I grew up in a town that had a church who was heavy into spreading the word of God. I'm all for religion (being Catholic myself) and spreading the message of one's religion, but their activities bordered on the cultish, particularly targeting teenagers. As such, they organized student events targeted at teenagers, hold regular fairs at their church - prominently displayed on a main road - and even once stood outside my middle school with clown suits and picket signs. They'd be handing out pamphlets and, no lie, comics to help get their message across to teenagers.
How is this anecdote relevant, rhetorical literary device I'm using to segue into my main point? Because there is a manga out that is trying to extol the benefits of Ubuntu, called Ubunchu. My keen cult senses and defenses I'd developed over the years aren't just tingling, they're going all Paul Revere "The British Are Coming!" in my system.
The sad thing is that I actually support Linux and Ubuntu in principle. True, they've yet to sway me from my familiar Windows operating systems, but they've come a long way and I likely will at least try it out with my next computer purchase. Just... don't do this again, ok Ubuntu community?
I'm honestly not sure if this manga is helping or hurting its cause. Either way it's an assault on your sanity. Go read it!
You can either visit the site, or jump right into the manga (like all mangas, the panels read right to left).
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Apr 23, 2009
Ubunchu
Mar 9, 2009
Bizarro Japanese Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Japan, as a nation, has the uncanny ability to take anything that Western culture has created and either make it more awesome, or ruin it forever. In this case, I'm not sure which they've done.
What you'll see below is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, mixed with elements of the Power Rangers, magic fairies, Japanese culture and a metric crapton on hallucinogenic drugs. Or, as it's more commonly referred, Mutant Turtles: Anthology of Superman Legends.
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