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It might’ve started then, but the latest entry is a tribute to Jane Goodall that was posted three days ago: https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/363/club-gombe

It might’ve started then, but the latest entry is a tribute to Jane Goodall that was posted three days ago: https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/363/club-gombe https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/363/club-gombe

chrisweekly 1y ago
This one is my favorite: https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/387/house-on-hillside https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/387/house-on-hillside
- Physkal 1y ago
  Sorry, I don't get it. whats with the terydactl substance
  - stickfigure 1y ago
    Pretty sure it's bird shit.
    - iancmceachern 1y ago
      This exact chain of interactions is what I come to HN for. When Meat Loaf died, I commented "His name was Robert Paulsen" (you know, because in death membersbof project mayhem do have names, his name was Robert Paulsen". Someone commented something to the effect of no it wasn't, meat loaf wasn't his real name it was Marvin Aday, and then someone else commented to their comment "It's literally a fucking line from the movie". I dont know why these layers of weirdness delight me so, but they do. Thanks for the pterodactyl shit commentary folks.
      - bitwize 1y ago
        Was gonna say, I thought Robert Paulsen was the guy who did Yakko's voice?
        bsimpson 1y ago
        His name was also Robert Paulsen.
      - MrDrMcCoy 1y ago
        I posted the same thing on Reddit and got downvoted to hell.
        cwillu 1y ago
        Reddit is turning more into hn everyday.
        Forgeties79 1y ago
        Better hope it’s not the other way around!
        firesteelrain 1y ago
        This is sort of the inverse “Don’t say HN is becoming Reddit” Reddit has been declining for a long time and even more so the way the algorithm works with the Front Page. Politics and activism there is super amplified
        bsimpson 1y ago
        AskReddit has turned into Progressive Anxiety News, with every headline followed by "What do you think?"
        astrange 1y ago
        That's better than what it usually is, teenagers asking "women, what's the sexiest sex you've ever sexed?" once a week.
        layer8 1y ago
        Lol
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    - latchkey 1y ago
      winged reptile shit
      - jcynix 1y ago
        Let's call it "early bird" shit …
        card_zero 1y ago
        Well actually pterosaurs were way different from birds, and don't even count as dinosaurs. Though they had a downy covering similar to feathers. But they're not bird ancestors.
  - somat 1y ago
    The caption is what really sells it for me. It is the classical farside experience. Looks at comic, (shrugs) it's weird but not funny in any way. Reads caption "Art assignment: Paint a house on a hillside overlooking a bay or valley. Stay loose; play with color. Try to capture a mood. Think of something to add." Literal spit take and laugh. Yep he still has the touch.
    - jjkaczor 1y ago
      Hmmm - my interpretation is that this is an example of a "prompt" for a generative AI "artist", and the result was something that "craps" over the original intention of the "house on a hillside"... (so, a bit of a commentary on generative art from someone who was professional cartoonist)
      - hobs 1y ago
        I think you are applying the wrong decade(s) of thought. This is a man who had to clean his pen to use it - it is very likely he is using artists "prompts" to practice his digital art (as he mentions its very new to him), which is something that was normal before the current era.
        jjkaczor 1y ago
        Ah - true true - OTOH, many of my artist (and former) friends absolutely hate AI prompted "art" and post much commentary to that effect. Myself I find it very useful because I have no ability to create art/images on my own - never could. (And the irony of those "feelings" are that this is probably how many managers / BA's/non-technical people feel about prompted "vibe coding")
    - chrisweekly 1y ago
      Yes. The word choice is exquisite; "loose" got me, right as I was visually interpreting the scene. Larson is a genius.
  - iamwil 1y ago
    This is my favorite too. The caption reads like an AI prompt. The last instruction, "think of something to add" resulted in the AI adding a pterodactyl on the house, dropping bird poop on it. Probably not what the prompter meant, but technically correct.
    - tristramb 1y ago
      Same here. My first though was 'This is an AI prompt.'
  - hcs 1y ago
    For the benefit of me 30 minutes ago baffled by the responses to this down thread, this is perhaps a r/BirdsArentReal thing? e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/what_is_this_substance_leaking_out/ https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/wha...
    - firesteelrain 1y ago
      Nah, its just absurd Larson humor.
      - hcs 1y ago
        Oh I get the Larson humor, I mean Physkal's comment and iancollmceachern's implication that a reference was missed by stickfigure
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quuxplusone 1y ago
Coincidentally just ran into this anecdote on how Goodall and Larson became friends: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624718
- Forgeties79 1y ago
  What a nice story. “Nice” really feels like the correct word here.
dotancohen 1y ago
When Gary started using the digital pad for drawing, he specifically said that he wouldn't be drawing every day, or on any deadline at all. So these comics really are a labour of love. They are meant for Gary to experiment, not make money. At least, that's how he presented it himself.

