Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 19, 2009

There’s more than one?

of course there’s more than one. Bill Gates can’t run everything can he?

I don’t control and you don’t mind.

Pretty much any big business (or church or political party, or ..)

madKanga, I think the point of Danae’s argument is that “social retards” are the people who never spend time around other people - just formulas and machines. Whatever evil political parties and churches might or might not do, they are all about spending time with other people.

”Pretty much any big business (or church or the-p-word party, or ..” - madKanga

”madKanga, I think the point of Danae’s argument is that “social retards” are the people who never spend time around other people - just formulas and machines. Whatever evil the-p-word parties and churches might or might not do, they are all about spending time with other people.” - cdward

Guys, I fixed up your posts for you so they are SC (nonsequiturially correct). Don’t want to be straying too far off topic, y’know.

A banking cabal “social retard” hard at work

http://www.changetowin.org/connect/images/bin-dive.jpg

nonse quitous, you changed your pic. & attitude are You now the smoking gun?

Uncle Scrooge was wise to put his money in a vault instead of Bear Stearns stock.

”nonsequitous, you changed your pic. & attitude are You now the smoking gun?”

Smoking gun? I’m not evidence of anything, not a secret nerd world domation cabal or intelligent life on the planet.

Nor am I the new sheriff in town or Wiley’s hired gun.

You don’t know who I “am”? I thought it appropriate, given that … well, have a looksee, and the “given that…” is left as an exercise for the reader.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485226/

http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&q=rocky+lane&sa=N&start=72&ndsp=18

Don’t yell at me – I’m not your wife!

ROFLMAO

Way to go, you just took one of my favorite strips and just made it into something I can’t tolerate. Ignorance isn’t bliss it’s just ignorance. I expected more from your strip and always got it until today. Might as well go for a couple ethnic slurs while you are at it, keep the streak going.

http://www.r-word.org/

http://www.specialolympics.org/03-31-09Spreadthe_Word.aspx

I like nonsequitous’ new avatar better than his last one, don’t you?

Speaking as one of the said socially retarded geeky gals, I think you need to lighten up “nothappy.” Not to mention someone who spends his days drawing cartoons probably counts himself among this elite group of people as well. Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused!

Speaking as a socially retarded geek, I think it’s really funny how seriously people take these networking sites. There’s currently a facebook feud going on in my crim class. It’s all my classmates are talking about.

BE MORE SPECIFIC!!!

Well, I enjoyed this comic and how it poked fun at the people who control our daily life (all those cabals of the socially inept), even if a few of the overly sensitive readers didn’t. I really find it hard to take anyone who gets so worked up about a word seriously, especially when the reference is not actually directly relating to what they are sensitive about.

And before anyone gets huffy, I do support the special olympics and all the work that goes into it. I often help my cousin practice for the swim races she competes in, so no blasting about how I don’t understand please.

I love the definition of social retard. I must be one of them.

Yaaaaay Wiley!

bleeep is a perfectly good word borrowed directly from the French- it means to slow down or hold back.

Oh Dear God now the program won’t even let me write *etard

meep

Oh, wow, nonsequitous, I remember Sgt. King and Red Ryder both. Didn’t know he was Mr. Ed’s voice, though. Cool …

yikes…

yeaaaaay, Wiley ! love this strip, puts a smile on my face…

cheers,

Okay…I now need to take my computer in for a decafienation treatment.

should know better than to take a sip of coffee right before reading punch lines…

I hear that lawyers are no longer on the bottom of the food chain. They’ve been replaced by bankers and politicians. Danae has to be talking about politicians, then.

Oh, wow, nonsequitous, I remember Sgt. King and Red Ryder both. Didn’t know he was Mr. Ed’s voice, though. Cool

Well, way I figger it is we got a strip here with a little girl who’s got a talking horse. Why not have a fan who used to be the voice of the talking horse who’s now the horse, of course, who’s got a talking fan of the little girl who’s got a talking … oh dear, where was I …

Oh Dear God now the program won’t even let me write “retard”

Put it in quotes.See?. You think that’s bad. The artificial stupidity censorship software at politico even asterisks out parts of words. Try talking about the bastardization of the English language over there. Or about somebody bitching about something. And you can’t prick a boil over there, no sirree.

“Data control IBM Science is mankind’s brother” – Jefferson Airplane

You know who’s at fault, doncha? It’s the nerds again, trying to control the world with their stoopid software. They’re everywhere they’re everybleeep bleeep bleeep

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nothappy, now ur an idiot. It was used to indicate a lack of something in another, not insulting people with special needs. Are you gonna sue fire extinguisher companys for using the term “fire retardant” now?

Wiley… you absolutely rock!

And nonsequitous, so do you.

@ Nothappy

The use of the word “retard” in this context has absolutely nothing to do with anyone who would be in the Special Olympics.

In fact, the “retards” that Danae is referring to generally have genius IQ.

The word “retard” as a verb is fine – ask any musician. The word “retard” as a noun is a bit jolting, though. It’s one of those words that is generally not accepted, so it’s surprising to see it used here - especially a couple days in a row.

@ those offended

“It is our own vanity that makes the vanity of others intolerable to us.” -Rochefoucauld, Francois, Duc de la

What’s worse than the “ignorant” are those that try to be overly P.C. and prevent our ability to effectively work/communicate as a society.

