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[–] can 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He's famously against all commercialization of the strip and I think he'd feel this similarly devalues it.

One source.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That seems to be mostly about monetization and commodification, which should already be absent from shitposting.

[–] can -1 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I get that but I respect Watterson too much to assume his stance.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think he’d feel this similarly devalues it.

I respect Watterson too much to assume his stance.

Well… which is it? Do you respect him too much to assume his stance or are you assuming he’d feel this similarly devalues it?

[–] can 4 points 7 months ago

I mean I don't want to assume he'd be alright with it therefore I won't use it. Nothing I said was definitive, just what I think.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Well somebody should pop over to Chagrin Falls and ask him

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Did you mean "this" stance, maybe?

[–] can 2 points 7 months ago

I suppose that would also have worked, but no.