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Last Updated: 11/25/2009

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City: Minneapolis
State: MINNESOTA
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Signup Date: 12/2/2005
Friday, October 23, 2009 
Superfluous dialogue balloon:


This particular offender is the textual equivalent of those parachutes that popped open every time G.I. Joe shot down a Cobra Rattler.

Bonus feature: do you ever despair that humanity is getting dumber after reading a YouTube comment thread? As Will Shakespeare would say, 'twas ever thus:


(Panel is from Showcase #24, February 1960, letter is from Green Lantern vol. 2 #1, August 1960.)
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Steven

 
God that's alot of sic's. I guess the editor wanted to show the world just how stupid he was. Spellcheck people!

 
Posted by Steven on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 4:28 PM
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Dan Wallace

 
Agreed -- I've noticed that the use of [sic] in an article is directly proportionate to how much the editor wants to make the original writer look like an idiot. 
 
Posted by Dan Wallace on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 4:33 PM
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