2015/08/07 - Rules And Statutes

Post by **Dissension** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:51 pm

[ Rules And Statutes ]

Title Text: Thank you for that Miss Frizzle

Dragon's such a cheater. *giggles*

TheBlasterizer · Post by **TheBlasterizer** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:03 am

Poor satau looks so sad

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:03 am

I love how the text in the statue is always changing

Post by **Obbl** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:03 am

Kitsune makes me want to ride on the magic school bus again

It's been a while.

WishIWasHearEarlier · Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:06 am

I really wish that I had a miniature version of that statue right now.

Gordon Callahan · Post by **Gordon Callahan** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:08 am

Makes you wonder if he's going to stay in the current time, or if they're going to send him back. And-wait...I so do not have a crush on a gilded statue.

MrBlueSky7 · Post by **MrBlueSky7** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:08 am

It was only a matter of time before he'd bring up Cerb again...

I gotta feeling the answer to their problems lies in that Cursed Temple of Pete's, or, perhaps a certain sneaky Ferret might know just what to do.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:12 am

Well, if Kitsune won't get involved, I think we can assume that things will turn out well for Satau - otherwise Kitsune would help (he's not that heartless).

GreatKitsune · Post by **GreatKitsune** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:14 am

Gbr23 wrote:I love how the text in the statue is always changing

Render wrote:I see it's made in the same factory as Pete's T-shirt.

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Douglass Collier wrote:Well, if Kitsune won't get involved, I think we can assume that things will turn out well for Satau - otherwise Kitsune would help (he's not that heartless).

Or am I?

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:14 am

Kitsune's such a jerk, not helping them out.

King's Men14 · Post by **King's Men14** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:16 am

Can you just send him back in time? It would be just be like sending him through the portal backwards.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:23 am

GreatKitsune wrote:
Douglass Collier wrote:Well, if Kitsune won't get involved, I think we can assume that things will turn out well for Satau - otherwise Kitsune would help (he's not that heartless).
Or am I? :P

I don't know whether you are, but I believe they're referring to the Housepets! character.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:24 am

SuperStar wrote:Kitsune's such a jerk, not helping them out.

Kitsune left them free to deal with the consequences of following dragon's ill advice. Given that supernatural is present and alive in the HP universe, it is but a matter of time before he gets back to his own era, but yes, I truly feel for him, he's been basically lured into this problem through deceit...But again, Dragon IS Pete's sister, so it should be expected...

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:25 am

SuperStar wrote:Kitsune's such a jerk, not helping them out.

Please note, however, he left them a hint. If she noticed it.

They hoped for a ruling of charity
but didn't even get one of clarity
from the gold, lamé, Kitsune.
Satau puts on his best, hopeful, face,
as he hopes for help from golden grace;
but there's none of that today.
Tarot puts up her best angry argument
in the high hope that he might just relent;
but the idol's not going to play.
He gives them hope they're not alone;
“Or are you” is a question plainly shown;
but he wants you to go away.
So run, little Pom, and play his game;
through all his tricks he's just the same -
don't let his way win the day.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:26 am

valerio wrote:
SuperStar wrote:Kitsune's such a jerk, not helping them out.
Kitsune left them free to deal with the consequences of following dragon's ill advice. Given that supernatural is present and alive in the HP universe, it is but a matter of time before he gets back to his own era, but yes, I truly feel for him, he's been basically lured into this problem through deceit...But again, Dragon IS Pete's sister, so it should be expected...

Dragon warned him, and Kitsune states right here that she was still within the rules, unlike Pete who deliberately broke the rules. Just because people are siblings doesn't mean they're the same. Just because someone's a criminal makes his sister a criminal?

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:30 am

So Kitsune was a fan of the Magic Schoolbus?

So, an alternate way of time travel is needed.

...so what can one do with one mana?

Post by **Obbl** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:31 am

SuperStar wrote:
valerio wrote:Kitsune left them free to deal with the consequences of following dragon's ill advice. Given that supernatural is present and alive in the HP universe, it is but a matter of time before he gets back to his own era, but yes, I truly feel for him, he's been basically lured into this problem through deceit...But again, Dragon IS Pete's sister, so it should be expected...
Dragon warned him, and Kitsune states right here that she was still within the rules, unlike Pete who deliberately broke the rules. Just because people are siblings doesn't mean they're the same. Just because someone's a criminal makes his sister a criminal?

