OK, we've established that Tiffany took the video
of the teachers boogieing down at the prom, presumably
with her cellphone.
In today's strip, she's using her phone to either photo
or video Luann in her scanties in the girl's locker room.
She describes this as 'insurance', apparently vs Luann
ratting her out on the prom video.
Quite aside from the oddness of the fuss over the prom
video, which seems pretty innocent (it isn't like the
teachers were doing the lambada), in real life, what
Tiffany is doing could get her *really* *deep* *sh*t*.
Many (most?) high schools in the US ban students
from even possessing cell phones on campus. I'm
sure 100% ban any use of cameraphones in locker
rooms.
Taking a compromising picture puts Tiff over the
line into voyeurism and sexual harrassment, as
well as blackmail.
IRL, Tiff is headed towards expulsion, community
service at the very least, and possible registration
as a sex offender.
Peter Trei
> Evans loses touch with reality again....
<Grocery list of Tiff's stupidity snipped>
> IRL, Tiff is headed towards expulsion, community
> service at the very least, and possible registration
> as a sex offender.
>
> Peter Trei
Not to mention that I get the distinct impression that Evans has been
watching a bit too much "Veronica Mars."
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Cellphones can do video?
Even though I'm an EE, I don't keep up with the technology - IMHO it's
overpriced, plus a recent USA Today article ranked cellphone companies
below used car dealers and cable companies in terms of customer service
:^(
Ron
> Peter Trei wrote:
>> Evans loses touch with reality again....
>>
>> OK, we've established that Tiffany took the video
>> of the teachers boogieing down at the prom,
>> presumably with her cellphone.
>
> Cellphones can do video?
The best video phones can do about two minutes of high-quality, full-
motion video, IIRC. They're not going to replace camcorders any time
soon.
It's not important that the dog dances well....
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> Many (most?) high schools in the US ban students
> from even possessing cell phones on campus. I'm
> sure 100% ban any use of cameraphones in locker
> rooms.
That may be true at some campuses, but I'm pretty sure it's not as
widespread as you may think. There are people I work with who are on
their cell phones talking to their kids at school pretty much every day.
And a couple of years back, there was one of those campus shooting
incidents in a nearby community, and nearly *every* kid was on their
cell phone to their parents right away, including the kid of one of my
co-workers.
> Taking a compromising picture puts Tiff over the
> line into voyeurism and sexual harrassment, as
> well as blackmail.
Amen. That is absolutely true. But as much as it may offend people to
think about it, there are probably thousands of teenage girls doing this
to each other clandestinely every day, and more or less getting away
with it. And probably a few thousand more who are dumb enough to do it
out in the open, thinking they'll get away with it. And still a few
thousand more who are dumb enough to do it with the full co-operartion
of the subject, for fun or money or both. And still a few thousand more
doing it, getting caught, and then being vigorously defended by their
idiot parents...
...so, yeah, what Tiffany's doing absolutely should get her expelled,
and if that doesn't happen, Adams should probably get roundly criticized
for showing the offense without showing the consequences. But that
doesn't mean it doesn't happen all the time. In fact, if Adams handles
this the right way (i.e., Tiffany gets expelled), it could serve a good
purpose, namely to give parents and teachers a heads up that this sort
if thing is actually happening. But something tells me that Adams will
cop out on that angle big time...
ITYM Greg Evans.
Peter Trei
Holy brain rot, that's got to be the worst crossover idea of all time.
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> ...so, yeah, what Tiffany's doing absolutely should get her
> expelled, and if that doesn't happen, Adams should probably get
> roundly criticized for showing the offense without showing the
> consequences.
I don't think he should.
Basically, I feel _Luann_ is, by design, not a realistic enough
strip that it isn't entirely reasonable for Evans to occasionally
swing the balance towards the sitcom end of the spectrum. In the
FBOFW universe it might be different -- I still remember the
almost unanimous "some things are just not funny!" uproar that
broke out after the Liz-hits-boyfriend-with-a-frying-pan
slapstick sequence.
> But that doesn't mean it doesn't happen all the time. In fact,
> if Adams handles this the right way (i.e., Tiffany gets
> expelled), it could serve a good purpose, namely to give
> parents and teachers a heads up that this sort if thing is
> actually happening. But something tells me that Adams will cop
> out on that angle big time...
If it makes for funnier or better strips, then more power to him,
but it's his call. I don't necessarily mind if authors want to
educate me through their comics, but I get annoyed when people
start *demanding* it from them. Evans' job is to write an
interesting comic, not to provide parental heads-ups concerning
the problems facing today's youth.
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> Holy brain rot, that's got to be the worst crossover idea of all time.
Scott or Douglas?
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>>Holy brain rot, that's got to be the worst crossover idea of all time.
>
> Scott or Douglas?
Actually I confess to having a little case of Scott Adams on the
brain...probably because I just had dinner last week at a very nice
restaurant of which he is a co-owner, and yes, the man himself was there:
http://www.staceysatwaterford.com/
A little on the pricey side but the food and service were both very
excellent.
But since it's inadvertenly come up, I wonder how quickly we can veer
this thread off into a ditch...
