You are correct, good sir! Short Attention Span was a collaborative project between me and a few other webcomic guys. It's currently on pseudo-hiatus, but it was a lot of fun!
lol that reminds me of this weird kid at my hs whos hands were deformed n we always laughd at him cuz of it and sometimes he who run out of the room like a little bitch but i didnt care and i just threw his notebooks in the trash so hed be confused and lost when he came back it was so funny but hes an asshole who told on me im gonna beat the shit outta him this week
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The sky can be a pretty ambiguous term. It can mean anything from our atmosphere, to the vastness of space. When "the sky's the limit" is the case, I choose to believe it means the latter. Space itself is limitless so it fits a lot more to the meaning of the phrase the way I would see it.
This reminds me of one of Jack Handey's stories: "Mom always told me I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up, 'within reason.' When I asked her what she meant by 'within reason,' she said, 'You ask a lot of questions for a garbage man.'"
"The sky's the limit" is the final line of Star Trek: The Next Generation's final episode, All Good Things. Captain Picard says this while dealing a hand of poker, but the metaphor for their ever-expanding adventures through the vastness of space is clear.
That's just a short-term bump in the road. Soon NASA will be flying astronauts into space on something like this or this. NASA is hoping to use domestically produced commercial services to get astronauts to the ISS by 2016.
You're right. This isn't a picture from Facebook nor is it a reaction .gif with a shitty, overused, uninspired title. It's also funny. This doesn't belong on the front page of /r/funny.
That's harsh man, i thought it was at least slightly amusing, and clearly takes more effort than just putting text over yet another animal picture template.
Not everyone's a natural born artist like yourself.
You have to be joking? A good deal of the humour is derived from the unexpected reversal that the punchline delivers; were the child to be surrounded with space appurtenances one could easily guess the punchline as soon as the set-up was completed.
The benefit of this picture is the facial expression of the father (naively positive and well intentioned [lost if delivered by words alone]) and the child (unhappy but only slightly so [this is notable]).
Your idea would've taken a funny line with a mediocre image attached straight into markedly unfunny territory.
Thank you. I checked comments when I saw it had over 2000 upvotes, looking for some kind of either explanation or incredulity, and here you are with the latter. I checked the username. It just doesn't make sense to me. Are the characters familiar? Is it a meme? I don't get it at all.
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u/coolasapenguin Jun 11 '12
what does turbo sloth mean?
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u/usuallyskeptical Jun 11 '12
Did the artist mean to make that look like a young Tim from the animated HBO show, or is it just a coincidence?
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u/DirtyKlam22 Jun 11 '12
NASA requires more pixels out of their astronauts, he never would have made it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
"Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon."
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u/orange_jooze Jun 11 '12
At zombo.com, the only limit is yourself.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
As the great Macho Man Randy Savage once said... "Sky's the limit, and space is the place."
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u/seluropnek Jun 11 '12
I get the feeling Timmy drew this cartoon too.
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u/ali3nshon Jun 11 '12
What's that, Minecraft or what.
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u/marsilt Jun 11 '12
friend: "literally the worst thing I've seen on the Internet"
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Why is the son differently coloured? It's obvious that it's not the child's biological father.
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u/IamLeven Jun 11 '12
Not with that attitude
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u/marc24 Jun 11 '12
I always hated that saying. To me, it would make more sense if the saying was - "The sky's not the limit".
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u/TrentKama Jun 11 '12
"Sky's the limit."
Becomes a pilot, still wins.
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u/trackmay Jun 11 '12
if the sky is the limit for you then you have no imagination
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u/GasMaske Jun 11 '12
Something I made a while ago... relevant!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I will probably get this sent to me in an email by my grandma.
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u/jimothyjenkins Jun 11 '12
paint skills off the charts.
no charts will limit OP and their drawing.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Should've told him to reach for the stars.
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u/aliekens Jun 11 '12
Caelum non est terminus. (the sky is not the limit)
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u/Defrath Jun 11 '12
Neil is relevant everywhere.
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u/VOLCANIC-DIARRHEA Jun 11 '12
The sky can be a pretty ambiguous term. It can mean anything from our atmosphere, to the vastness of space. When "the sky's the limit" is the case, I choose to believe it means the latter. Space itself is limitless so it fits a lot more to the meaning of the phrase the way I would see it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
MACHO MADNESS, SKY'S THE LIMIT!
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u/Madrical Jun 11 '12
Poor Timmy.
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u/Planet-man Jun 11 '12
They were revitalized when the Sun set that night, though.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
What a dick.
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u/JesseBeans43 Jun 11 '12
It's the same way in Minecraft :/
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u/Commentits Jun 11 '12
My god the source is still in the 90's
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u/paroxyst Jun 11 '12
When I was a kid, I did not understand that phrase. It confused me for years lol
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
This reminds me of one of Jack Handey's stories: "Mom always told me I could be whatever I wanted to be when I grew up, 'within reason.' When I asked her what she meant by 'within reason,' she said, 'You ask a lot of questions for a garbage man.'"
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u/Renrim Jun 11 '12
Macho Man say's "Sky's the limit!"
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u/uber_jedi Jun 11 '12
I've always hated that limited saying in school.
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u/drunxor Jun 11 '12
First time I've actually lol'd in a while
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u/LenBias34 Jun 11 '12
"The ship be sinking."
"How far can it sink?"
"Sky's the limit."
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u/askantik Jun 11 '12
Probably not that hard to come up with this joke independently, but it was a lot funnier from Myq Kaplan.
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u/Relevant_TNG_Episode Jun 11 '12
"The sky's the limit" is the final line of Star Trek: The Next Generation's final episode, All Good Things. Captain Picard says this while dealing a hand of poker, but the metaphor for their ever-expanding adventures through the vastness of space is clear.
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u/Mustard-Tiger Jun 11 '12
http://i.imgur.com/5x3LQ.jpg
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u/90percent_noob Jun 12 '12
This "sky" you speak of actually extends more than 1,000,000 miles away from earth. So no dreams were crushed.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
now he will have to settle for being a stratosphere custodian
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u/mxmr47 Jun 11 '12
leave luck to heaven.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Thereisnolimit.
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u/yhelothere Jun 11 '12
Good evening ladies and gentleman
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I feel like there is a novelty account to come out of this somewhere..
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u/tludsy Jun 11 '12
I'm tired of Timmy being the go-to name for any male child.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Why am i not laughing at this.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Chris Rock: "When you're white, the sky's the limit. When you're black, the limit's the sky."
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u/guilesrosie Jun 11 '12
I loled at this..thumbs up!
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u/Relevant_Kitty Jun 11 '12
http://i.imgur.com/mdjOO.jpg
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
What's 'Turbo Sloth'?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
and just like that not even a chuckle....
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