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I'm not with it at all! Culture is happening all around me, to incredibly popular degrees, and I have NO IDEA!<br/><br/>Utahraptor: You can't be expected to know EVERYTHING. <br/>T-Rex: No, but I should know the genres in which I'm interested!<br/><br/>T-Rex: Dude - this is like if I loved anime, and then a decade into being an Anime Enjoyer I somehow stumbled across a show I'd never heard of called "Naruto". <br/>Utahraptor: Context tells me that's famous. <br/>T-Rex: CONTEXT IS RIGHT!! I SHOULD KNOW WHAT A NARUTO IS!<br/><br/>Off panel: So what WAS this song you'd never heard? <br/>T-Rex: Oh, I forgot it already. <br/>Off panel: Damn. <br/>T-Rex: ...Life's hard for me, because of who and what I am</div></div></div><div id="container"><div id="blogpost"><div id="blogpostheader">What are the haps my friends</div><div class="padded"><p align="centeR"><center><a href="https://www.topatoco.com/qwantz"></span><script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- function randomheaderimage(){ var img_rnd = new Array ("shirtad_failure.png","shirtad_busyday.png","shirtad_notalldreams.png","shirtad_summervacation.png","shirtad_cheatsheat.png","shirtad_stomping.png","shirtad_whale.png","shirtad_squish.png","shirtad_squish2.jpg","shirtad_there.png","shirtad_book.png","shirtad_trexsouthpole.png","shirtad_book2.png","shirtad_vegetables.png","shirtad_stickynotes.png","shirtad_infographic.png","shirtad_weerex.png","shirtad_heyladies.png","shirtad_whiteboard.png","shirtad_magnets.png","shirtad_keyrex.png","shirtad_person.png","shirtad_mug.png","shirtad_book3.png","shirtad-at.png","shirtad-shakes.png","shirtad-utah.png","shirtad-body.png","shirtad-polo.png","shirtad-myface.png","shirtad-tbontb.png","shirtad-feelings.png"); var i = Math.round((img_rnd.length-1)*Math.random()); document.write('<img src="' + img_rnd[i] + '" width="530" height="124" border=0 title="oh my goodness imagine if this was on your body, OH MY GOODNESS"></a>'); } function randomheadertext(){ var text_rnd = new Array ("basically everyone will love you if you own this", "what could possibly go wrong", "help support dinosaur comics! 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ENJOY IT??</a></div><div id="shirtad"><div id="shirtadheader">big ups and shouts out</div><div class="padded"><div class="shoutoutleft"><ul class="sidebarlinks"><ul class="sidebarlinks"><li>Some things you can do to be awesome:</li><li><a href="peoplearecool.php">• check out our secret flickr keywords</a></li><li><a href="fanart/japan/">• see something adorable</a></li><li><a href="https://www.twitter.com/ryanqnorth">• stalk me on twitter</a> or <a href="https://ryannorth.tumblr.com">tumblr</a></li><li>haha okay so listen when i said "stalk" i was JUST JOKING</li></ul><ul class="sidebarlinks"><li>Some things you can do to help others:</li><li><a href="https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=412W2GKRLR1">• join our distributed computing team!</a></li><li><a href="https://www.kiva.org/team/webcomics/">• microloan with team webcomics!</a></li></ul></li></div><div class="shoutoutright"><ul class="sidebarlinks"><li>Some comics I would TOTALLY MARRY:</li></ul><ul class="sidebarlinksdash"><li><a href="http://www.asofterworld.com/">a softer world</a></li><li><a href="http://www.achewood.com/">achewood</a></li><li><a href="http://www.scarygoround.com">bad machinery</a></li><li><a href="http://www.buttercupfestival.com">buttercup festival</a></li><li><a href="http://www.catandgirl.com/">cat and girl</a></li><li><a href="http://www.boltcity.com/copper/">copper</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dieselsweeties.com">diesel sweeties</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dresdencodak.com/">dresden codak</a></li><li><a href="http://www.drmcninja.com">dr. mcninja</a></li><li><a href="http://www.dumbingofage.com">dumbing of age</a></li><li><a href="http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/">gunnerkrigg court</a></li><li><a href="http://www.gunshowcomic.com/">gunshow</a></li><li><a href="http://www.harkavagrant.com">hark! a vagrant</a></li><li><a href="http://www.mspaintadventures.com/">mspa</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nedroid.com">nedroid</a></li><li><a href="http://www.bohemiandrive.com/comics/npwil.html">nine planets</a></li><li><a href="http://www.octopuspie.com">octopus pie</a></li><li><a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com">penny arcade</a></li><li><a href="http://www.questionablecontent.net">questionable content</a></li><li><a href="http://www.samandfuzzy.com">sam and fuzzy</a></li><li><a href="http://www.pbfcomics.com/">the perry bible fellowship</a></li><li><a href="http://www.toothpastefordinner.com">tp4d</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nonadventures.com">wonderella</a></li><li><a href="http://www.wondermark.com">wondermark</a></li><li><a href="http://www.xkcd.com">xkcd</a></li></ul></div></div></div></div><div id="springfooterbg4"><div id="springfooter4"> </div></div><div id="bgclouds"> </div> <!-- ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~, ,' Um what! 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