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minus-squarefunkajunklinkfedilinkEnglish0•21 days agoI know it says “based on” an xkcd comic, but this feels like a blatant ripoff
minus-squareJeenalinkfedilinkEnglish0•21 days agoSo how would you make a homage at an old jobs by bringing it into the now times without copying the joke and replacing parts of it?
minus-square@mkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink0•21 days agoXkcd comics are published under one of the CC licenses (forget which one). It’s arguable this kind of thing may be an intended reuse.
minus-squareAkatsuki LevilinkfedilinkEnglish0•21 days agoI mean, the author was good enough to actually made a decent edit of it that doesn’t feel cheap, and did put proper credits at it Hard for me to consider it a ripoff
minus-squarefunkajunklinkfedilinkEnglish0•21 days agoIt’s literally the same punchline. No innovation whatsoever.
minus-squareNate CoxlinkfedilinkEnglish0•21 days agoThat… that is the punchline. It being the same punchline is the punchline of this joke. It’s commentary as humor.
I know it says “based on” an xkcd comic, but this feels like a blatant ripoff
So how would you make a homage at an old jobs by bringing it into the now times without copying the joke and replacing parts of it?
its a cover
Xkcd comics are published under one of the CC licenses (forget which one). It’s arguable this kind of thing may be an intended reuse.
I mean, the author was good enough to actually made a decent edit of it that doesn’t feel cheap, and did put proper credits at it Hard for me to consider it a ripoff
It’s literally the same punchline. No innovation whatsoever.
That… that is the punchline. It being the same punchline is the punchline of this joke. It’s commentary as humor.