your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦3d ago

i wouldn't be who i am today without Monty Python.

the first show i ever watched was the philosophers’ soccer match and it was life altering.

wasn’t even a pre-teen, but i was always an avid reader and i’d go thru my dad’s bookcase and read some of the philosophy and sociology books he’d kept from college and graduate school. we also had a full encyclopedia & atlas that i’d read like comics books.

so that night, i understood most of the jokes; and a blerd was born:

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-turns-50/

Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50

Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy.

Ars Technica
Show threadPaul Cantrell

@blogdiva
Oh, that sketch is just…perfection.

Given that you loved that one, I’d be neglecting my duties if I didn’t make sure you’ve seen this:
https://dresdencodak.com/2006/12/03/dungeons-and-discourse/

And the follow-up:
https://dresdencodak.com/2009/01/27/advanced-dungeons-and-discourse/

Dungeons And Discourse - Dresden Codak

This is an actual game idea that I’ve tossed around before. I have never actually played a tabletop RPG, though, so I’m probably grasping in the dark.

Dresden Codak
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Show threadSeiĂ°r3d ago
@inthehands @blogdiva Two of the best comics of the older non-serialised Dresden Codak.
Show threadPaul Cantrell3d ago
@Illuminatus @blogdiva
Dark Science and Hob before it have been a wonderful ride, but I do also miss the bizarre and nonsequitous original form of the comic. I know of nothing quite like it now! “A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible,” also long gone, had some of the same quality.
Show threadSeiĂ°r3d ago
@inthehands @blogdiva Oh, yes. ALILBTDII was another really good one. I just count my blessings that Subnormality is still around. I wish I had enough insight to know how much of the walled gardens that enshittified the internet irreversibly since the late 2000's had to do with the disappearance of some of the best webcomics, but if I had to judge by comments by the Oatmeal and Boullet, a lot, probably.
Show threadPaul Cantrell2d ago

@Illuminatus @blogdiva
Thanks for the reminder about Subnormality! I haven’t checked it in a long while.

In hindsight, there really was a golden age of webcomics about 20 years ago, wasn’t there? Grateful for the ones from that era that still live on: xkcd, Questionable Content, Perry Bible Fellowship, Gunnergrigg Court (now working toward its conclusion)…!

Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦3d ago
@inthehands that was amazing! instafan!
Show threadPaul Cantrell2d ago
@blogdiva
Dresden Codak is more zany beauty than humanity has earned, but somehow we get it anyway