Indeed we can.

Behold: there is now a Christian news satire site. by Alleb on 2016-03-05 22:52:00 UTC Reply

I'm honestly so happy this exists. ^_^ The Babylon Bee (gosh, even the name is excellent!) launched just four days ago, and already has quite a few articles. I submitted one the other day, and I'm just about to submit another; hopefully The Bee will find them publishable.

Anyway, I just wanted to share that bit of info! The site was announced by my favorite online artist, Adam4d; you should check him out as well. Hilarious, thought-provoking, and moving, all on one site.

-Alleb

Yes, I'm familiar with the oeuvre of Adam Ford. by Scapegrace on 2016-03-06 00:35:00 UTC Reply

Forgive me if I don't celebrate the new business venture of a grossly transphobic Oatmeal ripoff. The Oatmeal, for reference, is much funnier and does not include whatever this piece of dreck is supposed to be (TW: SERIOUS GORE.). His particular splodges of art-therapy show up on my radar from time to time (largely due to blogs like the previously linked to A Good Cartoon), and I've yet to see one that didn't categorise me and mine as unworthy of basic rights and protections.

Celebrate if you want, cob, but don't expect me to join you.

I understand. by Alleb on 2016-03-06 01:04:00 UTC Reply

I won't speak in his place and defend the comics, as I can't know exactly how he thinks; I do understand why you don't like him, though. To be honest, I'm not much for Oatmeal.

So... have a non-denominational piece of Harry Potter artwork! This is something we can agree on, eh?

-Alleb

Indeed we can. by Scapegrace on 2016-03-06 01:27:00 UTC Reply

Sorry for snapping at you. Transphobia's (understandably) kind of a touchy subject for me, and it does bring down the red mist on occasion. I'm sorry if it upset you at all, and for my vehemence. I'm sure there are things you believe in with equal passion, and, well, it must be tricky to deal with that in a society that treats deeply-held faith as a harmless eccentricity at best and a cause for serious alarm at worst.

Please accept the following picture of a Lillipup by way of recompense. Also, you can put [img src="(LINK TO IMAGE GOES HERE)"][/img] if you want to post an image, only using pointy brackets instead of square ones. For example:-

You're completely forgiven. by Alleb on 2016-03-06 01:56:00 UTC Reply

To be honest, I don't think there's anything to forgive; your response was completely natural, and directed at the comics, not me. Nonetheless, you are completely forgiven of any possible offense, no hard feelings, no grudges. I'm also sorry I've upset you, and I hope you'll forgive me.

And, that comment-- eccentricity versus alarm? You brought tears to my eyes. Despite the fact that we disagree in quite a number of ways, you acknowledge the difficulties that I face, as well. I hope I can act the same way-- I hope I do act the same way. It can't be easy for you, either; I can't really imagine what I would do in your shoes.

To be honest, Scape, you and I should get together and talk philosophy or something equally scholarly-sounding. I think it'd be very interesting.

*wipes away said tears* Now, onto the imAGE OH MY GOSH THAT THING IS LIKE ADORABLE AND CUTE HAD A CHILD AND THAT CHILD WAS WRITTEN ABOUT BY THE BEST FLUFF WRITER IN THE WORLD AND THEN THE WHOLE WORLD WENT "D'AWW!"

SO FLUFFEH.

Ahem. I'm in control of myself again.

Well, I tried the image thingy, but this is all that happened:

http://www.vitamin-ha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/The-Hobbit-Funny-Compilation-398.jpg)">

Halp I do not know how to computer.

-Alleb

Of course I do. by Scapegrace on 2016-03-06 02:42:00 UTC Reply

And we should definitely talk more. I do enjoy talking to you, and it's nice to have a debate on the Internet about this stuff without fear of rancor on either side. Exchange of ideas an' so forth.

As for the image coding, well, it should look like this:-

img src="http://www.vitamin-ha.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/The-Hobbit-Funny-Compilation-398.jpg" /img

Only with pointy brackets in between. Thus:-

Legolas/Gimli bromance best bromance. (nm) by Desdendelle on 2016-03-06 08:24:00 UTC Reply
I enjoy talking to you as well! by Alleb on 2016-03-06 03:08:00 UTC Reply

Here: allebknight(at)gmail(dot)com; shoot me a 'mail whenever you want. =] (~~I've stolen your smiley face, Mwahaha!~~) It is really nice to be able to debate, and just talk, over the Internet without worrying about nastiness; the PPC's been the only place I've seen so far where you can.

So, let me try this picture thing again...

YUS IT WORKED.

HAVE A DIFFERENT THING

I apologize for that.

-Alleb

Don't apologise for that! =] (nm) by Scapegrace on 2016-03-06 10:38:00 UTC Reply

Oh! I love news satire sites! by Cat-on-the-Keyboard on 2016-03-06 00:18:00 UTC Reply

Being an atheist and a Jew, I'm probably missing most of the best jokes, but it's still really fun and interesting. Thanks for pointing this out! And let us know if your stuff gets published, 'kay?

Sure! by Alleb on 2016-03-06 00:29:00 UTC Reply

You might miss a few jokes, yeah, but definitely not all. The concept interests me quite a bit, since it combines Christianity and sarcasm, two of my favorite things. I hope you enjoy the site; I'll definitely post if they decide to publish one of my articles! That would be extremely exciting.

-Alleb