reminder that Eric Clapton is an outspoken white supremacist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton#%22Keep_Britain_White%22 (CW: racism)
The 14 words but they have to add more about not dropping white babies out windows
He apologized:
I was so ashamed of who I was, a kind of semi-racist, which didn't make sense. Half of my friends were black, I dated a black woman, and I championed black music.
Wait what the fuck, that's not an apology.
And even then it’s still boring
“Slow Hand” dismissive wanking motion
What's the difference between a baby and a bag of cocaine?
punchline
Eric Clapton would never drop a bag of cocaine out a window
wait the dude actually based it on a thing that really happened? WTF???
here's the blog post he made about it
Some many years ago, long before I started the comic, I was in a relationship and we suffered a miscarriage. Now, this relationship was toxic to begin with and doomed to fail regardless, so that the miscarriage was the straw that broke the camel's back came as no surprise. It was a pregnancy neither of us wanted in the first place, so the event didn't effect me nearly as much as it would, say, a couple who was trying for a child. Still, I saw the emotions it can bring up first hand, and I saw how it could truly hurt someone. It's a tough thing to handle because it's nobody's fault. There's nobody you can blame.
I was an active reader of that comic when Loss came out and I remember being like :what-the-hell:
CAD would be completely forgotten if not for the Loss comic. No ome remembers VGcats and a only a handful remember Penny Arcade.
Penny Arcade is responsible for the annual PAX expo and they've got several published books, including somehow one of the first 5E splat books in Acquisitions Incorporated. The comic itself was never good but they're involved in a weird amount of gaming coverage
Lulwhut? PA runs multiple Cons every year. Their art is everywhere, from digital card games to table top minitures. They're still joined at the hip with WotC. And their website get 2M views daily, with revenue north of $5M annually.
They're no longer top dog, but they're hardly forgotten.
I only really remember PA bc I used to watch them play dnd with christopher perkins back in the day
I only remember it because that one guy's pretentious self insert was in the poker game with Strong Bad.
Can't remember the last time I saw VGCats referenced. Doubt it's aged well, but one of my high school buddies introduced me to it so I have fond memories of us reading it on his computer in the living room and chuckling at the strips (when Scott would actually post semi-regularly). Last I heard Scott was doing furry commissions.
this goes pretty hard. miscarriages are already a traumatic event. you get told your whole life that an abortion is a mistake that's going to haunt you. the only thing that haunts me is the far right protestors outside of planned parenthood yelling threats and obscenities at you when going in for a miscarriage...
I mean yeah, I’ve always felt like it was a pretty tasteless meme
On the other hand: imagine agreeing to date someone who makes a gaming web comic.
