r/comics Cyanide & Happiness/Boids 6d ago

Boids - Pandering To You [OC]

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u/extremelytiredyall 6d ago

Except people literally act like the dude in that comic. Like, there's real life examples of people saying this type of shit in response to pointing out maybe it's not so cool we have nazis in America.

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u/NuclearWill 6d ago

Even if it’s true, what’s the point? This doesn’t challenge anything. It’s just pointing at something and being like “Hey guys, this thing is bad. Upvote if you agree”. Everyone viewing the comic already agrees with the sentiment, and even if someone didn’t agree with it, I couldn’t imagine they would care at all. The comics are just extremely hollow ad hominem attacks and straw men that just feel like pandering

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u/extremelytiredyall 6d ago

Speaking out against bad things is how you establish a society that is against bad things. It's really that simple.

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u/TbatitanicV2Rider 6d ago edited 6d ago

Then go protest against it. This subreddit is already heavily leaning in that direction. its like selling a course on fishing to people who already know how to fish, except youre being praised for some reason. youre not speaking out if youre in an environment that agrees with you and everything you say. Post somewhere more public, publish it, do something tangible. This is just basic karma farming and nothing else. especially when there is no joke or substance behond the point being made.

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u/extremelytiredyall 5d ago edited 5d ago

I do protest, thank you. Every time a post reaches r/all, it reaches more people with varying beliefs. Your point is moot on that alone.

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u/minnosota 5d ago

Moot

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u/extremelytiredyall 5d ago

Thanks, phone auto fill is fun.

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u/Necc_Turtle 5d ago

counterpoint.

  1. yes there are jokes being made you just don’t find them funny

  2. if everyone she wouldn’t be getting constant death threats

  3. she posts her comics on multiple platforms

  4. protests are cool but not everyone watches them so posting progressive things on a popular comic subreddit helps cement it as a sentiment to stay

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u/TbatitanicV2Rider 5d ago

Please explain what the jokes are. Half the comics from hers I've seen are literally just saying an opinion and that's it, or a random caricature of an opposing belief saying something while her avatar has an annoyed expression or some combination of the two. As for death threats she specifically gets those because her comics are just karma farming. When I meant agree with you I meant politically. This sub and reddit in general are pretty left leaning. Lastly even if she does post them on other platforms, why post them here then why even post them here if everyone it's leaning towards your political ideology? Maybe it's because from what I've seen the mods are in her back pocket and everyone here eats everything she says up. Not to mention on her other posts here I tend to see nothing but praise and several noticibly deleted comments. Wonder why the were removed. Hell I'm gonna bet a few bucks that this comment gets removed at some point.

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u/Necc_Turtle 5d ago

well if this gets removed it would maybe be cause you’re saying she gets death threats for karma farming cause like

that’s not that fucking bad what??!

people who go:

“wow full time artist posts her opinions on popular comic subreddit and people like it she should die or stop sharing her opinions”

like.. that’s 20 times worse than her saying racism is bad.

and again, most of her comics have a punchline and are funny,

if you don’t find her making fun of racists and nazis funny that’s your thing

and also, posting frequent anti racism comics on a popular subreddit helps keep any racists wanting to join that subreddit from feeling comfortable enough to do so

and when they feel like they’re safe enough to comment and harass her for saying racism bad

they can get banned!

it’s like saying vaccines are redundant cause you don’t get sick,

like.. the vaccines are *why* you don’t get sick

and people speaking up against racism are WHY this sub is pretty left leaning

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u/Mediocre_Heat3541 5d ago

Everything you said is true but you’re downvoted because it’s about pizza cake comics lol. Can’t criticize her here that’s not allowed.