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Twelve by Pies posted:Because recruiters like to prey on high school kids who are unsure of what they're going to do when they graduate? Because there's a very strong propaganda effort to portray the military as heroes who are saving the world and protecting the country? Because the military has free health care and will pay for college and there are a lot of poor people who feel it's their only chance to have a future? I thought - and I do welcome being corrected - the military had a fairly decent policy as to people who wanted transition as well as surgery services, making it one of the better "employers" for transgender people before the ban? I seem to recall a of of angst by serving members who were transgender at the loss of services. Why the military provided those services is probably dubious of course. But as I understood it, the military was one of the better places to be transgender.
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:After 4 years of a republican president a republican voting mob storm the capitol and this is evidence that your republican mouthpiece is the smartest person in the room? gently caress off Stantis
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Vib Rib posted:How the gently caress did the capitol riots prove politicians can put patriotism above partisanship The way I’m reading  is that he’s referring to the 10 R’s who broke with Trump and voted for impeachment as putting patriotism over politics? Or is this a ‘don’t gotta hand it to them’ moment?
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Klaus88 posted:Okay the Roman numbers is actually a decent touch. the only way it could be more ham-handed is if the numerals were branded across the baby's forehead also if it's "a decent touch" where the gently caress did the roman numerals go after the bag dropped in to "golly gee just a normal bro with a clean n' fancy truck with a lot of work done"'s truck and his "every woman in sinfest but this time with a shotgun, bottle of wine, and hat" sister/wife? Why's she standing on the roof like that French Comics Superhero? Look out, lady, your brother/husband is about to step on your hat! No wonder she immediately flies off the handle. You know, like a woman. i challenge anyone to look at that last panel and then tell me how she saw any part of the truck bed interior much less anything resting on the truck bed itself stringless fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Feb 1, 2021 |
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Qwertycoatl posted:I can't even get angry at Sinfest, it's become so completely impenetrable that I can't see any message in it, good or bad Ishida has become millennial Stantis. Truly the worst of fates.
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Luv 2 chop wood on the stump I leave on the road in front of my house Luv 2 walk around the house with a shotgun in one hand and a bottle of booze in the other
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Trapezium Dave posted:The same way it proved the foundations of US democracy are stronger than you think! Cool poster of flying dildoes.
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Did she? I just recall four straight years of void floating "if everything is nothing than are we anything?"
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FFT posted:i challenge anyone to look at that last panel and then tell me how she saw any part of the truck bed interior much less anything resting on the truck bed itself
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I thought - and I do welcome being corrected - the military had a fairly decent policy as to people who wanted transition as well as surgery services, making it one of the better "employers" for transgender people before the ban? I seem to recall a of of angst by serving members who were transgender at the loss of services. It is, in fact if you're trans and from a small town joining the army is often the only way to get the healthcare needed to transition and enough money to move someplace where being trans is accepted. It's a complex issue that ties into deeper problems in American society.
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Abolish the military, use the money you save to fund transition for everyone who wants it
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Mikl posted:Abolish the military, use the money you save to fund transition for everyone who wants it Ideally America would offer the things the military offers (free healthcare, free college, etc.) to all citizens the way other nations do, but they don't and there lies the problem.
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Neo_Crimson posted:Ishida has become millennial Stantis. Truly the worst of fates. Hah. Different approaches though. Sinfest looks like it's trying to say something but failing due to terrible execution. Pricky City is a couple of characters in the desert constantly going "Hey maybe we should say something?" "Nah"
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One of Sinfest's big underlying messages is, and always has been, "you ladies are all Womaning wrong; let me, an Enlightened Man, tell you how." The fact that his definition of "Womaning" has shifted doesn't make him less of a piece of poo poo.
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Declare a war on poverty. The rules of engagement are nobody gets left behind: free healthcare, housing and education for all. Rebuild the armed forces accordingly.
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Agents are GO! posted:I was more referring it looks like the same drawing of her pasted into each cartoon, like so: 
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Well, poo poo that reminds me of Celeste, just a little bit.
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A whole bunch of people obviously turned off the TV in the five-minute period between "Congress returns to session hours after the riot, bravely carrying on and showing the rioters they can't win" and "Cruz/Hawley keep trying to overturn the election without any sense of shame." Ted Rall posted:Why would people who have been a victim of systemic discrimination want to go fight and kill on behalf of the system? Valuable insight from Ted "gay people were cooler before same-sex marriage was legal because they were a scrappy oppressed group and now they're boring and normal" Rall!
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Stultus Maximus posted:Did she? I just recall four straight years of void floating "if everything is nothing than are we anything?"  1 2 3 4
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By popular demand posted:drat. No one regularly perusing this thread deserves happiness
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By popular demand posted:drat. I have a friend that is in her 50s (I'm 35), was in the Navy, suffered sexual abuse in the Navy, has PTSD from the sexual abuse, and finally decided to start hormone therapy last year. She cried when I immediately started calling her by her chosen name and pronoun. She was anxious about how I would react.  Edit: My friend had been suffering from chronic depression for years before this. At one point, it was so bad, and I was so worried for her that I flew to Boise and dragged her to Michigan on my dime because I was concerned about her well being. She spent three months in a mental health ward with therapy sessions and getting the right mix of medicine before finding a warm and safe apartment. I sometimes like to think I saved her life.
