• gurnu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    135·
    6 days ago

    Will I get sued if I say pizzacake comics are shit? Because that’s what she was threatening to do to a subreddit

    Please no vitriolic PCC here, her fans are so toxic

  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
    166·
    6 days ago

    Leftists are the only one trying to fix the boat. The liberal will say we must compromise with the shooter, and try to vote him out of the boat in four years.

    • ameancow@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Look, there’s room for both sinking and floating here, we just need to give everyone a chance to try it out their own way!

    • Snowclone@lemmy.world
      52·
      6 days ago

      which they will immediately fail by trying to appeal to his cult that will never stop voting for him at the clear and undeniable cost of alienating their own voters. maybe a dick chaney endorsement!!

    • FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca
      33·
      6 days ago

      We need to stop using ambiguous terms like “leftist”. It’s way too broad and doesn’t help anyone. I identify as liberal (also too broad), and I likely believe in 90% of the policies you advocate for.

      • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
        23·
        5 days ago

        Liberals are reactionaries who wish to return to a previous status quo. Leftists wish to dismantle the existing systems, and establish a socialist system. Two goals in absolute opposition to each other.

            • FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca
              21·
              4 days ago

              In political terms, “liberal” typically refers to a political and moral philosophy based on ideas of liberty, consent of the governed, and equality before the law. However, the meaning of “liberal” varies somewhat depending on context and location.

              In the United States, liberalism generally refers to:

              • Support for civil liberties and individual rights
              • Advocacy for social equality and justice
              • Belief in government intervention to address social and economic inequalities
              • Support for progressive taxation and social welfare programs
              • Emphasis on regulatory oversight of business and industry

              In the broader international and historical context, liberalism is associated with:

              • Support for democratic systems of government
              • Protection of civil liberties and human rights
              • Free markets with some government regulation
              • Separation of church and state
              • Rule of law and legal equality
              • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
                13·
                4 days ago

                K. Not talking about liberals in theory. I’m speaking of the self-identifying liberals as they exist in the world today. An absolute menace.

                • FlyingSpaceCow@lemmy.ca
                  11·
                  4 days ago

                  “self-identifying liberals as they exist in the world today”

                  The world is a big place. Not sure if you mean “liberal” in the US context, “Liberal” as in the Canadian political party. “Neo-liberal” as in Economic position of Friedman economics, etc…

                  Leftist is also a relative term and isn’t very useful. You likely believe in important structural reforms surrounding minimum wage (perhaps UBI), environmental protection, universal affordable/accessible healthcare, strict banking regulation, drastic progressive taxation, harsh penalties for white collar crime, etc… But “left” of what, I doubt youre pushing for authoritarianism or communism?

                  My point is there are literally Nazis we are fighting right now. Maybe stop with the infighting as a result of ambiguous labels.

    • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
      46·
      6 days ago

      “Fixing the boat” implies they are successfully doing anything other than complain. Leftists are sitting in the boat yelling at the Liberal for not fixing the boat.

        • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
          24·
          6 days ago

          So you’re saying they’re yelling at the liberal to fix the boat and then the guy with the gun throws them off the boat? Doesn’t sound like you’re disagreeing with me.

            • OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee
              35·
              5 days ago

              I’m not the hypocrite here…neither of us are doing anything that would protect the American population from a rapist insurrectionist corrupted by Russia, I’m just admitting it while you’re pretending your impotent wails are doing anything so you can look down on everyone else.

              • GreyAlien@lemm.eeEnglish
                14·
                5 days ago

                You’re right, I’m currently focusing on my own country due to being born there you know? But I can still recognize and admire how brave these people are to stand up and fight against the useless and magass, not being complicit with fascism is actually remarkable.

                Also, there are effective treatments for impotence now. If it isn’t curable, you can still seek psychological support instead of lashing out your frustration randomly.

      • oatscoop@midwest.social
        2·
        6 days ago

        Psh, as a leftist I’ll have you know we’ve done a lot more than complain. We went to a few protests, wrote a couple emails, and boycott stores we hardly shopped at in the first place.

      • surph_ninja@lemmy.world
        23·
        6 days ago

        I can’t speak to your town, but the leftist orgs in my area are organizing a number of efforts to help feed & house people, along with any number of events to improve the area for the people living in it. They’re also working on the political side to push for ranked-choice voting, challenging voter suppression efforts, etc.

        Just because you’re not paying attention doesn’t mean they aren’t putting in the work.

  • TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
    5·
    6 days ago

    We live in an era where media with certain themes always seem to get an absurd amount of negativity, with plenty of dumbasses to blindly follow it without ever thinking to stopping and thinking about where a lot of it is coming from.

  • AidsKitty@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 days ago

    It is sad that so many in this country do not understand that millions of citizens absolutely, deliberately, and with a full understanding want to sink that boat. Those same people never ask why, they dismiss their concerns with “they are just too stupid to understand.”

    • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      6 days ago

      You do know Lemme is a leftist site right? You’re basically trying to sell bagels to Southerners and grits to Northerners

      • astute@lemm.eeBanned
        115·
        6 days ago

        I get some support but it’s no different from any other social media platform. Some yanks like grits.

        • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          6 days ago

          Lived in Upstate New York for about a year, went into a diner that did breakfast. They had a Southern Theme to them and tried to play up being “Southern”.

          I asked if they had grits, and I just got funny looks, was told no one could “eat that shit”, and they served “real food”

          Then without missing a beat, some guy with a trucker hat and a camoflauge pattern Duck Dynasty shirt gags at the idea of someone ordering grits and then orders a bagel.

          It was like I was in the god damn twilight zone.

          It was in this moment I suddenly knew what it was like to be a Native American at a Halloween Party and some white guy comes in dressed in warpaint and a headdress saying he’s Chief Sitting Bullshit or something.

