Status Quo

from the why-yes,-actually,-we-have-considered-that-already dept

Yes, I have heard it

Every argument
I ever hear anymore
Goes just like this one

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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 1:54am

    Seriously....these comics are the worst. They are neither funny nor insightful. The worst.

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      The eejit (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 3:34am

      Re:

      Go to VGCats, then come back. :)

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    • identicon
      Jason, 9 Jun 2011 @ 6:32am

      Re:

      I like them. I do however wonder if Nina grasps the self-deconstructing irony of the poem.

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      • identicon
        Jason, 9 Jun 2011 @ 6:33am

        Re: Re:

        No, "grasps" isn't fair. I wonder if she intended it.

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          crade (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 8:44am

          Re: Re: Re:

          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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        • identicon
          Jason, 9 Jun 2011 @ 9:02am

          Re: Re: Re:

          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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            crade (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 11:19am

            Re: Re: Re: Re:

            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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    • identicon
      Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 7:03am

      Re:

      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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    • identicon
      Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 8:30am

      Re:

      Agreed. These comics are fucking terrible.

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    • identicon
      Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 11:46am

      Re:

      Some of them are ok. I don't get this one.

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    • identicon
      dwg, 9 Jun 2011 @ 5:03pm

      Re:

      Blow me. How's that for less funny and insightful?

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  • identicon
    Dave, 9 Jun 2011 @ 2:18am

    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.

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    G Thompson (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 2:23am

    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 ;)]

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    mike allen (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 2:31am

    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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      Call me Al, 9 Jun 2011 @ 2:43am

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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.

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        nasch (profile), 10 Jun 2011 @ 8:20am

        Re: Re:

        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.

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      Hephaestus (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 2:58pm

      Re:

      dude you are worse with punctuation that I am.

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    Chargone (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 2:49am

    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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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 5:10am

    Every toon
    all of the time
    is preaching to the choir.

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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 5:22am

    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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      xebikr (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 5:54am

      Re:

      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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      The eejit (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 5:54am

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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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      techflaws.org (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 6:07am

      Re:

      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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      Jeremy7600 (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 7:15am

      Re:

      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_p aley/

      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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        FUDbuster (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 7:38am

        Re: Re:

        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.

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      crade (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 8:10am

      Re:

      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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      • identicon
        Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 11:36am

        Re: Re:

        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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          crade (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 1:50pm

          Re: Re: Re:

          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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    Jeremy7600 (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 7:56am

    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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    Erik J. Heels (profile), 9 Jun 2011 @ 8:34am

    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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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 10:50am

    What is a gernerator?

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  • identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 9 Jun 2011 @ 11:49am

    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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  • identicon
    Major, 10 Jun 2011 @ 5:15pm

    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...

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