Let see...if Scott Adams drew Luanne, Mr. Fogarty would be the
Pointy-Haired Boss, Brad would be Wally, Luanne would be Alice the
Constantly Put-Upon Female Engineer, and Tiffany would be Catbert the
Evil Human Resources Director, who would have a secret stash of
compromising photos of *everyone*, using webcams hidden in every meeting
room, office, cubicle, restroom and broom closet...
> Evans loses touch with reality again....
Doesn't that imply that he was in touch with it at some point?
> OK, we've established that Tiffany took the video of the teachers
> boogieing down at the prom, presumably with her cellphone.
>
> In today's strip, she's using her phone to either photo or video Luann
> in her scanties in the girl's locker room. She describes this as
> 'insurance', apparently vs Luann ratting her out on the prom video.
>
> Quite aside from the oddness of the fuss over the prom video, which
> seems pretty innocent (it isn't like the teachers were doing the
> lambada), in real life, what Tiffany is doing could get her *really*
> *deep* *sh*t*.
In real life, Tiffany wouldn't be able to take a picture of Luann with
her cell phone, because Luann would have been expelled after rifling her
gym teacher's desk for locker combinations and breaking into Tiffany's
locker. At Luann's high school, students committing criminal acts is no
biggie; a few days' suspension, and all is forgiven. And people wonder
why society is deteriorating!
> Many (most?) high schools in the US ban students from even possessing
> cell phones on campus. I'm sure 100% ban any use of cameraphones in
> locker rooms.
They're pretty strict about students rifling teachers' desks and
breaking into other students' lockers, too.
> Taking a compromising picture puts Tiff over the line into voyeurism
> and sexual harrassment, as well as blackmail.
Blackmail, yeah. The other two? Not so much. Luann's "scanties" aren't
*that* scanty.
> IRL, Tiff is headed towards expulsion, community service at the very
> least, and possible registration as a sex offender.
In what jurisdiction would a teenage girl be registered as a sex
offender for taking a picture of another teenage girl in a slip and gym
shorts?
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> On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:19:56 +0000, Peter Trei sez:
>>> But something tells me that Adams will cop out on that angle big
>>> time...
>>
>> ITYM Greg Evans.
>
> Holy brain rot, that's got to be the worst crossover idea of all time.
On the contrary! Dogbert vs. Dirk could be the greatest thing ever.
> If it makes for funnier or better strips, then more power to him,
> but it's his call. I don't necessarily mind if authors want to
> educate me through their comics, but I get annoyed when people
> start *demanding* it from them. Evans' job is to write an
> interesting comic, not to provide parental heads-ups concerning
> the problems facing today's youth.
Hmmm...ordinarily I'd agree. But I think the reason it doesn't apply
here is that, as Luanne and Brad have aged, Evans (not Adams) has
increasingly taken on subject matter that's more serious in nature. The
whole Brad/Toni/Dirk story thread is just the latest example.
And Evans does seem to have developed a pattern of taking on these types
of subjects and then kind of copping out on their resolutions. And the
frustration that readers have developed with him because of that has
certainly become a continuing theme in this group.
On the whole I tend to lean in the direction of the poster who started
this thread. What Tiffany did today is the kind of thing that should, at
the very least, earn a major suspension. If it doesn't, it's really a
copout.
>> IRL, Tiff is headed towards expulsion, community service at the
>> very least, and possible registration as a sex offender.
>
> In what jurisdiction would a teenage girl be registered as a sex
> offender for taking a picture of another teenage girl in a slip
> and gym shorts?
The same world where a fifteen year-old girl can be arrested for child
porn for posting pics _of herself._
http://www.postgazette.com/breaking/20040329pornp6.asp
Sure, that's just what Hitler would do.
> Sure, that's just what Hitler would do.
Okay, now I'm reeaaally confused...
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>"Peter B. Steiger" <see...@for.email.address> wrote in
>news:pan.2005.05.31....@access4less.net:
>
>> On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:19:56 +0000, Peter Trei sez:
>>>> But something tells me that Adams will cop out on that angle big
>>>> time...
>>>
>>> ITYM Greg Evans.
>>
>> Holy brain rot, that's got to be the worst crossover idea of all time.
>
>On the contrary! Dogbert vs. Dirk could be the greatest thing ever.
Nah. Dirk would be crying within 10 minutes.
My favorite Dilbert strips feature Dogbert. My favorite is Dogbert's
Parent Licenses.
Len-L
>Peter Trei <treiDELETE...@gmail.xom> wrote in news:PM_me.553
>$vM4.1...@petpeeve.ziplink.net:
>
>> Evans loses touch with reality again....
>
>Doesn't that imply that he was in touch with it at some point?
>
>> OK, we've established that Tiffany took the video of the teachers
>> boogieing down at the prom, presumably with her cellphone.
>>
>> In today's strip, she's using her phone to either photo or video Luann
>> in her scanties in the girl's locker room. She describes this as
>> 'insurance', apparently vs Luann ratting her out on the prom video.