          That town was weird, so many people LARPing being Southerners, even had one guy told me I was crazy for coming up from NC because “Everyone’s rich back down there, because in the South ya aint gotta pay taxes!” in the most forced Southern Accent I had ever heard in my life, sounding like Hank Hill if he was drunk and had no sense of serenity. For the record, we aren’t rich down south and we sure as hell pay taxes, they just don’t go to anything useful.

          Upstate New York isn’t real, I refuse to believe it is, I spent months in some kind of Yankee-Induced coma.

          Shit was so bad I moved to Albany, I’ll take real Northerners over fake Southerners anyday. I’m back in NC now, where I can have all the grits I want in a place where there’s always Cheerwine to wash it down with.

          • astute@lemm.eeBanned
            114·
            6 days ago

            I can’t tell if you’re pro-South or not. Since you have a choice of what part of the country you live in, I presume you are a southerner at heart. If not I might add that Northern men are inclined to wear panties and makeup. They aren’t real men and their women wear jockstraps. They epitomize the Q in LGBTQ. The men who live in the southern part of the country are down to earth folks with traditional values and an enviable lifestyle. Yankees are shallow, arrogant, condescending, cowards who are generally moral-less liars and seek money over anything else in their empty lives. Try Nehi or Sundrop cola in lieu of Cheerwine it’s easier on the gastrointestinal system.

            • Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee
              7·
              6 days ago

              Yankees are shallow, arrogant, condescending, cowards who are generally moral-less liars and seek money over anything else in their empty lives.

              You just described the guy that the South overwhelmingly voted for. Twice. What does it say about Southern men that this is what they elected to represent them at the highest level of government?

              Cuck. That’s what it says.

              • astute@lemm.eeBanned
                19·
                6 days ago

                That’s an enormous lie. That either makes you a liar or a brainwashed fool who hasn’t a clue what he’s spewing, The entire nation voted Republican in November. Not just the southern states. It was a Red Flood. You need to get your facts straight. Every single toss up state voted Republican. TDS occludes your thought processes. That’s the reason why the democrat party has a national approval rating below 25%. They have been propagandized by the corrupt corporate media and they are weak-minded enough to believe in those lies and the lies of their cult leaders.

                • Doctor_Satan@lemm.ee
                  6·
                  6 days ago

                  The entire nation voted Republican in November. Not just the southern states. It was a Red Flood.

                  It was 49.8% to 48.3%, with over a third of eligible voters sitting it out. It was a Red Dribble, at best.

                  That’s the reason why the democrat party has a national approval rating below 25%.

                  The Dems have an abysmal approval rating because they tried to court the right-wing, which cost them most of their left-leaning base. I know you think you had a gotcha moment here, but you aren’t talking to a Democrat.

                  Seriously though, I am just tickled how perfectly you described Trump.

                  Yankees are shallow, arrogant, condescending, cowards who are generally moral-less liars and seek money over anything else in their empty lives.

                  Spot on. I’m stealing this.

                • Snowclone@lemmy.world
                  4·
                  6 days ago

                  it was actually low turnout. This drivel your spouting is propaganda nonsense. like seriously you don’t read party literature critically? Why do you eat the shit off the bottom of their shoe? no one WANTS you to but them.

            • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
              2·
              5 days ago

              I’m in support of the Souther Culture.

              Bigotry not so much.

              I don’t know if you’re just young or badly misinformed or what.

              Btw panties are quite comfy and we should normalize more people wearing them.

  • Gibibit@lemmy.world
    1616·
    7 days ago

    I don’t understand the point of these paper-thin political comics. They don’t make me laugh and they don’t have a real message.

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
      223·
      7 days ago

      People aren’t sharing them because they find them funny, they do it to share their political views.

      Without realising they’re preaching to the choir.

      • Gibibit@lemmy.world
        141·
        7 days ago

        I don’t think a comic has to be funny per se. That’s why I also pointed out it has no substance. But yes preaching to the choir is a good way to describe what’s going on here as well.

    • Xatolos@reddthat.comOP
      133·
      7 days ago

      Comics don’t have to be funny, they can be used to show a message/point of view. A great example I can think of is “Maus”.

      And if you don’t like/get the message, that’s fine. To each their own.

      • gurnu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        6 days ago

        Pizzacake definitely isn’t funny, nor are their political comics very sharp. Seems more like pandering their fanbase

  • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
    3615·
    7 days ago

    Please don’t start with the pizzacake shit here, too 😭

    Such a thin-skinned creator with weirdly obsessive fans. Everything about her online presence makes me uncomfortable.

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
      299·
      7 days ago

      It’s also just not good art. The style is extremely bland, and the humour just… Isn’t humorous.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        6 days ago

        Some people love the “Every panel is the punchline” kind of material. It’s very CTRL+ALT+DEL coded. Maybe give them another few years and we’ll get a new Loss out of it.

      • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
        154·
        7 days ago

        I said it elsewhere, but they all feel like they’ve been AI generated, but made by a real person. They’re wildly uninteresting to look at and painfully unfunny.

    • glitchdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      168·
      7 days ago

      gonna be honest, I’d rather have not known about the drama. Separate the art from the artist.

      • GreyAlien@lemm.eeEnglish
        52·
        6 days ago

        It’s because of people like you that individuals like polanski can commit rape without facing consequences.

      • iheartneopets@lemm.ee
        119·
        7 days ago

        Weird to say that when the artist has made the art the key point in the drama. The ‘art’ kind of is the drama. Especially the debate on if roughly drawn comics that don’t have punch lines even are art. The way I feel about them is as if they’re AI slop, but done by a person. Most of them don’t even make sense, but get so much attention.