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EdHappy 10th Anniversary to this absolute legend, Wondermark #1062; The Terrible Sea Lion
Jesse@EdCates I forgot that the comic is actually about a sea lion defending their right to exist.
Wulfy—Speaker to the machinesLook, be reasonable.
If sea lions were considerate of others, they would not grow so much blubber, have fine fur and be so slow on land.
They would totally not let their kids get clubbed if they had proper nuclear families!
Their inconsiderate "feelings" impact others right to oil, furs and ability to dispose of toxins far away from humans.
Tony “Abolish ICE” Arcieri🌹🦀@EdCates see also “I’m just asking questions!” a.k.a. JAQoffs
A Slightly Orange Cat@EdCates I just encountered one of these in a reply today. Muted it.
Stygian Lizard@EdCates Has it only been 10 years? I would've guessed 20 for as long as the phenomenon has been around.
James Trickle uP@shadyspotlight @EdCates Back in the late '80's there were sealions on USENET...
@opalmirror @EdCates I would image so! I was like 7 at the time and we didn't have a computer, so I'll take your word on Usenet, because people have been awful forever. I was referring to the comic itself being only 10, but time is meaningless and both creeps and flashes by.
@shadyspotlight @EdCates We didn't call them sea lions at that time... The sea lion comic perfectly explained the problem of these exhaustive trolls though and the name stuck.... definitely moved online life forward by naming the behavior.
PeterA brilliant explainer, wonderfully illustrated.
pies@EdCates I don't get it, where is this taking place, on Twitter? In DMs? I'm not popular nor a woman so people usually don't care what I write :)
Marsh Ray@EdCates The perfect all-purpose response to anyone objecting to one’s expression of bigotry.
Paul McO'Smith III
Third spruce tree on the left
Marcos Dione@EdCates so THAT's what sea lion meant! Jesus, we sometimes use such obscure references...
Jennifer Kayla | Theogrin 🦊I could do without the people who make me feel old by mentioning how old comics are...
@theogrin Aw, it's not like I posted about the 30th anniversary of Green Day's "Dookie" being released or anything.
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Erik Ableson