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Moon Slayer posted:Valuable insight from Ted "gay people were cooler before same-sex marriage was legal because they were a scrappy oppressed group and now they're boring and normal" Rall! You forgot "same sex marriage is just a tool to turn gay people straight."
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DoomTrainPhD posted:I have a friend that is in her 50s (I'm 35), was in the Navy, suffered sexual abuse in the Navy, has PTSD from the sexual abuse, and finally decided to start hormone therapy last year. She cried when I immediately started calling her by her chosen name and pronoun. She was anxious about how I would react. Serious question, how do you refer to trans folks in the past when their former gender is relevant? For instance, a straight friend of mine dated a then female, but now male person. It's important to my friend that he be recognized as straight (as is his right), and it is important to the person whom he dated that he now be known as a man (as is his right). Truthfully it's not too important, as I have little to no contact with my friend's ex, but I'm curious what the protocol is for that sort of thing. If I ever find myself in a similar situation where it does matter, what is the polite and respectful way to address situations like that?
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Nenonen posted:No one regularly perusing this thread deserves happiness Av/post combo
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Dirk the Average posted:Serious question, how do you refer to trans folks in the past when their former gender is relevant? For instance, a straight friend of mine dated a then female, but now male person. It's important to my friend that he be recognized as straight (as is his right), and it is important to the person whom he dated that he now be known as a man (as is his right). Just use their current presenting gender and note if it’s absolutely relevant they weren’t presented as their current correct gender at the time. Don’t bring up their dead name or misapplied gender. People are smart enough to fill in the blanks. But really just consider if it’s really relevant enough to even mention. Cause it usually isn’t.
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Edmund Lava posted:Just use their current presenting gender and note if it’s absolutely relevant they weren’t presented as their current correct gender at the time. Don’t bring up their dead name or misapplied gender. People are smart enough to fill in the blanks. Got it. Yeah, my first inclination is to just not mention it unless absolutely necessary; mostly just trying to figure out what the proper procedure would be if it were necessary for some reason.
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Dirk the Average posted:Serious question, how do you refer to trans folks in the past when their former gender is relevant? For instance, a straight friend of mine dated a then female, but now male person. It's important to my friend that he be recognized as straight (as is his right), and it is important to the person whom he dated that he now be known as a man (as is his right). It's up to the trans person. The more common preference is that they were always their current gender, but some folks prefer their pre-transition self to be explicitly referred to by the gender they identified as at that time. Your straight friend's opinion doesn't matter here and doesn't influence how their ex gets to identify.
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Moon Slayer posted:Valuable insight from Ted "gay people were cooler before same-sex marriage was legal because they were a scrappy oppressed group and now they're boring and normal" Rall! Incredibly this remains one of his worst takes. Literally treating gays like an indie band.
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Grape posted:Incredibly this remains one of his worst takes. "I understand how rape victims feel because a cop gave me a ticket for jaywalking" is a strong contender though.
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What was his take on the 9/11 widows? I remember that being a whopper.
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 Guardian:  "Ben Jennings on the UK's Covid vaccination programme – The early success of the UK’s Covid vaccination programme has pushed Boris Johnson ahead in some opinion polls despite total deaths passing 100,000" Telegraph:  UK may help EU before domestic vaccination programme complete, says Liz Truss Matt:  Independent:  UK to apply to join free trade pact with nations on other side of world Times:  Alexei Navalny protests: Moscow in lockdown as police detain thousands Evening Standard: 
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Edmund Lava posted:What was his take on the 9/11 widows? I remember that being a whopper.  The specific callout of Daniel Pearl's wife in panel 3 is especially gross!
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There is something to be said about forcing queer people to conform to heteronormative standards. Obviously there are multiple tangible benefits to marriage, but some would argue to decouple those from marriage to encourage diversity of relationships instead of just lumping everyone into monogamous marriages. This does not really apply to Rall, who just wants to feel like he’s forever 19.
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Thread request: Folks, I am trying to collate nominations for the Kelly cartoon awards and I've made a horrible discovery: the thread search function cannot parse text that is inside format tags, such as bolding.  Please go through any award nominations in this thread and un-bold any nominations text, especially the word "nomination". I am going to have to manually inspect the 400+ page 2020 politoon thread. Nomination collection may be delayed.
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Twelve by Pies posted:
I've hated on this thing for years and somehow never once realized how badly Panel 3 is botched. Todd, if you want to draw a bunch of money, "sack with a giant $ on it" is a widely respected toon archetype that even children know how to draw, FFS
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