• IninewCrow
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      Makes sense to me … a seat small enough for a little asshole and a bowl big enough for someone who produces a lot of shit

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      That’s because they had to put the Elon’s Twitter sign. Which is why I am not big fan of this kind of old school satire. It’s a little on the nose Everything has to have signs, subtitles and arrows so even the dumbest people can understand them. While I understand the need for that, it makes the jokes fall flat for me.

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    Is it just me getting unreasonably irritated when the artist captions the things they’re depicting, as if we’re either too dumb to understand or they suck at making subtle references?

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      It’s a political comics thing that I believe originally started in England like 250 at least 300 years ago. The comic is meant simultaneously to be funny and legitimate political propaganda. To ensure that the political propaganda message is not lost on the masses they label everything to make sure their message most clearly gets across.

      For example, see this political cartoon from 1903. Panama_canal_cartoon_1903.jpg

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        That’s actually cool to know, though I dislike the practice, they kinda look like previous century memes lol

        For example, see this political cartoon from 1903.

        That was lost on me either way, but I guess it’s just my lack of knowledge on US’s history 👀

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          The cartoon shows the US aligning with Panama separatist factions to break from Colombia so that they can permit the construction of the channel.

          Panama was a separate colony from Colombia, but they joined when becoming independent.

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            I find it utterly hilarious that the cited purpose is clarity, but the referenced comic required explanation. Bravo.

            Also thanks for the explanation because I wasn’t getting it, either. Makes sense, though. Give it a few hundred years and English might be so different the labels wouldn’t have mattered at all, let alone missing context.

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              I’m guessing you just don’t know History very well, i didn’t need any sort of explanation to understand the comic.

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                Good for you! Totally and completely irrelevant to my point.

                The comic already required explanation … while it had text on it. Nothing you say, do, or believe will EVER change the fact that the comic required explanation about as soon as it was posted.

                Grow up and realize you are not the main character. Your beliefs or knowledge do not change reality.

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            I don’t necessary know about the intelligence part, I’ve seen plenty of braindead political cartoons

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              I’m not seeing too many labels. You get an F for this political meme, good sir!

              … I know it’s not political, but how am I to know without labels??

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      These sorts of comics have been captioned like this for decades. I’m not sure if they were ever not captioned.

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        If anything I think they were even more obvious back then… The Troll would have had “Troll” written on their laptop and so on…

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            Definitely just a cute little goblin hanging out in the toilet, annoyed that all these chumps have rocked up and interrupted his computer time

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      That’s just the way political comics goes. It’s expected and common. It’s not a web comic, bruh; there’s a tradition to maintain.

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    Ah yes, they’re standing in x-crement.

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    they forgot the saudi king sitting on a throne of dead migrant bodies

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      I think that’s a troll…

      but agreed.

      Also where’s the crowd of khaki-wearing nazis?

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        Supposed to be a troll I think, but that blatantly a goblin

        Also the military cosplay guy has a swastika on his arm.

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    Lol i recently heard someone refer to tweets as xcrements now. Fits perfectly with this