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 No, BoK. There is no E in Santa Claus. Good Ol' Chip Bok posted:The world’s most famous newspaper editorial, published in the New York Sun Sept. 21, 1887, could get busted by Facebook. 
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:No, BoK. There is no E in Santa Claus. 
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Dec 21, 2016 03:16
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OldMemes posted:Stephen Notley's presentation with Bob the Angry Flower is always so....spot on. Bob's expressions and mannerisms give him so much character, without feeling like he's strawmanning other people. There's an online archive of strips dating back to 1992, if you have time to spare. EDIT: Somehow I missed another new strip: 
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Dec 21, 2016 03:20
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loquacius posted:Unpopular opinion: Matt Lubchansky owns This is making me miss Wobbly-Headed Bob. Dammit, Jhonen, come out of retirement at least for your weird single-page characters.
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Dec 21, 2016 03:26
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every time someone posts bob I get flashbacks to coming across it on 1995 internet when I was like 12, it's cool that guy is still going
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Dec 21, 2016 03:30
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OldMemes posted:Stephen Notley's presentation with Bob the Angry Flower is always so....spot on. Bob's expressions and mannerisms give him so much character, without feeling like he's strawmanning other people. I remember in University he did a strip for the student newspaper while he was at school called The Germ I believe. It was a directionless self-aware vigilante superhero kind of thing but still head and shoulders above normal student newspaper stuff. Bizarrely the same university also had the other best student newspaper cartoon at the time, Space Moose.
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Dec 21, 2016 04:04
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Potato Salad posted:In 2016, Jill Stein received 1.4 million fewer votes than Ralph Nader did in 2000. Remember when the Democrats died for good in 2004, too? Well here's another blast from the past: calling the Greens "spoilers". This is from the Dec 12 New Yorker: quote:Stein’s demands for a recount reflect the same narcissism as her candidacy, whose primary function was to help Trump win. ...The recounts will only give Trump an opportunity to claim victory again. And here's similar blame-throwing from Salon: quote:For those who worried that insufficient liberal support for Hillary Clinton would wind up electing Donald Trump, you were right. (WOW! and to think THIS was Salon's line on the morning of November eighth:) quote:As of 4:30 p.m. EST, Cuebiq projected a decisive victory for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton over Republican rival Donald Trump, with an estimated total of 341 electoral votes....Sorry, Donald Trump. It looks like the black and brown citizens of America are fired up and ready to deport your campaign into the dustbin of history, perhaps by historic margins. But no, the Democrats aren't dead. They'll be around letting guys like W and Trump bring us to ruin for decades to come, all the while complaining about how they lost because of fifteen Green votes that would have turned the tide.
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Dec 21, 2016 05:43
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I think bok is the only one dumb enough to try the defense "actually, fake news is better than real news"
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Dec 21, 2016 05:49
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Death Ray posted:Well here's another blast from the past: calling the Greens "spoilers". This is from the Dec 12 New Yorker: What is even your point here?
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Dec 21, 2016 06:13
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Death Ray posted:But no, the Democrats aren't dead. They'll be around letting guys like W and Trump bring us to ruin for decades to come, all the while complaining about how they lost because of fifteen Green votes that would have turned the tide. How about instead of going on and on about those mean old democrats, you join the loving DSA and try to fix it?
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Dec 21, 2016 06:24
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LordSaturn posted:How about instead of going on and on about those mean old democrats, you join the loving DSA and try to fix it? he didn't say they were mean. just incompetent and devoid of any sort of strategic strengths
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Dec 21, 2016 06:25
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Dec 21, 2016 06:51
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The current increase in homicide rate is very concerning in Vegas, but looking at Nevada crime statistics, it's been a lot worse for a long time, with a dip in 2000 and 2009-2015.
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Dec 21, 2016 06:54
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Complety late and random request but does anyone have any old political cartoons from the 80s and 90s addressing aids? I'd like to see the tone or the feel of that era I'm waiting for a few more books to come in, but the late '80s and early '90s seem to be what you're looking for. In the 1987 collection, AIDS is mentioned in the "...and Other Issues" section: quote:The disease AIDS continued as a growing health threat during the year. Surgeon General Everett Koop issued a report urging that all citizens be taught how to protect themselves from AIDS, including school children. The cost of medical care rose 6.7 percent in 1985 while inflation incrased only 4.1 percent.  So here's a random cartoon that caught my eye while leafing through the book:  1By 1988, AIDS gets its own section, but the hot takes are not very strong yet.  2 3 4This seems like a good opportunity for those WWII "don't get the clap or you help the Japs" propaganda posters.  5 6 7 8 9 10Also, the Surgeon General was running a TV ad campaign encouraging people to practice safe sex and use condoms, which led to...  11 12TODAY'S SOAPS  13A commercial happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6WADh8vk3A Finally, here's the most unfortunately incorrect AIDS cartoon of the year.   14amfAR lists 410,800 deaths by 1998. I'll pick up later with '89 and onward.
