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fectin · Post by **fectin** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:57 pm

Probably NSFW. Mostly WTF.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:38 pm

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:05 am

Wiseman · Post by **Wiseman** » Tue Feb 17, 2015 9:22 am

fectin wrote:Probably NSFW. Mostly WTF.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:05 pm

So I was reading Dilbert strips at Dilbert.com when this pop-up ad came up:

Now, I've seen some weird things on the internet, but this is by far one of the more baffling ones. I mean, why would Taiwan be where WWIII starts? It just don't track.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 3:16 pm

Shrapnel wrote: Now, I've seen some weird things on the internet, but this is by far one of the more baffling ones. I mean, why would Taiwan be where WWIII starts? It just don't track.

It's probably just to get you to click on the link, if nothing else. I'm surprised they didn't post a picture of some Mounties, or something. There could be a caption with it that says "click for free malware", and a non-zero number of people would reflexively click it out of sheer curiosity.

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 4:50 pm

Well, the thing with Taiwan is that China insists they still own it and the US intermittently tasks carrier groups with insisting they do not.

fectin · Post by **fectin** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 10:06 pm

There's also a plausible argument that Taiwan is the "China" who has a permanent seat on the UN security council, which ups the ante that much more. Not an issue if they're part of PRC; very much an issue if they're independent.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:08 am

Wowza. I mostly meant the Taiwan thing as a meaningless joke...

name_here · Post by **name_here** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:47 am

Yeah, Taiwan is kind of a big deal politically wrt China. Note that when fectin says:

There's also a plausible argument that Taiwan is the "China" who has a permanent seat on the UN security council

He means "Taiwan had the Chinese permanent security council seat until 1971 and was removed by virtue of no longer recognizing it as a sovereign nation."

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:24 am

I had no idea. I always thought that Taiwan was just a place where America had all of it's shit made.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:42 am

Yeah, it's one for the non-US politics thread, but the short story is that when the Communists were taking over mainland China, the government fled to Taiping in Taiwan and set up there.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 4:00 am

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:30 pm

Where are you finding these things?!

hyzmarca · Post by **hyzmarca** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:38 pm

Shrapnel wrote:Where are you finding these things?!

Google image search, I suspect. Those are the first things that come up with you google Spider-Cat.

Well, those and this:

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 4:06 pm

Okay, now that's adorable.

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:27 pm

Longes · Post by **Longes** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:32 pm

I don't get it.

Username17 · Post by **Username17** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:37 pm

Longes wrote:I don't get it.

It's a pun in Japanese because the word also means "Lesbians." So presumably there was a gag where the third girl thought there was muff diving going on but there actually wasn't.

-Username17

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 6:51 pm

Pretty much

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 12:49 am

Meikle641 · Post by **Meikle641** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:00 am

Lord Mistborn wrote:

That art style is familiar. Is that RaTe's SFW persona?

Mistborn · Post by **Mistborn** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:54 am

Meikle641 wrote:That art style is familiar. Is that RaTe's SFW persona?

It's from Hidamari Sketch an anime adaption of a 4koma serise by Aoki Ume. if her style is familiar it probably because of this

Yep. Ume-sensei did the character designs for Madoka Magica (which like Hidamari Sketch was animated by Studio Shaft). Her style is know for it's distinctively wide faces.

OgreBattle · Post by **OgreBattle** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:42 pm

Shatner · Post by **Shatner** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:48 pm