #30

Having a rival is pure press (and SEO) mastery. Seriously. It reminds me of the genius rap rivalries of the 90s and 00s which left both rivals better off in every way (press, album sales, fame). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_rivalry

> which left both rivals better off in every way

yeah, tupac is rolling in money right now

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by floomp »

GiraffeNecktie wrote: post #25
ruswick wrote: post #24

Although the lawsuit is bullshit, I would probably be really happy if the oatmeal were to get sued out of existence. I try to stay away from it as much as possible, but of the handful of things I've seen there, they were all trollish and entirely incorrect. The site is just more Internet scum and it going away would probably be for the best.

Um. Seriously? A unique individual with one of the most brilliant, funny, audacious and original voices on the Internet and you'd like to see him sued out of existence? Because uh ... the Internet's not big enough or what? Wow. Just wow.

> A unique individual with one of the most brilliant, funny, audacious and original voices on the Internet

It's always good when one extreme viewpoint is countered with another extreme viewpoint in the opposite direction.

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by [deleted] »

ruswick wrote: post #24

Although the lawsuit is bullshit, I would probably be really happy if the oatmeal were to get sued out of existence. I try to stay away from it as much as possible, but of the handful of things I've seen there, they were all trollish and entirely incorrect. The site is just more Internet scum and it going away would probably be for the best.

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Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by ruswick »

floomp wrote: post #34
GiraffeNecktie wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Um. Seriously? A unique individual with one of the most brilliant, funny, audacious and original voices on the Internet and you'd like to see him sued out of existence? Because uh ... the Internet's not big enough or what? Wow. Just wow.

> A unique individual with one of the most brilliant, funny, audacious and original voices on the Internet It's always good when one extreme viewpoint is countered with another extreme viewpoint in the opposite direction.

Isn't that just bigotry?

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by RobAtticus »

KenCochrane wrote: post #18

I'm surprised that people haven't started contacting funnyjunk and telling them how much of a tool they are. Here are some good links, if you are want to do more. http://www.funnyjunk.com/contact/ http://www.funnyjunk.com/abuse/ http://www.funnyjunk.com/copyright/

Why prolong the conflict? The Oatmeal wants to move past all this. Emailing FJ is just going to cause them to be agitated and therefore continue to pursue their action, prolonging the headache. It might even be counterproductive if they can use the mass of emails as "proof" that their reputation has been damaged.

Let's not take a funny/clever retort by TheOatmeal and ruin it by being jackasses.

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by sparknlaunch »

While this is a great story likely to go down in Internet history, it seems a risky strategy. Sure he raised $20k but seems like this will just fuel the fire of the FunnyJunk lawyers. There have been more trivial legal cases than this one - that could go on for a long time.

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by mikerice »

wickedchicken wrote: post #33
nostromo wrote: post #30

Having a rival is pure press (and SEO) mastery. Seriously. It reminds me of the genius rap rivalries of the 90s and 00s which left both rivals better off in every way (press, album sales, fame). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_rivalry

> which left both rivals better off in every way yeah, tupac is rolling in money right now

his estate is

Re: The Oatmeal Fights Legal Threat, Raises $20,000 in an Hour

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Post by eieio »

freehunter wrote: post #31
skeletonjelly wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate? I don't find his humour overly humourous but each to their own.

Besides the "komedy k's" that was already mentioned, a kodiak bear is a very specific type of bear. More specificity is generally considered funny when you're describing a story in the form of a joke. Not only does it add tension by drawing out the conclusion, it implies the comedian has actually put some significant thought into the situation they're describing. Not just a bear. Not a polar bear. Not a brown bear. A…

I found it particularly funny because it's not exactly a great drawing of a bear, so claiming that it's a kodiak bear is pretty absurd.
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