{"id":50,"date":"2009-09-05T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/2009\/09\/05\/humor-in-two-dimensions\/"},"modified":"2013-11-16T18:42:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T10:42:01","slug":"humor-in-two-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entropy2.com\/chaosfactory\/2009\/09\/humor-in-two-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Humor In Two Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wcmrMkzl7V4\/SqJ_0uJv2-I\/AAAAAAAAAvk\/Na73byqlAz0\/s1600-h\/orderofthestick.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_wcmrMkzl7V4\/SqJ_0uJv2-I\/AAAAAAAAAvk\/Na73byqlAz0\/s320\/orderofthestick.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378001448752634850\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">#6 Order Of The Stick<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:85%;\">See <a href=\"http:\/\/dancewithsunflowers.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/all-sorts-of-blue.html\">Introduction<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/dancewithsunflowers.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/world-needs-more-laughter-fewer-awkward.html\">#9<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-size:85%;\">|<a href=\"http:\/\/dancewithsunflowers.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/dinosaurs-are-notoriously-bad-at-making.html\">#8<\/a> |<a href=\"http:\/\/dancewithsunflowers.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/marmaduke-would-look-quite-dapper-in.html\"> #7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has been paying attention knows that every webcomic falls into one of the following three categories: those that revolve around video games,  those concerned with role playing games, and everything else (this third category is the smallest).<\/p>\n<p>Having never been inclined to worship Satan, I have not been much into role playing games.  But I am a fan of fantasy epics such as <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Lord of the Rings<\/span> and the war in Iraq, so I know a fair bit about the genre.  Enough to know that most of these comics suck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantitp.com\/index.html\">Order of the Stick<\/a> is the exception.  Imagine<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> Lord of the Rings<\/span>, but with stick figures.  In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantitp.com\/comics\/oots0003.html\">early days<\/a>, a large part of the humor was making fun of Dungeons &amp; Dragons, but that joke could only stretch so far. The reason the comic is now consistently among the best is because of the humorous characters and long, convoluted story which meanders randomly without ever seeming to come to a conclusion.  On second thought, it&#8217;s just because of the characters.<\/p>\n<p>However, I know my readers are not the type to invest many hours pouring over the archived strips in order to catch up on their back stories.  Therefore, here are a few of my favorites: Belkar faces workplace <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantitp.com\/comics\/oots0202.html\">harassment<\/a>, Roy takes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantitp.com\/comics\/oots0038.html\">sick day<\/a>, and here&#8217;s your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.giantitp.com\/comics\/oots0149.html\">supreme leader<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I sort of feel like I started telling a funny story, realized no one was laughing, and ended by saying, &#8220;I guess you had to be there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">Lyric Of The Day:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a worm in my head and a fish in the bed,&#8221; she said<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">Confused, you will be<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">He&#8217;s got the car on the lawn and he&#8217;s using the horn again<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">Annoyed, she will be<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">Cartoon boyfriend, when you gonna rub yourself out<\/span>?<br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a girl at my door and she&#8217;s begging for more,&#8221; he said<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">&#8220;Abused, you will be&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">&#8220;If you touch a hair on my head then you&#8217;d be better off dead&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">She said &#8220;Oh joking, you must be&#8221;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:georgia;\">Cartoon boyfriend, when you gonna rub yourself out?<\/span><span style=\"font-family:monospace;\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\"><\/span>&#8220;Cartoon Boyfriend&#8221;<br \/>-The Wonder Stuff<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#6 Order Of The Stick See Introduction | #9 |#8 | #7 Anyone who has been paying attention knows that every webcomic falls into one of the following three categories: those that revolve around video games, those concerned with role playing games, and everything else (this third category is the smallest). 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