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Toot! Toot! Fire's out! (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by FlyingSquid to c/comicstrips

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Who says a comic from 1918 can't be funny?

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[–] Dasus 67 points 3 months ago

This was very topical at the time.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouting_fire_in_a_crowded_theater

The utterance of "fire!" in and of itself is not generally illegal within the United States: "sometimes you could yell 'fire' in a crowded theater without facing punishment. The theater may actually be on fire. Or you may reasonably believe that the theater is on fire".[3] Furthermore, within the doctrine of first amendment protected free speech within the United States, yelling "fire!" as speech is not itself the legally problematic event, but rather, "there are scenarios in which intentionally lying about a fire in a crowded theater and causing a stampede might lead to a disorderly conduct citation or similar charge."

I think there was probably quite a lot of these pranksters, and a lot of them probably weren't punished in any way. So at least they get bonked in the head by Everett.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago (3 children)

inb4 Everett just killed an entire theater of people

[–] quafeinum 28 points 3 months ago

I thought The dude mistook fire for burned toast and Everett just k.o.ed a guy having a stroke

[–] FlyingSquid 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They seem like they're okay with that.

[–] marcos 10 points 3 months ago

In a 1918 theater, it probably makes no difference whatsoever.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Toot toot TOOOOOOT

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

He never does three!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

"It was just a prank, bro!

[–] Rolando 4 points 3 months ago

See [email protected] for more Everett True shenanigans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

At first I thought the guy in the opening panel was about to throw a terrible pickup line at the woman in the foreground.

[–] ripcord 1 points 3 months ago

Ooooo!!

[–] GuyDudeman -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do.

[–] FlyingSquid 13 points 3 months ago

TOOT! TOOT! NO ONE DOES ANYMORE!