• funkajunk
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    021 days ago

    I know it says “based on” an xkcd comic, but this feels like a blatant ripoff

    • Akatsuki Levi
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      021 days ago

      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

      • funkajunk
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        021 days ago

        It’s literally the same punchline. No innovation whatsoever.

        • Nate Cox
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          021 days ago

          That… that is the punchline. It being the same punchline is the punchline of this joke. It’s commentary as humor.

    • @mkwt@lemmy.world
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      021 days ago

      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.

    • Jeena
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      021 days ago

      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?

  • Maeve
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    021 days ago

    Xkcd is calling for their idea to be credited.