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Thursday Internet Tradition: a softer world

By on December 22, 2011

Hoydens are aware of all Internet traditions! But we share our hard-won cultural knowledge!

This week, we introduce you to the tradition of a softer world, a web comic running since February 2003. It is always a three panel strip featuring different zooms of a photography by Emily Horne overlaid with text by Joey Comeau, usually sad, nihilistic or desperately hopeful in tone. (It has occasional excursions into horror subplots too.)

The reason we’re featuring a softer world this week is this comic:

Grainy photograph of man in glasses, comic text “Overreaction: Any reaction to something that doesn't affect me”, mouseover text “Have you tried walking it off?”

This is an open a softer world thread.

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Mary is a Sydneysider, a computer programmer, and a mother. She saves a small part of world, a bit that has to do with women and technology, with her non-profit the Ada Initiative. Apart from Hoyden, Mary also writes for Geek Feminism, and, when there's no other suitable venue, for her own blog Lecta.

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4 responses to “Thursday Internet Tradition: a softer world”

  1. The Amazing Kim
    The Amazing Kim December 22, 2011 at 11:07 am |

    a softer world is one of my favourite webcomics, and I like a lot of webcomics. I especially like this one and this one.

  2. The Amazing Kim
    The Amazing Kim December 22, 2011 at 11:16 am |

    Oh, and this one.

  3. Mary
    Mary December 22, 2011 at 11:34 am | *

    TAK: Ah 330, I remember you! You used to grace my walls.

    I also enjoyed the mutual xkcd-asofterworld parodies:
    http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=338
    http://xkcd.com/144/

  4. Laurin
    Laurin December 22, 2011 at 2:45 pm |

    i <3 a softer world! I'd forgotten about it :D thank you for reminding me… and I'm not quite sure when I missed the mutual parodies. *squee*

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