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Post by Hamatron on May 10, 2016 22:48:01 GMT -4
I can't imagine an adult "seeing the light" through a childish comic written with hate in the style of 1950s Superman... unless a person was very low from drug abuse, came from a severe Christian background, and/or are severely mentally ill. At least two of those three need to apply.
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Post by Ripley on May 11, 2016 12:56:39 GMT -4
I don't think Chick Tracts are for the recipient or whomever picks them up. I think they are for the person passing them out. "Look at what a good person I am, giving to sinners this holy information in a graphical, cartoon-based format! Even a child could understand it! If they go to Hell, my conscience is clear because I tried to warn them!"
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Post by ladyboy on May 11, 2016 13:49:19 GMT -4
We had a cleaning woman when I was in high school who would leave them in the kids' rooms. I remember one she left was either titled or had the line "It's cold outside when Dad's in prison". Our father was a school district superintendent. (To be fair, she may have been confusing him with our uncle, who was indeed in prison for racketeering.)
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Post by GirlyGhoul on May 11, 2016 14:07:23 GMT -4
True confession: I have a lot of affection for Chick Tracts. They're so wrongheaded that I find them hilarious on their own- But there's also a YouTube channel where Atheists act out all the characters while providing MST3K style commentary which almost makes me pee my pants. But even without that, I love all the details in the Chick Tracts. Like there will always be a little dog or cat off in the corner watching the action and looking surprised when some good kid falls for temptation or some hardened thug gets saved. Plus, the folks in Satan's clutches always have a little demon hovering around them going 'HAW HAW!' until the person gets saved then the little demon will do the standard Abbott and Costello gulp of discomfort. I mean, Jack Chick or whoever is obviously having some fun drawing these things. I disagree with the message completely- but at the same time, I find them so comical.
What always gets my panties in a wad are those non-Chick tracts with no humor (and no pictures!) and those damn fake dollar bills that some folks leave their waitresses that'll say "Here's the real tip: Repent or burn in Hell!!"
On topic: Kirk's still a weenie. No humor to him at all, unless you count him trying to do the worm in "Saving Christmas" or the Saddest Birthday Ever (which like Chick Tracts was not intended to be comical- but IS!!) This new "Yay! Slavery!!" project he's producing makes me livid just on principle. But then I think on the Saddest Birthday Ever and can smile again.
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Post by Ginger on May 11, 2016 14:23:27 GMT -4
Girlyghoul, is there something specifically sinful about about waitresses that they need to be told to repent via a fake tip?
I can see if it's a Hooters-type establishment and the waitresses are provocatively dressed, but then I started wondering why someone that hardcore about their fundamentalism would patronize a Hooters-type establishment and actually make it to the point of paying a bill and providing a non-tip.
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Post by laurenj on May 11, 2016 15:05:09 GMT -4
Girlyghoul, is there something specifically sinful about about waitresses that they need to be told to repent via a fake tip? I can see if it's a Hooters-type establishment and the waitresses are provocatively dressed, but then I started wondering why someone that hardcore about their fundamentalism would patronize a Hooters-type establishment and actually make it to the point of paying a bill and providing a non-tip. I don't think so, I assume it's the fake tip leaver's way of cheaping out under the guise of doing something good. Much like Ripley's description of the chick tract people: Same principle but the fake tip saves them a few bucks along the way.
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Post by GirlyGhoul on May 11, 2016 15:22:19 GMT -4
Oh, it's like Ripley was saying. It's not so much about the recipient as it is the person leaving the Tract gets to feel like they've done their good deed for the day, gets to feel like a True!Believer!Smuggy!McSmugerson! and in the case of the Fake out tip also has the added bonus of not having to part with any actual money.
But now that you mention it, I think it would be the ultimate mind bender if a stripper wound up with a fake out bill tucked in her g-string. In fact, just to bring it back on topic, if Kirkles is going to become involved in some scandal- this is what I hope the scandal will be. Trolling the strip clubs to stick Way of the Master Brand fake dollar tracts in all the girls' (or boys'!!) g-strings!!
(p.s. what laurenj said much quicker)
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Post by Ginger on May 11, 2016 15:32:26 GMT -4
I have to dissent and say I don't think Kirk will ever be caught in a sex scandal. Not everybody is motivated by sex, and Kirk has never been specifically obsessed with sex in the way those fundie politicians are who eventually get caught cruising for anonymous quickies in public bathrooms, know what I mean? Sex is just one of many areas where we're all sinning and going to hell.
I could see him getting caught embezzling money through his charity or various evangelical ventures though.
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Post by Hamatron on May 11, 2016 18:09:47 GMT -4
Yeah. I tend to think if he has a scandal it's going to be something with money, too. He's so dumb, and he's been known to bleed money into his church... I could see his dumb ass doing something shady with money, and not even knowing that what he's doing is shady. Or like, massively messing up his taxes. Stuff like that.
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Post by narm on May 11, 2016 22:54:44 GMT -4
Or, killing sinners.
*sees self out*
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