Wednesday, February 28, 2018

I'VE GOT THIS! A CONTROVERSY ONLY I CARE ABOUT

Okay, so buckle up. This is a deep cut into shit there's no way you care about. In fact, why are you reading this? But, whoever you are and whatever your reason for looking at this, please bear with me.
 I listen to this comic podcast called Ifanboy. They started doing this running joke where they point out every time they see the phrase 'I've Got This' or some variation on their review show. This really confused me.

See, I've been collecting comic panels that use 'I've got this' and posting them on this blog for years. Here's a link to the first post of this blog from 2011:

http://comicsouttacontext.blogspot.com/2011/02/i-got-this.html

Now, when Ifanboy started pointing out I've got this panels, I tried to remember why I had started doing this. At first I thought I started collecting these because my buddy John said  the phrase I've got this all the time. But, then I remembered that it was actually Zach who started yelling I've got this, on some long forgotten acid trip.  I think at some point there was even an I've got this song. Either way, one of them used the phrase so often I saved every I've got this I saw.

But, then there's this Ifanboy thing. Why do they do it? Did they secretly influence my collecting of I've got this? Or did I somehow influence them? Or is this yet another example of the unified consciousness influencing what we like to pretend is independent thought and action? Who gets the credit? Who's to blame? WHO'S GOT THIS?

Anyway, here's another I've Got This.