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Dec 21, 2016 07:00
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There are so many good jokes to make about the Bob Dylan thing that using this bad one may actually cause Thallia, the Muse of Comedy, to kill Tinsley out of spite.
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Dec 21, 2016 07:04
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Reminds me of an episode of Judge Judy where a man was disputing a paternity test; Dude: "I can't be her baby's father. I always used a condominium." Judy: "Then there must've been a hole in the roof."
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Dec 21, 2016 07:16
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loquacius posted:I agree this is inexplicable, but they don't vote for them reliably in large enough numbers to win literally every election all the time (although they do control an alarming number of state legislatures because the Dems' 50-state strategy is in loving tatters) and this was actually one of the more winnable presidential elections in my lifetime so I'm not sure of the relevance Are you ever going to do anything at all to back this up? Because every single thing that you could point to that would make this a winnable election is either something voters actually wanted or didn't care about. What exactly does support that this was a winnable presidential election other than you wanting it to be because it serves a narrative that you keep pushing? Xenoveritas posted:Doesn't make it untrue. Bernie Sanders should have been a wake-up call to the Democratic Party that they were losing the left. Their best to alienate them being surrendering literally the entire platform to them, and letting them pick electors for Washington, who all helpfully dragged this Bernie or Bust thing right to the end by going Faithless when not a single Republican did. Oh, but some people on the internet called them names! And made fun of them! And called them out on their harassing people! How could they ever even tolerate such a thing! Its literally the worst tragedy that has ever befallen any person in human history! Rugoberta Munchu posted:The Democrats obviously didn't care about losing the left when they decided not to support the Occupy Wall Street movement Because this keeps coming up I need to remind you, the Dems did loving try to support OWS, and OWS told them to gently caress off, because they said they were "detrimental to the movement", and that they were protesting a "failure by both parties". Because it lasted so loving long and succeeded so well without them. In fact, I recall at one point OWS booed John loving Lewis off stage. A civil rights legend, a man who led the march on Selma, yeah, what the gently caress would he have to add to a protest against established power. OWS failed and died because it refused any and all outreach from the Dems. Because of not wanting to be tainted, which of course worked so goddamn well for them in the end. By allowing in immigration, Santa is able to find new workers who are 33% better at the job than his old workers. An Aussie Christmas carol cartoon Fulchrum fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Dec 21, 2016 |
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Fulchrum posted:Are you ever going to do anything at all to back this up? Because every single thing that you could point to that would make this a winnable election is either something voters actually wanted or didn't care about. What exactly does support that this was a winnable presidential election other than you wanting it to be because it serves a narrative that you keep pushing? quote:Their best to alienate them being surrendering literally the entire platform to them, and letting them pick electors for Washington, who all helpfully dragged this Bernie or Bust thing right to the end by going Faithless when not a single Republican did. On the EC front, there were two faithless Republican electors in Texas: one voted for Ron Paul and the other for John Kasich. Three of the Washington electors were "Hamiltonian electors" trying to convince Republicans to join them in nominating Colin Powell. (Clearly, it didn't work.) The fourth voted for Faith Spotted Eagle as a protest about how the government treats Native Americans or something. There were three additional Bernie electors who were either replaced or ended up voting for Hillary, and a fourth one in Hawaii that did vote for Bernie Sanders. 
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Dec 21, 2016 08:32
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FronzelNeekburm posted:So here's a random cartoon that caught my eye while leafing through the book:
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Dec 21, 2016 08:35
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Like, if it wasn't Bok I'd assume this was just a joke with no attempted message, but it's Bok, so what the gently caress is the implication here? Should we stop cracking down on fake news because it'll take the childlike whimsy out of life?
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Dec 21, 2016 08:44
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Xenoveritas posted:There's been plenty of stuff on this. Trump was not an unstoppable juggernaut. His own party hates him, and although they're mostly playing nice right now, Trump (or Trump supporters, I'm a bit unclear on what the line is) have stated that they want to "destroy Paul Ryan" which isn't the best sign of party unity. The Republican party is in real bad shape - which would matter if the Democratic party wasn't in even worse shape. quote:What part of the platform? The only part of the platform I'm aware of that Hillary picked up was "free college" and I only know that because Trump attacked her on it! Every single pro-Hillary bit of messaging I saw was centered on attacking Trump and not building her up or pushing her policies. Everything was focused on how evil Trump was. Granted I live in Massachusetts, but thanks to the proximity to New Hampshire and the fact that Boston TV stations cover most of southern New Hampshire, I "got" to see a fair number of campaign ads. If she adopted a majority of Bernie's plans, her messaging about that fact was terrible.
