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Ten Million Kids In Fedoras Thursday, May 8, 2003 • read strip Viewing 66 comments:

Daaaaaaaaaaaamn

Onstad definitely has a career in rap and show business waiting for him whenever he wants

The dude has got no mercy

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Strip deconstructions let me know that I'm alive.

Ray counters with a formidable parry. Little Nephew is on the defensive.

nephew is on the ropes....daaaaamn rude, ray.

Ray's dancing is a thing to be reckoned with.

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Man when you reverse a sentence structure like that it just feels way too forced. I'm sorry but that approach to rhyming screams "8th grade."

you name any rapper you enjoy and i will find you a lyric they have written using this 'approach to rhyming'. promise.

or rather, BET THAT

Rock over TCP/IP, Rock on XML

Ray's last line there is basically the diss that made LL Cool J stop being a rapper, with the demographics changed.

The Charleston is old school streets.

kids in fedoras? What?

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I think it was more as in a trade that is plied

I think maybe Ray is mixing D&D with Magic: The Gathering. A lot of people do this and I am unsure why.

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i hereby declare your name to be lawlbot.

"If its anything like Dungeons and Dragon, I'll be up to my codpiece in 2 Scimitars before you can say Cure Light Wounds."

Natural 20.

Oh thank god I didn't have to be the dude who points this out.

WHAT

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You're

You're so wrong

This strip has no low point!

I think he was getting D'n'D and Pokemon confused.

The Charleston is the indisputable sign of the burn.

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What is "The Well"? Is it made up? Sorry if this question is something I should know.

It's an old-school (Started in 1985) online community...had message boards, email, stuff like that. Mostly discussions. It's owned by Salon now. Still there if you want to take a look. In this context, it's a really well-informed reference for somebody of Lil' Nephew's age group to be making.

oh cool! The internet is all about learning.

And porn. Well, mostly porn.

Indeed. If you were the sort of person who read Wired in the early to mid 90s when it was still reasonable to do so then you're probably at least familiar with The Well (Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link ... it was originally set up by the Whole Earth Catalog folks in San Francisco because, well, we are the Internets) even if you were never actually part of the community. It was trendy and very name-droppable. Basically one of the most famous BBSes ever.

The WELL .

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Youthful exhuberance is a poor substitute for natural skill tempered by experience.

I can, nay must make a .gif of Ray doing the leg swap.


now i understand what the cat does with his knees. thank you.

peek-a-boo thong

Ray's little dance sold me on this strip. The last three panels are WIN.

Saying "____ is win" is, however, indisputably NOT win.

In the 2nd box, Ray's 2nd line, is clearly based on the rap group, UGK's song "Money, Hoes & Power" the last verse by Bun B;

"A high diver, with mo' tricks up my sleeve than ya boy MacGuyver
A conniver, that'll get cha' voted off my island like "Survivor""


It's good to see him being eclectic with his musical tastes, seeing as UGK is only the greatest rap act ever.

Ray just botched his attack roll, no thanks to his -2 Thong of Epicfail. Lil' Nephew won't be needing a natural twenty to Crit that AC.

Is it sad that I'm enough of an RPG nerd that I understood all of that? I play pen and paper, AND I read Achewood. I'm getting my geek on. And proud of it.

Nerds and Geeks are not the same.
We are Geeks. Nerds don't D&D.
Life without D&D is like Summoning a Pit Fiend without Protection from Evil: a sign that you're getting way too close to the cold, sharp, slavering claws of reality.



I disagree: nerds and geeks of all persuasions can play D&D. The geeks generally are victorious due to their ability to strategise, however. This is why I stopped playing chess.

Charchar! I feel that you are a superior form of human being! You should...you should begin playing chess again! It would be a good thing .

Teehee- I heard that in the same voice I imagine T-Rex from Dinosaur Comics using.

Also, thank you. Maybe I will * cue "Eye of the Tiger" *

I got this shit! I got this shit you guys! We're fucking awesome!

Oh god, I dropped some acid last night and said this. I am an asshole! A remarkably coherent drug asshole! But my statement about charchar still stands, don't worry. You are cool. Shall we be internet friends?

Your ability remain cogent while high both impresses and terrifies me. Sure.

shit, i remember my dad showing me that dance when i was like 5

He wasn't wearing a thong, was he?

I made this so long ago, but it appears I was the only one

This is epic.

I await the day I bust out a retort so snappy that I can follow it up with the Charleston

Lil Nephew said "you think you can quell me?" in a rhyme battle. That is serious rhyming right there.

My second favorite part of Ray shuttin' down Lil' Nephew is that he pronounces it "Es-ka-laid" instead of "Es-ka-lahd" like rappers seem determined to do.