[0653] Persuasiveness
└ posted on Monday, 26 January 2015, by Novil
I have posted the results of the last five polls running on Sandra and Woo. There are now five new polls that appear randomly in the right sidebar:
- Do you generally prefer comedy webcomics or story webcomics?
- Which way do you find most new webcomics that you read (semi-)regularly?
- Did you prefer the American pic or the Russian pic in December’s strip “Propaganda” featuring Larisa?
- Harry Potter should have married […]?
- Which is your favorite type of media?
- Sandra: That’s never going to work.
- Larisa: Don’t you believe in the good in man?
- Sandra: Well…
- Larisa: Me neither. However, I believe in the persuasiveness of…
- Larisa: … a flamethrower!!
- Sandra: Who sold you a flamethrower?
- Larisa: The internet.
Sandra and Woo: The Flamethrower!
Actually, that’s the LAST thing anyone needed to give/sell to Larissa.
Clearly, whoever sold it to her doesn’t know her.
Funny how “the Internet” is the perfect answer to so many questions. So, so many questions…
The look on both their faces panel 3–priceless!
Personally I would have stuck with the axe… but then, I am biased. >:=)>
But, if she must resort to her favourite force multiplier (rhetorical statement there), she ought to consider sacrificing the proximity and immediacy of the flamethrower for the safety and distance provided by remotely-triggered incendiary charges… or just steal a vehicle with an Active Denial System weapon from the military and turn up the heat on her foes with that! >:=)>
Oookay!
Time to get out the old asbestos underwear from my usenet times again.
Now I know Larisa does not need a flamethrower to set things on fire. But don’t forget that she isn’t going for destruction this time around. This time, she’s going for negotiations.
Playing through Alien: Isolation, I actually really agree with Larisa.
Finally, Larissa gets — okay, _uses_ — a flamethrower!
@ Sarusig:
Reminds me of Fairly Odd Parents, back in the day 🙂
God bless the flamerthrower.
Yes, officer, this is a flamethrower – i use it for pest control officer 🙂
Fun fact; flamethrowers don’t require a license and are, in fact, completely unregulated in many states. So “the internet” didn’t even break any laws this time!
For some reason or another, flamethrowers are not regulated by the U.S. government as destructive devices–they actually have legitimate agricultural uses–and many states do not regulate them either, making this strip actually reasonably plausible.
Somehow – I am not surprised.
It is better to light a single flamethrower than to curse the darkness.
Terry Pratchett
Nothing say persuasion like the choice between saying yes or running around covered in fire for the rest of their life.
bruh.
I want one too!
Uh-oh, somebody is in trouble now!
Run.
Everybody run *now*.
If they Outlaw Flamethrowers, only Outlaws will have Flamethrowers!
You can make a flame thrower fairly easily.
I prefer flaming arrows myself, much more precision.
@ CSJTFJ:
There is a good reason as to why. Flamethrowers are heavy, around 20-40 pounds or so. THen comes in the amount of time, which isn’t more than minute for some models. Also comes is the range, which is much shorter than most guns can hit.
That said, great for killing a bee hive, your illegal stash of weed, or showing off during a tailgate party for the superbowl.
In the US, the private ownership of a flamethrower is not restricted by federal law and by most state laws. So if you life in a state that is not restrictive like California, well… We don’t need no water—Let the motherfucker burn! Burn, motherfucker, burn!
Isn’t amazon amazing?
@ cddmanful:
i think you mean “faceless” XD
Persuasion by incineration: kills negotiations with Fire.
…and if anyone Does ask, you can say you have it to melt the snow off the driveway in style.
Yes, they are on the internet for sale as a legit thing, any used military goods site will suffice.
@ Greenwood Goat:A5 0 caliber rifle with tripod stand with a Leupold 9x cross hair reticule all weather scope will also do the trick.
Who sold her a flamethrower? Clearly someone who wanted to make her smile… and watch the world burn.
…Okay, which one of you sold her the flamethrower?
@ CSJTFJ:
True. I have seen one in use at Grimmway, on a certified organic field!
It is propane flame, and this is one of the most natural forms of weed control. Not very effective for long compared with herbicides but effective enough.
Malcadon wrote:
“Not restrictive like CA”
What?
Did you mean not restrictive in the same way as CA?
If so I get you.
English such a crummy language.
But they are legal here too. Grimmway is “California’s Carrot Express!”
Kaprekar wrote:
Uh
No, I really don’t know, ah…
Leomon wrote:
Yes, but this time she needed one with a lot less punch.
AbslomRob wrote:
Wow, really? Cool. I mean umm… “Bad America. BAD.”
…
Okay, I want one.
abowden wrote:
Yes, but Larissa needed this one to LOOK like a flamethrower and have reasonable safeties in place. Larissa dos not do safeties.
Oh, and I officially apologize for any loss in advertisement profits from my turning off my flash player. I could not continue to let it run because Flash keeps slowing my computer WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY down if I allow it to run freely.
Actually since they’re in America, flamethrowers are compeltely legal in most, if not all, states, wthout any kind of lisence or safety. Your country’s nuts.
WM1 Larisa on the job.
…Oh, dear God. Larissa with a flamethrower. O_O This cannot possibly end well.
Oh, Timmy Turner. Your words of evasiveness has finally reached our favourite 4th wall breaker and pyromaniac.
Oh, shit! *runs off screaming*
I don’t think I want to see where this ends up going. XD
I just want to set the world on fiiiiire~
It’s gettin’ hot in here, now take off all their skin.
@ Leomon:
The kids love it!
Part of me says “How has it taken this long for Larisa to have a flamethrower in her hands?”
Another part of me says “Larisa has a flamethrower! What next, Woo talks to Cloud?!”
The rest of me just says “You need to binge this archive again”.
AbslomRob wrote:
Isn´t their use against some kind of weapon conventions? though truth be told that only applies for militaries and states… not single person.
Seems legit
Kutharos wrote:
Not really. Popular media tends to depict flamerthrowers as having a range of only a couple of meters, but this is because they typically use propane torches in movies and TV shows (which are much safer and easier to use) rather than the streams of burning gasoline that military flamethrowers use, which had effective ranges of 50-80 meters (between 160 and 260 feet) depending on the model. That’s actually not too bad compared to the typical effective ranges of most firearms aside from sniper rifles. The real issues with flamethrowers are that they’re really heavy, prone to inflicting uncontrolled collateral damage, and carry relatively high risk to the user (though they are not prone to exploding when the tanks are hit with a bullet, as fiction typically portrays).
That being said, I suppose we should be grateful that Larisa didn’t manage to find a Churchill Crocodile for sale.
@ Kaprekar:
I know Nothing! NOTHING!!!
Like this comment if you get the Kick-Ass reference 😀