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01 September 2006

Selling The Image



Once again, we prove that it is possible to be too fancy.

Last night The Gynostryker showed me this website called Lasae.com. At first it was incredibly sad. Then we dug a little deeper and it was creepy. A little more digging proved it downright terrifying. I'll leave you with that!

Also don't forget there are only about 12 10 hours left to get free shipping!

29 Comments:

The Man said...

everything that is not lame is a threat to hot topic.

1/9/06 13:20  
PlotlessViolence said...

If I pay extra, willl you promise to be naked when shipping the shirt?

1/9/06 14:21  
becomethesea said...

This one gets saved.

1/9/06 14:22  
Codycod said...

Make a shirt of Calvin dressed up all fancy peeing on a street bum. That would be classy.

1/9/06 14:50  
Nermy said...

Make a shirt of Weedmaster P taking a poop on calvin.

1/9/06 15:33  
Scarybug said...

Free shipping won me over. I just ordered "It's On Now" now, instead of "later" which is when I was going to.

1/9/06 15:35  
propa said...

It is sad to see the fanciness go. You could have at least kept the cane. Oh well, sacrifice all in the name of commerce!

1/9/06 16:51  
End If Kris said...

Jeffery, are you being a Nazi in the last panel?

1/9/06 18:03  
Jack Vorpal said...

Can I get free shipping on the fancy suits?

1/9/06 18:06  
gristle sauce said...

man, somethin about the way yer character says 'fancy' is great. i mean, he's all innocent, not a hint of irony or sarcasm, it's so funny.

also, did i get that link right? are they charging extra for you to get comments from their people?

1/9/06 18:27  
Jonathan Penton said...

All I'm seeing is teh sad, and it's very sad, but where do I find teh terrifying? I'm all a-quiver.

1/9/06 19:39  
Scooter said...

That's not a Nazi salute! That's an "Aw Yeah" both arms raised thing except he has a necrotic cat in the other arm.

1/9/06 19:40  
FatNeo said...

"Most of the Talkers happen to live in New York City."
Wowee. Real honest to God New Yorkers want to talk to me for less than the price of a sandwich. What an age we live in.

1/9/06 19:41  
sadisticgnome said...

seriously, what is the creepy involved with that site? I see a poor business idea, and imagine that people may use it to confess some pretty terrifying things, but how that is itself terrifying I don't get.

google and wikipedia tell me nothing about it...

1/9/06 23:47  
B Moore said...

I like P's Ming the Merciless getup.

2/9/06 00:14  
inparallax said...

I want a Joanna doll. :(

2/9/06 01:18  
In_Motion said...

According to a quick google search, the term "Lasea" is also used in the bible, and refers to a town in "the acts of the apostles".

This is indeed rather strange. I'm almost afraid to look up the significance, for fear it will be terrifying

2/9/06 02:19  
In_Motion said...

The site is indeed pretty creepy and I think I'll make sure never to visit it again. OMG.

2/9/06 02:47  
jeffrey rowland said...

It's a site that takes personal information, charges you for it, yet does not supply any sort of terms of service agreement.

2/9/06 03:39  
The Man said...

i already commented but...the free shipping just made me buy a cowboy killer shirt.
so did the beer ive been drinking.
but mostly the free shipping.

2/9/06 03:40  
Tifani said...

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2/9/06 03:49  
Tifani said...

Your characters idea of "fancy" appears to dressing like a pimp!

But he's just so damn sweet and genuinely hopeful about the whole thing and let down when it doesn't quite work.

Awww, I love it!

Jeffrey: WORLDS MOST ENDEARING PIMP 2006!

2/9/06 03:51  
In_Motion said...

Haha! So bluffing really does work!

That is rather horrible. However, without a ToS, there's no vague, obscure ways to keep you from suing them that they hide in 3,000 pages worth of legal gibberish.

2/9/06 04:21  
Scooter said...

Indeed, I think without a ToS, you have more rights.

2/9/06 10:02  
alaska said...

I think that also means they can do whatever they please with the information and you can't get angry.

2/9/06 18:58  
In_Motion said...

It works both ways. You didn't even sign a ToS that says there's no gaurantee they won't do anything, so essentially they're liable for everything, since they're not saying "we're not liable"

However, at the same time, they can do anything legally possible with the information, since they have no in-site regulations, or, if they do, they are not bound since you didn't sign anything.

Still, anyone actually *read* google's take on a privacy statement?

3/9/06 00:01  
ZEE said...

I liked this "Lasae" idea a lot better when it was called "IRC,' and it sucked balls even then.

3/9/06 14:46  
the youthful boy below said...

Did baby and weedmaster P BOTH get herpes?????? All because of a lack of fancyness?

3/9/06 21:16  
Jonathan Penton said...

Oh, wow, that's brilliant. So if they can't make a liveable income through giving advice, they can make an income through blackmail. Groovy.

4/9/06 05:07  

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