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bob_gray
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Message 1 of 17 (231010)
08-08-2005 1:22 PM


Can anyone explain the point of this cartoon? Is the author saying that anyone who uses the phrase "it is just a theory" in spite of the evidence must be drunk? I suspect it might be anti-evolution but I can't figure out how.
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Message 2 of 17 (231034)
08-08-2005 1:58 PM


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Message 3 of 17 (231043)
08-08-2005 2:07 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by bob_gray
08-08-2005 1:22 PM


From the New Yorker?
Don't worry about it, it's not very funny.

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kjsimons
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Message 4 of 17 (231048)
08-08-2005 2:12 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by bob_gray
08-08-2005 1:22 PM


I think the whole bar setting is not the point, it was just a way to line up the the evolution of 'us' from fish to the first land animals... to us. The point is even with the evidence literally staring them in the face, some people won't concede that evolution happens. This comic is definitly not anti-evolution.

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bob_gray
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Message 5 of 17 (231056)
08-08-2005 2:25 PM
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08-08-2005 2:07 PM


Re: From the New Yorker?
I didn't think it was very funny either. It came from my father in an email and I'm not sure where he found it. I'm guessing it must have been the Washington Times.

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Message 6 of 17 (231093)
08-08-2005 4:16 PM
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08-08-2005 2:25 PM


Re: From the New Yorker?
It's not anti evolution. I read it as "there's so much evidence and people still don't believe it."
Which is exactly what I think about God and creation. :/

"Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their cocaine is delivered to them?"
--Ann Coulter

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berberry
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Message 7 of 17 (231147)
08-08-2005 6:46 PM


Here's one easy to understand AND funny!
In fact, it'd make a great Picture of the Month. From the Sacramento Bee:

"I think younger workers first of all, younger workers have been promised benefits the government promises that have been promised, benefits that we can't keep. That's just the way it is." George W. Bush, May 4, 2005

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Message 8 of 17 (231164)
08-08-2005 7:41 PM
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08-08-2005 6:46 PM


Re: Here's one easy to understand AND funny!
That's freaking hilarious.

Every time a fundy breaks the laws of thermodynamics, Schroedinger probably kills his cat.

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Message 9 of 17 (231182)
08-08-2005 9:17 PM
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08-08-2005 6:46 PM


Re: Here's one easy to understand AND funny!
That is hilarious.
I always thought he looked like a chimp...
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"A Dwarf on a Giants Shoulder sees the Furthest of the Two!"

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berberry
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Message 10 of 17 (231195)
08-08-2005 10:21 PM


But wait, there's more!
Since this is the Coffee House, and the words 'evolution cartoon' are in the title, I suppose this would be as good a place as any to share a few more. Evolution can seem like such a dry subject, but thanks to the controversy there's endless possibilities for humor.
First, here's one that references a different controversy, from ahajokes.com:
from the Interesting Times blog:
from the Humor in Science Department (hehe) at Southeastern Louisiana University:

The file is hard to read. It says 'Science'.
and, finally, from Fullerton College:

"I think younger workers first of all, younger workers have been promised benefits the government promises that have been promised, benefits that we can't keep. That's just the way it is." George W. Bush, May 4, 2005

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bob_gray
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Message 11 of 17 (231214)
08-09-2005 12:16 AM
Reply to: Message 4 by kjsimons
08-08-2005 2:12 PM


Thanks for the insight
I think you and Tal are correct, the cartoon is not anti-evolution. And it really isn't funny at all. Now, some of berberry's are pretty damn funny.
Also a good idea to use the thread to post cartoons.

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arachnophilia
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Message 12 of 17 (231224)
08-09-2005 4:10 AM
Reply to: Message 10 by berberry
08-08-2005 10:21 PM


my favourite:

אָרַח

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kjsimons
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Message 13 of 17 (231284)
08-09-2005 9:30 AM
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08-09-2005 4:10 AM


Re: my favourite:
Calvin & Hobbes rule!

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Tal
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Message 14 of 17 (231287)
08-09-2005 9:39 AM
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08-09-2005 9:30 AM


Re: my favourite:

"Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think their cocaine is delivered to them?"
--Ann Coulter

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Message 15 of 17 (231291)
08-09-2005 9:48 AM
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08-09-2005 9:39 AM


Re: my favourite:
I love that last one.

"Why not go to war just for oil? We need oil. What do Hollywood celebrities imagine fuels their private jets? How do they think that cocaine was delivered to George W Bush?"

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