>>
>> Quite aside from the oddness of the fuss over the prom video, which
>> seems pretty innocent (it isn't like the teachers were doing the
>> lambada), in real life, what Tiffany is doing could get her *really*
>> *deep* *sh*t*.
>
>In real life, Tiffany wouldn't be able to take a picture of Luann with
>her cell phone, because Luann would have been expelled after rifling her
>gym teacher's desk for locker combinations and breaking into Tiffany's
>locker. At Luann's high school, students committing criminal acts is no
>biggie; a few days' suspension, and all is forgiven. And people wonder
>why society is deteriorating!
>
Well, there *was* Miguel, the Spanish exchange student from a
while back, who got all girls' attention a while back, then got
expelled-and-deported for an exam cheating incident involving Tiffany.
Of course, he'd outlived his role, so the plot pretty much called for
his removal one way or the other . . .
. . . and whatever happenned to Dianne? (the deGroot's neighbor,
and girl Brad pined for; and let's skip on the Lyman jokes)
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>On Tue, 31 May 2005 12:45:07 -0700, bonehead sez:
>> But since it's inadvertenly come up, I wonder how quickly we can veer this
>> thread off into a ditch...
>
>Sure, that's just what Hitler would do.
I agree with this psot.
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>>>>> But something tells me that Adams will cop out on that angle big
>>>>> time...
>>>>
>>>> ITYM Greg Evans.
>>>
>>> Holy brain rot, that's got to be the worst crossover idea of all
>>> time.
>>
>>On the contrary! Dogbert vs. Dirk could be the greatest thing ever.
>
> Nah. Dirk would be crying within 10 minutes.
That's *why* it would be the greatest thing ever.
> My favorite Dilbert strips feature Dogbert. My favorite is Dogbert's
> Parent Licenses.
That's a particular favorite of mine, as well.
> If I don't reply to this Mark Steese post, the terrorists win.
>
>>> IRL, Tiff is headed towards expulsion, community service at the
>>> very least, and possible registration as a sex offender.
>>
>> In what jurisdiction would a teenage girl be registered as a sex
>> offender for taking a picture of another teenage girl in a slip
>> and gym shorts?
>
> The same world where a fifteen year-old girl can be arrested for child
> porn for posting pics _of herself._
>
> http://www.postgazette.com/breaking/20040329pornp6.asp
"Police said the girl, whose identity they withheld, photographed herself
in various states of undress *and performing a variety of sexual acts*. She
then sent the photos to people she met in chat rooms." (Emphasis added.)
That's not *quite* the same thing as taking a picture of somebody in the
locker room.
> (snip)
>> In what jurisdiction would a teenage girl be registered as a sex
>> offender for taking a picture of another teenage girl in a slip and
>> gym shorts?
>> --
> So they colorized yours wrong, too, huh?
If black and white counts as wrong. I read it on www.comics.com.
> Nobody wears slips, or camisole tops, or whatever the hell they are,
> for gym class.
Nobody in real life, no. But then nobody in real life wears their gym
shorts under their slacks, either. But a camisole top and gym shorts are a
lot less revealing than a sports bra and panties, which tips the scales in
their favor if you're drawing a nationally-syndicated comic strip.
>On Tue, 31 May 2005 14:09:35 -0600, "Peter B. Steiger"
><see...@for.email.address> promised to tell the truth, the whole
>truth and nothing but the truth but instead wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 31 May 2005 12:45:07 -0700, bonehead sez:
>>> But since it's inadvertenly come up, I wonder how quickly we can veer this
>>> thread off into a ditch...
>>
>>Sure, that's just what Hitler would do.
>
>I agree with this psot.
>
>ronnie
Me too.
Visaman
>
>I used to war my wet swimming trunks under my jeans.
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:In article <Xns96679970954DEf...@65.24.3.143>,
:Freezer <freezer8...@hotmail.com> wrote:
:>If I don't reply to this Mark Steese post, the terrorists win.
:>
:>>> IRL, Tiff is headed towards expulsion, community service at the
:>>> very least, and possible registration as a sex offender.
:>>
:>> In what jurisdiction would a teenage girl be registered as a sex
:>> offender for taking a picture of another teenage girl in a slip
:>> and gym shorts?
:>
:>The same world where a fifteen year-old girl can be arrested for child
:>porn for posting pics _of herself._
:>
:>http://www.postgazette.com/breaking/20040329pornp6.asp
:
:The best line:
:"She has been charged with sexual abuse of children"
She'll never be tried; I'll bet they're just charging
her for leverage to find out a) who the statutory rapists in
the pictures are and b) who she sent the pictures to
(although they can probably get b) from her computer).
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<snip>
:> IRL, Tiff is headed towards expulsion, community service at the very
:> least, and possible registration as a sex offender.
:
: In what jurisdiction would a teenage girl be registered as a sex
: offender for taking a picture of another teenage girl in a slip and gym
: shorts?
Cinemax Late Night?
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>: In what jurisdiction would a teenage girl be registered as a sex
>: offender for taking a picture of another teenage girl in a slip
>: and gym shorts?
>
> Cinemax Late Night?
Or the various Law & Order shows.