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  • Re: BC: Why BC Has Dinosaurs

    From Default User@21:1/5 to Quadibloc on Wed Dec 6 08:15:20 2023
    Quadibloc wrote:

    On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 10:58:02 AM UTC-7, pete...@gmail.com
    wrote:
    On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 2:05:34 AM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire
    wrote:

    BC: Why BC Has Dinosaurs
    https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/12/03

    Yup, we get taken out by our recreated dinosaurs. Jurassic World
    all > over the world.

    This is the most meta I've ever seen BC get.

    I heard it claimed that references to Christmas in B.C. and the like
    were explained by it being post-apocalytic, but back when I was
    young, this was before any of this entered the strip. So this is the
    first time I've seen explicit evidence for the post-apocalyptic
    nature.

    That was in the latter days when Johnny Hart became an evangelical
    Christian and started introducing lots of religious stuff. Including
    the "Anno Domini" character. Most of that was dropped when the heirs
    took over.

    They are mostly poking fun at the post-apocalyptic theories, not
    confirming them.


    Brian

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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 7 08:19:46 2023
    Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> on Tue, 5 Dec 2023 00:54:44 -0800 (PST)
    typed in rec.arts.sf.written the following:
    On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 10:58:02?AM UTC-7, pete...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Monday, December 4, 2023 at 2:05:34?AM UTC-5, Lynn McGuire wrote:

    BC: Why BC Has Dinosaurs
    https://www.gocomics.com/bc/2023/12/03

    Yup, we get taken out by our recreated dinosaurs. Jurassic World all
    over the world.

    This is the most meta I've ever seen BC get.

    I heard it claimed that references to Christmas in B.C. and the like
    were explained by it being post-apocalytic, but back when I was
    young, this was before any of this entered the strip. So this is the first >time I've seen explicit evidence for the post-apocalyptic nature.

    I had always thought that B.C. had dinosaurs for the same reason as
    Alley Oop and The Flintstones; in popular culture, it was cool, never
    mind the actual scientific facts

    When the strip started, "cavemen" were cool. It would sell. Plausibility was never an essential part of the story.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
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    Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
    Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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  • From The Horny Goat@21:1/5 to phamp@mindspring.com on Fri Dec 8 22:08:24 2023
    On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:19:46 -0800, pyotr filipivich
    <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    When the strip started, "cavemen" were cool. It would sell.
    Plausibility was never an essential part of the story.

    I never thought about Johnny Hart being any kind of creationist - I
    just assumed what you described was the whole story.

    In other words, it was humor and plausibility wasn't required even a
    bit.

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  • From James Nicoll@21:1/5 to lcraver@home.ca on Sat Dec 9 15:20:00 2023
    In article <j018ni1tqctvp5d7btjj6sjlf54j0paosg@4ax.com>,
    The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
    On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:19:46 -0800, pyotr filipivich
    <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    When the strip started, "cavemen" were cool. It would sell. >>Plausibility was never an essential part of the story.

    I never thought about Johnny Hart being any kind of creationist - I
    just assumed what you described was the whole story.

    As I recall, Hart didn't become a fanatical god shouter until later
    in life, after a serious medical incident. After that, he helpfully
    inserted more and more overt religious references to better convert
    the heathen. So the dinosaur stuff is probably rule of cool, not
    crank YEC stuff.


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  • From pyotr filipivich@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 9 08:24:04 2023
    The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> on Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:08:24 -0800
    typed in rec.arts.sf.written the following:
    On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:19:46 -0800, pyotr filipivich
    <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    When the strip started, "cavemen" were cool. It would sell. >>Plausibility was never an essential part of the story.

    I never thought about Johnny Hart being any kind of creationist - I
    just assumed what you described was the whole story.

    In other words, it was humor and plausibility wasn't required even a
    bit.

    Bingo.
    --
    pyotr filipivich
    This Week's Panel: Us & Them - Eliminating Them.
    Next Month's Panel: Having eliminated the old Them(tm)
    Selecting who insufficiently Woke(tm) as to serve as the new Them(tm)

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to lcraver@home.ca on Sat Dec 9 21:16:44 2023
    In article <j018ni1tqctvp5d7btjj6sjlf54j0paosg@4ax.com>,
    The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
    On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 08:19:46 -0800, pyotr filipivich
    <phamp@mindspring.com> wrote:

    When the strip started, "cavemen" were cool. It would sell. >>Plausibility was never an essential part of the story.

    I never thought about Johnny Hart being any kind of creationist - I
    just assumed what you described was the whole story.

    In other words, it was humor and plausibility wasn't required even a
    bit.

    After all, it was good enough for Alley Oop. In fact some of the more
    recent gags have been recycled from Alley Oop.
    --scott
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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