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   TheInquisitor said, 6 months ago

   Heh, Yahweh should take a look at the success of some of the audio books on podiobooks if he thinks that’s stupid. I knew he wasn’t omniscient.

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   snetzler said, 6 months ago

   That would be scientology’s first commandment

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   wndrwrthg said, 6 months ago

   So, this gods name is stupid? Looks like that’s what it signed with. That would go a long way to explain what’s going on.

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   Keith said, 6 months ago

   In the cartoon, it appears god is calling the reader of the 11th commandment stupid. It would likely have a dash instead of three dots before the word “stupid” if that was a signature. The dots merely suggest a pause for the reader. As for the content, it’s not about the “success” of a particular work, it’s about giving away something you worked so hard on that you could potentially be making an earning on. I wonder if this is in response to the growing debate on print versus web based cartoons?

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   CarolinaGirls said, 6 months ago

   wndrwrthg ….I pray for you every time I read one of your comments.

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   Nozzi said, 6 months ago

   Astaghforellah. That’s something Devil would say. God is not materialistic.

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   Richard said, 6 months ago

   What about usury? it’s almost, kinda,sorta, close.

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   steverino said, 6 months ago

   Is this a coincidence? Today’s “Pearls Before Swine” is on the same topic. Perhaps it’s the Cartoonist Conspiracy making its move.

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   Chrisnp said, 6 months ago

   Love the tags.

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    cfortunato said, 6 months ago

    And of course, we’re reading the comic online for free.

    You can’t overrule supply and demand. “Content” is now the most common thing in the world, and therefore free.

    If someone refuses to supply it free, there are a thousand others who will.

    It sells advertising, and provides publicity to sell other stuff - like the original art being hawked on the immediate right.

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    bmwk12ltc said, 6 months ago

    cfortunato love your comment. Very insightful and correct.

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    chromosome said, 6 months ago

    I don’t access it for free (moneywise) but otherwise I’d have to pay for it in belly-fat ads.

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    Keith said, 6 months ago

    cfortunato, you have a “Pro” account. Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn’t that mean you paid for the account? Granted, Dave Alvarez (creator of Yenny) says the royalties he earns from GoComics is enough to buy a #1 meal at Wendy’s (per his blog), but having a “Pro” account suggests you are paying for the service. So, not everyone is viewing it online “for free”.

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    Radical-Knight said, 6 months ago

    If that’s the 11th commandment, then Thou shalt make BACKUPS must be the 12th commandment.

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    Chikuku said, 6 months ago

    Actually, there are 613 commandments in the Hebrew Bible.

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    Desultourist said, 6 months ago

    That’s the OLD god - terrifying, short-tempered, and revengeful, from a time when content was distributed carved in stone. There are others. Cory Doctorow for example disagrees: “Think Like a Dandelion” http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2008/05/cory-doctorow-think-like-dandelion.html

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    soravec said, 6 months ago

    Reflecting the pain of today’s new business …

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    jimeguess said, 6 months ago

    It is interesting that humans want to make God responsible for all of their stupidity, greed, carelessness, and cruelty. God is telling us to STOP all that stuff!

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    bmonk said, 6 months ago

    Chikuku says:

    “Actually, there are 613 commandments in the Hebrew Bible.”

    Yes, but apparently only ten were carried down from the Mountain on the stone tablets.

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    marvelouspatric said, 6 months ago

    even though i’ve read this comic for free for years on the internet. oh, and then there’s all these ads all around it to support the site and the comic.

    so, who gave me this free content? the creator? the syndicate? or the advertisers on this site? because i certainly didn’t pay to read this today so someone gave it to me for free.

    isn’t that really the bugaboo in the whole syndicated/web comics debate? who pays for access?

    (i’m assuming this comic was inspired by the stuff going on at the daily cartoonist)

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    tpiro said, 6 months ago

    Nice point Wiley!…wait, I’m reading this comic online for free. Oops.

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    Rob Chandler said, 6 months ago

    Oh a shot at webcomics there maybe? We’ll see who will be paying for you to draw your cartoon when newspapers die.

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    ArdraCreator said, 6 months ago

    I actually think this is one of the best newspaper comics around, but I have to wonder where Wiley’s been the last decade or so. NOBODY pays for content anymore, unless it’s porn.

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    Wildmustang1262 said, 6 months ago

    I really wish that God should add to ten commandments with “Thou shall not deny.” I never like the way the people keep denying about something they did stupidly.

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    marvelouspatric said, 6 months ago

    okay, so the question is: what is wiley making fun of? is it webcomics or is it syndicates? because it could go either way.

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    Reynard61 said, 6 months ago

    God’s an Objectivist? Well, *that* explains a lot…

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    Turnbloom said, 6 months ago

    If Scott Kurtz sees this, all hell is gonna break loose!

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    Kim0158 said, 6 months ago

    How’re you getting this comic for free? I pay for it. Don’t call me a bad name for paying for it… I believe in supporting intellectualism.

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    James Riendeau said, 6 months ago

    Amen, brother. Hopefully the newspaper publishers read their own comics pages.

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    Desultourist said, 6 months ago

    Haha, in a recent essay Doctorow writes:
    ‘In 2009, the world is populated by people who no longer believe that “Thou shalt sell media on plastic discs forever” came down off the mountain on two stone tablets.’

    I swear, I have nothing to do with it! :)