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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Jon Arbuckle is to blame for the deaths on 9/11, since he was told of the plans the day before and did nothing to stop it.

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    Contrast this with the Heathcliff comics, which show that rascal making a garbage smorgasbord by rolling the can like a lumberjack on a floating log, whereas in Garfield the transgression of the cat is left to the imagination of the reader. The effect Jim Davis creates is therefore a more sophisticated one, as in certain horror films where less of the monster is shown — sometimes not at all! The monster in the viewers imagination is far more frightening than any rubber suit the film maker could concoct. Indeed many scholars have attributed principles such as this to the enduring legacy of Garf

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      The only time I’ve ever had a dream where I could read I was presented with a massive tome, “The Art and Philosophy of Garfield”. I flipped open to a random page, chapter opening entitled “Moving Away from Form and Meaning”, an exploration of Garfield’s defining features and how far they could be distorted or diluted before becoming unrecognizable. The title page had an image of a pattern of black and orange similar to Garfield’s but in a distinctly un-cat-like shape, with a speech bubble that contained just the word(s)(?)

      “THISTLETHISTLETHISTLEBRRRBROWL”.

      I don’t have a fucking clue what my subconscious was trying to say with that one.

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        5 hours ago

        This is absolutely amazing both in content and as an illustration of how Garfield touches us all

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          Not really, but it was probably a mix of salad greens and chicken tenders, maybe some breadsticks and marinara. Working at Olive Garden at the time, made very little money but only had to buy groceries to entertain guests.

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        4 hours ago

        Clearly this man is a deep thinking guy, perhaps one of the eminent scholars who is an expert to boot. Thank you, fellow traveller!