SALLY: I've come up with a sure-fire defense against criticism.
Go on. Say something critical of me.
TED: Uhh...I don't like your hat.
SALLY: HAHAHAHAHA
SALLY: Now you feel like an idiot!
By belittling you, I position myself as ABOVE your petty concerns.
Your complaint begins to seem ridiculous.
What piece of the puzzle are you missing? Were you mistaken to begin with?
Any MERIT to your argument becomes immaterial.
TED: This sounds like a pretty dumb technique.
SALLY: HAHAHAHAHA
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{{Alt-Text: Of course there is plenty of criticism to which derisive laughter is the only appropriate response.}}
Of course there is plenty of criticism to which derisive laughter is the only appropriate response.
The computers tell me it was 20 years ago, June 9, 2006, that I arrived in New York for my first-ever comic convention as an exhibitor, MoCCA.
It was an important trip for me, a milestone in what would go on to become my career.
I wrote a little reminiscence on Patreon (free/unlocked) — including a first-since-then reprint of the photocomics I made at the time, documenting the trip!
Read the rest here: [ 20 Years Ago (In Photocomic Form) ]
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