I don't get a lot of them, but some of them are funny.

11/22/2007 2:38:31 AM

the underground music one was ok

11/22/2007 1:38:38 PM

I'm just a little southern girl

12/11/2007 1:29:01 PM

I thought it would be bigger

12/11/2007 1:32:13 PM

these aren't that funny

12/11/2007 1:34:03 PM

I let out a sigh of relief upon opening this thread.

12/11/2007 1:37:18 PM

hahaha I love exploding dog... i'll have to post some of my favorites when I get home.

and yes, they aren't nearly as funny without their captions.

12/11/2007 1:41:03 PM

I hate Christmas.

12/14/2007 2:16:33 PM

i love when i see a thread like this, and think to myself 'i fucking love explodingdog... except these people need to include the captions w/ them' and then scroll down to see that i posted that exact same thing 10 months ago.

12/14/2007 3:03:53 PM

That is so funny (to me) because I had a friend who got really drunk one night and ended up peeing on his girlfriend's alarm clock. Below the alarm clock were all of her old pictures (family and such type).

12/14/2007 3:24:59 PM

oh shit, bitch has an Exploding Dog tat:

12/25/2007 11:09:32 PM

i may be stupid, but you're a jerk

1/6/2008 9:40:15 PM

sometimes I eat grass

1/17/2008 10:03:48 PM

I miss you being at my side

1/22/2008 11:03:38 PM

blast off in 3..2..1

1/22/2008 11:31:43 PM

and it was all going so well

1/22/2008 11:33:07 PM

I not laughing.

1/22/2008 11:34:18 PM

it's not a joke.

1/22/2008 11:35:16 PM

drink this, the mothership will be here soon

1/22/2008 11:37:25 PM

^ the caption for that image is you will surely regret this.

let's not try and ruin a good thing, yeah?

1/22/2008 11:45:04 PM

when I look at you, I get more ideas

2/19/2008 12:34:21 PM

is this emo liner notes?

2/19/2008 12:45:44 PM

no

they're pictures

I'm sorry you can't see them

2/19/2008 12:53:00 PM

3/17/2008 1:50:56 PM

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"these aren't that funny"

3/17/2008 2:46:38 PM

they're not supposed to be funny

3/17/2008 2:46:58 PM

they're not supposed to be entertaining or original, either, are they?

3/17/2008 2:48:25 PM

certainly not to everyone

you must desperately need something to bash

3/17/2008 2:50:09 PM

why in the hell people would have expected ed to be funny, i have no idea


but i did kinda giggle writing that out, and the other meaning of ed

3/17/2008 2:50:24 PM

Most people think cartoons and they automatically assume funny

3/17/2008 2:51:40 PM

the other day some girl was talking about being good at drawing stick figures and i was like 'i know you're joking... but check out explodingdog.com'.

yeah, i let her know.

3/17/2008 2:53:01 PM

^oh yeh really? that is really cool man. good luck in the future

3/17/2008 2:56:38 PM

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"you must desperately need something to bash"

not really, but these, in no way, fill a niche or even contribute anything that i can see...if you want political cartoons, there are FAR better...hell, if you want emo cartoons, you can find better ones

am i missing something? what sort of commentary are these supposed to making? i understand that it's entirely possible for other people to like something i don't, but these are pointless...if you want political/societal commentary, read this modern world or something intelligent

3/17/2008 2:57:53 PM

some of them have actually brought tears to my eyes in their simplicity and beauty.



but i'm an artfag like that on occasion

3/17/2008 2:58:47 PM

exploding dog in no way has ever been political/societal commentary

relax

3/17/2008 2:59:43 PM

^^ Me too, but pretty much everything makes me teary.

[Edited on March 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Reason : .]

3/17/2008 2:59:54 PM

^^ okay, then perhaps i'm looking for something that isn't there...is it just supposed to be stupidly emo? or am i looking at it from the wrong perspective (this is a serious question...insight into how i can see something other than stupid in these craptastic pieces would be nice)

3/17/2008 3:02:10 PM

i've never been brought to tears, but there is certainly something to say for them along those lines.

i'm sorry you don't enjoy them quagmire02.

3/17/2008 3:10:59 PM

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"exploding dog in no way has ever been political/societal commentary relax"

what he said

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"(this is a serious question...insight into how i can see something other than stupid in these craptastic pieces would be nice)"

Not everything needs to have a point or be some kind of commentary. More importantly, art doesn't have to be overdrawn or realistic. I'd wager half of the idea is in its simplicity.

