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Similar to ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' and ''Webcomic/{{PvP}}'', it has become a bit infamous for its creator, who is very outspoken on several topics about both webcomics and the computer industry. Much of it comes from perceived laziness, since the strip very often does cop out when it comes to fresh content. This came to a head in 2009 when it was found that Illiad had plagiarized several [=MetaFilter=] users by using their comments as punchlines for the strip, for which he apologized and the offending strips modified to credit the original sources.
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Similar to ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' and ''Webcomic/{{PvP}}'', it has become a bit infamous for its creator, who is very outspoken on several topics about both webcomics and the computer industry. Much of it comes from perceived laziness, since the strip very often does cop out when it comes to fresh content. This came to a head in 2009 when it was found that Illiad had plagiarized several [=MetaFilter=] users by using their comments as punchlines for the strip, for which he apologized and modified the offending strips modified to credit the original sources.
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With its tagline of [[LongRunner "Impairing productivity since 1997"]], J.D. "Illiad" Frazer's ''[[http://www.userfriendly.org/ User Friendly]]'' covers the antics of the staff at a small ISP and frequently brings current events in the IT field into its strips.
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With its tagline of [[LongRunner [[LongRunners "Impairing productivity since 1997"]], J.D. "Illiad" Frazer's ''[[http://www.userfriendly.org/ User Friendly]]'' covers the antics of the staff at a small ISP and frequently brings current events in the IT field into its strips.
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Caffeine Bullet Time is no longer a trope
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* CaffeineBulletTime: Greg after he tries some ''Pitr Cola'' after [[spoiler:Pitr forces Pepsi and Coca Cola to merge under his own brand; the recipe is literally just caffeine]].
--> '''Greg:''' I JUST REWROTE THE ENTIRE LINUX KERNEL!\\
'''Mike:''' When did YOU learn how to code?!\\
'''Greg:''' TODAY!
--> '''Greg:''' I JUST REWROTE THE ENTIRE LINUX KERNEL!\\
'''Mike:''' When did YOU learn how to code?!\\
'''Greg:''' TODAY!
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Nerd is now a redirect to an Indexed And Nerdy and no longer a trope per TRS.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Erwin the A.I.
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%% * DeadpanSnarker: Erwin the A.I.
* {{Geek}}: Nerds and geeks, meet A.J. He is now your leader. So stereotypically nerdy, he inspired the creation of [[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips/ Sex Tips for Geeks]].
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* {{Nerd}}[=/=]{{Geek}}: Nerds and geeks, meet A.J. He is now your leader. So stereotypically nerdy, he inspired the creation of [[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/sextips/ Sex Tips for Geeks]].
* NerdsAreSexy: Miranda.
* OldMaster: Sid.
* NerdsAreSexy: Miranda.
* OldMaster: Sid.
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: TeamPet Dust Puppy.
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* UnsoundEffect: [[AC:code code justify code]].
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* AlcoholInducedBisexuality: PlayedForLaughs when AJ goes on a bender after blowing his chances with Miranda for the umpteenth time. After singing his woes for most of the strip, he turns to a homeless man and asks "What's your name, baby?" On the other hand, AJ is so drunk he might not have known the person he was addressing was male.
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: The bottom of the forum page had a request for good behaviour that ended with "and if you're really bad, we'll call your Mom. We're not kidding, we've done it before." This was a reference to a RealLife event in which the moderators had so much trouble with a persistent troll that they contacted the troll's ISP, who gave them the account holder's 'phone number. The 'phone was answered by the troll's mother, and he never bothered them again.
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O'Reilly Media and Manning Publications have published compilations of the strip in dead-tree form. For various reasons, the comic was in reruns from late 2009, and and the end of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220226013838/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/read.cgi?id=20220224&tid=4056273 February 2022]], the site closed down entirely.
