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How the fuck did PBS swing a deal with Marvel to get fucking *SpiderMan* on a hippy freak commie show like The Electric Company?
-- Mr. Bad
WE'RE STILL TOTAL LOSERS JESUS (cont'd)
2000-02-20 01:35:00
 Tjames |
OK. So what's next for Jerkcity? When's the TV show gonna happen? |
| But, the point is that THAT IS WHERE I MET THESE FAGS AND THEY WON'T LET ME ALONE |  Rands |
 Mr. Bad |
Umm, fuck. So, what's next for Jerk City? Any ideas on the back burner? |
Tjames |
I beat you! |
Mr. Bad |
You BASTARD! That's my question! |
 Arkuat |
the custom is to say "jinx" |
Arkuat |
who ever says jinx first, wins. |
Tjames |
I beat you, jinx! |
Mr. Bad |
Yeah, for CHILDREN, that is appropriate. |
Arkuat |
also for irc. |
| Pants always has crazy ideas for the strip... I'LL PROBABLY DO A NEW LAYOUT TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE NEW FEATURES like the mailinglist and STUFF | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Anyways, let's try to conduct arselves as professional journalists, eh? |
 Enigma |
Next question: Who are the people in the pictures on the "Ask Jerkcity" page? Known sex offenders? |
Mr. Bad |
Oh, heh, a new HTML layout, that's groundbreaking. |
| PLUS FREE PORN | Rands |
Tjames |
Will this be a real mailinglist, or one where you just yell at people? |
Mr. Bad |
Oooh, sorry, that was supposed ot be a private message. |
| It's real.. . | Rands |
Enigma |
Those are actual pics of the letter writers? |
Tjames |
Will you take things said on the mailinglist and put them in the strip? |
Mr. Bad |
I think you should do a shockwave version, with MIDI music in the background to set the mood. |
| http://www.jerkcity.com/mailinglist.html | Rands |
| tjames: Good idea. Possibly. | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Like, wakachikawakachika porn music. |
Mr. Bad |
Sorry, shutting up now. |
Mr. Bad |
<insert pants response here> |
Tjames |
We have this Pigdog mailing list that has NOTHING to do with Pigdog. It's great. |
| I have no idea what people are going to do with jerkfans.... | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
I like how you have an XML version of the site. |
Arkuat |
uh, when did the website become the entirety of pigdog? there's tnipnaz too. and this joint. |
| But if it's anything like listening to #jerkcity, it'll PROBABLY INVOLVE HEAPING PILES OF DONGS, ETC. | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Does anyone use that XML for anything useful at all? |
| Good question for Pants... apparently, he removed it at one point and PEOPLE GOT UPSET | Rands |
Arkuat |
matthew bender used it internally as part of a persistent-object class development system while i was working there |
Arkuat |
xml, that is |
Mr. Bad |
Are you ever afraid you're going to wake up one morning and the words "Dong", "Prick", and "Cock" won't be funny any more? |
| Can you honestly say that the word "DONG" or "BONER" will ever not be funny? | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Well, like, if you say it over and over again, it just turns into a weird Zen chant. |
Mr. Bad |
BONERBONERBONERBONERBONERBONERBONERBONERBONER |
| SUDDENLY GAY ER | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
OK, but I guess I see your point. |
Mr. Bad |
Hey, anybody wanna pipe up here or something? |
Weird network silence hits IRC. Tjames disappears almost completely.
Mr. Bad |
Like, maybe some witty repartee and shit? |
Mr. Bad |
Fucking everyone talks over each other and then there's fuckall. |
| Last few questions, I gotta BATTLE THE COMMUTE IN THE MORNING | Rands |
Arkuat |
well, i'm trying not to interrupt the interview too much, because i haven't been following jerkcity lately, so every time i pipe up, i feel like a schmuck for coming unprepared to the interview |
| LOSER | Rands |
Arkuat |
right. |
| :) | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Not to mention that you didn't even KNOW there was an interview. |
| STRIKE #2 | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Hey, so, one more question: why so worried about your privacy and shit? |
Arkuat |
i'll have to administer a beating to my social secretary. |
Enigma |
Can I watch? |
Mr. Bad |
Like, we had to go through more machinations than a BASQUE SEPARATIST to get this interview going. |
| Well, jerkcity content can be rather racy and WELL I HAVE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK PEOPLE IN THE FACE THAT I WORK WITH | Rands |
| I showed jerkcity to a few co-workers and some totally get it and others stop talking to me | Rands |
Arkuat |
more power to the anonymity brethren. |
pumps a revolutinary fist in the air.