Maizing said, about 1 hour ago

@ Nothappy

“The use of the word “retard” in this context has absolutely nothing to do with anyone who would be in the Special Olympics. In fact, the “retards” that Danae is referring to generally have genius IQ.”

Absolutely correct. I HATE to characterize anyone, with generalities…..but…er…..~wink~ perhaps a person with ‘Nothappy’ as their blog name might be from the ‘half empty’ crowd…

retard

–verb 1 -to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede. 2 -to be delayed.

–noun 1 -a slowing down, diminution, or hindrance, as in a machine.

Slang: Disparaging. a. a mentally retarded person. b. a person who is stupid, obtuse, or ineffective in some way: a hopeless social retard.

Automotive, Machinery. 1 -an adjustment made in the setting of the distributor of an internal-combustion engine so that the spark for ignition in each cylinder is generated later in the cycle.

Words are like guns….useful until aimed with malice.

Wiley, I laughed, thank you. I love the line in your post, “a diatribe of partisan rhetoric.”

Yes, and waiter I’ll have a diatribe of partisan rhetoric with a side of sarcasm.

People that read comics before the news live longer. People that (try to) read between the lines of a comic need lives.

too many social bleeps posting rants.

thanks for prolonging our lives in an entertaining manner!

jsprat I particularly like your last paragraph.

I think it should be a disclaimer at the top of each strip before you can post a comment.

I usually save the cartoons for last as an antidote for the news.

I read the comics last - I call it dessert.

I wish The Economist had searchable access to their “Letters to the Editor”. I remember one, must have been back around 1995 or 1996. It was crammed full of words, such as “chink” and the one that started this controversy, which are perfectly fine in one context but offensive in another. You can probably imagine some of the words for yourself.

I wonder how many of you people that are flaming would act if you had relatives with special needs? Suppose it is your son, daughter, brother, or sister. Thanks for proving how morally and mentally bankrupt we have become. Nothing but love for you haters when all I was trying to prove that you don’t have to use certain words to be funny. Whip out a couple “N” words while you are all at it. Love ya!

this is why I prefer to live in Europe, and not in the US (which I otherwise love dearly): We ban concepts, not words.

Maybe some of us should heed Danae’s advice in the first panel. Besides, mind….con….trol…..is……not….. ..pos….si……ble……..

I usually save the cartoons for last as an antidote for the news.

If you don’t read the news you don’t need an antidote. I watch The Daily Show and The Colber Repor, kill two birds with one stone. Oh censored, now I’ll have the PETARDS(tm) after me for talking about killing poor helpless metaphorical birds. Stoning them to death!

Can we say PETARDS(tm) here? (Waiting for it)

On the other hand, as far as reading comics making you live longer, ever heard the expression “die laughing”? How many lawyers you got working for you, Wiley?

Enough, I hope.

Wiley, thanks again for a very funny cartoon.

jsprat - love your comment!

nonsequitous - You go, Mr. Ed….

I wonder how many of you people that are flaming would act if you had relatives with special needs? … Thanks for proving how morally and mentally bankrupt you are – nothappy

So you are saying those who make fun of people with special needs, deficient in some physical or mental way, are mentally … bankrupt? “Bankrupt” as in “deficient” in some metaphorical type of intellectual or moral “funds”?

I think I see what you’re saying, and I must say, I’m nothappy that you’re referring to these crass jokesters in such a politically incorrect way. What if it were your son or daughter that had such an insensitive sense of humor. You wouldn’t like it if someone called them mentally bankrupt, I don’t think. You might just as well call them “stupid”. Sorry, Wil’, I meant to say “the s-word.” Won’t happen again.

Whip out a couple “N” words while you are all at it.

Actually, I did. Nov 17, 2nd page of comments. In response to a post from MatureCanadian, whose son has a low IQ and is in a wheelchair, and despises PC euphemisms. My response gives a link to a famous Lenny Bruce bit teeming with n-words, k-words, s-words, b-words, m-words, every letter of the alphabet Very Bad Words, as performed by Dustin Hoffman in the movie Lenny. MCanadian is a big fan of Bruce, and Carlin, and thanked me for the link.

I just thank god Lenny didn’t say stupi- er, the s-word.

Maybe some of us should heed Danae’s advice in the first panel. Besides, mind…con…trol…is…not…pos…si…ble…

Remember Life of Brian? You’ve got to think for yourselves! You’re all individuals! Yes! We are all individuals! You’re all different! Yes! we are all different! I’m not. (As one, they all beat him with shoes.)

Once again Wiley Miller insults the business world, thinking (or at least claiming) that it’s all just a joke.

The use of the word bleeep in the Nov 17 and 15 strips is extremely offensive to anyone with developmental disabilities or the friends or families of people with developmental disabilities (i.e., mental bleeepation). I am sure the author did not know that and thought that, as some of the commentors do, that “bleeep” has some more acceptable meaning other than the dictionary definition that someone posted earlier. It doesn’t.

I was amazed to see the word used in a comic strip.

Hey, they’re bleeping the word out now! Is this one of those smart machines that learns by itself? They even bleep it out of the word “mental rtardation!”

People that read comics (& don’t read between the lines) and forego the news live even longer AND better.