Script:
Batman: Train me in the ways of GMOs, troll scientists.
Trolls: lol, new fag, n00b, obvious newb is obvious, do you even lift?
Trolls: fag, fag, fag, ...
[POW!]
Trolls: LOL. Ok, newb. Follow us.
Trolls: To make GMOs, you can go to school and learn about genes like a chump. But we prefer the asshole way...
Trolls: RADIATION ALL THE THINGS!
Jesus: He means "irradiate" all the things.
Robin: I can't even tell which one is talking.
Trolls: To make GMOs, we plant crops around nuclear waste and wait until they mutate.
Trolls: We keep the ones that we can sell. We tame the ones that we can use. The U.S. marines deal with the rest.
Batman: But to make memes that way, you need to find a source of memetic radiation. Something truly toxic and deadly!
Trolls: That's where we hit a road block. We can't find an appropriate mutagen.
Batman: Have you tried--
Trolls: Yes, of course.
Trolls: But raw YouTube comments are just too volatile.
You could recreate this comic if you had all these files, a cutting wit like mine, and a good photo editor. Also a very understanding spouse.
Source list not yet available.
These files are also available on the github repo where I develop this comic:
meming-title. Yep, that's the dumb title.
As mentioned elsewhere none of the artwork is original (almost none). These links provide a way to discover the original artists. If your work is here,
contact me. I'll add whatever specific information you prefer.
Author's Notes
This episode has another meme sourced from a comic.
You've seen the "All the Things" meme, you probably still
don't know it comes from
This is Why I'll Never be an Adult.
Good post, @AllieBrosh.
Know Your Meme
describes it with this hilariously dry
sentence: "The comic describes the author's frustration
with her inability to maintain a consistent enthusiasm
for her daily responsibilities."
The educational part of this comic (aw shit, I educated again)
is mostly accurate. In actuality, it is not nuclear *waste* that
is used to irradiate crops.
Cobalt-60 is the most common way to achieve
radiation breeding
and it's produced for that purpose, it's not waste. But it is sometimes
created by exposing cobalt-59 to nuclear power reactors.
This is all stuff I learned on Wikipedia. The best part of the
Wikipedia article on
cobalt-60
is this:
"The truck was recovered shortly after, but it was discovered
that the thieves had removed the [cobalt-60] source from its
shielding. The source was found abandoned and intact in a field
close by, and authorities stated that the thieves were
'likely doomed'."
Doomed! Or they've transformed into superheroes/villains. I hope there
was an even number of thieves because then we can be fairly sure
there's at least one hero for each villain.
Anyway, it's time to figure out what memetic thing CAN produce
enough radiation to super mutate a meme. I've definitely already
figured that out. You bet. But... And I'm just curious. What
would you suggest?
Leave your Radioactive Meme suggestions in the comments below
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