Because "bending" the rules is the moralist's version of "not cheating"

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:32 am

Obbl wrote:
SuperStar wrote:
valerio wrote:Kitsune left them free to deal with the consequences of following dragon's ill advice. Given that supernatural is present and alive in the HP universe, it is but a matter of time before he gets back to his own era, but yes, I truly feel for him, he's been basically lured into this problem through deceit...But again, Dragon IS Pete's sister, so it should be expected...
Dragon warned him, and Kitsune states right here that she was still within the rules, unlike Pete who deliberately broke the rules. Just because people are siblings doesn't mean they're the same. Just because someone's a criminal makes his sister a criminal?
Because "bending" the rules is the moralist's version of "not cheating"

"Pushing", not "Bending". There's a difference.

Post by **Obbl** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:34 am

"Pushing the bounds"
"Bending the rules"
"How far can I go without getting in trouble?"
"Not Cheating"

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:39 am

SuperStar wrote:
Obbl wrote:
SuperStar wrote:Dragon warned him, and Kitsune states right here that she was still within the rules, unlike Pete who deliberately broke the rules. Just because people are siblings doesn't mean they're the same. Just because someone's a criminal makes his sister a criminal?
Because "bending" the rules is the moralist's version of "not cheating"
"Pushing", not "Bending". There's a difference.

Actually, i think she was trying to do both...

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:40 am

Obbl wrote:"Pushing the bounds"
"Bending the rules"
"How far can I go without getting in trouble?"
"Not Cheating"

Exactly, it's not cheating, it's the clever ways of going about things. Pete did cheat, by doing deliberately what was not allowed.

Post by **Obbl** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:41 am

Yes, I agree, clearly "not cheating" at all

Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:09 am

SuperStar wrote:
Obbl wrote:"Pushing the bounds"
"Bending the rules"
"How far can I go without getting in trouble?"
"Not Cheating"

Exactly, it's not cheating, it's the clever ways of going about things. Pete did cheat, by doing deliberately what was not allowed.

Kitsune said she was trying to push the limits of the rules. and when you try to push the rules, it's only a matter of time before they break, and there isn't a clear indication that that hasn't happened in this instance.

and even if not technically cheating, it is against the spirit of the rule. like using a curse word that doesn't happen to have been put in the forum's filter.

you're right, she did warn him so she at least isn't as uncaring about her avatars as Pete, so he is the bigger jerk. she's only a jerk to Pete.

TinFoilHats · Post by **TinFoilHats** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:31 am

First off, I like how the statue just has little nubs for hands

And secondly, in regards to the last panel of the strip from two days ago, where did she get those pictures of Satau?

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:33 am

Am I the only one who sees the Willy Wonka meme in that last panel?
No weird time junk isn't very specific but it does still seem like breaking the rules because he was transported into the future.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:09 am

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:Kitsune said she was trying to push the limits of the rules. and when you try to push the rules, it's only a matter of time before they break, and there isn't a clear indication that that hasn't happened in this instance.
and even if not technically cheating, it is against the spirit of the rule. like using a curse word that doesn't happen to have been put in the forum's filter.
you're right, she did warn him so she at least isn't as uncaring about her avatars as Pete, so he is the bigger jerk. she's only a jerk to Pete.

Not really. She's been a jerk to her avatar and to Sabrina. More than once, apparently.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:19 am

Hmm... I kinda have to wonder if Kitsune is talking to us in that first panel

Also "Or are you"!

The-J-Man · Post by **The-J-Man** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:42 am

you really have to appreciate the amount of work rick puts into these comics, just think if these comics were still being made in black and white.
We would never know the gilded glory of this statue.
so i say nice job rick, keep it up

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:07 am

You know, Satau is probably better off in Babylon Acres in the present than in proto-egypt 7000 years ago.

I know that if I was yanked 7000 years in the future into a society as advanced (both technically and socially) compared to ours as ours is compared to his, the last thing I would want is to be sent back. Especially if I have a bunch of billionaire weasels waiting to take care of me.

