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Civil Liberties

Friday Funnies: You're Not Paranoid

Chip Bok | 1.17.2014 7:00 AM

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  1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

    Nailed it.

    1. anon   11 years ago

      How dare you break the Weekly Bok Mock.

      1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

        We have nothing against the creator, we simply seek to augment what humor can be made available though copious amounts of Snark and local Memes.

        1. KayMcKinnen   11 years ago

          My Uncle Christian got an awesome yellow MINI Cooper Roadster Convertible from only workin parttime on a pc. right here ?? http://WWW.JOBS37.COM

    2. Latoya07   11 years ago

      Start working at home with GOOGLE!YAHOO. ABCNEWS AND MORE GLOBAL SITES... It's by-far the best job I've had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, .... http://www.Max47.com

  2. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

    The psychiatrist's eyes are... mesmerising...

    1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

      He's broken the fourth wall and is looking directly into your soul.

      1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

        Know that when you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares into you

        1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

          Hi there Byssie! Long time no Scree.

  3. Rotbard   11 years ago

    He should get a refund then.

    1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

      He didn't hear his shrink, anyway. He's listening to his Walkman CD player during the session for some reason.

      1. Pompey   11 years ago

        I thought he is hugging an old white iBook. It's what I use to listen to the horse races as well.

        1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

          It certainly reminded me more of an apple product too.

          1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

            Yeah, because a contemporary product is so much funnier than a Sony Walkman.

            1. Pompey   11 years ago

              You don't still use your CD Walkman?

              *tears well up in eyes*

              1. anon   11 years ago

                You don't still use your CD Walkman?

                Dude you have a portable CD player!? I'm stuck with this cassette. 🙁

                1. Pompey   11 years ago

                  You listening to the new Boyz II Men tape?

                  1. anon   11 years ago

                    Nah still got Vanilla Ice on repeat yo.

                    1. Pompey   11 years ago

                      Tasty.

        2. db   11 years ago

          Those aren't headphones...they're NSA bugs. The psychiatrist is.under suspicion.for spreading classified.info.

          1. Fist of Etiquette   11 years ago

            I've been meaning to talk to you about this recent habit of replacing spaces with periods.

            1. db   11 years ago

              Speak.to me....

              1. Entropy Void   11 years ago

                I likes me some ellipses ...

            2. db   11 years ago

              Remember in the halcyon days of the.internet, when people of the general public were just getting to see dotted quads and URLS for the first time? And remember how advertising people picked up on this.and.it.became.trendy to.separate any two things need.a separator with a period.instead.tlof what the trwditional separator was.for.that application? E.g. (800) 555-1212 became 800.555.1212, or 1/17/2014 became 01.17.2014?

              That really annoyed me a lot.

              Butbthe reason I.do.it now.is.I got a new phone and.my hands still alhaven't adjusted.to the keyboard.spacing.

              1. anon   11 years ago

                E.g. (800) 555-1212 became 800.555.1212, or 1/17/2014 became 01.17.2014?

                Really? That improved my life. I don't have to worry about formatting anymore.

                "u" still irritates the fuck out of me though.

                1. db   11 years ago

                  That's what's wrong with you kids today. NO respect for proper formatting.

                  1. Will4Freedom   11 years ago

                    I work with a bunch of young Indian developers. You should see some of the abbreviations they do. The one I hate the most is "v" for "we". Really? The W and E are right next to each other.

                    But I'm just old and grumpy, I guess. And thanks to Sister Mary Sadist, I still type complete words and sentences. My spelling still sucks, though.

                2. db   11 years ago

                  Anymore, I often don't bother with formatting at all. Oh, you find.it.hard to read "8666622233" without handy visual cues separating the stream into easily comprehended chunks? Well, too bad. You made your.own.bed when you refused.to.call out 6th graders on the.internet for ignoring proper punctuation and any concept.of.paragraph structure.

                  You cemented the deal when you accepted the Beast's hideous Mark on your dates and phone numbers in defiance.of tradition!

                  You all will feel the sorrow of the.damned as our society creaks to a stop, its works fouled by a million mental hurdles and roadblocks to textual understanding!!!

            3. Pompey   11 years ago

              I just assumed that it is an eccentric hybrid of C structures and English languages.

              1. anon   11 years ago

                I just assumed that it is an eccentric hybrid of C structures and English languages.\

                Homophobe! GAY HATER! Or whatever they say. You know. blahblahblah.

                1. Pompey   11 years ago

                  I believe the term you are after its "typophobe". Might as well grow out a Hitler moustache.

  4. Pompey   11 years ago

    Ben Bernanke is looking younger these days. Face pubes got a black dye job. And look, took that stupid professor beard and made a goatee. It's a better look I must say.

  5. WTF   11 years ago

    NEEDZ MOAR LABELZ!!!!

  6. Longtorso, Johnny   11 years ago

    So, yet another cartoon that really didn't need any of the actual bad art to get its point across.

    Come on, Bok. Go meta. Just publish a 'cartoon' full of words. You know you want to.

    1. invisible furry hand   11 years ago

      It will embolden Steve Chapman to publish an interpretative dance as his next article

      1. Swiss Servator, Befehl!   11 years ago

        That might be an improvement...

  7. neoteny   11 years ago

    Does this mean that all references to tinfoil hats were de facto hate speech?

  8. Rotbard   11 years ago

    The New York Times reported that the technology, used by the agency for several years, relies on radio waves that can be transmitted from tiny circuit boards and USB cards inserted covertly into the computers. The NSA said that the technology has not been used in computers in the U.S.

    Wait. The guy on the couch is obviously an American and the psychiatrist is obviously a Jew of Eastern European extract, though he, too, might be an American. So where is the foreigner in this scenario? THIS CARTOON MAKES NO SENSE.

    1. WTF   11 years ago

      The NSA said that the technology has not been used in computers in the U.S.

      And we can totally believe them, because they would never lie about this.

      1. Rotbard   11 years ago

        Do you believe the NSA inserted a tiny circuit board or USB card into your computer? Maybe you should be on that couch.

        1. SugarFree   11 years ago

          Trying to gather material for your next video?

        2. WTF   11 years ago

          Do you believe the NSA can be trusted to tell us the truth about their spying on Americans? Maybe you're the one who needs a shrink.

    2. KDN   11 years ago

      Th patient looks English or Canadian to me. You racist.

  9. Bee Tagger   11 years ago

    They don't make Elliott Gould-sized couches anymore?

    1. Entropy Void   11 years ago

      ... and the Encylopedia Britannica sized "Walkman"?

  10. Rich   11 years ago

    The next Snowden revelation will be: "It started when I was a child."

  11. Ted S.   11 years ago

    You're not funny, either.

    1. UnCivilServant   11 years ago

      But the difference is, I know that.

  12. doreenwarrenoan   11 years ago

    my roomate's half-sister makes $89 hourly on the laptop . She has been fired for eight months but last month her pay was $20094 just working on the laptop for a few hours. blog link........
    http://www.Jobs84.com

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