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Dec 21, 2016 08:45
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the idea that Trump was unbeatable has to be the most idiotic excuse for blowing an election I've heard. Cripes.
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Dec 21, 2016 08:49
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How exactly are you confusing "not the most beatable opponent in history" with "literally unbeatable"?
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Dec 21, 2016 08:52
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other than you demanding proof the election was winnable? i suppose my love for hyperbole, friend
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Dec 21, 2016 08:56
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From Charlie Hebdo a couple of weeks ago. It may refer to Trump mocking that reporter although I suspect it's just in poor taste. "Another victory for minorities. After a black man, America elects one with special needs." There. Yeah, that's what it says.
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Dec 21, 2016 08:59
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oh hey I've heard this trope used once before Die Ärzte posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eMZVSIi-L4
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Dec 21, 2016 09:13
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Wow. What a piece of poo poo.
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Dec 21, 2016 09:59
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It looks like the most beatable candidate in history was Hillary so yeah dunno wtf Fulchrum is going on about
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Dec 21, 2016 10:13
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FronzelNeekburm posted:Finally, here's the most unfortunately incorrect AIDS cartoon of the year. Oh, hey, Tom Darcy. I used to see his stuff all the time when I was younger because Newsday was my hometown paper. He always had an interesting drawing style. Anyway, Telnaes on the news that Eric and Donald Jr. are running a fundraiser where $1 million gets you a private audience with the Prez or a hunting and fishing trip with them: 
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Dec 21, 2016 12:22
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bitey posted:From Charlie Hebdo a couple of weeks ago. It may refer to Trump mocking that reporter although I suspect it's just in poor taste. "Another victory for minorities. After a black man, America elects one with special needs." There. Yeah, that's what it says. holy poo poo lol
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Dec 21, 2016 12:47
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Fulchrum posted:How exactly are you confusing "not the most beatable opponent in history" with "literally unbeatable"? I don't mind if we disagree over whether Trump was actually the most beatable opponent in history (he might have been less beatable than Romney, but that's about it) because the utterly ridiculous thing you were claiming without proof was "no one on Earth would have won this election because  Russia Wikileaks FBI fake news " so if we've moved on from that I'm happy 
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Dec 21, 2016 13:24
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No no no, don't you understand you filthy leftard rasogynist, his abuela couldn't do it so no one could.
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Dec 21, 2016 13:30
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Selachian posted:Anyway, Telnaes on the news that Eric and Donald Jr. are running a fundraiser where $1 million gets you a private audience with the Prez or a hunting and fishing trip with them: That's news to me this morning, but I also can't watch it 24/7 either if I don't want to curl up into the fetal position forever. The Irony behind this though is that this was what the right was saying was bad about the Clintons 
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Dec 21, 2016 13:42
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Selachian posted:Anyway, Telnaes on the news that Eric and Donald Jr. are running a fundraiser where $1 million gets you a private audience with the Prez or a hunting and fishing trip with them:
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Dec 21, 2016 13:48
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Iron Crowned posted:That's news to me this morning, but I also can't watch it 24/7 either if I don't want to curl up into the fetal position forever. The Irony behind this though is that this was what the right was saying was bad about the Clintons If there's one thing you should take away from this election, it's that you realize that people will root for the Browns just because they're from Cleveland, while making fun of the Lions for being a poo poo team that went 0-16 once. Let it sink in. It doesn't matter what your team does, it only matters what the punching bag is accused of this week
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Dec 21, 2016 13:56
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It's why "they go low, we go high" is the dumbest poo poo ever except for being smug.
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Dec 21, 2016 14:02
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thecluckmeme posted:If there's one thing you should take away from this election, it's that you realize that people will root for the Browns just because they're from Cleveland, while making fun of the Lions for being a poo poo team that went 0-16 once. Oh, I know, I just can't comprehend how people can live like that.
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Dec 21, 2016 14:05
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World Famous W posted:If this leads to Trump or Pence shooting someone in the face and then getting the one shot to apologize for the scandal and inconvenience of the whole affair I'm done. I think the hunting and fishing trip is with Donald Jr, not the President. If you want to pay $1m to be in Trump's presence you'll need to bring your own gun.
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Dec 21, 2016 14:14
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Complety late and random request but does anyone have any old political cartoons from the 80s and 90s addressing aids? I'd like to see the tone or the feel of that era just in case is wasn't mentioned -- have this 1987 ad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U219eUIZ7Qo 
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Jedit posted:I think the hunting and fishing trip is with Donald Jr, not the President. If you want to pay $1m to be in Trump's presence you'll need to bring your own gun. Yeah, the trip was with the kids, although they seem to have walked back that offer after just about everyone pointed out how horrible it looked. Of course, the money raised was supposedly going to a conservation charity. Because there's never, ever been any hint of impropriety connected to the Trumps and charities, right?
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