Comic #324

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CAPITALISM JOKES

Hey, what can I say, the Merchant is my outlet for this kind of thing. And soon the Demo will come to understand just how deep in it he’s become.

-Jesse

80 thoughts on “Comic #324”

      2. Wraith_Magus

        Like most parasitic organisms, it finds a way to “encourage” its carriers to spread itself. I would presume in this case, through driving the players into debt, and then making it so that the only way to alleviate some of this debt would be to get “bonuses” through poking friends on social media websites into joining as well, becoming new vectors of the disease.

  4. someone

    You know, this game is still less immoral than its obvious inspiration Monopoly, where the aim of the game is not to make profits. Instead, the aim is to bankrupt all the other competitors and make the entire economy collapse. (Monopoly was originally an educative game, called The Landlord’s Game, aimed at showing how land ownership was a threat against the common wealth of a society.)

    1. Wraith_Magus

      Since this game is already at this point, why bother calling it a game at all? Just call it the Stock Market, and be done with it. The old joke was that “Wall Street was Vegas for people who wind up rich,” now it’s just, “Vegas where you bet with other people’s money, and get more money and fame for getting caught cheating.”

      4. Falkuz

        So you’re wondering why you’re the only one that calls this person a certain name, when his actual name is different. Hmmm, I wonder why that is too…..

      5. Squideer

        A Gunsmith and an Arms Dealer both generally have the same definitions.

        Let me word this correctly: I didn’t mean to ask why noone else calls the Arms Dealer by something other name when his actual name is different, I ment to ask is there someone other then myself that calls the Arms Dealer by something else.

      6. Wraith_Magus

        Because he has an actual name, and due to custom of politeness, people usually refer to one another by their names, rather than job titles, Comment Poster.

      7. Ty

        Actually no, a gunsmith crafts guns, usually to sell but not necessarily. An arms dealer sells guns, typically en masse to paramilitary organizations but the title could refer to a small-time gun seller as well. Nothing about an arms dealer implies that he himself crafts the guns.

  11. Wraith_Magus

    Wait, they have dollars, here? Terraria uses a D&D-esque metals-based currency system that is nevertheless tied to the invisible forces of Communism that keeps a mandatory fiat-enforced price for every commodity no matter how much inflation would be brought about through AFK farming methods. (I have cornered the market in unicorn horns and fairy dust, I’ll have you know!)

      2. Wraith_Magus

        There’s no reason to believe it would be American dollars, (especially with a Canadian writing this,) so if I have to pay, I’ll just presume they mean “Zimbabwe Dollars”, what with the fact that it’s clearly in the spirit of the game to do so.

    1. Wicksters

      Ha Ha! Me too! I thought I was smart, but after reading the rules of Oligopoly I realized that I’m not as smart as I thought I was…

  17. Unknown

    wait a minute……does anybody realise its day here?it is night where every1 else is.terraria doesnt follow world logic jesse!the whole world is day or night!!!

    1. Eegxeta

      This isn’t happening exactly at the same time as Cyril is doing his magic training this would be taking place right after Maxx and the others left.

      1. Wraith_Magus

        There have been previous events like this, however.

        IIRC, When Aley nuked Tyrone, it was morning for Aley, but it was still night for everyone else.

  18. Wraith_Magus

    Of course, considering what the merchant is wearing, wouldn’t it be more appropriate for the Merchant to be demanding “a pound of flesh” from his opponents than to be making more modern criticisms of capitalistic excess, Jesse?

  24. Dm

    LOLOLOLOL!OL!OL!O!L!O!LOOOL!L!OO!L RANDOM SPAMMMMMMMMMMZZZZZZZZZZZZ! NBJHGBFBKJFIULLLLTHJHJHJHJHJHJHJHJHJHJHJHJHJr!!!P!_())!^(&*!^!(%((&! Point of this message: sorry for saying 4 (NOW 5!) comments in a row. i’m not trying to be a spammer. SORRY!

  26. Redwall Fan

    In the books redwall the moles speak a lot like Mr. Demo. hey Jesse why don’t you give redwall a try to see If you like the moles speech more than Scottish speech. 😀

  27. Human Guy

    My family and me played Oligopoly all the time! But we played it with unlimited credits from the government… cause it’s more realistic that way.

    1. Wraith_Magus

      But you have to play with the expansion set where you get either your lobbyist, lackey, or your offspring elected with your outstanding government-granted wealth, so that they can then write tax legislation giving you more subsidies and exempting you from paying tax for that to really kick into full gear. If it weren’t for the fact that the average congressperson is a millionaire, how else would the economy stagnate as all the wealth was concentrated into the hands of a few short-sighted billionaires, rather than circulating and allowing the economy to prosper?

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