Out of Context Comics

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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

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Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.
Single panels are preferred.
Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.
Don't be a dick.
I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

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I will not be taking any questions at this time. (infosec.pub)

submitted 5 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/outofcontextcomics@lemmy.world

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is... is "pipe" the verb?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago

I SAID I WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

[–] Hamartia@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's probably some derivative of the maratime slang pipe-down.

Pipe down: A boatswain or ‘bosun’ was a ship’s officer who was, amongst other duties, in charge of the crew. He would issue different orders to crew members by changing the sound patterns blown on his 'call', a sort of high-pitched whistle.

'Pipe down' was the last order of the day for off-duty crew to stop talking, settle down or go to bed. Today, the phrase 'pipe down' is still used to tell someone to be quiet.

If an officer is piping orders the expectation would be for you to pay attention.

The second world war and its huge naval population probably brought the much older term into American slang.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

It is in computer programming terms.

Also in the 'pipe down' (shut up) sense