chrisweekly 1y ago

This one is my favorite: https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/387/house-on-hillside https://www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/387/house-on-hillside

Physkal 1y ago
Sorry, I don't get it. whats with the terydactl substance
- stickfigure 1y ago
  Pretty sure it's bird shit.
  - iancmceachern 1y ago
    This exact chain of interactions is what I come to HN for. When Meat Loaf died, I commented "His name was Robert Paulsen" (you know, because in death membersbof project mayhem do have names, his name was Robert Paulsen". Someone commented something to the effect of no it wasn't, meat loaf wasn't his real name it was Marvin Aday, and then someone else commented to their comment "It's literally a fucking line from the movie". I dont know why these layers of weirdness delight me so, but they do. Thanks for the pterodactyl shit commentary folks.
    - bitwize 1y ago
      Was gonna say, I thought Robert Paulsen was the guy who did Yakko's voice?
      - bsimpson 1y ago
        His name was also Robert Paulsen.
    - MrDrMcCoy 1y ago
      I posted the same thing on Reddit and got downvoted to hell.
      - cwillu 1y ago
        Reddit is turning more into hn everyday.
        Forgeties79 1y ago
        Better hope it’s not the other way around!
        firesteelrain 1y ago
        This is sort of the inverse “Don’t say HN is becoming Reddit” Reddit has been declining for a long time and even more so the way the algorithm works with the Front Page. Politics and activism there is super amplified
        bsimpson 1y ago
        AskReddit has turned into Progressive Anxiety News, with every headline followed by "What do you think?"
        astrange 1y ago
        That's better than what it usually is, teenagers asking "women, what's the sexiest sex you've ever sexed?" once a week.
        layer8 1y ago
        Lol
        deleted 1y ago
        [deleted]
  - latchkey 1y ago
    winged reptile shit
    - jcynix 1y ago
      Let's call it "early bird" shit …
      - card_zero 1y ago
        Well actually pterosaurs were way different from birds, and don't even count as dinosaurs. Though they had a downy covering similar to feathers. But they're not bird ancestors.
- somat 1y ago
  The caption is what really sells it for me. It is the classical farside experience. Looks at comic, (shrugs) it's weird but not funny in any way. Reads caption "Art assignment: Paint a house on a hillside overlooking a bay or valley. Stay loose; play with color. Try to capture a mood. Think of something to add." Literal spit take and laugh. Yep he still has the touch.
  - jjkaczor 1y ago
    Hmmm - my interpretation is that this is an example of a "prompt" for a generative AI "artist", and the result was something that "craps" over the original intention of the "house on a hillside"... (so, a bit of a commentary on generative art from someone who was professional cartoonist)
    - hobs 1y ago
      I think you are applying the wrong decade(s) of thought. This is a man who had to clean his pen to use it - it is very likely he is using artists "prompts" to practice his digital art (as he mentions its very new to him), which is something that was normal before the current era.
      - jjkaczor 1y ago
        Ah - true true - OTOH, many of my artist (and former) friends absolutely hate AI prompted "art" and post much commentary to that effect. Myself I find it very useful because I have no ability to create art/images on my own - never could. (And the irony of those "feelings" are that this is probably how many managers / BA's/non-technical people feel about prompted "vibe coding")
  - chrisweekly 1y ago
    Yes. The word choice is exquisite; "loose" got me, right as I was visually interpreting the scene. Larson is a genius.
- iamwil 1y ago
  This is my favorite too. The caption reads like an AI prompt. The last instruction, "think of something to add" resulted in the AI adding a pterodactyl on the house, dropping bird poop on it. Probably not what the prompter meant, but technically correct.
  - tristramb 1y ago
    Same here. My first though was 'This is an AI prompt.'
- hcs 1y ago
  For the benefit of me 30 minutes ago baffled by the responses to this down thread, this is perhaps a r/BirdsArentReal thing? e.g. https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/what_is_this_substance_leaking_out/ https://old.reddit.com/r/BirdsArentReal/comments/1n1yr3d/wha...
  - firesteelrain 1y ago
    Nah, its just absurd Larson humor.
    - hcs 1y ago
      Oh I get the Larson humor, I mean Physkal's comment and iancollmceachern's implication that a reference was missed by stickfigure
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quuxplusone 1y ago

Coincidentally just ran into this anecdote on how Goodall and Larson became friends: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624718 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624718

Forgeties79 1y ago
What a nice story. “Nice” really feels like the correct word here.

dotancohen 1y ago

When Gary started using the digital pad for drawing, he specifically said that he wouldn't be drawing every day, or on any deadline at all. So these comics really are a labour of love. They are meant for Gary to experiment, not make money. At least, that's how he presented it himself.