# Could someone explain this cryptic webcomic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836 "2011-05-13T22:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Teufelblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@Teufelblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teufelblitz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/21 "2011-05-15T07:01:49Z")
You seem to like wild and anarchic comedy. I would agree with Miller on SP, but it runs a tad on the broody side sometimes. As someone who reads a great deal of web comic, I would say you have found a prime example of a niche strip that not too many would find humorous. Also, that’s not a hipster comic. [Questionable Content](http://www.questionablecontent.net) is a hipster comic. Ironically, the same author writes a strip with a yelling bird that might actually suit your sense of humor if it weren’t for all the obscure band reference. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/22 "2011-05-15T08:10:35Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > You might enjoy [this.](http://somethingpositive.net/sp12192001.shtml) I enjoyed it. Hmmm… the kids’ mom is pregnant and I thought about getting her a present. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2011, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/23 "2011-05-15T08:29:04Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > You might like [Digger](http://www.diggercomic.com/?p=3), by Ursula Vernon[sup]1[/sup]. One of my favorite comics, but I’m pretty sure it wouldn’t be to **Argent Towers** ’ tastes. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/24 "2011-05-16T16:01:02Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Few people know this, but Theodore Sturgeon had a lot of laws. Most of the other ones weren’t very good, though. /golf claps ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/25 "2011-05-16T16:30:14Z")
90% of everything is crap. On the Internet, there’s nobody filtering out the crap before it gets published. Simple as that. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/26 "2011-05-16T16:33:16Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > 90% of everything is crap. On the Internet, there’s nobody filtering out the crap before it gets published. Simple as that. Of course, there’s also the flip side: nobody sanitizes the good stuff, either. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/27 "2011-05-16T17:17:44Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > … a kick in the nuts. LOL! ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/28 "2011-05-16T18:30:25Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I haven’t seen a webcomic yet that I like…most of them revolve seem to around geek humor, which I am totally out of touch with. Try [Schlock Mercenary,](http://www.schlockmercenary.com/) if you haven’t already. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/29 "2011-05-16T18:33:13Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > One of my favorite comedies, maybe my number one favorite, is _Freddy Got Fingered,_ which everyone else I know despises. Where have you been? I thought me and New York Times critic A.O. Scott were the only two people on earth who enjoyed this movie. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/30 "2011-05-16T19:52:55Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I fucking hate webcomics. Stupid, cryptic, pretentious, dry, hipster webcomics. And it’s because of stuff like [this.](http://troublebrewing.hoppress.com/files/2011/05/stone_anni_beer2.png) > > I don’t get the joke. I’m obviously an uncool bonehead with no sense of humor. I’ll take a shot… Something Hoppy? Hops…Beer..Brewery… a play on something H **a** ppy…tie-in with Easter? A very bitter joke, if you ask me. Not the yeast bit funny. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/31 "2011-05-16T20:41:18Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Few people know this, but Theodore Sturgeon had a lot of laws. Most of the other ones weren’t very good, though. I’m stealing this. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836/32 "2011-05-16T21:53:22Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The first thing you have to know is that the comic is for beer geeks. That said, you next need to know that [Stone Brewing](http://www.stonebrew.com/home.asp) (Hallowed Be Their Name!) make some of the hoppiest beers in existence. [Arrogant Bastard](http://www.stonebrew.com/arrogantbastard/) will peel your taste buds off. So the comic says…ah, you can figure it out from here. > I thought it was funny enough to print a copy for the refrigerator door. Yeah, here in the Midwest, you can basically substitute “Stone” with “Three Floyds” and get the same joke. I think it’s pretty funny. I like Stone (and Three Floyds), but they do get a little _too_ focused on hops, sometimes. Then again, play to your strengths, and all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-someone-explain-this-cryptic-webcomic/581836.md?page=1)