Episode 244 - Saturday, February 17, 1979

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Who the fuck bakes a pie the weekend immediately AFTER Thanksgiving?? Let alone an intricate lattice crust job like this one, amiright? A goddamned psychopath, that's who. I mean, look, I'm not saying it's one-hundred percent certain that Jon Arbuckle was about to have sex with pie, but, come on, we both know Jon Arbuckle was definitely about to have sex with that pie.Anyway, if you've managed to avoid hearing this Chuck Berry number thus far in your life, I highly recommend not clicking on that link so you can continue doing so. Just a really dreadful number. Today's stripBillboard top 100 for 1972

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Hey, what if Russell's Teapot entered Searle's Chinese Room? Like, would that be interesting? Would it, huh!?!?!Today's stripMake America Kittens Again

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This one's highly unremarkable, so we talked about vampires instead. Enjoy!Today's strip

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Because this is 1978, we don't have a fascist monster for our president. In celebration of that fact, we talked a lot about Jimmy Carter in this episode, and it reminded me of this clip mentioned in a recent episode of the Talking Simpsons podcast. Shout out to the Talking Simpsons podcast I guess!Then, because this is the show that it is, we argue about various definitions of irony for far too long. You know, now that I think about it, I was definitely being verbally ironic when I said I "didn't understand verbal irony."Today's strip@2point8million on TwitterThat one Oatmeal comic about the different types of irony

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Today on our program, we make some jokes and laugh at them, and then argue about various methods of preparing coffee. It's pretty much a normal BJD day.Oh, and let's not forget: Our country is currently being run by literal white supremacists.Today's strip

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