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This someone explain this comic strip to me? I don't understand
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2016-03-26 21:38:14 Post No. 27421781
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:38:14 Post No. 27421781 [Report]
This someone explain this comic strip to me? I don't understand how all of this makes sense in the second to last panel.
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:40:04 Post No.27421823
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:40:04 Post No.27421823 [Report]
A self-aware joke about making awful pen puns.
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:42:23 Post No.27421865
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:42:23 Post No.27421865 [Report]
it only makes sense to people who have not evolved beyond post-irony
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:43:27 Post No.27421888
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:43:27 Post No.27421888 [Report]
>penultimate
second to last
>Penn
Penn University
>ultimate
ultimate writing utensil
>ultimate
team frisbee is aka ultimate
>Penn
sean penn
pen
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:44:08 Post No.27421895
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 21:44:08 Post No.27421895 [Report]
>>27421781
>That would be your penultimate (second-greatest) Penn (Sean Penn) ultimate (ultimate frisbee) Penn (Pennsylvania University) pen.
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:12:45 Post No.27422423
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:12:45 Post No.27422423 [Report]
>>27421895
Penultimate means second to last in this context
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:21:18 Post No.27422578
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:21:18 Post No.27422578 [Report]
>>27422423
Is there a context in which penultimate meansp anything other than second to last?
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:22:22 Post No.27422604
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:22:22 Post No.27422604 [Report]
>>27422578
yeah, it can mean second best in many contexts
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:23:01 Post No.27422611
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:23:01 Post No.27422611 [Report]
be happy you dont understand it

jesus christ web comics are so fucking awful
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:29:33 Post No.27422775
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Anonymous 2016-03-26 22:29:33 Post No.27422775 [Report]
>>27422611
This is a newspaper comic. One of the better ones actually, from what I remember back when I still read newspapers. The intentionally bad puns are not its normal style of joke.
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