Arkuat |
s/tin/tion/ |
Mr. Bad |
Yeah, well, ALSO, you blew me off for an in-person interview last week. |
Mr. Bad |
! |
| I was in New Jersey.. so consider me punished. | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
OK, that's fair. I couldn't punish you more than that. |
Tjames |
Hey, my connection came back. Just in time for the wrap-up. |
Mr. Bad |
But I am NOT YOUR BITCH. |
Mr. Bad |
I just had to say that. |
Enigma |
Ignore Mr. Bad, he sends out last minute invites and thinks he has commitment. |
Mr. Bad |
Hey, I was forced to sit in a bar in the Mission and drink lots of beer and Wild Turkey! |
Mr. Bad |
Being a journalist is HAAAAAAAARRRRRRDD. |
Enigma |
Poor you. Any new characters in the works? |
Arkuat |
gee, i wish i did that more often. |
| The chat room really isn't public.... I think guest appearances will occur, but SPIGOTDEUCERANDSANDPANTS will continue to dominate | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Yeah, that is the core of the team, I guess. |
Mr. Bad |
Listen, I want to congratulate you for the amazing way you bring out something approximating emotion from those characters. |
Arkuat |
memepool uses #perl as kind of a parallel forum for people to toss out links asking if their memepoolable. |
Mr. Bad |
I think you have, like, 8 faces to use? |
Arkuat |
s/their/they're/ |
| Something like that. | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
And you manage to make it look like there's really someone talking. |
Mr. Bad |
It's kinda like puppetry, in a way. |
Mr. Bad |
In a faggy, lame, arty way. |
| It's the content which makes Jerkcity -- any schmuck could've thought up using ComicChat, but if the content wasn't KICK ASS ... nobody would care | Rands |
Arkuat |
don't malkovich out on us, mr. bad. |
Mr. Bad |
Sorry I said that. |
Mr. Bad |
Yeah, it's very good. |
Mr. Bad |
So, we already talked about Leisuretown and Jim something something, but what else do you read on the Web, or off? |
| Uhhhh.... TheOnion... hurrrrrrrrrrr... what else... | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
LAME |
| My web browsing habits are rather lame... | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
You could kiss our ass and say you read Pigdog Journal all the time. |
| It's mostly newsy stuff. AND I'VE ONLY RECENTLY STARTED BROWSING PIGDOG | Rands |
Arkuat |
or even better, you could tell us about something cool that none of us has ever heard of before. |
Mr. Bad |
But, fuck, we're interviewing YOU, so we're in the buttocks-smooching position. |
| I have a feeling y'all have a better map of the web. | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Hey, so, you know how in like _Details_ magazine they always ask these total IDIOTS that they interview about current events and shit? |
Mr. Bad |
Well, I'm not going to do that, even though I'm running out of ideas, because I totally failed to prepare. |
Mr. Bad |
OK, but what do you read off-line? |
Mr. Bad |
Or watch or porn off to or whatever. |
Arkuat |
yeah, what is your favorite porn. |
Arkuat |
or you said you don't like that stuff? |
| Hmmm... porn. | Rands |
| I used to dig on www.pornopolis.com (AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT IT YOU'LL KNOW WHY) | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Oh, hey: rands. |
Mr. Bad |
Name comes from: what? |
| But, my life is more interesting than porn these days | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Wow! it is? |
Arkuat |
is that publishable or should we try to avoid "slashdotting" it? |
Mr. Bad |
Do you meet lots of bisexual sluts and stuff who want to have sex with you on your motorcycle? |
| Name is a byproduct of an exgirlfriend | Rands |
| I'll say no more | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
Heh heh. It's probably some term for LABIA |
| COULD BEHGUHGUHUHIDFHGUFHUH G | Rands |
Arkuat |
i think this person needs to take nightly ablutions to prepare for the morning commute |
Mr. Bad |
Shit, I'm worried that tjames fell off of the internet. |
Mr. Bad |
TJAMES! Come back! |
Mr. Bad |
Fuck. |
Arkuat |
*** CTCP PING reply from tjames: 1 seconds |
Mr. Bad |
So, uh, rands, any parting words and shit? |
| STAY WAY GAY | Rands |
Arkuat |
he's probably investigating the plumbing. |
Mr. Bad |
Inspirational shit for growing youngsters. |
| STAY WAY GAY (STILL) | Rands |
Enigma |
Way |
Mr. Bad |
Bitchen! Muchas gracias for the interview. |
| PANTS WILL BE FUNNIER THAN ME. | Rands |
Mr. Bad |
OK, well, maybe we'll bust his ass. |
| No problem. GOOD TO EXPRESS MYSELF IN A NON-HGUHGUHGUHGUHG PLEASE GET OFF MEHGUHGUGHUGHGUH THIS IS HUGE HGUEHUSDJFDGJGFJFDG | Rands |
Arkuat |
yes, danke fer thee interview. |
| Night all. Come visit #jerkcity some time. | Rands |
Enigma |
g'night |
Mr. Bad |
OK, you got it! |
Arkuat |
cool. |
Mr. Bad |
Yippie and shit. |
Enigma |
Goodnight Mr. Bad |
Enigma |
Goodnight Arkuat |
Enigma |
Goodnight TJames |
Arkuat |
goodnight [Enigma] |
Mr. Bad |
OK, later, [Enigma]! |
Enigma |
Goodnight _rands_ |
Pao Tzu enters the IRC channel.
Mr. Bad |
Hey, pao, what up!? |
Arkuat |
goodnight _rands_ |
Arkuat |
good night john boy |
Mr. Bad |
Sorry we took over the channel, but we had to interview this stuck up guy from Jerk City. |
Mr. Bad |
Fucking ASSSSS. |
 Pao Tzu |
oh |
Arkuat |
greetings pao tzu li erh yang. |
Pao Tzu |
I'm on like three networks |
Mr. Bad |
Oh, wait, he hasn't left yet. |
Pao Tzu |
I have no idea what is going on |
Mr. Bad |
:-) <- Heh heh |
Arkuat |
remember solex vs. the pigdog, paotzu? |
Arkuat |
oh, and happy year of the dragon. |
Mr. Bad |
Hey, tjames! Quit being a twat and come say that you're still alive. |
Arkuat |
i just moved to oakland chinatown and it's been constant firecrackers going off all weekend. |
Mr. Bad |
Man, I hope that guy didn't think I was serious and shit. |
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