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Reminder that 2022 has been brought up all of two times now, and will be middle-aged by June. I really don’t understand why he bothers when he seems so patently uninterested in the stories compared to more strips about whomever pissed him off more this week. It’s almost like Tinsley in that regard. Looking forward to a strip about him getting mad that the blue-haired, pierced teenager at the starbucks can’t him his change back fast enough.
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May 1, 2022 15:54
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It seems extremely foolish to try writing a long-term serialized narrative that depends on incorporating current events, but that’s the least objectionable thing about this strip by far. You have to go gag-a-day if you want to stay current about whatever’s in the news cycle.
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May 1, 2022 15:57
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May 1, 2022 15:59
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 Observer:  "The Tory Commons menagerie – From typing monkeys to crocodile tears, all Conservative animal life is here" Sunday Telegraph:  Vladimir Putin 'poised to declare all-out war on Ukraine' Matt:  Sunday Times:  Mail on Sunday: 
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Cloud Potato posted:
That sounds like agriculture and animal husbandry, which in terms of civilization was a pretty big leap forwards...
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May 1, 2022 17:41
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Cloud Potato posted:Sunday Times: Apparently advocating for the people in the house of commons to be dealt with using poisonous gases. Bit more radical than I was expecting from the Sunday Times.
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May 1, 2022 18:40
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Well rats are terrific survivors and have correctly identified the existential threat facing Britain.
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May 1, 2022 18:49
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But... she literally was violently persecuted. We just saw it with our own eyes! It just happened, right in front of us! She got angrily shouted down, at her job, in front of an entire class, for her beliefs! By someone using language that had to be swapped out with cartoon jargon because Ishida doesn't want to put any actual words to his direct accusations. She's not faking it, it just loving happened! It's pretty cool that Ishida has so demonized his enemies that he sees crowds of people sobbing, wailing, terrified and absolutely miserable, and goes "hell yeah this rules". Just an utter void of compassion, because compassion is just a weapon THEY trick you into using so you'll be vulnerable to their agenda, I guess.
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May 1, 2022 20:20
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Vib Rib posted:But... she literally was violently persecuted. We just saw it with our own eyes! It just happened, right in front of us! She got angrily shouted down, at her job, in front of an entire class, for her beliefs! By someone using language that had to be swapped out with cartoon jargon because Ishida doesn't want to put any actual words to his direct accusations. She's not faking it, it just loving happened! I mean, one of the core conceits of the right is that we all succeed or die on our own, and compassion is just a trap. I once had an ancap tell me charities should be illegal, so that's the level of deficient we're coming from on some of these jackasses.
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May 1, 2022 20:24
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This is a great litmus test actually: Charities attempt to plug the holes of governments and we shouldn't just accept them as the de-facto solution and expect nothing to be done by people in power. I literally can't think about anyone other than myself which I consider to be a strength of my character.
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May 1, 2022 20:30
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It's the classic "if you care about something, you lose" argument. It's like the calm hitler, but with more 
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i certainly agree that the charities that are for-profit scams to enrich their CEOs and the charities that exist as tax loopholes for the ultra wealthy should be illegal
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May 1, 2022 22:09
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Vib Rib posted:But... she literally was violently persecuted. We just saw it with our own eyes! It just happened, right in front of us! She got angrily shouted down, at her job, in front of an entire class, for her beliefs! By someone using language that had to be swapped out with cartoon jargon because Ishida doesn't want to put any actual words to his direct accusations. She's not faking it, it just loving happened! Yeah, and even within the comic all she said was "some people identify as something outside of the gender binary and you're allowed to too" she didn't say they had to, she didn't say it was wrong to continue identifying as the gender they were assigned at birth if that was what they felt most comfortable doing, she just let the kids know that gender non-conformity existed and apparently that was enough to break the children's brains and turn them into zombies and thus that rando lady had to burst into the classroom and start screaming.
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May 1, 2022 22:18
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Yeah, and even within the comic all she said was "some people identify as something outside of the gender binary and you're allowed to too" she didn't say they had to, she didn't say it was wrong to continue identifying as the gender they were assigned at birth if that was what they felt most comfortable doing, she just let the kids know that gender non-conformity existed and apparently that was enough to break the children's brains and turn them into zombies and thus that rando lady had to burst into the classroom and start screaming. It's definitely one of those comics where the punchline is actually "I'm already a shithead and believe this poo poo". ETC: That is, one of those comics where you have to be a shithead to follow the "logic" of the "joke". Neito fucked around with this message at 22:30 on May 1, 2022 |
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May 1, 2022 22:28
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Yeah, and even within the comic all she said was "some people identify as something outside of the gender binary and you're allowed to too" she didn't say they had to, she didn't say it was wrong to continue identifying as the gender they were assigned at birth if that was what they felt most comfortable doing, she just let the kids know that gender non-conformity existed and apparently that was enough to break the children's brains and turn them into zombies and thus that rando lady had to burst into the classroom and start screaming. She's frightening our poor sweet little girls by telling them one day they'll forget who they are and think they're a boy.
