• funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I know it says “based on” an xkcd comic, but this feels like a blatant ripoff

    • Akatsuki Levi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I mean, the author was good enough to actually made a decent edit of it that doesn’t feel cheap, and did put proper credits at it Hard for me to consider it a ripoff

        • Nate Cox@programming.devEnglish
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          1 year ago

          That… that is the punchline. It being the same punchline is the punchline of this joke. It’s commentary as humor.

    • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netEnglish
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      1 year ago

      So how would you make a homage at an old jobs by bringing it into the now times without copying the joke and replacing parts of it?

    • mkwt@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Xkcd comics are published under one of the CC licenses (forget which one). It’s arguable this kind of thing may be an intended reuse.