Mothra, mothra@mander.xyz

This would be amazing on !showerthoughts@lemmy.world and I can’t crosspost properly, images never work.

I tried,. I hope it worked

Yes she’s ecstatic in that last panel lol

TIL, thanks

TIL, thanks

Can someone please forgive my ignorance and explain why is Mussolini upside down? Thanks

Omg!!! A true showerthought, you say? In the showerthoughts community? I believed they were extinct! Thank you!!!

If you see a single comic it may not come across as particularly shitty. When you see a few, if you are paying attention, you see a pattern.

This artist typically draws scantily clad women in situations where average women wouldn’t be dressed like that. If you see a single comic, you might think this is just a character quirk, something specific of this particular character. But no, it’s the default.

Now I love a pin up just as much as anyone else. I wouldn’t consider overly revealing outfits a problem if that’s all that was to it. But it’s not. The “humor” often pivots on “exposing the hypocrisy” of said women. And then again, this is not an individual character quirk but a catch all bag of stereotypes. We see women showing off their body for online clout, women dressing provocatively only to get angry at people looking at them (or wait, maybe that one means women purposely dress provocatively just to troll people looking at them?), we see women just being bitches to each other for petty reasons, etc. Get it? Hot women are either stupid and shallow or hypocrites. Ha, ha.

But wait, there is more. We have the ranting feminist woman character, who is also a hypocrite for supporting depictions of hot men but not those of women (dumb strawman argument if I’ve ever seen one) and just being annoying. This woman doesn’t show her boobs or undies to you, remember this. Just like the other woman who also doesn’t show her boobs and undies, and is a short-sighted, anti-gamer parent.

Ah but we also have the feminist who protests topless, and is somehow bothered by another woman who is dressed provocatively. Because, we already mentioned, women are hypocrites, especially feminists. He outdid himself with the strawman argument on this one.

Then we also have the skinny fashion model women whose sin probably is being vain so it’s ok for Artist Representation Character Guy to call them zombies. Fuck any nuance in why these unhealthy standards exist, it’s probably all women’s fault because they are shallow.

Then we have fap jokes, awkward santa jokes about sitting girls on his lap jokes, and remember, stories that put LGBTQ in a positive light are probably propaganda so let’s laugh at people supporting that too jokes. Ha ha ha.

Oh and this. Companies lure and switch you. Yes, a valid critique. The unpleasant switch though? Masculine women, because, like we already said, women who don’t show you their D cups are unpleasant.

Not shitty enough?

Reading this comment in its entirety made me realize the bullshit I need to pretend it happened is his version of events.

Initially when I read the first sentence I thought the bullshit I had to pretend actually happened was him saying this imbecility and posting the image.

Maybe, I don’t know. Perhaps I’m already so negatively biased against this artist that I presume the worst from the get go.

I’m not sure if I’m “in” on the joke. I’ve seen the Japanese Jesus ones but it’s the first time I see this one with the fish. I noticed the right to repair, foss message of JJ. I get the feeling this comic would have a similar bent. I have no idea if these characters belong all in the same universe, or if he’s already made one in which the puffer fish explodes, I don’t know, but I dig

Paywalld

Your interpretation of reality is rather accurate, I agree with your view on the first panel. Is this a case of broken clock sometimes right though? I’m not sure.

The second panel places what appears to be a trans person in the role of the unpleasant character. Odd choice, especially for someone who typically doesn’t depict minorities like these. If the message was just as you say, it could have been easily delivered with a character that doesn’t raise questions about their gender identity. All this character needs is to be rude and look buff and ugly. Why choose someone of ambiguous gender for this if you also don’t consider this trait a part of the unpleasantness?

Interesting.

Looking forward to this cereal comic.

I wonder if that puffer fish is destined to pop at some point.

or the comment is just stupid and irrelevant.

This would be the second category I mentioned, an inappropriate or rude comment.

or it puts forth a argument that’s coherent but ultimately stupid theorizing, like conspiracy nonsense does.

This would be in the first category I mentioned, a factually incorrect comment

I see you replied to me but quoted another user, and I’m not sure I understand the relevance of the quote in your reply

I like the subtle hint on that graph at the end of the bed.

That’s sad. I’m not a fan but it sucks that she’s stuck with an addiction that jeopardizes her own life. I hope she can overcome this for good.

K

I’m against censorship, but I’m pro for curated content. I would be happy to make a rule in which after reaching a certain amount of downvotes, a post has to be removed. I also think it is reasonable to ban someone if they consistently post content that keeps getting downvoted. This is no different than spamming or trolling.

Sounds like the average Australian doctor to me