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Okay. So I read the comments you posted on the first strip, and I have to say, I cried for hours and hours. I get it. I suck: my PNG files are too big, I don’t know how to use apostrophe’s, and I can’t draw hands anatomically correct. In fact, I’m sure that any minute now, Alex is going to have a stern talk with me about how I’m not cut out for the web comic biz, and that I should come back after I grow some facial hair.
But I promise you, dear TDWTF readers, that I will make Mandatory Fun Day a better comic. I’ll draw with thicker lines and, when I get some time, even spice it up with some color. MFD will grow and, eventually, it’ll be super awesome. And just when that happens, I’ll run out of jokes.
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I can't believe nobody's commented on his shirt. That's the funny part of this comic. The joke was predictable, but the shirt... Beautiful touch. |
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...and the commentary has to be more accurate, as a good portion of the folks who work on Open Source do so under the pay of a company that uses it.
On the other hand, let's ask what's being made fun of here. The idealism? The kid's assumption that he'll take over the world? Or the fact that he chose to create economic output in the form of writing open source software? And, let me ask: what's inherently wrong with someone who, having a lot of time on their hands, decides to write open source software? Some folks join the Peace Corps; others join groups such as habitat for humanity. Still others choose to write open source software. If it provides benefit to society in general, then that is economic output and may be valuable. Remember, the two guys in a garage that was RedHat in the mid 90's now has hundreds of millions in revenue every year. It appears that you're assuming because someone works on open source, that person is a slacker. You know what happens when you ASS-U-ME, but in this case it's all on you. Cheers, -J |
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I like the stereotyping here.
So whats next a strip on how all Latino's eat rice and beans while everyone of African decent love to eat fried chicken and BBQ all the time? I don't see the humor in it basically your taking a large segment of the software development community stereotyping them as communist software developers who are all long haired stallman types and that no money can ever be made from an open source project. You do realize their are many open source developers out there making good money alot more then $42k a year. But hey keep your head up if the strip don't work out here Microsoft might have an opening in their FUD department for you. :) |
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