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O'Reilly Media and Manning Publications have published compilations of the strip in dead-tree form. For various reasons, the comic was in reruns from late 2009, 2009 most of the strips were reruns, and and at the end of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220226013838/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/read.cgi?id=20220224&tid=4056273 February 2022]], the site closed down entirely.
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* ChuckCuninghamSyndrome: Cobb, Stef's colleague from Sales. Much nicer and smarter guy, despite his inability to say "ethical". Hasn't been seen since 1998.
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* ChuckCuninghamSyndrome: ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Cobb, Stef's colleague from Sales. Much nicer and smarter guy, despite his inability to say "ethical". Hasn't been seen since 1998.
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* ArtEvolution: Surprisingly averted, whether intentionally or not. Rather sadly, there was very little change in Illiad's art style from his very beginning strips to the last -- in almost 13 years his artistic style remained very ... rough. The fact many comics are clearly [[CutAndPasteComic re-using character art]] adds to this effect.
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* ArtEvolution: Surprisingly averted, whether intentionally or not. Rather sadly, there was very little change in Illiad's Visible early on, but averted through most of the strip run. The art style from his very beginning strips to stabilized in the last -- in almost 13 years his artistic style remained very ... first 6-8 months, and hardly changed after that, remaining rather rough. The fact many Many comics are clearly [[CutAndPasteComic re-using character art]] adds to this effect.
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* ChuckCuninghamSyndrome: Cobb, Stef's colleague from Sales. Much nicer and smarter guy, despite his inability to say "ethical". Hasn't been seen since 1998.
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* FilkSong: Illiad occasionally uses the Sunday [[{{Omake}} side story]] for these. E.g. [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20090705 "My Blog"]], to the tune of "Lump".
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O'Reilly Media and Manning Publications have published compilations of the strip in dead-tree form. For various reasons, the comic was in reruns from late 2009, and the site has now closed down entirely.
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O'Reilly Media and Manning Publications have published compilations of the strip in dead-tree form. For various reasons, the comic was in reruns from late 2009, and and the end of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220226013838/http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/read.cgi?id=20220224&tid=4056273 February 2022]], the site has now closed down entirely.
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O'Reilly Media and Manning Publications have published compilations of the strip in dead-tree form. For various reasons, the comic has been in reruns since late 2009.
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O'Reilly Media and Manning Publications have published compilations of the strip in dead-tree form. For various reasons, the comic has been was in reruns since from late 2009.2009, and the site has now closed down entirely.
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--> '''Greg:''' I JUST REWROTE THE ENTIRE LINUX KERNEL!
--> '''Mike:''' When did YOU learn how to code?!
--> '''Greg:''' TODAY!
--> '''Mike:''' When did YOU learn how to code?!
--> '''Greg:''' TODAY!
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--> '''Greg:''' I JUST REWROTE THE ENTIRE LINUX KERNEL!
-->KERNEL!\\
'''Mike:''' When did YOU learn how tocode?!
-->code?!\\
'''Greg:''' TODAY!
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'''Mike:''' When did YOU learn how to
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'''Greg:''' TODAY!
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* AnthropomorphicVice: A giant talking cola can occasionally shows up, possibly just as a hallucination, and seeks to corrupt someone. Caffeine is after all a stock geek vice, especially in the form of cola.
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* AnthropomorphicVice: A giant talking cola can occasionally shows up, possibly just as a hallucination, and seeks to corrupt someone. Caffeine is after all a stock geek vice, especially in the form of cola.
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* AnthropomorphicVice: A giant talking cola can occasionally shows up, possibly just as a hallucination, and seeks to corrupt someone. Caffeine is after all a stock geek vice, especially in the form of cola.
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* ArtEvolution: Surprisingly averted, whether intentionally or what. Rather sadly, there has been very little change in Illiad's art style from his very beginning strips to his most current - in almost 13 years his artistic style has remained very ... rough. The fact many comics are clearly [[CutAndPasteComic re-using character art]] adds to this.
