Comments on: TOM THE DANCING BUG: Obama's Secret Legal Technology for Drones

By: Shinkuhadoken

Shinkuhadoken — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:32:00 +0000

That way if your internets are decimated, you’d still have one left.

By: mikei

mikei — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:49:00 +0000

It’s the most adorable way to eliminate high-risk targets while mitigating the threat to US personnel EVER!

By: Dexter Sinistre

Dexter Sinistre — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:43:00 +0000

Cute, very cute.

By: mikei

mikei — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:22:00 +0000

My Little Drony?

By: wysinwyg

wysinwyg — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:44:00 +0000

That’s the idea. They call it the “double tap”. (bum tish?)

By: Ipo

Ipo — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:01:00 +0000

Decimation is reducing by one tenth.
Wash, rinse, repeat.

*(Thebian LegiOn)

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:03:00 +0000

Harsh but fair.

By: dasanjos

dasanjos — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:31:00 +0000

10 Internets for the first to identify the city in the last panel!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:58:00 +0000

Actually, they were chosen by lot, then they put sacks over their heads and the other nine beat them to death.

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:00:00 +0000

The story goes that decimation was a means of disciplining the troops; if they retreated against orders or something, supposedly they’d be lined up and every tenth guy had to step forward to be killed.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:56:00 +0000

Like ‘manufactured’ literally means ‘made by hand’?

By: belrick

belrick — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:11:00 +0000

I thought decimate was to literally reduce to one tenth the original number.

By: Deidzoeb

Deidzoeb — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:23:00 +0000

Tom Tomorrow is slightly ahead of the game. He already has drones teaching constitutional law, and retconned one of them as Obama’s mentor.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:27:00 +0000

The Theban Legian supposedly was decimated until there weren’t ten left. The word decimation is frequently used as a synonym for the word “annihilate” which the OED lists as meaning “to reduce to non-existence, blot out of existence” .

By: cellocgw

cellocgw — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:13:00 +0000

Done: submitted request to Think Geek. Shouldn’t be long now…

By: GawainLavers

GawainLavers — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:27:00 +0000

http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=TMW-DRONEY&Category_Code=TMW

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:04:00 +0000

Common usage has it as more like 90% than 10%; misconception has spawned yet another definition.

Also, full marks for this one Ruben, text notwithstanding.

By: MattAtDoyle

MattAtDoyle — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:53:00 +0000

Why does the drone get an office with a window?

By: Andy Simmons

Andy Simmons — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:50:00 +0000

Decimate? Really? So, it would take like ten of these drones to actually eliminate a target completely? That doesn’t seem very efficient.

By: Jellodyne

Jellodyne — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:34:00 +0000

I always thought those Predator drones were a little too soft and fuzzy. A few years at law school should fix that. Of course there’s a chance they’ll start chasing ambulances.

By: John Napsterista

John Napsterista — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 21:17:00 +0000

Awwww! I love the mini-panels with Drone seated in the classroom and then having his coffee at work! I hope Drone becomes a recurring TTDB character and/or plush toy!

By: Forced2Register

Forced2Register — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:40:00 +0000

ahhahahahha, I really enjoyed it! thanks Ruben! :-)

By: TimSalinger

TimSalinger — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:23:00 +0000

Ha, as if we’d ever know this much about the drone program!