See….. I’m not really sure that the danger was because the chicken was uncontrollably delicious, or if it was just rampant out of control consumerism and corporate greed.
Clearly, LP should cook the recipe to see for themselves. I bet it would be no more delicious than your standard takeaway chicken, and that the problem was that the populace of the fantasy realm was not adapted to takeaway food. And so let the corporation take control because there was no competition.
The easy answer would be to convince this guy to send them home and take the recipe with them. That way it becomes a non-factor in this world and Josie could use it to get crazy rich back home.
This is the point where the Dschinn suggests taking the recipe and making it all ‘go away’, ultimately revealing that it had always been his corporation, short only one peculiar recipe…
Normally, I’d blast you for lambasting a free webcomic, but frankly, you’re right.
This “story line’ has been so bad, and so far removed from when the comic was great, I almost removed the comic from my list.
I’m not sure which one of you original creators of this comic is the one remaining, but go back and reread the older good comics, and try to get back to the flavor it had back then. Also put Buckaress back at human proportions, those gigantic boobs look ridiculous.
No offense, thank you for the hard work on this free comic, I am cognizant and thankful, but this has been pretty bad.
I love the idea that every time a commenter complains about Buckaress’s proportions, the artist makes them more exaggerated. It’s almost as though the only way to make it change is to stop bringing it up. :)
You’re saying this storyline has left you feeling fried? And you’re too chicken to see it through to the end? That sounds like a recipe for trouble, frankly.
the crucial problem is that only one human company knew the recipe, and they controlled the world with their secret knowledge
easy fix: broadcast the recipe to every people of every race in that dimension, the recipe won’t be a secret anymore, and a single company will not be able to take over with that knowledge
won’t matter, everyone know the recipe, they can grow their own spices, they can cook for themselves, something that’s already public domain can’t be copyrighted, you can’t make monopole profit from it
and if the other creatures know the recipe too, they don’t need to war over it
This has nothing to do with copyrights or intellectual property.
Consider a sandwich.
Everyone KNOWS how to make a sandwich, so why are sandwich shops successful? Because not everyone WANTS to make the sandwich they’re going to eat.
Is there competition between different sandwich shops? Yes.
Do they buy each other out? Yes.
Could a sandwich shop achieve a monopoly? Potentially yes.
Could such a sandwich shop monopoly become a corporate state? In an environment where sandwiches were favoured to the exclusion of all other foods, conceivably yes.
We already know that the fried chicken recipe produces a food that is favoured to the exclusion of all other foods, and we know people are willing to pay for something so they don’t have to make it themselves, and that organisations can be absorbed into other organisations (through legal means or otherwise), so a fried chicken monopoly/corporate state is still possible, even if everyone knew the recipe.
So fucking what? The threat isn’t the remote possibility that someone making this chicken might conceivably get a monopoly in a hundred years, it’s that people are going to try and kill them now to take the secret recipe. If the recipe is no longer secret, problem solved.
Yeah, you gotta love Josie’s empathy and compassion. Her first impulse is how to protect the innocents she rules, with no thought of her own needs. Not a selfish bone in her body.
It’s so tedious when the characters act like a problem with a really obvious solution is some kind of unsolvable conundrum. Even if actually doing it is non-trivial, they should realise what they need to do.
And here I thought that Josie’s plan would be asking them to wear cheetah outfits and get musical instruments and start singing…
Very interesting reference there …
See….. I’m not really sure that the danger was because the chicken was uncontrollably delicious, or if it was just rampant out of control consumerism and corporate greed.
Clearly, LP should cook the recipe to see for themselves. I bet it would be no more delicious than your standard takeaway chicken, and that the problem was that the populace of the fantasy realm was not adapted to takeaway food. And so let the corporation take control because there was no competition.
The easy answer would be to convince this guy to send them home and take the recipe with them. That way it becomes a non-factor in this world and Josie could use it to get crazy rich back home.
Burn the recipe, now!
No recipe, no war!
nobody will believe they did it, so the war will still happen
only way out: copy the recipe thousands of time, and drop the recipe everywhere in the world!
when everybody has the secret recipe, it’s not a secret recipe anymore
This is the point where the Dschinn suggests taking the recipe and making it all ‘go away’, ultimately revealing that it had always been his corporation, short only one peculiar recipe…
Give the recipe to Buckaress. Suddenly, every chicken in the empire is immolated and the fried chicken recipe becomes worthless.
Alex: I hate you so much!
Me: Love is in the air.
Keith: a delicious fried chicken recipe nobody can resist, you say? Sounds like business…
This is the most tedious and boring storyline ever !!! When it will end This is the most tedious and boring storyline ever !!! When it will end ?
Normally, I’d blast you for lambasting a free webcomic, but frankly, you’re right.
This “story line’ has been so bad, and so far removed from when the comic was great, I almost removed the comic from my list.
I’m not sure which one of you original creators of this comic is the one remaining, but go back and reread the older good comics, and try to get back to the flavor it had back then. Also put Buckaress back at human proportions, those gigantic boobs look ridiculous.
No offense, thank you for the hard work on this free comic, I am cognizant and thankful, but this has been pretty bad.
I love the idea that every time a commenter complains about Buckaress’s proportions, the artist makes them more exaggerated. It’s almost as though the only way to make it change is to stop bringing it up. :)
You’re saying this storyline has left you feeling fried? And you’re too chicken to see it through to the end? That sounds like a recipe for trouble, frankly.
Honestly, with all this talk about food around Bucky I’m surprised the recipe hasn’t spontaneously combusted already!
like i said as a reply to someone else up there:
the crucial problem is that only one human company knew the recipe, and they controlled the world with their secret knowledge
easy fix: broadcast the recipe to every people of every race in that dimension, the recipe won’t be a secret anymore, and a single company will not be able to take over with that knowledge
Except, of course, through amalgamations and hostile takeovers (and other underhand business appropriation techniques).
won’t matter, everyone know the recipe, they can grow their own spices, they can cook for themselves, something that’s already public domain can’t be copyrighted, you can’t make monopole profit from it
and if the other creatures know the recipe too, they don’t need to war over it
This has nothing to do with copyrights or intellectual property.
Consider a sandwich.
Everyone KNOWS how to make a sandwich, so why are sandwich shops successful? Because not everyone WANTS to make the sandwich they’re going to eat.
Is there competition between different sandwich shops? Yes.
Do they buy each other out? Yes.
Could a sandwich shop achieve a monopoly? Potentially yes.
Could such a sandwich shop monopoly become a corporate state? In an environment where sandwiches were favoured to the exclusion of all other foods, conceivably yes.
We already know that the fried chicken recipe produces a food that is favoured to the exclusion of all other foods, and we know people are willing to pay for something so they don’t have to make it themselves, and that organisations can be absorbed into other organisations (through legal means or otherwise), so a fried chicken monopoly/corporate state is still possible, even if everyone knew the recipe.
So fucking what? The threat isn’t the remote possibility that someone making this chicken might conceivably get a monopoly in a hundred years, it’s that people are going to try and kill them now to take the secret recipe. If the recipe is no longer secret, problem solved.
You are not alone in this, Defendress. =_=
Yeah, you gotta love Josie’s empathy and compassion. Her first impulse is how to protect the innocents she rules, with no thought of her own needs. Not a selfish bone in her body.
What a bitch. MILF but still a bitch.
Hmmm… of course they could destroy the real recipe and make a fake one that ISN’T perfect…
It’s so tedious when the characters act like a problem with a really obvious solution is some kind of unsolvable conundrum. Even if actually doing it is non-trivial, they should realise what they need to do.