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* ArtEvolution: Surprisingly averted, whether intentionally or what. not. Rather sadly, there has been was very little change in Illiad's art style from his very beginning strips to his most current - the last -- in almost 13 years his artistic style has remained very ... rough. The fact many comics are clearly [[CutAndPasteComic re-using character art]] adds to this.this effect.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Stef, just Stef. Has a thing for butter, [[BestialityIsDepraved llamas]] and Miranda. In that order.
* CerebusSyndrome: The latest story lines have been about Sid getting cancer, and A.J. joining the army and being sent to Afghanistan.
* CerebusSyndrome: The latest story lines have been about Sid getting cancer, and A.J. joining the army and being sent to Afghanistan.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Stef, just Stef. Has so very much He has a thing for butter, [[BestialityIsDepraved llamas]] and Miranda. In that order.
* CerebusSyndrome: Thelatest later story lines have been about feature Sid getting cancer, cancer and A.J. joining the army and being sent to Afghanistan.
* CerebusSyndrome: The
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* SerialEscalation: Stef's suckitude at Quake. So much suckitude that [[spoiler:he dies on the ''intro screen'' to ''Videogame/QuakeIIIArena''.]]
** He is nicknamed "Lava Boy" because he ''always'' falls into the lava in games. [[spoiler:Even in games such as ''Videogames/NeverwinterNights'' in which it is impossible to do so.]]
** He is nicknamed "Lava Boy" because he ''always'' falls into the lava in games. [[spoiler:Even in games such as ''Videogames/NeverwinterNights'' in which it is impossible to do so.]]
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* SerialEscalation: Stef's suckitude at Quake. So much suckitude that [[spoiler:he dies on the ''intro screen'' to ''Videogame/QuakeIIIArena''.]]
**]] He is nicknamed "Lava Boy" because he ''always'' falls into the lava in games. [[spoiler:Even in games such as ''Videogames/NeverwinterNights'' in which it is impossible to do so.]]
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* VerySpecialEpisode: A Very Special Week reminding us about Remembrance Day and how it's not just about World War I and [=II=]'s dead any more. In [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20081110 this]] and the next five strips, no-one's laughing, least of all Sid. Another story line deals with getting cancer. A later story has A.J. joining the army, and being sent to Afghanistan [[spoiler: where he is wounded in action]].
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* VerySpecialEpisode: VerySpecialEpisode:
** A Very Special Week reminding us about Remembrance Day and how it's not just about World War I and [=II=]'s dead any more. In [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20081110 this]] and the next five strips, no-one's laughing, least of all Sid. Another story line deals with getting cancer. A later story has A.J. joining the army, and being sent to Afghanistan [[spoiler: where he is wounded in action]].
** A Very Special Week reminding us about Remembrance Day and how it's not just about World War I and [=II=]'s dead any more. In [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20081110 this]] and the next five strips, no-one's laughing, least of all Sid. Another story line deals with getting cancer. A later story has A.J. joining the army, and being sent to Afghanistan [[spoiler: where he is wounded in action]].
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After Pitr leaks shower photos of her to the internet via the Hubble telescope, Miranda gets her revenge by tying him up and deleting random clusters from his code library backup discs, one for each email address he spammed.
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* RealityEnsues: Recently, a [[VerySpecialEpisode Very Special Week]] reminding us about Remembrance Day and how it's not just about World War I and [=II=]'s dead any more. In [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20081110 this]] and the next five strips, no-one's laughing, least of all Sid. Another story line deals with getting cancer. A later story has A.J. joining the army, and being sent to Afghanistan [[spoiler: where he is wounded in action]].
** Much earlier, following the September 11th attacks, the techs pulled out of their remote office in an old missile silo. "After the last few days, living in a missile silo just isn't cool anymore."
** Much earlier, following the September 11th attacks, the techs pulled out of their remote office in an old missile silo. "After the last few days, living in a missile silo just isn't cool anymore."
