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Thread: Lost in Boop-lation
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2007-03-21, 01:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Lost in Boop-lation
I really wish it were possible for this comic to use swear words. You really lose much of the impact with the boop references. I do understand that Erfworld is most likely a PG-13 comicstrip, so if it's not possible, it's not possible. But it's something I'd like (or wish) to see.
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2007-03-21, 01:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-03-21, 01:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
I note that it's only Parson who's ever attempted to say one of the words that comes out as "boop", which makes sense (it simply wouldn't occur to natives to think up words that literally can't be uttered in their world). It's a neat bit of local color, if nothing else.
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2007-03-21, 02:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-03-21, 02:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
The comic is primarily targeted at young adults, but the "game" it takes place in is clearly designed for kids (or possibly a Nintendo console), hence the censoring.
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2007-03-21, 04:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
I don't know about "cutesy" or PG-13 or aimed at kids, I just see it as another funny aspect of Erfworld.
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2007-03-21, 04:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
You really lose much of the impact with the boop references.
Plus, the choice of what to censor is rather comical. Parson can't say "screw" or "suck", but everyone else can say "crap".
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2007-03-21, 04:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
Do you really think he's trying to say "screw" and "suck"?
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2007-03-21, 04:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
Yeah...I don't think he's saying "suck."
But we'll pretend!
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2007-03-21, 05:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
Well, ryos couldn't use the real words, since the GitP filter would asterisk them, which is the same this as "boop" (albiet less comical).
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2007-03-21, 05:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
My first impression was that since Parson is in an alternate universe the words he normally uses to swear don't exist in their language so it comes out as "boop." Or if they do exist they don't sound like swear words to the natives. Either way I enjoy it as a part of the comic.
It is possible that the words they curse with are entirely different (if they curse at all). Like in Ann McCaffrey's Pern series since the dragons are so important they curse using words like "shells," "shards" or "by the egg of Firlanth" etc. It took me a bit to figure out that that was their form of swearing because the words were not swear words to me.Look behind you!
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2007-03-21, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
Although the Erfites did complain about Parson using the word "boop", which signifies that they recognize it as profanity. "Boop" is their curse word. It just happens to cover all of the various descriptors that we (as non Erfites) have to choose from. They get the multi-purpose "boop".
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2007-03-21, 06:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
You're right. That makes more sense. Boop is the literal translation of Parson's curse words.
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2007-03-21, 06:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
Perhaps it's that all the curse words of earth are the same word in Erfeese. It's possible that more variety of Erf translations besides boop might fullfill the gap I experience. For me I don't feel Parson shouldn't be able to just say the words with which he is accustomed. It's the Erfworldians that should be confused about it. Though maybe in time there will be other words that just cannot exist in Erfworld and we'll see multiple iterations of boop then?
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2007-03-21, 08:56 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-03-21, 09:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
I don't think thats the case. As he did say Dragon and Earth, which obviously do not exist in Erfworld.
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2007-03-21, 09:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
I think it's clear that "boop" isn't a familiar word to Erfworld natives -- Stanley declared that Parson "doesn't even speak Language", apparently because about every third word he was saying was "Boop".
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2007-03-21, 09:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
Considering the last comic, Sizemore DID seem to know what word Parson used for "boop."
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2007-03-21, 09:22 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
I always figured the idea was that Parson was censored because the world reflects a sort of all-ages MMO, which would filter out what he's saying. The joke is he's the victim of a word filter (just like those trying to type stronger words than "suck" and "screw" here).
And it's not hard to understand him. Replace the word "boop" with the expletive of your choice and it pretty much hits the target.
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2007-03-21, 11:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
PS - both "suck" and "screw" have been censored. I offer as evidence the following quotes:
"What the boop? That joke booped."
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"I don't mean to say that I'm a boop-up and we're gonna croak."
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2007-03-22, 01:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
the third "boop" is probably not "screw", but second is probably "suck", yes.
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2007-03-22, 01:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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2007-03-22, 02:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
You people are so vulgar. "Boop" this, "boop" that. Didn't your parents ever teach you not to use profanity? What are your children going to think?
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2007-03-22, 02:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
I'd say all the curse words of Earth are the same word on Earth too. Different people may use different curse words in the same situation, but they all mean the same thing. It's what you use when your vocabulary fails you, basically. So it makes sense for them all to translate to the same word in Language.
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2007-03-22, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Lost in Boop-lation
Agreed. I was just think about that last night. Each curse word has a specific literal meaning, be it human excrement or explicit sexual actions or another, but rarely are they used as such. Mostly they are used as intensifiers or for shock value (which is quickly diminishing). Boop serves to the same effect, essentially, much like a string of askterisks have the same basic effect.
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2007-03-22, 12:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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2007-03-22, 05:43 PM (ISO 8601)
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