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[–] GrymEdm@lemmy.world 71 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Giant Worm

  • Pros: Produces mind-altering spice that will enable travel across the galaxy. You'll smell time and hear math.
  • Cons: Everyone is going to be all up in your business forever because of that spice. Also you'll become a worm.
[–] ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.de 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Pro: his coming cleanses the world

[–] Stamau123@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Cons: your skin is not your own

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Cons: It's really just the larval form and eventually you'll end up with shriekers and ass-blasters.

[–] niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

How many times do I have to say it people, jeez... you're only in danger of becoming a worm if you have sandtrout. Once past that stage, they cannot stick to your skin.

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 50 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Can't ride your dog across the desert. Believe me, I've tried

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Did said dog have a name?

This might effect things.

[–] klemptor@startrek.website 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

With no name.

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I mean you can, just not all the way.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But they can pull you across the Arctic.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

And probably across the desert too if you got creative

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Giant fucking worm

How is this a con?!

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

It's not.

SHAI-HULUUD!

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hope you're ready to spend thousands per month on food

[–] msage@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago

You missed the 'highly self sufficient' part

[–] whenigrowup356@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Nah, it'll find food no problem. The legal liabilities are the real kicker.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The dog’s con is a pro to me. First it’s fun to train your dog. Second you can train them to do cool shit.

The worm’s con could also be a pro. The real con should be: will ruin your back yard.

[–] Patches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Dogs also ruin your backyard. That Mfer has dug 30 or 40 holes 1ft deep 3ft across in the last 6 months alone.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s because you don’t do enough of the training part.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If you dug enough holes yourself your dog wouldn't need to

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Now you’re thinking with portals.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That usually indicates they're not getting enough exercise or mental stimulation. They dig out of frustration and boredom.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They are over 40 meters long, so it'll ruin quite a bit more than your backyard.

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Or it will ruin your entire backyard plus your neighbors.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] hazardous_area@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

My cats could join this club

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 months ago

Fucking worm? Is this the Dune cup all over again?

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Giant Worm...

Pros: The spice

Cons: lifelong addiction to the spice.

[–] bomberesque1@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Also Pros - can be ridden at motorway speeds and can swallow your enemies

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Worm Pros: psychoactive spice that allows you to see the future and control the universe with enormous wealth and power.

[–] Dnn@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And the con reads like a pro too.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

True. A giant worm could be very useful, especially when you have enormous wealth and power to train it.

[–] CrayonRosary@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I have never in my life seen as much pet hair in a house as in my sister's from her Great Pyrenees mix.