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* VerySpecialEpisode: A Very Special Week reminding us about Remembrance Day and how it's not just about World War I and [=II=]'s dead any more. In [[http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20081110 this]] and the next five strips, no-one's laughing, least of all Sid. Another story line deals with getting cancer. A later story has A.J. joining the army, and being sent to Afghanistan [[spoiler: where he is wounded in action]].
** Much earlier, following the September 11th attacks, the techs pulled out of their remote office in an old missile silo. "After the last few days, living in a missile silo just isn't cool anymore."
** Much earlier, following the September 11th attacks, the techs pulled out of their remote office in an old missile silo. "After the last few days, living in a missile silo just isn't cool anymore."
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* AcquaintedInRealLife: At one point AJ plays an online game and gets mugged repeatedly by a female player character called "Lady Shady". He talks to her a bit but often ends up just getting mugged. Later he sees Miranda at the water jug and asks her how things have been, and she cheerfully tells him about this new game she's playing and how she'd stripped some twerp of all his possessions "courtesy of The Lady Shady".
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* KarmaHoudini: Pitr sexually harassed Miranda (passing off shower photos as space pix), and Sid murdered an intern [[TroubleMagnetGambit by proxy]]. They both still work at Columbia Internet.
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* KarmaHoudini: Pitr sexually harassed Miranda (passing off shower photos as space pix), pics), and Sid murdered an intern [[TroubleMagnetGambit by proxy]]. They both still work at Columbia Internet.Internet (though Miranda managed to get revenge in the former instance).
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With its tagline of [[LongRunner "Impairing productivity since 1997"]], J.D. "Illiad" Frazer's ''User Friendly'' covers the antics of the staff at a small ISP and frequently brings current events in the IT field into its strips.
Similar to ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' and ''Webcomic/{{PvP}}'', it has become a bit infamous for its creator, who is very outspoken on several topics about both webcomics and the computer industry. Much of it comes from perceived laziness, since the strip very often does cop out when it comes to fresh content. This came to a head in 2009 when it was found that Illiad had plagiarized several [=MetaFilter=] users by using their comments as punchlines for the strip, for which he apoligized and the offending strips modified to credit the original sources.
Similar to ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' and ''Webcomic/{{PvP}}'', it has become a bit infamous for its creator, who is very outspoken on several topics about both webcomics and the computer industry. Much of it comes from perceived laziness, since the strip very often does cop out when it comes to fresh content. This came to a head in 2009 when it was found that Illiad had plagiarized several [=MetaFilter=] users by using their comments as punchlines for the strip, for which he apoligized and the offending strips modified to credit the original sources.
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With its tagline of [[LongRunner "Impairing productivity since 1997"]], J.D. "Illiad" Frazer's ''User Friendly'' ''[[http://www.userfriendly.org/ User Friendly]]'' covers the antics of the staff at a small ISP and frequently brings current events in the IT field into its strips.
Similar to ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' and ''Webcomic/{{PvP}}'', it has become a bit infamous for its creator, who is very outspoken on several topics about both webcomics and the computer industry. Much of it comes from perceived laziness, since the strip very often does cop out when it comes to fresh content. This came to a head in 2009 when it was found that Illiad had plagiarized several [=MetaFilter=] users by using their comments as punchlines for the strip, for which heapoligized apologized and the offending strips modified to credit the original sources.
Similar to ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' and ''Webcomic/{{PvP}}'', it has become a bit infamous for its creator, who is very outspoken on several topics about both webcomics and the computer industry. Much of it comes from perceived laziness, since the strip very often does cop out when it comes to fresh content. This came to a head in 2009 when it was found that Illiad had plagiarized several [=MetaFilter=] users by using their comments as punchlines for the strip, for which he
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Can be found here: [[http://www.userfriendly.org/ www.userfriendly.org]]
