Comments on: Staypuft http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/ Toys are serious business. Thu, 23 May 2013 14:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: mike http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-125100 mike Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:18:16 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-125100 Also, taxonomy is becoming less important with new advances in machine learning. Why bother categorizing things so a human can make sense of them, when you can just dump it all into Weka and let the computer handle it? Also, taxonomy is becoming less important with new advances in machine learning. Why bother categorizing things so a human can make sense of them, when you can just dump it all into Weka and let the computer handle it?

]]> By: HashBrownMashup http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-121773 HashBrownMashup Sat, 30 Mar 2013 21:28:27 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-121773 Like eating and sleeping Like eating and sleeping

]]> By: thomas0comer http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-59181 thomas0comer Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:40:51 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-59181 Ethan really should get a job as a biologist or something, just on the side. He'd make a lot of money* that way. *By a lot of money I mean enough to actually pay for that storage unit he has. Ethan really should get a job as a biologist or something, just on the side. He’d make a lot of money* that way.

*By a lot of money I mean enough to actually pay for that storage unit he has.

]]> By: thomas0comer http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-59180 thomas0comer Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:36:44 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-59180 Is that... grizzled war veteran Link you have for your avatar? Is that… grizzled war veteran Link you have for your avatar?

]]> By: Fredselfish http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-58423 Fredselfish Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:24:59 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-58423 Wow I having been reading this comics for a long while now, And it just came to me that Ethan is a Hoarder. A toy hoarder, Well that is better than the things I have seen on that show. Wow I having been reading this comics for a long while now, And it just came to me that Ethan is a Hoarder. A toy hoarder, Well that is better than the things I have seen on that show.

]]> By: IS_Wolf http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-47528 IS_Wolf Thu, 08 Sep 2011 11:51:45 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-47528 Tsk.. It's obvious that Drew must be a sleeper agent for Al'Qaeda or maybe the Head Alien. Ethan's purchases are helping keeping the economy running. Each toy he doesn't buy could mean another person gets sacked or worse that they'll simply outsource the department to China. And you don't want Chinese type Transformers.... They explode... Just like their monitors, computers, chairs, toilets, and even water melons*. :P *: Wish I was kidding about the rest of the exploding stuff, but just some some google-fu and you should be able to find articles about it. Tsk.. It’s obvious that Drew must be a sleeper agent for Al’Qaeda or maybe the Head Alien.

Ethan’s purchases are helping keeping the economy running. Each toy he doesn’t buy could mean another person gets sacked or worse that they’ll simply outsource the department to China.

And you don’t want Chinese type Transformers…. They explode…
Just like their monitors, computers, chairs, toilets, and even water melons*.

:P

*: Wish I was kidding about the rest of the exploding stuff, but just some some google-fu and you should be able to find articles about it.

]]> By: Griffin http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-46288 Griffin Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:21:17 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-46288 Your assuming that Ethan's current level of purchasing isn't within those guidelines when there is no evidence of that. Drew isn't making the points you're making, and if he were he'd have a better point. His argument is not that Ethan doesn't have the money. It's that he has a "rising tide of possessions" which suggests to that its the number of the toys that bothers him, not the cost. So my question still stands. If moderation is cost neutral, how much is too much? Your assuming that Ethan’s current level of purchasing isn’t within those guidelines when there is no evidence of that. Drew isn’t making the points you’re making, and if he were he’d have a better point. His argument is not that Ethan doesn’t have the money. It’s that he has a “rising tide of possessions” which suggests to that its the number of the toys that bothers him, not the cost. So my question still stands. If moderation is cost neutral, how much is too much?

]]> By: Silver C. http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-46204 Silver C. Wed, 31 Aug 2011 05:38:31 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-46204 (*this is a second post, apparently my last reply here never showed up for some reason) Do you want to know how much? How much is when you know that you have enough money to pay for bills, enough money to save for the future (retirement, savings, medical emergencies) and still be able to have money for yourself (entertainment or hobbies). Moderation is knowing your priorities, moderation allows you to financially responsible and plan for your future. Why must it be such a filthy word? As I will quote a fellow poster Sandpunk: "Drew doesn’t want him to STOP, he wants him to be responsible!" (*this is a second post, apparently my last reply here never showed up for some reason)

Do you want to know how much? How much is when you know that you have enough money to pay for bills, enough money to save for the future (retirement, savings, medical emergencies) and still be able to have money for yourself (entertainment or hobbies).

Moderation is knowing your priorities, moderation allows you to financially responsible and plan for your future. Why must it be such a filthy word?

As I will quote a fellow poster Sandpunk: “Drew doesn’t want him to STOP, he wants him to be responsible!”

]]> By: Maritza Campos http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-45899 Maritza Campos Sun, 28 Aug 2011 22:04:38 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-45899 See, this is the thing about relationships. When you're not in a relationship, and you don't have close bonds, you slowly start falling more and more into your obssessions if you're the obssessive kind. It reaches a point where it's normal for you, but in those rare moments of clarity where you're able to see how your behaviour looks from the outside, it's worrying. It's all shades of the same, you see. First you're a collector, then a scary fan, then a excentric one, and finally you're the kind of wacko who hasn't talked to another person for weeks or brokes down crying because he's not making it to the walmart to get the new toy. In the end, people start looking at you funny or avoiding you. It is NOT healthy to obssess over anything. It doesn't matter if you have the money or the space. Michael Jackson had a huge house that looked like a museum of crap. That's not a house of someone who is normal. See, this is the thing about relationships. When you’re not in a relationship, and you don’t have close bonds, you slowly start falling more and more into your obssessions if you’re the obssessive kind. It reaches a point where it’s normal for you, but in those rare moments of clarity where you’re able to see how your behaviour looks from the outside, it’s worrying.

It’s all shades of the same, you see. First you’re a collector, then a scary fan, then a excentric one, and finally you’re the kind of wacko who hasn’t talked to another person for weeks or brokes down crying because he’s not making it to the walmart to get the new toy. In the end, people start looking at you funny or avoiding you.

It is NOT healthy to obssess over anything. It doesn’t matter if you have the money or the space. Michael Jackson had a huge house that looked like a museum of crap. That’s not a house of someone who is normal.

]]> By: John Harmon http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-45898 John Harmon Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:18:17 +0000 http://www.shortpacked.com/2011/comic/book-13/04-remedial-adulthood/staypuft/#comment-45898 Sometimes I seriously wonder if I have a problem. Every once and a while I start to feel overwhelmed and claustrophobic, and go through all my stuff to get rid of some stuff. I try my best not to be consumed, but sometimes it is hard. My girlfriend is so damned understanding though. It doesn't bother her in the slightest, and even last night she bought me the new Tower of Omens playset. Haha, she's definitely an enabler, but hey I don't mind. I keep myself in check. Sometimes I seriously wonder if I have a problem. Every once and a while I start to feel overwhelmed and claustrophobic, and go through all my stuff to get rid of some stuff.

I try my best not to be consumed, but sometimes it is hard. My girlfriend is so damned understanding though. It doesn’t bother her in the slightest, and even last night she bought me the new Tower of Omens playset.

Haha, she’s definitely an enabler, but hey I don’t mind. I keep myself in check.

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