Perfesser_Bear · Post by **Perfesser_Bear** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:39 am

Welsh Halfwit wrote:
SuperStar wrote:Kitsune's such a jerk, not helping them out.
Please note, however, he left them a hint. If she noticed it.

Part of his hint is right under her nose. The other half is in his last piece of dialogue.

Argent wrote:You know, Satau is probably better off in Babylon Acres in the present than in proto-egypt 7000 years ago.

I know that if I was yanked 7000 years in the future into a society as advanced (both technically and socially) compared to ours as ours is compared to his, the last thing I would want is to be sent back. Especially if I have a bunch of billionaire weasels waiting to take care of me.

Yes, indeed; I agree, and so does this guy:

Thomas Hobbes wrote:"In such condition there is... continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."
--Leviathan, 1651

In addition, everyone he ever knew and loved had been dead and dust for millennia. Sure, he might make new friends in 21st Century Babylon Gardens, but how might such a primitive being attract a significant other amongst these sophisticates?

Sartharina · Post by **Sartharina** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:48 am

Argent wrote:You know, Satau is probably better off in Babylon Acres in the present than in proto-egypt 7000 years ago.

I know that if I was yanked 7000 years in the future into a society as advanced (both technically and socially) compared to ours as ours is compared to his, the last thing I would want is to be sent back. Especially if I have a bunch of billionaire weasels waiting to take care of me.

Because who cares about friends, family, dependents, and others? Especially if you come with no references, work history, relevant education...

Sirus Starseeker · Post by **Sirus Starseeker** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:59 am

Leave it to an celestial to be vague though~

And I feel like that comment 'admit you have a crush' was a bit of a jab at me. XD

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:10 am

Sartharina wrote:Because who cares about friends, family, dependents, and others? Especially if you come with no references, work history, relevant education...

Compared to other western democracies, poverty in the US is terrible.

7000 years ago, most of the world's population lived in circumstances that we would consider appalling even by comparison to that.

And Satau isn't likely to suffer from homelessness.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:13 am

Argent wrote: And Satau isn't likely to suffer from homelessness.

Virtually every lady canine - and some felines - would want him living with them.

KingFan202 · Post by **KingFan202** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:49 am

best statue ever

1071-CCN · Post by **1071-CCN** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 9:57 am

Perfesser_Bear wrote:Sure, he might make new friends in 21st Century Babylon Gardens, but how might such a primitive being attract a significant other amongst these sophisticates?

With his big muscles, apparently.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:30 am

Argent wrote:You know, Satau is probably better off in Babylon Acres in the present than in proto-egypt 7000 years ago.

I know that if I was yanked 7000 years in the future into a society as advanced (both technically and socially) compared to ours as ours is compared to his, the last thing I would want is to be sent back. Especially if I have a bunch of billionaire weasels waiting to take care of me.

Oh I don't know. A lot of the things we take for granted as having to do every day will have dissappeared in 7000 years. For instance, I like making sandwiches, which gives me the feeling Satau will react to many modern "convenienes" with "I'll make my own crumby sandwich, thankyouverymuch!"

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:54 am

Kitsune just made a Magic School Bus reference!

Also, I love his face in panel four.

Mistacheeeez · Post by **Mistacheeeez** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:36 pm

Sartharina wrote:
Argent wrote:You know, Satau is probably better off in Babylon Acres in the present than in proto-egypt 7000 years ago.

I know that if I was yanked 7000 years in the future into a society as advanced (both technically and socially) compared to ours as ours is compared to his, the last thing I would want is to be sent back. Especially if I have a bunch of billionaire weasels waiting to take care of me.
Because who cares about friends, family, dependents, and others? Especially if you come with no references, work history, relevant education...

not to mention he was probably pretty close to a god back then... he might miss his days of being worshipped by Egyptians! Though I'd probably like it much better if he stayed!

ChekeBello · Post by **ChekeBello** » Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:41 pm

"OR ARE YOU"? So, he will help them somehow? But i think Kitsune wants they do something first.

How else can Satau back in time? Sabby and Tarot are not powerful enough to do it (or they would had already, right?) and I dont think the Miltons had bought a time machine to spare