Re:Contra Chrome [pdf]
by BiteCode_dev on Sunday April 03, 2022 @09:11AM
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Everybody loves parody until they feel targetted.
Does that mean "All parodies are good"? Please.
Re:Contra Chrome [pdf]
by BiteCode_dev on Sunday April 03, 2022 @10:19AM
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This means one would read it as tasteful in another context, and is so biased to move the goal post when suggested so.
Are you sure all the rants that the author inserted there are true?
You've already admitted you gave up after a couple of pages.
Which parts are you disputing?
Even the first page, it implies it is made by the original designer. It is disingenuous from the start. And actually i looked a few more pages, the quality of the content is quite bad.
Let's look at what the PDF file says:
Leah Elliott
Contra Chrome
... a little down in the address bar:
"Remixed from Scott McCloud's Google Chrome Comic"
Next page: Again "Leah Elliott" and "Remixed from..." notice.
So the actual "remixer" isn't hiding or anything.
On the actual webpage, there's an "About" link, which is not hidden or anything either.
If you click through the link to the website (instead of the PDF) it starts you off on the first page of the comic (not the introduction) with no indication that there are earlier pages. Which means it starts off sounding like it is something Scott McCloud wrote.
That word implies something was originally good and pure. Which seems an unusual take.
> I find it disgusting actually.
Why do you find it more disgusting than the behaviour it is calling out? I think there's a moral imperative to challenge bad behaviour and satire is an effective method.