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Deadlock Clock: Sep 23rd 2014 at 11:59:00 PM
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#1: Aug 26th 2014 at 11:42:43 AM

Since the page currently has no image, I'd like to suggest this one from Amazing Super Powers - it's a bit lengthy, but it illustrates the trope quite well.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#3: Aug 26th 2014 at 12:30:28 PM

I like it, but we can't use the whole thing. We'll have to cut out the middle panel.

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theAdeptRogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
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#4: Aug 26th 2014 at 2:06:47 PM

I think the last panel alone would also work.

AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#5: Aug 26th 2014 at 2:16:17 PM

Would work with a caption mentioning the hiring requirements being somewhat non-capability-based.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#6: Aug 26th 2014 at 3:17:26 PM

The last panel could work by itself, but I like 1+3 for full context.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#7: Aug 27th 2014 at 12:27:27 AM

I like 1+3 as a concept.

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#8: Aug 27th 2014 at 12:21:56 PM

Possibly use this as the caption? "Alt Text - Haha! I don't even know what your company does!"

edited 27th Aug '14 12:22:52 PM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#9: Aug 27th 2014 at 2:07:48 PM

That feels too forced. How about, "Awesome! So, what do you do again?"

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#10: Aug 27th 2014 at 3:52:03 PM

That sounds better.

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Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#11: Aug 27th 2014 at 8:59:49 PM

I just noticed that 8 is the actual Alt Text on the comic. Still, what I said about it still stands.

Awesome! So, what do you do again?

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#12: Aug 28th 2014 at 12:26:38 AM

I think with that small text size, it's a little annoying to read that wall of text, even if it's not that much.

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#13: Aug 28th 2014 at 12:29:58 AM

Especially with that text style.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#14: Aug 28th 2014 at 4:05:57 AM

Holy cow, even as a PNG that text looks artifacted...didn't work nearly as well as I thought it would.

theAdeptrogue iRidescence Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
iRidescence
#15: Aug 28th 2014 at 6:27:56 AM

Kinda figured that the loads of text in the first panel would be hard to read at wiki size, which is why I prefer to just use the last panel.

Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#16: Aug 28th 2014 at 8:13:15 AM

We could try vertical, though I'm not fond of how that would look.

edited 28th Aug '14 8:13:32 AM by Rethkir

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dRoy Professional Writer & Amateur Scholar from Most likely from my study Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just high on the world
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#17: Aug 28th 2014 at 8:29:06 AM

Can we just replace the text with more mundane and comfortable text, like, I don't know, Arial?

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Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#18: Aug 28th 2014 at 11:13:31 AM

I can do that, but later.

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Rethkir A Trusted Friend in Science and Ponies from the gap between dimensions Since: Mar, 2013
#19: Aug 28th 2014 at 5:40:27 PM

Arial — sharp

Awesome! So, what do you do again?

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#20: Aug 29th 2014 at 1:07:54 AM

Still a bit of a white-out in some places, but much better. I'll throw my support in. Anyone else?

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#21: Aug 29th 2014 at 3:40:19 AM

Well, it's better.

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ArtisticPlatypus Resident pretentious dickwad from the bottom of my heart. Since: Jul, 2010
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#22: Aug 29th 2014 at 4:26:41 AM

This might be because I've read a decent amount of ASP, but I think the stylistic difference between the new font and the art of the comic is kinda painful. I'd prefer the original text, or at least something softer and rounder.

This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#23: Aug 29th 2014 at 4:30:52 AM

Probably because you've read the original comic. I do not see much of an art style difference.

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AnotherDuck No, the other one. from Stockholm Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Mu
No, the other one.
#24: Aug 29th 2014 at 6:12:39 AM

They're both equally bland.

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Willbyr Hi (Y2K) Relationship Status: With my statistically significant other
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#25: Aug 30th 2014 at 5:46:36 AM

The new version works well enough for me.


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