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 Rowe:  Labor had their campaign launch in Perth yesterday. Anthony Albanese returns to the spotlight, launching Labor's election bid to win government (ABC anaylsis). Broelman:  Warren Brown:  Former Labor leaders Paul Keating, Kevin Rudd and Bill Shorten (who is still in parliament) were at the launch (and just sat there and got referenced in speeches). Knight:  Western Australian premier Mark McGowan gave an opening address at the Labor launch. He's the most popular state premier and last state election WA Labor effectively wiped the Liberals out to the point where they lost opposition party status to the Nationals. Herbert:  Labor announces 'shared-equity' scheme for homebuyers ahead of Federal Election (ABC) Leak, Son of Leak: 
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Perestroika posted:The incredible thing here is how he doesn't adjust his aesthetic and visual language at all. The "free speech" monument is held in the same proto-fascist style as all the other previous government symbolism, which we were previously supposed to read as bad, hostile, and deceitful. Except now the text explicitly tells us "Actually, this is good now in this particular instance". I legit thought he was going into the same “disinformation department” talking points all the other cartoonists are doing but no, the fascist monument is cool and good this time because it’s his side doing it
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May 1, 2022 23:32
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Yeah, because last week they were communazis. But now a meme lord is in charge. Samuel L Jacksonly: A meme lord?
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May 1, 2022 23:48
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The disinformation thing is a waste of time because the right-wing propaganda machine is massive and going to outpace whatever Biden’s administration tries to do. And anyone who thinks the election was stolen is not going to be swayed by a government agency. I guess maybe there’s value in reaching out to less-engaged moderates, but that doesn’t outweighs the damage it’ll do when the right inevitably takes back the white house and incorporates into said propaganda engine.
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Pants Donkey posted:The disinformation thing is a waste of time because the right-wing propaganda machine is massive and going to outpace whatever Biden’s administration tries to do. And anyone who thinks the election was stolen is not going to be swayed by a government agency. Without googling, do you know what the disinformation thing is?
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May 2, 2022 00:34
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I feel like the cartoons are more an ecstatic invocation or emotional frenzy at this point. Nobody reads newspapers and they will soon be dead. The cartoonists will soon be dead. Some may be young; I don't know.
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May 2, 2022 00:39
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Yeah, and even within the comic all she said was "some people identify as something outside of the gender binary and you're allowed to too" she didn't say they had to, she didn't say it was wrong to continue identifying as the gender they were assigned at birth if that was what they felt most comfortable doing, she just let the kids know that gender non-conformity existed and apparently that was enough to break the children's brains and turn them into zombies and thus that rando lady had to burst into the classroom and start screaming.
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May 2, 2022 01:24
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Are we bringing back the Wicker Man for stantis? Please bring the Wicker Man for stantis.
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I AM GRANDO posted:It seems extremely foolish to try writing a long-term serialized narrative that depends on incorporating current events, but that’s the least objectionable thing about this strip by far. You have to go gag-a-day if you want to stay current about whatever’s in the news cycle. I wonder how Galatiansman (sp?) is doing right now. Going from Occupy protests to Benghazi over several years if strips, all being the same day in comic.
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May 2, 2022 06:29
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Biden pulled the inflation lever again dammit. Could have held on spend, or tax, or maybe spend again, but nooooo.
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Rall: Here's to Militant Apathy Ted Rall posted:The two-party system has infused American politics with a sick binary obsession. From environmentalism to food choices to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are constantly being told that we have to pick a side. In reality, of course, it’s totally OK to sit out these things.
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These Loss tributes have gotten out of hand, notice how the man once lying turned into Ted Rall
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Trapezium Dave posted:Rall: Here's to Militant Apathy Woah, huge slam on vegan food outta nowhere. What did chickpeas ever do to you man?
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Woah, huge slam on vegan food outta nowhere. What did chickpeas ever do to you man? If they're chickpeas then why won't they blow me? You've just been Rall'd.
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Trapezium Dave posted:Rall: Here's to Militant Apathy Haha nice swing to the war in Ukraine in that blurb. Subtle!
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J.A.B.C. posted:If they're chickpeas then why won't they blow me? This lame joke was funnier than anything Rall's ever written
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Haha nice swing to the war in Ukraine in that blurb. Subtle! Some, but not Ted Rall.
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