[Edited on March 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM. Reason : .]

3/17/2008 3:12:04 PM

oh, it's just "art"...that term is, by far, used more to refer to things that serve absolutely no purpose other than to exist

but now that i know it's been classified as "art", i can successfully disdain it and feel comfortable that, once again, there is a reason the term "starving artist" is used...there are more people in the world who realize what shit some of this stuff is than those who perpetuate its existence

3/17/2008 3:24:45 PM

I suppose we should rid the world of all "useless" things, right?

Literature, art, anything that's thought-provoking: get rid of it all, immediately! Quagmire has no use for it!

[Edited on March 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM. Reason : crawl back into whatever narrow-minded hole you came out of]

3/17/2008 3:28:28 PM

^ i can't say as i'm surprised you took it to the extreme...you're good at that

you are, however, a perfect example of my point...it really CAN be absolute shit, but as long as you term it "art," then everyone who disagrees with you is narrow-minded and unsophisticated...i can appreciate art, i just like the artist to have talent and a purpose

but, since ALL of the requirements for terming something "art" are completely subjective, you can't disagree with me and i can't disagree with you

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"crawl back into whatever narrow-minded hole you came out of"

calm down, little girl! you're not the only one who likes shit, so you can take comfort in that...i'm just happy to know that there are more people who have taste than don't, and that those that i (generally) dislike will continue to "starve" until they die...overall, yes, though, i agree that the world has more use for things of a practical nature than those of an artistic one

also, i feel very righteous and justified in saying these things as

1.) i'm a published author - i'm not rich from it, but i'm published and it's made me some money
2.) i'm an artist myself - i've taken first place in 4 shows in the past 5 years, so i'm okay with that

you can call me narrow-minded, but you really should realize you're just a stupid bitch who has no idea what she's talking about

3/17/2008 3:33:45 PM

So being a published author makes your opinion more reputable?

3/17/2008 3:35:48 PM

^ of course not, but this tidbit from sf below

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"Literature, art, anything that's thought-provoking: get rid of it all, immediately! Quagmire has no use for it!"

makes her out to be a stupid bitch who speaks without knowing what the hell she's talking about...i am quite capable of taking pleasure from various arts, but i just feel that my standards are different than hers...she absolutely refuses to take that into account and pretends that if you don't like what she does, i can't POSSIBLY be capable of appreciating art of any kind

3/17/2008 3:38:16 PM

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"you are, however, a perfect example of my point...it really CAN be absolute shit, but as long as you term it "art," then everyone who disagrees with you is narrow-minded and unsophisticated...i can appreciate art, i just like the artist to have talent and a purpose"

Sure, you can think it's absolute shit, nobody's saying you can't have an opinion on it. I never EVER said you couldn't, and nor did I say you had no taste. You're the one who said ExplodingDog was useless. It's not to everyone, if you truly understand the subjectivity of art (and you must not, to assert objectively that it's absolute shit).

But why you insist on ruining a thread some of us were enjoying is retarded. You aren't going to make me say "YES, EXACTLY! YOU'RE SO RIGHT, IT'S ALL COMPLETE SHIT!" so why bother trying? I still love ExplodingDog, regardless.

I'm not a stupid bitch, I just like something that you don't. So why do you have to try so hard to ruin it for other people?

[Edited on March 17, 2008 at 3:40 PM. Reason : .,]

3/17/2008 3:38:21 PM

in the way that a mechanic's opinion of my transmission troubles is better than a painters.

3/17/2008 3:39:08 PM

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"I'm not a stupid bitch"

ah, but you are! see above to better understand your own parochial viewpoint!

3/17/2008 3:39:36 PM

someone's opinion differs from mine

3/17/2008 3:40:03 PM

these pictures/captions are like talking with The Oracle...exactly what you needed to hear.

3/17/2008 3:41:08 PM

^^^ But just because your standards are different from mine DOES NOT mean they're better.

In short, go masturbate to Penny Arcade if you don't like the stuff in this thread.

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"someone's opinion differs from mine"

That's apparently unacceptable to him!

[Edited on March 17, 2008 at 3:43 PM. Reason : .]

3/17/2008 3:41:33 PM